(AGENPARL) - Roma, 5 Settembre 2023 - (AGENPARL) – mar 05 settembre 2023 6th – 8th September, 2023
Varese | Palace Grand Hotel
President of the congress:
Paolo A. Grossi, Varese
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With the auspices of
Wednesday, 6th September
08:45 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:15 Welcome and opening
Attilio Fontana (Governor Regione Lombardia), Davide Galimberti
(Varese Mayor), Anna Iadini (Health Director ASST Sette Laghi)
Giuseppe Micale (General Director ASST Sette Laghi)
Emanuele Monti (President Welfare Commission Regione Lombardia)
Angelo Tagliabue (Rector Università degli Studi dell’Insubria)
Institutional Session
09:15 – 09:35 Solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
activities in Italy and internationally – M. Cardillo (Rome, Italy)
09:35 – 09:55 The new Council of Europe guide for the quality and safety
of organs for transplantation – C.L. Fischer-Froehlich (Stuttgart, Germany)
09:55 – 10:15 Infection in xenotransplantation: the new frontier
J. Fishman (Boston, USA)
Bacterial infections
10:15 – 10:35 Fast-track microbiology in organ donation and transplantation
S. Stefani (Catania, Italy)
10:35 – 10:55 New treatment options for gram – infections in solid organ
transplantation – M. Akova (Ankara, Turkey)
10:55 – 11:15 New treatment options for gram- infections in hematopoietic
stem cell transplantation – C. Girmenia (Rome, Italy)
11:15 – 11:35 New treatment options for gram+ infections in solid organ
transplantation – C. Van Delden (Geneva, Switzerland)
11:35 – 12:00 Break
Bacterial infections
12:00 – 12:20 New treatment options for gram+ infections in hematopoietic
stem cell transplantation – F. Menichetti (Pisa, Italy)
12:20 – 12:40 Therapeutic potential of human immunoglobulins
M. Girardis (Modena, Italy)
12:40 – 13:00 VAD (Ventricular Assist Device)-related infections
M. Boffini (Turin, Italy)
13:00 – 13:30  Expert-driven discussion
E. Concia (Verona, Italy), M. Mikulska (Genoa, Italy),
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
Ethical issues
14:30 – 14:50 Achieving and measuring quality in organ donation
and transplantation – D. Paredes (Barcelona, Spain)
14:50 – 15:10 Communication for the prevention of end-stage organ disease
as part of communication about organ donation and transplantation
G. Randhawa (Bedfordshire, UK)
15:10 – 15:30 Shared decision-making as a critical aspect for the quality and safety
of transplantation – A.A. Grossi (Varese, Italy)
15:30 – 15:50 Older age and more marginal organ donors
N. Jansen (Leiden, Netherlands)
15:50 – 16:10 Expert-driven discussion
M. Cardillo (Rome, Italy), C.L. Fischer-Froehlich (Stuttgart, Germany), U.
Maggiore (Parma, Italy), G. Piccolo (Milan, Italy), M. Picozzi (Varese)
Immunology of viral infections
16:10 – 16:30 Adoptive immunotherapy in viral infections prevention
and treatment – P. Comoli (Pavia, Italy)
16:30 – 16:50 Off-the-shelf virus-specific T cells to treat viral infections
A. Leen (Houston, USA)
16:50 – 17:10 Immunoglobulins for prophylaxis and treatment of viral infections
E. Cozzi (Padova, Italy)
17:10 – 17:30 Expert-driven discussion
E. Cozzi (Padova, Italy), P. A. Grossi (Varese, Italy),
G. Piccolo (Milan, Italy), P. Solidoro (Turin, Italy)
Thursday, 7th September
Immunosuppressive therapy
09:00 – 09:20 New immunosuppressive agents – J. M. Grinyò (Barcelona, Spain)
09:20 – 09:40 Immunosuppressive strategies and infectious risk in solid organ
transplantation – F. Citterio (Rome, Italy)
09:40 – 10:00 Immunosuppressive strategies and infectious risk in hematopoietic
stem cell transplantation – A. Rambaldi (Bergamo, Italy)
10:00 – 10:20 Tolerance induction in solid organ transplantation
F. Casiraghi (Bergamo, Italy)
10:20 – 10:40 Personalized immunosuppression in kidney transplantation
R. Oberbauer (Wien, Austria)
10:40 – 11:10 Expert-driven discussion
F. Citterio (Rome, Italy), J. Fishman (Boston, USA),
P. A. Grossi (Varese, Italy), U. Maggiore (Parma, Italy),
F. Casiraghi (Bergamo, Italy), L. Furian (Padova, Italy),
11:10 – 11:40 Break
HIV
11:40 – 12:00 Advances in HIV treatment – A. Castagna (Milan, Italy)
