The aim of the Education Committee (EC) is to coordinate ESOT’s efforts to advance multidisciplinary education for transplant professionals at all career levels and to contribute to their professional development.
The Basic Science Committee promotes scientific issues and transplantation research within ESOT. An active basic science community and an efficient translation of innovation into the clinic are crucial for the future of transplantation medicine.
The European Transplant Allied Healthcare Professionals (ETAHP) reaches out to allied healthcare professionals throughout Europe in order to ensure the best care possible for all transplant patients, with the aim to optimize patient outcomes.
The Young Professionals in Transplantation (YPT) is the Network for Junior Transplant professionals of ESOT, representing all young transplant clinicians and scientists who are beginning a career in transplantation and organ donation.
The mission of ECTORS is to provide a forum for discussing and stimulating novel developments in the fields of cellular therapies in organ transplantation, organ regeneration and generation of new organs from stem cells and biomaterials.
ECTTA is the forum for experience exchange on treatment of patients with end-stage heart and lung failure. Our aim is to improve outcomes for the patients.
EDTCO aims to support health care professionals to provide clinically effective programmes on organ and tissue donation, procurement and transplantation.
EKITA is the Organ Expert Section of ESOT on kidney transplantation in Europe, providing a forum for kidney transplantation professionals to exchange scientific information and views aimed at providing the best service to European patients .
The European Liver and Intestine Transplant Association (ELITA), previously known as the European Liver Transplant Association (ELTA), is a section of ESOT. Its membership represents the expertise on liver and intestinal transplantation in Europe.
ELPAT is a European platform that brings continuity and progress in European research and dialogue on "Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of organ Transplantation". ELPAT currently consists of over 160 experts from more than 25 European countries.
EPITA is established to provide a forum for those working in the field of pancreas and islet of Langerhans transplantation or any other alternative form of beta cell replacement in Europe, to exchange scientific information and views related primarily to providing the best service for patients in Europe requiring pancreas or islet transplantation.
VCA has opened a new era in the field of transplantation, reconstructive and restorative surgery. This Section brings together 10 representatives of major European teams at the forefront in this field.
28 Jun - 28 Jun 2025 | London, United Kingdom
22 Jun - 9 Oct 2021 | The first edition of the ESOT Hackathon will take place online, through an open innovation program spanning over a period of 4 months from June to October 2021
29 Aug - 1 Sep 2021 | Milan, Italy & online
15 Oct - 16 Oct 2021 | Brussels, Belgium
30 Sep - 1 Oct 2022 | Milan, Italy
24 Oct - 25 Oct 2022 | Rome, Italy
3 May - 6 May 2023 | Rotterdam, The Netherlands
10 Jun - 10 Jun 2024 | Padova, Italy
20 Jun - 21 Jun 2024 | Madrid, Spain
24 Oct - 25 Oct 2024 | Padua, Italy
An overview of recent meetings which were organised by ELITA or in which ELITA has participated
8th ELITA ELTR Meeting in collaboration with LICAGE
18th -19th September 2014
Prague, Czech Republic
ILTS-2014 Joint International Congress of ILTS, ELITA & LICAGE
4th – 7th June 2014
London, UK
16th ESOT Congress
8th – 11th September 2013
Vienna, Austria
6th International Conference on Organ Donation after Circulatory Death
7th – 9th February 2013
Paris, France
GULF LIVER SUMMIT
25th – 26th January 2013
Dubai, United Arab Emirates5th Pan Arab Liver Transplant Society Congress
17th – 18th January 2013
Doha, Qatar
ELITA LICAGE LIVER MEETING and 4th ELITA Split Liver Course
13th – 15th September 2012
Ghent, Belgium
