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 Avnish Seth |
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6.10 – 6.35PM | An update on world donation and transplantation activity – A keynote address | Dr Dale Gardiner, UK | Dr Satya Sharma Dr S K Agarwal |
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 Krishan Kumar Dr Sanjay Nagral |
7.15 – 7.35 PM | Using Art for Community Engagement, Singapore | Chow Yee Ling | Dr Deepak Gupta Arati Gokhale |
7.35 – 7.50 PM . | A personal story | Dr Job Kasweshi
| Latha Kumaraswamy 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
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9.30 – 9.40 AM | Day’s Proceedings | Dr Manish Jain |
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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 – Hassina Mohammed Dr Prajapati Trivedi – Special Envoy for SDG, Commonwealth Secretariat, UK | Dr Satya Sharma Dr Anil Kumar Dr Deepali Tewari Dr Easwer H V |
11.15 – 11.45 NOON – TEA BREAK | |||
SESSION 2 (11.45 AM – 1.30 PM) – PLENARY – 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 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
| Liz Middlehurst, UK Dr David Thomson, Africa Lucinda Barry, Australia Clay Gillrie, Canada Dr Ali Al Obaidli, UAE Dr Anil Kumar, NOTTO Dr Noble Gracious, India | Moderator – Dr. Avnish Seth Dr Dale Gardiner
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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 Ajay Choudhary Dr Aarti Vij Moderated by: Dr Deepak Gupta Dr Rahul Pandit
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3.30 to 4.30 PM | Crowdfunding – Raising resources to help transplant candidates. A Transplant Coordinator’s perspective
Effective use of Crowdfunding Platforms NGOs coming together | K V Shweta Sayanti Ray Jaya Jairam | 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 Moderated by: 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) Alison Hodak (Australia) Dr Azim Gangji (Canada) UK – Prof Nithya Krishnan Dr Sunil Shroff | Dr Shubnum Singh Dr Shiny Suman Pradhan Dr Manish Balwani Dr Sonal Asthana
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4.00 – 4.30 PM | Discussion and commitments | Action plan for presenting on Day 3 |
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4.30 – 4.45 TEA- BREAK | |||
4.45 PM – 7.00 PM – Day 1 PLENARY – Name | |||
4.45 – 5.30PM | Augmenting Kidney Transplants – lessons learnt.
| Dr Harun Ur-Rashid Dr Vijayan Manogran Dr A K Bhalla Dr Dinesh Khullar Dr Sanjeev Gulati Dr Prasun Ghosh Dr Vikas Jain | Moderated by: Dr Georgi Abraham Dr Sunil Shroff |
5.30 – 5.45 PM | Swap Transplants in Kidney | Dr Vivek Kute | Dr Deepak Ray Dr Manish Jain
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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 | Gena Fong & Chow Yee Ling (Singapore)
Lalitha Raghuram, Lt Col Sandhya V Nair and Vishok N (India) Louise Hubner (UK) Alison Hodak (Australia) | Dr Amit Joshi Jaya Jairam 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 | |||
9.30 – 10.00 AM | Systems, Audits & Outcomes – Experiences from Australia
| Dr Jeremy Chapman | Dr Sandeep Guleria Dr Narayan Prasad Dr Shyam Bansal
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10.00 -10.10 AM | Expert Comments & Learnings from India | Dr Sunil Shroff |
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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 Deepesh B Kenwar Olive McGowan/Liz Middlehurst Dr R K Mani Dr Anil Kumar | Moderated by: Dr Dale Gardiner Dr Avnish Seth
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11.00 – 11.20 AM | Consent for Donation – A No is not always a No | Pallavi Kumar | Ms Sukhvinder Lal Dr Muneet Kaur Sahi Dr Ashish Nandwani |
11.20 -11.30 PM | Organ Transport using drones | Jaya Jairam | Dr Dinesh Bansal Dr Dinesh Yadav |
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
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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 Subhash Gupta Dr Arvind Kumar | Moderated by: Dr Sonal Asthana |
1.00 – 1.15 PM | Predicting tools in organ transplantation | Prof Nithya Krishnan Dr Sunil Shroff | Dr B Subbarao Dr Vikas Jain |
1.15 -1.30 PM | Skin Donation & Banking | Dr Maneesh Singhal | Dr Deepak Nanda Capt V 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: Fatim Kesvani & Kealan Jones (UK) Chow Yee Ling (Singapore) Brianna Elms (Australia) Dr Awadhesh Kumar Yadav/Dr Shiny Suman Pradhan (India) Sterling Lynch (Canada)
| Led by: Dr Satya Sharma Lucinda Barry Lalitha Raghuram
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1.00 – 1.30 PM | Discussion and commitments |
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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 Jamal Rizvi | Dr Ajay Shankar Prasad Dr Anup Kumar
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2.50 – 3.20 PM | Pioneering Hand Transplant Program in India | Dr Subramania Iyer | 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 | |||