ELPAT Congress 2025

The 6th ELPAT Congress on Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of Organ Transplantation will take place from 9th-12th October 2025 in Sevilla, Spain. The theme of this congress is “New Technologies – Evolving Humanities”. The aim of the Congress is to promote and facilitate in-depth discussion of emerging and future issues in transplant ethics, psychology and law. Through this platform for discussion, we aim to promote and pioneer ethical clinical practice in the field of donation and transplantation.

This will be achieved through interactive plenary sessions, innovative focus sessions and in-depth workshops on topics that are relevant to multidisciplinary professionals working in donation and transplantation.

Submitted abstracts will be clustered based on their thematic focus or integrated into in-depth focus sessions and workshops. In addition to the scientific programme, there will also be opportunities for networking through social events.

The conference welcomes all professionals involved in transplantation. This includes, but is not limited to, (bio-)ethicists, philosophers, physicians, lawyers, criminologists, anthropologists, psychologists, transplant coordinators, nurse practioners and policy-makers in the field of organ donation and transplantation. Students and young professionals are highly encouraged and welcome to attend and participate actively and it will be of priority to engage them in focus sessions and workshops.

Learning Objectives

1. For those not familiar with the remit of ELPAT to reflect on their current role in transplantation from an ELPAT perspective
2. To discuss the ethical, legal and psychosocial aspects of the newest transplant practices, technologies, and their impact.
3. To encourage cross-section collaboration and conversation between different disciplines, organ groups and sections of ESOT.
4. To discuss the broader philosophical complexities of transplantation, including sustainability of the workforce and implications for the future of our transplant surgery and practice.

Transplant professionals from all domains, including but not exclusively: 

• Clinicians with an interest or active role within a transplant programme from a medical or surgical background
• Allied healthcare professionals with an interest or working within transplantation, including those with a basic science background 
• Persons with a transplant or who may be awaiting a transplant 
• Ethicists, lawyers, philosophers and anthropologists with an interest in transplantation
• Law and policymakers and state officials
• Students from all fields (medical, humanities, technology, law and policy) and professionals new or interested in the transplantation field