Celebrating Diversity
Commonwealth Tribute to Life Conference
March 22-24, 2024, Courtyard by Marriott, Gurugram
DAY 1 – MARCH 22, 2024 (FRIDAY) – Keynote Talks | |||
TIME | TOPIC/SESSION | SPEAKER/PANELIST | CHAIRPERSONS |
6.00 – 6.10 PM | Welcome Address | Dr Sunil Shroff |
|
6.10 – 6.35PM | An update on world donation and transplantation activity – A keynote address | Dr Dale Gardiner, UK | Dr Satya Sharma Dr D S Rana |
6.35 – 6.55 PM | Diversity and Donation in UAE – Opportunity & Alliances | Dr Ali Abdul Kareem Al Obaidli | Dr Vijay Kher Dr Noble Gracious |
6.55 – 7.15 PM | Building Infrastructure for Transplants | Dr Azim Gangji | Dr Anil Kumar Dr Sanjay Nagral |
7.15 – 7.35 PM | Using Art for Community Engagement, Singapore | Ms Chow Yee Ling | Dr Deepak Gupta Ms Arati Gokhale |
7.35 – 7.50 PM . | A personal story | Dr Job Kasweshi | Ms Latha Kumaraswamy Mr Karhun Nanda |
DAY 2 – MARCH 23, 2024 (SATURDAY) | |||
TIME | TOPIC/SESSION | SPEAKER | CHAIRPERSONS |
SESSION 1 (9.30 AM – 11.30 AM) OPENING PLENARY – GLOBAL LEARNING, LOCAL SOLUTIONS | |||
9.30 – 9.40 AM | Day’s Proceedings | Dr Manish Jain |
|
9.40 – 10.00 AM | Update on the Commonwealth Tribute to Life Project | Dr Satya Sharma | Dr Shubnum Singh Dr Sunil Shroff |
10.00 – 11.15 AM | Regional Coordinator’s Updates and Sharing of Best Practices
| The Americas – Sterling Lynch Africa –Dr David Thomson Australia – Lucinda Barry Asia –Dr Sunil Shroff Europe –Dr Dale Gardiner Caribbean –Margaret O’Shea | Dr Satya Sharma Dr Anil Kumar Dr Deepali Tiwari Dr Easwer H V |
11.15 – 11.45 NOON – TEA BREAK | |||
SESSION 2 (11.45 AM – 1.30 PM) PLENARY 2 – BEST PRACTICES FROM ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH | |||
11.45 – 12.45 PM | Showcasing community engagement across the Commonwealth UK India Malaysia Australia | Prof Gurch Randhawa Dr Hemal Kanvinde Dr Zaimi Wahab Ms Brianna Elms | Dr Anil Agarwal Dr Harsha Jauhari Dr Radhika Tandon Dr Awadhesh Kumar Yadav |
12.45 -1.30 PM | How the Commonwealth can help in commencing deceased donation in countries with emerging programmes – A panel discussion
| Dr Liz Middlehurst, Dr David Thomson Dr Lucinda Barry, Mr Clay Gillrie Dr Ali Obaidli Dr Anil Kumar Dr Noble Gracious | Moderators: Dr. Avnish Seth Dr Dale Gardiner |
1.30 PM – 2.30 PM – LUNCH | |||
2.30 PM – 4.30 PM PARALLEL SESSION 1 – OVERCOMING GAPS | |||
2.30 – 3.30 PM | Implementing the World Brain Death Project in South Africa Brain death: current challenges, confounders, role of ancillary investigations, paediatric brain death – A panel discussion
| Dr David Thomson Dr Deepali Tewari Dr Srikanth Srinivasan Dr Easwer H V Dr Dale Gardiner Dr David Thomson Dr Chhavi Sawney Dr Deepti Vibha | Dr Ajay Choudhary Dr Aarti Vij Moderated by: Dr Deepak Gupta Dr Rahul Pandit |
3.30 – 4.30 PM | Crowdfunding – Raising resources to help transplant candidates. A Transplant Coordinator’s perspective
Effective use of Crowdfunding Platforms NGOs coming together | Ms K V Shweta Mr Anoj Viswanathan Ms Jaya Jairam | Dr Sterling Lynch Dr Harun U Rashid Dr Manish Jain |
2.30 PM – 4.30 PM PARALLEL SESSION 2 – EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ACCREDITATION | |||
2.30 – 4.00 PM | Education, Training & Accreditation Nithya Krishnan Gurch Randhawa Visiting Fellowships: Opportunities for Commonwealth transplant clinicians | Olive McGowan/Louise Hubner (UK) Sujatha S/Dr Sunil Shroff (India) Ms Gena Fong (Singapore) Ms Alison Hodak (Australia) Dr Azim Gangji (Canada) UK – Prof Nithya Krishnan Canada – Dr Sunil Shroff | Dr Shubnum Singh Dr Shiny Suman Pradhan Dr Manish Balwani Dr Sonal Asthana |
4.00 – 4.30 PM | Discussion and commitments | Action plan for presenting on Day 3 |
|
4.30 – 4.45 TEA- BREAK | |||
4.45 PM – 7.00 PM PLENARY 3 | |||
4.45 – 5.30 PM | Augmenting Kidney Transplants – lessons learnt
