2026 CST Annual Scientific Meeting Preliminary Agenda

Tuesday, October  27th,  Fairmont Queen Elizabeth
Start End  Session
8:00 15:00 Liver and Kidney Forums
16:30 17:15 Welcome & President's Address
17:30 18:30 T3 Competition
Wednesday, October  28th,  Centre Mont Royal
8:00 9:00 Breakfast Symposium #1 CBS: Implementation of normothermic regional perfusion in Canada
8:00 9:00 CST Pharmacy Group Breakout
9:00 10:00 Plenary #1: Co-stimulation inhibitors: can we finally do without CNI?
10:00 10:30 Morning Break
10:30 12:00 Plenary #2: Clinical Trial Innovations in Transplantation
12:00 13:00 Lunch Session #1: :  How can we better support families during the deceased donation process? (Fireside chat/panel format)
13:00 14:00 Top Oral Abstracts Faculty (6)
14:00 14:30 Afternoon Break
14:30 15:30 Top Oral Abstracts Trainees (6)
15:30 17:00 CST poster session - Wine & Cheese
17:00 18:00 WIT Event
Thursday, October  29th,  Centre Mont Royal
7:00 8:00 CIHI Infoway Breakfast Symposium
8:00 9:00 Breakfast Symposium #2: AST
9:00 10:00 Plenary #3: Novelties in transplant surgery
10:00 10:30 Morning Break
10:30 12:00 Interest Groups Concurrent
12:00 13:00 Lunch Session #2: Roses, Buds, & Thorns: The transplant experience from the patient, caregiver, and health care provider’s perspectives
13:00 14:00 Plenary #4: Patient reported outcome measures in transplant care
14:00 14:30 Afternoon Break
14:30 15:30 Plenary #5: Improving donation and transplant care in First Nations and Metis
15:30 16:30 AGM
Thursday, October  29th,  Fairmont Queen Elizabeth
19:00 23:59 CST Awards Gala and Social
Friday, October 30th,  Palais des Congrès
8:00 9:00 CST/ASHI Joint Session #1: Novel emerging therapeutics
9:00 9:30 Morning Break
9:30 10:30 CST/ASHI Joint Session #2: Emerging diagnostics in transplantation
10:30 12:00 CST/ASHI Joint Session #3: Desensitization
12:00 12:15 CLOSING