12:00 – 12:20 Solid organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients
J. Fung (Chicago, USA)
12:20 – 12:40 Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in HIV-infected patients
A. Re (Brescia, Italy)
12:40 – 13:00 The new frontiers: solid organ transplantation from HIV+ donor
to HIV+ recipient – The U.S. Perspective – C. Durand (Baltimore, USA)
13:00 – 13:30 Expert-driven discussion
L. Camera Pierrotti (Sao Paulo, Brazil), C. Durand (Baltimore, USA),
J. Fishman (Boston, USA), – P.A. Grossi (Varese, Italy),
U. Maggiore (Parma, Italy), – G. Rizzardini (Milan, Italy)
13:30 – 14:30
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Lunch
Fungal Infections
Diagnosis of invasive fungal infections in the immunocompromised
patient: what’s new? – M. Sanguinetti (Rome, Italy)
Fungal infections in solid organ transplantation
J.M. Aguado (Madrid, Spain)
Fungal infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
P.E. Verweij (Njimegen, Netherlands)
Emerging mycoses – L. Pagano (Rome, Italy)
New treatment options for fungal infections in the
immunocompromised patient – M. Mikulska (Genoa, Italy)
Expert-driven discussion
M. Mikulska (Genoa, Italy), A. Mularoni (Palermo, Italy),
G. Sganga (Rome, Italy)
COVID-19 and solid organ transplantation
COVID-19 and solid organ transplantation -J. Fishman (Boston, USA)
Immunosuppressive therapy in solid organ transplant recipients
with COVID-19 – U. Maggiore (Parma, Italy)
Liver transplantation from SARS-CoV2+ donors
R. Romagnoli (Turin, Italy)
Prevention and treatment of COVID-19 in solid organ transplant
recipients – S. Aslam (San Diego, USA)
Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection – N. Mancini (Varese)
Expert-driven discussion
J. Fishman (Boston, USA), R. Romagnoli (Turin, Italy),
S. Aslam (San Diego, USA), U. Maggiore (Parma, Italy),
P. A. Grossi (Varese, Italy), M. Peghin (Peghin, Italy)
Friday, 8th September
09:00 – 09:20
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13:20 – 13:50
CMV infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation:
current trends and perspectives – P. Ljungman (Stockholm, Sweden)
CMV infection in solid organ transplantation: current trends
and perspectives – J. Fishman (Boston, USA)
Viral infections diagnosis: current trends and perspectives
T. Lazzarotto (Bologna, Italy)
Mechanism of action of old and new antiviral agent
F. Baldanti (Pavia, Italy)
Expert-driven discussion
F. Baldanti (Pavia, Italy), L. Camera Pierrotti (Sao Paulo, Brazil),
P. A. Grossi (Varese, Italy),T. Lazzarotto (Bologna, Italy),
L. Santambrogio (Milan, Italy)
Break
Therapeutic strategies for HBV and HDV infections
P. Lampertico (Milan, Italy)
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in HBV-infected patients
P. Burra (Padova, Italy)
HBV relapse prevention following liver transplantation M. Angelico (Rome, Italy)
HCV treatment in solid organ transplantation
M. Gambato (Padova, Italy)
Solid organ transplantation from donors with hcv infection
C. Durand (Baltimore, USA)
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in HCV-infected
patients – F. Russo (Padova, Italy)
Expert-driven discussion
U. Cillo (Padova, Italy), M. Colombo (Milan, Italy),
L. De Carlis (Milan, Italy), L. Furian (Padova, Italy),
G.B. Gaeta (Naples, Italy), M. Tavio (Ancona, Italy)
13:50 – 14:50 Lunch
Emerging Issues
14:50 – 15:10 Polyomavirus in solid organ transplantation
H. Hirsch (Basel, Switzerland)
15:10 – 15:30 Emerging tropical viral infections in solid organ transplantation
L. Camera Pierrotti (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
15:30 – 15:50 Respiratory viruses infections: current trends and perspectives
M. Peghin (Varese, Italy)
15:50 – 16:10 Emerging viral infections in immunocompromised patients
G. Ippolito (Rome, Italy)
16:10 – 16:30 Vaccination in immunocompromised transplant recipients
P.A. Grossi (Varese, Italy)
16:30 – 16:50 Expert-driven discussion
G. Carcano (Varese, Italy), J. Fishman (Boston, USA),
C. Garzoni (Lugano, Switzerland), P.A. Grossi (Varese, Italy),
G. Ippolito (Rome, Italy), E. Minetti (Milan, Italy)
16:50 – 17:00 Congress closing and CME Questionnaire
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