| Dr Harun Ur-Rashid Dr Vijayan Manogran Dr A K Bhalla Dr Dinesh Khullar Dr Sanjeev Gulati Dr Vikas Jain | Moderators: Dr Georgi Abraham Dr Sunil Shroff |
5.30 – 5.45 PM | Swap Transplants in Kidney | Dr Vivek Kute | Dr Deepak Ray Dr Manish Jain |
5.45 – 6.00 PM | Swap Transplants in Liver | Dr Arvinder Soin | Dr Naimish Mehta Dr Sujoy Pal Dr Anil Agarwal |
6.00 -7.00 PM | International approaches: Role play of a family approach presented from different Commonwealth Countries Dr Dale Gardiner to lead | Ms Gena Fong & Ms Chow Yee Ling (Singapore)
Ms Lalitha Raghuram, Lt Col Sandhya V Nair and Mr Vishok N (India) Ms Louise Hubner (UK) Ms Alison Hodak (Australia) | Dr Amit Joshi Ms Jaya Jairam Ms Jasmeet Anand |
7.00 PM – 8.00 PM – INAUGURATION | |||
8.00 – DINNER | |||
DAY 3 – MARCH 24, 2024 (SUNDAY) | |||
TIME | TOPIC/SESSION | SPEAKER | CHAIRPERSONS |
8.30 – 9.30 AM – Breakfast meeting for Commonwealth Regional Coordinators/ Representatives | |||
9.30 AM – 1.30 PM PLENARY SESSION 4 | |||
9.30 – 10.00 AM | Systems, Audits & Outcomes – Experiences from Australia | Dr Jeremy Chapman | Dr Sandeep Guleria Dr Vivekanand Jha Dr Anant Kumar |
10.00 -10.10 AM | Expert Comments & Learnings for India | Dr Vivekanand Jha |
|
10.10 AM – 11.00 AM – DONATION AFTER CIRCULATORY DEATH | |||
10.10 – 11.00 AM | DCD can be normal donation Role Play from UK Panel Discussion | Dr Dale Gardiner Dr Rahul Pandit Dr Ashish Sharma Ms Olive McGowan/Liz Middlehurst Dr R K Mani Dr Anil Kumar | Moderaters: Dr Dale Gardiner Dr Avnish Seth |
11.00 – 11.20 AM | Consent for Donation – A No is not always a No | Ms Pallavi Kumar | Ms Sukhvinder Lal Dr Muneet Kaur Sahi |
11.20 -11.30 PM | Organ Transport using Drones | Ms. Jaya Jairam | Dr Ashish Sharma Dr Sourabh Sharma |
11.30 AM – 12.00 Noon TEA BREAK | |||
12.00 PM – 1.30 PM PARALLEL SESSION 3 – HEART, LUNG, AND LIVER TRANSPLANT | |||
12.00 – 12.15 PM | Heart & Lung: Progress in India and how developing programs can be helped | Dr Arvind Kumar | Dr Jaswinder Singh Dr Milind Hote Dr Vivek Singh |
12.15 – 12.30 PM | Establishing a Liver Transplant Program & its challenges | Dr Subhash Gupta | Dr Peush Sahni Dr Sonal Asthana |
12.30 – 1.00 PM | Heart, Lung & Liver Transplant – challenges & learnings: A panel discussion | Dr Viniyendra Pamecha Dr Milind Hote Dr Sandeep Attawar Dr Subhash Gupta Dr Arvind Kumar | Moderater: Dr Sonal Asthana |
1.00 – 1.15 PM | Predicting tools in organ transplantation | Prof Nithya Krishnan Dr Sunil Shroff | Dr B Subba Rao Dr Vikas Jain |
1.15 -1.30 PM | Skin Donation & Banking | Dr Maneesh Singhal | Dr Deepak Nanda Capt Swamy |
12.00 PM – 1.30 PM PARALLEL SESSION 4 – OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNICATION AND PROMOTION WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH | |||
12.00 – 1.00PM | Communication Workshop – Coming up with an Action Plan
| Workshop Leaders: Ms Fatim Kesvani (UK) Ms Chow Yee Ling (Singapore) Ms Brianna Elms (Australia) Dr Awadhesh Kumar Yadav/Dr Shiny Suman Pradhan (India) Mr Sterling Lynch (Canada) | Led by: Dr Satya Sharma Ms Lucinda Barry Ms Lalitha Raghuram |
1.00 – 1.30 PM | Discussion and commitments |
|
|
1.30 PM -2.30 PM – LUNCH | |||
2.30 – 5.00 PM FINAL PLENARY | |||
2.30 – 2.50 PM | IKDRC – A model transplant program for developing countries | Dr Pranjal Modi | Dr Ajay Shankar Prasad Dr Anup Kumar Dr Rajan Singh |
2.50 – 3.20 PM | Pioneering Hand Transplant Program in India | Dr Subramania Iyer | Dr Mohit Dr Mahesh Mangal Ms Veena Wathore |
3.20 – 3.35 PM | Cell Free DNA for organ rejection | Dr. Avinash Ramani | Prof Nithya Krishnan Gen P P Varma |
3.35 – 4.30 PM | Commonwealth Tribute to Life – setting up for success Presentation of commitments
| Regional Coordinators | Dr Dale Gardiner |
4.30 PM – 5.00 PM – CLOSING THOUGHTS, VOTE OF THANKS AND FAREWELLS | |||