Drs. Kim Solez and Lorraine Racusen introduce the 2015 Banff Transplant Pathology meeting in Vancouver on October 6, 2015.

1. Kim Solez, M.D.
Lorraine Racusen, M.D.

2.  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

3. Dr. Michael Mengel, Local Organizer
Meeting Organizing Services
Provided by CST Executive Director
Rob Gallaher and his assistant Holly

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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

10. Overall Structure (Cont.) Friday
 Banff Summary
 Conference Dinner & Awards Gala Grand
Ballroom AB + Passage 7:30-10:00 pm

11. 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!!

13. Kim Solez, M.D.
Lorraine Racusen, M.D.