Programme

Location: Tampere Hall

Moderators:
Jacinto Sánchez Ibáñez (A Coruña University Hospital)
Anna Vilarrodona Serrat (BST)

Location: Tampere Surgical Education Center

Meeting 8:30 at Tampere Hall Registration Desk
Workshop duration: 9:30-12:30

Moderators:
Aurora Navarro Martinez-Cantullera (BST)
Hanna Parviainen (Linio Biotech)

Keynote Presentation: Martin Börgel (DGFG): We don’t have a lack of tissue donors, we have a lack of organization.

Jonathan Boyd: Collaborating with Medicolegal Professionals: Maximizing Donation Opportunities
Christian Braun: The Relatives‘ perception of the Tissue Donation Process: A 10 Year Retrospective Study
Carlo De Cillia: Tissues and Cells Procurement Organization: the Emilia-Romagna Region (ERR) Model and Results
Tom Buersmeyer: The Growing use of Tissue Recovery Facilities within Organ Procurement Organizations in the United States
Tiina Vilén: Post-Mortem Tissue Donation Process at Tampere University Regea Tissue Center, Finland
Michael Palmisano: Tissue Banking Reimagined: Leading Change in a Traditional Field
Amber de Graaf:  Predictors of False-Positive and Invalid Results in Postmortem Blood Testing of Tissue Donors: A Case-Control Study

Sponsor’s lecture: Jan Grönblad (Vaisala): Monitoring in Demanding Environments

Keynote Presentation Anni Mörö (Tampere University): 3D Bioprinting of Human Corneas: Steps Towards Clinical Translation

Marta Duran-Güell: Development of 3D Cell Pool Models from Isolated Primary Liver Cells Microencapsulated Through Bioprinting
Riina Uusmies: From Autologous to Allogeneic Approach with Cell-Free Adipose Tissue Technology: Clinical Studies on Wound Healing and Scar Maturation
Cristina Castells-Sala: Towards Safe Clinical Translation: Mitigating Risks in the Preparation of Decellularized Sural Nerves for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Jonathan Boyd: How Research Donation Shapes the Future of Drug Discovery, Therapeutics, and Disease Research

Location: Tampere City Hall

Rita Piteira (European Commission Directorate General Health and Food Safety): EU SoHO Regulation
Mar Lomero (European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare): EDQM Guidelines
Francois-Xavier Lamy (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control): ECDC Guidelines
Sari Tähtiharju (Finnish Medicines Agency): Implementation of the SoHO Regulation

Panel discussion: Rita Piteira, Mar Lomero, Francois‑Xavier Lamy, Sari Tähtiharju, Simone Hennerbichler-Lugscheider and Jacinto Sánchez Ibáñez

APASTB: Jinyoung Jeong, St. Vincent’s Hospital, South Korea
AATB: Michael Palmisano, Tissue Recovery Services, Sharing Hope SC, USA
EATCB: Michèle Köhler, DGFG The German Society for Tissue Transplantation, Germany
SATiBA: Moji Mogari, Vitanova Tissue Bank, South Africa
BAA/EBAANZ: Chris van Diemen, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Australia

Keynote Presentation Kelly Tilleman (Ghent University Hospital): Effective Strategies for Managing Risks and Donor Restrictions: Lessons Learnt in Assisted Reproductive Technologies

Katri Knuus: Advancing Ovarian Tissue Evaluation: 3D Micro-CT Imaging and Machine Learning Segmentation for Accurate Oocyte Quantification
Johan Guns: Microbiological Safety Assessment of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
Jacinto Sánchez Ibáñez: The role of Tissue Establishment in Fertility Preservation for Oncologic Males. Experience in the Last 13 Years.
Sonja Lindfors: Ensuring Donation Traceability in Patient Information Systems: a Perspective from Fertility Treatments

Discussion: Shaping the Future of IVF under the New EU Regulation
Moderators: Siri Lehtonen (Oulu University Hospital, Finnish Fertility Society) and Marisa Ojala (Ovumia, Finnish Fertility Society))

Keynote Presentation Sorcha Ni Dhubhghaill (UZ Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel): The BEST Cornea clinical trial – lessons learned from the clinic and the bank when comparing precut grafts

Stefano Ferrari (Veneto Eye Bank Foundation): The current state of eye banking

Tanja Ilmarinen: Bridging Concept to Clinic: Preclinical Considerations for Stem Cell-Based Ocular Surface Repair
Ivana Vidović: Changing Patterns of Microbial Contamination and Antimicrobial Sensitivity in Contamination of Organ Cultured Corneas
Maija Kauppila: Long-Term Storage of Human Donor Corneas Affects Putative Limbal Stem Cell Marker Expression and Compromises Epithelial Integrity
Elina Utti: Corneal Donor Testing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Anna Salz: Impact and Achievements of Indo-German Collaboration for Global Eye Donation

