The Transplant Colloquium 2026 – The Transplant Colloquium

Programme

8 May 2026, Friday – Conference Day 1
Time	Physical Session	Virtual Session
9.00am	Registration
9.30am	Welcome Address Adj A/Prof Hersharan Kaur Sran National University Hospital, Singapore
9.45am	Plenary: Current Strategies in Immunological Risk Assessment Adj A/Prof Hersharan Kaur Sran National University Hospital, Singapore
10.15am	Plenary: An Overview of Factors Affecting Long-term Transplant Outcome Prof A. Vathsala National University Hospital, Singapore
10.55am	Break
11.15am	Can Eplet Mismatch Analysis be used to Guide Transplantation Policies and Organ Allocation? Adj Asst Prof Emmett Wong Tsz Yeung National University Hospital, Singapore
12.15pm	Debate: “Donor derived cell-free DNA will revolutionise allograft monitoring strategies.” Pro: A/Prof Nicole Valenzuela, NorDX / MaineHealth, United States Con: Dr David Lu, National University Hospital, Singapore
1.15pm	Q&A Session Moderator: Dr Sreekanth Koduri, Changi General Hospital, Singapore
1.30pm	Lunch	End of Day 1 Webinar
2.30pm	Case Discussion 1: Eplet Mismatch Affecting Immunosuppression Choice Asst Prof Emmett Wong Tsz Yeung National University Hospital, Singapore
2.50pm	Q&A Session
3.00pm	Case Discussion 2: Cell-free DNA Practical Case Adj A/Prof Hersharan Kaur Sran National University Hospital, Singapore
3.20pm	Q&A Session
3.30pm	Case Discussion 3: Assessing Immunological Risk with Incomplete HLA Typing A/Prof Maisarah Jalalonmuhali University Malaya Medical Centre, Malaysia
3.50pm	Q&A Session
4.00pm	End of Day 1

9 May 2026, Saturday – Conference Day 2
Time	Physical Session	Virtual Session
9.00am	Registration
Symposium: A Potpourri of Immune Markers – Making Sense of It All
9.30am	Non-HLA antibodies – Do They Matter? Dr Ada Ng National University Hospital, Singapore
9.50am	The Molecular Microscope Diagnostic System – Utility and Application Adj Asst Prof Chang Zi Yun National University Hospital, Singapore
10.10am	Microvascular Inflammation in Transplant Biopsy – What Is the Significance Adj A/Prof Alwin Loh Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
10.30am	Current Challenges in Assessment and Management of Immune Injury Prof Vathsala National University Hospital, Singapore
10.50am	Q&A Session Moderator: Adj Asst Prof Emmett Wong Tsz Yeung, National University Hospital, Singapore
11.10am	Break
11.25am	Symposium: Practical Applications of AI in Risk Prediction and Optimising Transplant Outcomes A/Prof Mamatha Bhat Ajmera Transplant Centre, Canada
11.55am	Q&A Session Moderator: Dr Carolyn Tien, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
12.10pm	Symposium: Novel Approaches to Optimising Metabolic Outcomes in KTRs Adj Asst Prof Matthew D’Costa National University Hospital, Singapore
12.40pm	Q&A Session Moderator: Dr Carolyn Tien, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
12.55pm	Closing Address for TTC 2026 Webinar
1.10pm	Lunch	End of Day 2 Webinar
2.10pm	Case Discussion 4: Use of GLP1RA in Kidney Transplant Recipients Adj Asst Prof Matthew D’Costa National University Hospital, Singapore
2.30pm	Q&A Session
2.40pm	Case Discussion 5: “Hot Beads” and Other Pitfalls in SAB Interpretation Adj Asst Prof Emmett Wong Tsz Yeung National University Hospital, Singapore
3.00pm	Q&A Session
3.10pm	Case Discussion 6: Judicial Use of Precision Medicine in a Low Resource Setting Dr Aung Chan Nyein Pun Hlaing Hospital, Myanmar
3.30pm	Q&A Session
3.40pm	Closing Address Prof Vathsala National University Hospital, Singapore
4.00pm	End of Day 2

*The programme may be revised without prior notice.