ELITA Intestinal Symposium at the TTS Congress 2012
16th July 2012
Berlin, Germany
6th International Conference Living Donor Abdominal Organ Transplantation: State of the Art
5th – 6th October 2012
Puglia, Italy
XXII Congreso de la Asociacion Latinoamericana para el Estudio del Higado
5th – 7th September 2012
Lima, Peru
I International Workshop on Uncontrolled DCD Donors
21st – 22nd June 2012
Barcelona, Spain
ILTS 18th Annual International Congress
16th – 19th May 2012
San francisco, United States
7th ELITA-ELTR Winter Meeting
10th – 12th February 2011
Igls, Austria
Asian Pacific HPBA 3rd Biennial Congress
27th – 30th September 2011
Melbourne, Australia
The 12th Congress of the Asian Society of Transplantation (CAST 2011)
25th – 28th September 2011
Seoul, Korea
4th Southern African Transplantation Congress 2011
30th September – 1st October 2011
London, United Kingdom
24th Southern African Transplantation Congress 2011
22nd – 25th September 2011
Cape Town
Biliary atresia and liver transplantation: Symposium on the occasion of the PhD thesis defense of Willemien de Vries
14th September 2011
Groningen, The Netherlands
ILCA 2011 International Liver Cancer Association Fifth Annual Conference
2nd – 4th September 2011
Hong Kong
IPTA 6th Congress on Paediatric Transplantation
25th – 28th June 2011
Montreal, Canada
The 2011 Joint International Congress of ILTS, ELITA & LICAGE
22nd – 25th June 2011
Valencia, Spain
EFRETOS Symposium
17th May 2011
Brussels, Belgium
EASL The International Liver Congress 2011
30th March – 3rd April 2011
Berlin, Germany
Joint 6th ELITA-ELTR Annual Meeting 5th International Meeting on Transplantation from Non-Heart Beating Donors
13th – 15th May 2010
London, United Kingdom
European Organ Donation Congress, 22nd ETCO
24th – 26th September 2010
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Living Donor Abdominal Organ Transplantation: State of the Art
25th – 26th June 2010
Florence, Italy
9th International Conference on New Trends in Immunosuppression and Immunitherapy
4th – 6th February 2010
Geneva, Switzerland
Medical Symposium 2010 – Physical Activities, Transplantations and Dialysis
17th January 2010
Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise (Savoie), France
5th ELITA-ELTR Winter Meeting
19th – 21st March 2009
Åre, Sweden
25 Years of Liver Transplantation at Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
26th – 27th November 2009
Saint-Luc, Brussels
Controversial Topics in Liver Transplantation – 25 Years with Liver Transplantation in Norway
24th September 2009
Oslo, Norway
3rd International Conference on Coagulopathy in Liver Disease
18th – 19th September 2009
Groningen, The Netherlands
International Small Bowel Transplantation Meeting
9th – 12th September 2009
Bologna, Italy
14th ESOT Congress
30th August – 2nd September 2009
Paris, France
ELITA-LICAGE
17th – 19th June 2009
Vienna, Austria
3rd Groningen HPB Day and Farewill Symposium Prof. Dr. Maarten J.H. Slooff
6th March 2009
Groningen, The Netherlands
4th ELITA-ELTR Winter Meeting
3rd – 5th April 2008
Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
ILCA 2nd Annual Conference
5th – 7th September 2008
Chicago, USA
Joint International Congress of ILTS, ELITA and LICAGE
9th – 12th July 2008
Paris, France
4th Living Donor Organ Transplant Conference
20th – 21st June 2008
Sorrento, Italy
The 4th European Donor Surgery Masterclass and the 2nd Basic Course on the Split Liver
21st – 23rd May 2008
Leiden, The Netherlands
4th International Meeting on Transplantation from Non-Heart Beating Donors
15th – 16th May 2008
London, United Kingdom
ELITA Symposium at the Annual Meeting of EASL
23rd – 27th April 2008
Milan, Italy
3rd ELITA-ELTA Winter Meeting
24th – 26th March 2007
Obergurgl, Tyrol, Austria
The AISF-ELITA Pre-Meeting Course
10th – 12th October 2007
Bergamo, Italy
13th ESOT Congress
1st – 3rd October 2007
Prague, Czech Republic
2nd ELITA-ELTR Winter Meeting
25th – 27th March 2006
Obergurgl, Tyrol, Austria
1st ELTA-ELTR Winter Meeting
16th – 20th April 2005
Obergurgl, Tyrol, Austria