Keynote Presentation Minna Laitinen (Helsinki University Hospital): The Use of Bone Allografts in Orthopaedic Oncology

Marc Grischin: Survival Rate of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Revisions Using Structural Bone Allograft: a Retrospective Study about 245 Cases.
Olivier Goffin: Enhancing of the Production Process: a 10-Year Journey in the Transformation of Decellularized Grafts at Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
Andrey Barkanov: Probones Tissue Bank: Analyzes of the Three Years Experience
Volker Eras: Enhanced Absorption and Drug Release from a Novel Fibrous Bone Graft
Viorel Nacu: Modulation of the Release Profile of a Biologically Active Compound After Double Loading of Demineralized Bone Graft
Doina Fosa: Nanostructured Bone Graft for Medical Applications
Mariana Jian: Bone Grafts Functionalized with Essential Oils

Lauren Roberts: Contingency Plans within NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) – Reviewing Risk Management across the Donor to Patient Pathway
Maria McGee: How Sweden Will Achieve a Clinically Driven Tissue Service by 2030: A Data-Driven Approach
Marina Alvarez Miranda: Spanish Strategic Tissue Plan – PENT – (2022-2026): a Key Tool for Implementing the SOHO Regulation
Marina Alvarez Miranda:  Spanish Experience in the Harmonization of Activity Data in Tissues and Cells
Ruth Barrio: GAPP-PRO Joint Action: Latest Update
Marina Alvarez Miranda: Committee for the Evaluation of Innovation with Cells and Tissues of Human Origin and Derived Products (CEICyTH) – 2025
Miroslava Jandová: Microbiological Risk Assessment During the Procurement and Processing of Cells, Tissues and Breast Milk Using the MiRCA tool

Location: Congress Center Puistotorni, Hämeenpuisto 28

Wojciech Łabuś: Influence of Electron Beam Irradiation on Extracellular Matrix of the Human Allogeneic Skin Grafts
Wojciech Łabuś: Tissue Engineering as a Tool in a Novel Approach to the Comprehensive Treatment and Management of a Deeply and Extensively Burned Patient – Case Report
Valeria Purpura: Development of a New  Method for the Ready-to-Use Preservation of a Human Acellular Dermal Matrix
Wojciech Łabuś: Acellular Dermal Matrices as a New Alternative for Treatment in Reproductive Organ Static Disorders: A Pilot Study
Annu Luostarinen: Standardized Production of Allogeneic Serum Eye Drops for Severe Ocular Surface Disease
Carlo De Cillia: Donor Screening for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: Results from the Bologna Center

Toni Leppä: The Evolution of Tissue Establishment Registries: Requirements and Data Management Practices
Dirk Mohn: Digital Traceability Across Platforms and Clinic Locations
Alix de Pierpont: Equipment Management in Tissue Banks: Development of an In-House CMMS System with Microsoft Sharepoint
Jan Claas Brune: Design and Construction of a New Manufacturing Facility for Musculoskeletal Tissue Grafts
Jacinto Sánchez Ibañez: In Process Environmental Monitoring Programme. How Much, How Long
Claire Price: Incorporating Virtual Reality into a New Blended Learning Package for Eye Retrieval

Keynote Presentation Giulia Montagner (Veneto Tissue Bank Foundation): Amniotic Membrane: a Valuable and Versatile Tissue in Clinical Practice

Nicola Hofmann: Does the Time Interval from Delivery to Preparation Influence the Properties of Amniotic Membrane? A Comparison Between <6 and >6 to 24 Hours
Valeria Purpura: Development of a New Collection Method for Human Amniotic Membrane
Asmita Banerjee: Human Amniotic Membrane: Moving Perinatal Biomaterials Towards Translation into the Clinic

Keynote Presentation Jukka Salminen (Helsinki University Hospital): Cardiac Homografts: Harvesting, Processing and Clinical Application

Lujia Gribben: Novel Source of Donor Hearts for Heart Valve Production
Kristina Fruerlund Rasmussen: Microbial Findings in Vascular Allografts Before and After Antimicrobial Decontamination
Laura López Puerto: VasCraft: a Novel Tissue-Engineered, Decellularized and Re-Endothelialized Human Vascular Graft for Use in Artery Bypass
Pavel Měřička: Clinically Undetected Malignancies as a Reason for Discarding Cryopreserved Connective and Vascular Tissue Allografts from Deceased Donors: A Five-Year Retrospective Study
Jan Burkert: The fate of the first 100 patients enrolled on the WL for large diameter allograft heart valves (AHV)
Jan Burkert: Happy 90th birthday Professor Sir Magdi YACOUB – a surgeon and a maverick