Programma preliminare
V Conferenza Internazionale DONARTE 2026
A Transplant Renaissance: Ethics, Equity, and Evolution
4–6 ottobre 2026
Domenica 4 ottobre
Famiglia, società, etica e collaborazione internazionale
Aula Magna del Rettorato, Università degli Studi di Messina4 sessioni22 interventi
09:00–12:00
Evento pre-congressuale per studenti e cittadini
Aperto a tuttiVisita al Museo Regionale, ingresso gratuito per tutta la giornata di domenica 4 ottobre.
Canoe Transplant Games with Rowing Club Peloro and UNIME Games (rowing and running for organ donation awareness)
Giovanna Spatari, Rettrice, Università degli Studi di Messina
The Director of the Italian Transplant Centre, the Presidents of AIDO and the associations meet the UNIME students
Giuseppe Feltrin, CNT DirectorGiorgio Battaglia, CRT DirectorFlavia Petrin, AIDO PresidentAssociations, authorities and faculty present
14:30–15:00
Registrazione
15:00–15:30
Cerimonia inaugurale
- 15:00–15:05
Welcome message from the Rector of the University of Messina
Giovanna Spatari, Rettrice, Università degli Studi di Messina
- 15:05–15:30
Institutional greetings from the President of the Sicilian Region, Mayor of Messina, Archbishop of Messina, Director AOU G. Martino, Director CRT Sicilia, Medical Director ISMETT, AIDO National and Regional Presidents, associations, and other authorities present
15:30–17:00
Special Lectures
ModeratoriGiuseppe Navarra (Messina) · Pasquale Aragona (Messina) · Deepak Gupta (India) · Anna Teresa Mazzeo (Italy)
- 15:30–15:50
Organ donation and transplantation: landmarks reached and vision for the future
Giuseppe Feltrin, Director CNT, Italy
Nicholas Special Lecture
15:50–16:10
The surgeon's gaze is one that sees more than skin. Sculpting a head
Nadey Hakim, London, UK · President TTS
Rolly Special Lecture
16:10–16:30
Early post liver transplantation changes in immunometabolic profile
Didier Payen, Emeritus Professor, Université Paris Cité Sorbonne, Paris
Iacopo Special Lecture
16:30–16:45
The DCD best practices today
Marti Manyalich, Spain · President DTI
All Donors Special Lecture
16:45–17:00
Art and healing
Richard Woodward, Director, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, USA
17:00–17:15
Testimonianze
5 minuti ciascuna
ModeratoriMassimo Cardillo (Dir. NIT, Milano) · Giorgio Battaglia (Dir. CRT)
Testimonial from the mother of a donor: the “La Stanza di Iacopo” project
Fausta Tocchio, Donating mother
Testimonial from the recipient of an emergency gift, two weeks after becoming a mother
Miriam La Spada, Recipient
Testimonial from the girl who became a grandmother, thirty years after receiving the gift
Maria Pia Pedalà, The girl who became a grandmother
17:15–17:30
Coffee break
17:30–19:30
Collaborazione internazionale tra centri trapianti: dalla buona volontà a risultati misurabili
12 minuti ciascuno
ModeratoriGiovanni Raimondo (Messina) · Maria Crupi (Messina) · Iolanda Russo Menna (VCU) · Mathew Joseph (India)
From knowledge to impact: how DTI strengthens donation systems, connects communities and expands opportunity
Sergi Padilla, Spain
From death to donation: the physiology of organ donation
Alberto Zanella, Milano
Access to kidney transplantation. Is it fair?
Roberto Cacciola, Messina
Ethical principles of human organ allocation and equity of access
Lucia Craxì, Palermo
New programs to improve transplantation odds for high sensitized kidney recipients
Massimo Cardillo, Milano
Liver transplantation: evolution and outcomes from a Mediterranean center
Salvatore Gruttadauria, ISMETT, Palermo
Integrating artificial intelligence and liquid biopsy for enhanced post-transplant monitoring
Natalia Malara, Catanzaro
Organ donation in Sicily
Antonino Scafidi, Palermo
Health diplomacy and organ donation: building bridges across cultures to save lives
Bassam Darwish, UAE
Organ donation and transplantation in Ghana
Samuel Kaba, Ghana
20:00–21:00
Buffet di benvenuto della faculty
21:00–23:00
Gran Galà DONARTE 2026
Aperto a tuttiEvento pubblico di sensibilizzazione: performance artistiche e cerimonia di premiazione del Premio DONARTE 2026.
