GAT Pre‐Congress Workshop Programme

Sunday 28 July 2013

Time Programme Details Venue
16h00 – 18h00 Registration Foyer, 1st floor
18h00 – 21h00 World Transplant Games Welcome Function Durban City Hall


Monday 29 July 2013

Time Programme Details Venue
07h00 – 08h00 Registration & Refreshments Foyer
08h00 – 08h15 Opening & Welcome – Dr Elmi Muller & Prof Francis Delmonico Great Ilanga
08h15 – 08h45 Transplantation Benefit Overview Great Ilanga
08h15– 08h35 The Role of the WHO and Perspective on Transplantation in Africa – Dr Luc Noël  
08h35 – 08h55 Assessing Needs for Transplantation in Africa – Dr Sarah White  
09h00 – 13h00 PLENARY SESSION I: Country Delegate Presentations Great Ilanga
  Session Chairs: Prof Francis Delmonico & Dr Ike Okpechi  
09h00 – 09h15 Cameroon – Dr Gloria Ashuntantang  
09h15 – 09h30 Ethiopia – Dr Yewondwossen Tadesse Mengistu  
09h30 – 09h45 Ghana – Dr Dwomoa Adu  
09h45 – 10h00 Kenya – Dr Michael Owiti George  
10h00 -  10h15 Malawi – Dr Gavin Dreyer  
10h15 -  10h30 Nigeria – Dr Ademola Aderibigbe & Dr Ebun Bamgboye  
10h30 – 11h00 REFRESHMENT BREAK Foyer
  Session Chairs: Prof Wendy Spearman & Prof Jerome Loveland  
11h00 – 11h15 Rwanda – Dr Joseph Ntarindwa  
11h15 – 11h30 Sudan – Dr Manal Omer Ali Ismail  
11h30 – 11h45 Tunisia – Dr Taieb Ben Abdallah  
11h45 – 12h00 Zambia – Dr Aggrey Mweemba  
12h00 – 13h00 Panel Discussion:
Panellists: Dr Elmi Muller, Dr Camille Kotton, Dr Peter Stock		  
13h00 – 14h00 LUNCH Foyer
14h00 – 17h00 PLENARY SESSION II: Minimum requirements Great Ilanga
  Session Chairs: Prof Alan Leichtman & Prof Sarala Naicker  
14h00 – 14h30 Minimum Requirements for Transplantation – Nephrology Perspective – Prof Vivek Jha  
14h30 – 15h00 Tissue Typing: Laboratory Requirements for Transplantation – Prof Medhat Askar  
15h00 – 15h30 Minimum Requirements from an Infectious Disease Perspective – Dr Camille Kotton  
15h30 – 16h00 REFRESHMENT BREAK Foyer
  Session Chairs: Prof Del Kahn & Prof Russell Britz  
16h00 – 16h30 Minimum Requirements from a Surgical Perspective – Dr Peter Stock  
16h30 – 17h00 DCD – An Option for Countries without Brain Death Legislation? – Prof Marti Manyalich  
18h00 – 22h00 World Transplant Games Opening Ceremony and Dinner
Or Evening at Leisure		 Durban ICC Arena and Halls 1,2,3


Tuesday 30 July 2013

Time Programme Details Venue
07h00 – 08h00 Registration and Refreshments Foyer
08h00 – 10h45 PLENARY SESSION III: Partnership and Training Options for African Clinicians Great Ilanga
  Session Chairs: Prof Jean Botha & Dr Elmi Muller  
08h00 – 09h30 Panel Discussion/Presentations on Outreach Work in Africa
Panellists: Prof Paul Morrissey, Prof Paul Harden, Dr Andrew Ready, Dr Jeff Punch		  
09h30 – 10h45 Panel Discussion/Presentations on Training Options for African Clinicians
Panellists:  Prof John Forsythe, Prof Vivek Jha, Prof Sarala Naicker
Short presentations by:		  
A North American Perspective – Prof Abraham Shaked  
A South American Perspective – Prof Jose Medina Pestana  
India – Prof Vivek Jha  
Europe and UK – Prof John Forsythe  
Middle East – Prof Saeed Al-Ghamdi  
South Africa – Prof Sarala Naicker  
Australia – Prof Jeremy Chapman  
10h45- 11h15 REFRESHMENT BREAK Foyer
Time Programme Details Venue
11h15 – 11h45 Small Group Meetings  
  Tissue Typing/ Laboratory – Prof Russell Britz Breakaways venues for small group meetings will be announced before the Refreshment Break:
Southern Sun Elangeni
  • Great Ilanga
  • Suite 1
  • Suite 2

Maharani Tower:

  • 2nd floor
Immunosuppression – Dr Zunaid Barday
Living Donor Selection – Prof John Forsythe
Surgical Training – Dr Mukut Minz
Legislation and Deceased Donation – Dr Francis Delmonico
Follow Up of the Renal Transplant Recipient – Prof Alan Leichtman
Integrating Dialysis and Transplantation Programmes in Africa – What is needed – Dr Mignon McCulloch
11h45 – 13h00 Small Group Meetings: Countries  
  Cameroon  
Ethiopia
Ghana
Kenya
Malawi
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sudan
Tunisia
Zambia
13h00 – 14h00 LUNCH Foyer
14h00 -15h30 Report back and open discussion Great Ilanga
  Session Chairs: Prof Francis Delmonico & Dr Elmi Muller  
14h00 – 14h15 Cameroon  
14h15 – 14h30 Ethiopia  
14h30 – 14h45 Ghana  
14h45 – 15h00 Kenya  
15h00 – 15h15 Malawi  
15h15 - 15h30 Nigeria  
15h30 – 16h00 REFRESHMENT BREAK Foyer
  Session Chairs: Prof Francis Delmonico & Dr Elmi Muller  
16h00 – 16h15 Rwanda  
16h15 – 16h30 Sudan  
16h30 – 16h45 Tunisia  
16h45 – 17h00 Zambia  
17h00 – 17h15 Closure  
  Closure and Way Forward – Prof Francis Delmonico  

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