Welcome to 2015 Banff/CST Combined Scientific

Meeting Kim Solez, M.D.

Lorraine Racusen, M.D.

Two Meetings Made Into One!Welcome to the Banff Component!

We are very grateful to the 2015 Banff Meeting program committee:

Alexandre Loupy, Chair Carmen Lefaucheur Cinthia Drachenberg Christopher Bellamy Carol Farver Mark Haas W. Dean Wallace Banu Sis Linda C Cendales Kathryn Tinckham Lynn Cornell Candice Roudfosse Patrick Bruneval

Dr. Michael Mengel, Local Organizer

Meeting Organizing Services Provided by CST Executive Director Rob Gallaher and his assistant Holly

Backup Support Provided by the Student Team in Edmonton Seen Here Meeting with Rob and Holly

Overall Structure of the Banff Meeting

Pre-meeting yesterday (Monday) Precision Diagnostics in Transplantation - Molecular Pathology

LUNCH Symposium: Anti-graft Antibodies in Transplantation: Improving the Gold Standard, Implementing Complementary Approaches and Moving Beyond HLA

Overall Structure of the Banff Meeting

Today (Tuesday) Welcome/Summary of Pre-meeting, Banff Working Groups Results and Possible Banff Classification Amendments

LUNCH Symposium: mTORi in Solid Organ Transplantation: New Understandings, New Directions and Advances

Banff Kidney Concurrent I: Antibodies and Injury to Graft Endothelium and Epithelium –

Banff Liver Concurrent I Banff Lung Concurrent: Chronic Lung

Allograft Dysfunction

Overall Structure (Cont.) Wednesday

Joint AST-BANFF-CST Symposium Wednesday Joint Plenary Session #1: Future Directions of

Transplantation: Expanding the Donor Pool and Implementing New Technologies

Joint Posters & Exhibits: Author Presentations

LUNCH Symposium: Complement-Mediated Diseases in Renal Transplants and Their Link to ABMR

Banff Pancreas Concurrent I: Update on Pancreas Allograft Pathology Issues / II: Accurate Determination of the Cause of Graft Loss in Whole Pancreas Transplants

Overall Structure (Cont.) Wednesday

Banff Liver Concurrent II Banff Heart Concurrent I & II: Improving Heart

Transplant Rejection Diagnostic System: Unmet Needs, Current Limitations, New Implementations and Future

Oktoberfest Social 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM Vancouver Art Gallery An evening inspired by traditional Oktoberfest food and drinks.

Overall Structure (Cont.) Thursday

2015 Status Report on ABMR Joint Plenary Session #2: From Basics to

Therapeutics in ABMR LUNCH Symposium: Minimization,

Compliance and ABMR Banff Kidney Concurrent II: Donor Specific

Anti-HLA Mediated Allograft Injury and Beyond HLA

Banff Vascularized Composite Allografts (VCA)

Joint Poster and Exhibits

Overall Structure (Cont.) Friday Banff Summary Conference Dinner & Awards Gala Grand

Ballroom AB + Passage 7:30-10:00 pm

Recapturing the Youthful Spirit of Banff!Only about a quarter of you have signed up for the social events. This is a problem we have never had before! In 2003 the social events at Aberdeen Town

Hall were a spectacular success. That year we had a song playlist that we played between sessions. Working with student Michael Parkes I have put together a song list for this year. Please sign up for the social events!!

We are grateful to the Roche Organ Transplantation Research

Foundation for funding the establishment of the Banff

Foundation for Allograft Pathology from 2013-2016, our

infrastructure.

Welcome to 2015 Banff/CST Combined Scientific

Meeting Kim Solez, M.D.

Lorraine Racusen, M.D.