Congress & General Assembly 2017 - Treviso

EUROPEAN PROJECTS

Chairman:
C. PINTUS (Rome-I)
VISTART, C. PINTUS (Rome-I)

Euro GTP II, R. PITEIRA (Barcelona-E)
Consortium SoHO, E. TRIAS ADROHER (Barcelona-E)
An Update on Progress with the Evaluation of the EU legislation on Blood, Tissues and Cells,
D. FEHILY (Brussels-B)

DEVELOPMENT OF DONATION

Chairman:
J. DAVIES (Oxford-UK)

Veneto Region Network, D. PONZIN (Venice-I)
The network of Scandinavian multi tissue bank,
M. ROSDAHL (Malmö-S)
UK network, J. DAVIES (Oxford-UK)
Challenges in tissue banking in the Netherlands,
A. VAN DEN BOGAERDT (Beverwijk -NL)

PROCESSING STANDARDS

Chairmen:
S. HENNERBICHLER (Linz-A),
J. DAVIES (Oxford-UK)

As God is my witness, I will never have doubts in my tissue establishment again,
A. KAMINSKY (Warsaw-PL)
M. LOPEZ FRAGA (Council of Europe)
M. LOMERO (Council of Europe)
O. FARIÑAS (Barcelona-E)
J. SANCHEZ (A Coruña-E)

MICROBIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS

Chairmen: R. JASHARI (Brussels-B)
A. PAOLIN (Treviso-I),
What do bacterial contaminants in transplant tell us,
P. PETIT (Delft-NL)

HEART VALVES WORKSHOP

Chairmen:
M. BUZZI (Bologna-I),
A. PRUSS (Berlin-D)
T. DE BY (Leiden-NL)
S. ZAHRA (Edimburgh-UK)
G. GALEA (Malta) 

MUSCULOSKELETAL TISSUES

Chairmen:
D. DALLARI (Bologna-I)
B. GOLUBIC (Zagreb-HR)

Homografts in orthopedic surgery,
C. ZORZI (Negrar-I)

Bone Graft in oncological orthopedic surgery,
D. M. DONATI (Bologna-I)

Bone graft in spinal surgery,
A. GASBARRINI (Bologna-I),
G. BARBANTI BRODANO (Bologna-I)

Antibiotic impregnated bone allografts in the treatment of infected hip replacement,
H. WINKLER (Vienna-A)
Homografts in Maxillofacial surgery,
O. PROCOPIO
(Castelfranco Veneto-I)

CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUES

Chairmen:
G. POLVANI (Milan-I),
A. VAN DEN BOGAERDT (Beverwijk-NL)

The use of decellularized homografts in GUCH patients: current results,
G. GEROSA (Padova-I)

Use of cardiac homografts in pediatric patients,
A. CAROTTI,
M. TREZZI (Rome-I)

Ross procedure 50th anniversary: current status in aortic valve surgery and consequences for tissue bankers,
J. ŠPATENKA,
I. EL-HAMAMSY,
J. ONDRÁŠEK,
P. ŽÁCEK, J. DAVIES,
R. JASHARI, J. BURKERT,
J. VOJÁCEK

(Prague-CZ, Montreal–CAN, Oxford-UK and Brussels-B)
Vascular homografts for clinical applications, E. GALEAZZI (Treviso-I)

SKIN/DERMIS

Chairmen:
H. BEELE (Ghent-B),
A. VASSANELLI (Verona-I)

The surgical techniques of Alexander in the treatment of severe burns,
D. MELANDRI (Forlì-I)

An acellular dermal collagen-elastin matrix derived from human donor skin,
S. MONSTREY (Ghent-B)

BIOVIGILANCE

Chairmen: A. NAVARRO (Barcelona-E),
C. PINTUS (Rome-I)
Cases submission session    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2017

CORNEA - part 1

Chairmen: WJ. ARMITAGE (Bristol-UK), S. FERRARI (Venice-I)

Corneal transplantation today and tomorrow, M. BUSIN (Forlì-I)

New perspectives in the work of eye banks, G. THURET (Saint-Ètienne-F)

Treatment of ocular surface diseases, D. PONZIN (Venice-I)

CORNEA - part 2

Chairmen: D. PONZIN (Venice-I), P. KRUIT (Beverwijk-NL)

Technical and regulatory challenges for innovative products in ophthalmology, E. TRIAS ADROHER (Barcelona-E)

Innovative approaches in retinal repair and regeneration, G. PERTILE (Negrar-I)

Amniotic membrane collirium, D. TROJAN (Treviso-I)

ADIPOSE TISSUE

Chairmen:
G. RIGOTTI (Verona-I),
R. VETTOR (Padova-I)

Characterization of adipose tissue, G. MILAN (Padova-I)

ROUND TABLE: CLINICAL APPLICATIONS

F. BASSETTO (Padova-I),
G. BERNA (Treviso-I),
M. GOVERNA (Verona-I),
P. C. PARODI (Udine-I),
G. RIGOTTI (Verona-I)

AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE

Chairmen:
S. HENNERBICHLER (Linz-A),
A. PAOLIN (Treviso-I)

Amniotic membrane in plastic surgey, B. AZZENA (Padova-I)

Amniotic membrane in diabetic ulcers, A. GRASSO (Catania -I)

Amniotic membrane in maxillo facial surgery, L. GUARDA NARDINI (Treviso-I)

PANCREATIC ISLETS

Chairman:
F. BERTUZZI (Milan-I)

UK network for islet production and transplantation,
P. JOHNSON (Oxford-UK)

Nordisk network: when the tissue bank activities are integrated with the research,
O. KORSGREN (Uppsala-S)

GRACIL network: promoting long distance islet transplantation,
A. ANDRES (Geneva-CH)

REPRODUCTIVE TISSUE

Chairmen:
F. BARIANI (Rome-I),
S. FENSOME-RIMMER (Liverpool-UK)

Cryopresevation of oocyte
and sperms, E. PORCU (Bologna-I)

Ovarian abd immature testicular tissues, J. DAVIES (Oxford-UK)

SAE and SAR in reproductive tissues and cells: the Notify Library,
E. PETRISLI (Bologna-I)

Clinical experience with reproductive tissue,
S.G. KRISTENSEN (Copenhagen-DK)

Ovarian abd immature testicular tissues Presentation

NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Chairmen:
M. BORGEL (Hannover-D),
E. TRIAS-ADROHER (Barcelona-E)

Decellularization: an overview, R. LOMAS (Liverpool-UK)

Aortic valve decellularization with TriCol protocol, L. IOP (Padova-I)

3D Printing in human tissues, E. ENGEL (Barcelona-E)

CRYOPRESERVATION WORKSHOP

Chairmen:
J. SANCHEZ IBANEZ (La Coruña-E),
A. GUARINO (Milan-I)

Ice-free vitrification of tissue engineered and natural tissues,
K. BROCKBANK (North Charleston-USA)

Cryopreservation by controlled rate cooling: background and answered questions, B. FULLER (London-UK)