Lung

In preparation for the 2026 Banff Meeting to be held Oct 5-9, 2026 in Banff, Canada - we are soliciting input from the international transplant community on guiding the discussions at the in-person meeting. Please share your thoughts on the following questions to each of the sessions in your area of interest listed in the blog: (the full program and registration information for the 2026 Banff meeting can be found here: https://site.pheedloop.com/event/2026banffmeeting/schedule)*

*Some final changes to session and presentation titles might occur.          

What are the most important knowledge gaps and/or unmet clinical needs for this session?        

What questions would you ask the moderators and speakers at this session?

Banff Lung Concurrent: the past, present and future of multicenter study for lung allograft

Biobanking for multicenter studies: does and don’t

Recommendation from expert biostatisticians: what test should we use for multicenter lung transplant study?

Digital pathology integration for multicenter studies

Regulatory barriers for multicentral and international study: how do we overcome them

Lessons learned from Prior multicenter study: best practices moving forward

How to work with multidisciplinary teams for multicenter studies

What are the most important knowledge gaps and/or unmet clinical needs for this session?        

What questions would you ask the moderators and speakers at this session?

Banff Lung Concurrent II:

Working group discussion for multicenter study

Group discussion for project #1: hypothesis, methodology, anticipated barriers

Finalize actional plan and timeline for project #1

Group discussion for project #2: hypothesis, methodology, anticipated barriers

Finalize actional plan and timeline for project #2