EPITA Symposium 2027

Scientific Lead
Joana Ferrer, Barcelona, Spain
Paul Johnson, Oxford, United Kingdom

With EPITA Board
Shadab Abadpour, Oslo, Norway
John Casey, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Antonio Citro, Milan, Italy
Jason Doppenberg, Leiden, The Netherlands
Peter Girman, Prague, Czech Republic
Julie Kerr Conte, Lille, France

Venue

The event is taking place in person:
congresspark igls
Kurweg
6080 Innsbruck-Igls, Austria

Accreditation

Applications will be submitted to the EACCME® for accreditation of this meeting.

Abstract submission

Submissions open: 17 July 2026
Submissions close: 01 October 2026

For the 16^th EPITA Symposium, abstracts are welcome for submission in the following categories:

– Basic Science
– Clinical pancreas
– Clinical allo-islet
– Clinical auto-islet

As well as Case studies for presentation during the workshop:
– Clinical Pancreas
– Clinical Islet

Awards

The 16^th EPITA Symposium will award the highest-scoring abstracts:

• Best Oral Presentation (500 EUR)
• Best Poster (250 EUR)
• Best Pitch Presentation (12-month ESOT membership)

General Information

The official language of the conference is English.
All participants must register online through the official website.
The main hashtags of the event are #EPITAsymposium #ESOT_EPITA

Registration

Early fees – 28 July 2026 to 25 November 2026

Regular fees – 26 November 2026 to 26 January 2027

All fees are VAT-inclusive

(*) Member – ESOT membership in good standing at the time of registration
(**) Trainee/AHP – All those in training are eligible for these rates. Delegates registered in this category will need to upload documented proof of enrolment in a University programme when completing their registration. Nurses, coordinators, laboratory scientists, psychologists, ethicists, and basic scientists actively involved in organ donation and/or transplantation
(***)Partner Society – Members of Societies with a standing MoU/Agreement signed with ESOT
(****) Low/Middle Income – List of countries published by The World Bank

Cancellation Policy

All cancellations must be submitted in writing to the ESOT Team at registrations@esot.org.
From the launch of the registration platform until 2 months before the event (from 28 July until 24 November)

• Name changes are permitted with no penalty.
• Cancellations are permitted and registration fee will be reimbursed with an administrative fee of 50 EUR.

From 2 months until the event start (from 25 November until 26 January)

• Name changes are permitted with an administrative fee of 60 EUR per change
• Cancellations are not refundable.
• Onsite badge reprinting has an administrative fee of 45 EUR per reprinting.

ESOT Membership

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ESOT Team

Irene Garcia
ESOT Team – Head of Congress & Events
irene.garcia@esot.org

Preeti Neema
ESOT Team – Scientific Programme Manager
preeti.neema@esot.org

Our bespoke approach ensures that each industry partner will benefit from a successful and valuable meeting experience. Explore the vast and varied sponsorship opportunities available to industry partners.

Are you interested in supporting this initiative?

Please do not hesitate to contact Irene Garcia, our Head of Events & Congress.
Her direct email address is irene.garcia@esot.org