About the congress
One international community.
A shared commitment to donation.
ISODP 2027 is the 18th Biennial Congress of the International Society for Organ Donation Professionals, organised by ISODP and hosted in London by NHS Blood and Transplant.
The society
ISODP.
International Society for Organ Donation Professionals, a section of The Transplantation Society.
ISODP’s congress is the only global meeting dedicated to organ and tissue donation. It brings together intensive care doctors, specialist nurses in organ donation, donation coordinators, OPO staff and leaders, tissue banking, researchers and policymakers from around the world. Kyoto 2025 drew 539 registrations and 253 abstracts from every inhabited continent.
Your London host
NHS Blood and Transplant
NHS Blood and Transplant is one of the largest organ and tissue donation and transplantation organisations in the world. It runs organ donation and transplantation across the whole of the UK: the NHS Organ Donor Register, the specialist nurses who support families at the bedside, organ retrieval and allocation, and tissue and eye services, working with every transplant centre in the country. Its national data, research and professional education are shared with the donation community worldwide, which makes London a natural home for ISODP 2027.
Event management by Moore Engage.
Who’s who
The people behind London 2027.
The congress is led by ISODP’s officers, the Scientific Programme Committee co-leads and the Local Organising Committee, with NHS Blood and Transplant as host.
Jeffrey OrlowskiPresident, ISODPUnited States
Helen OpdamPast President, ISODPAustralia
Anthony ClarksonTreasurer, ISODP · Local Organising Committee ChairUnited Kingdom
Dr David ThomsonSecretary, ISODPSouth Africa
Matthew WeissPresident-Elect, ISODP · Scientific Programme Committee co-leadCanada
Dale GardinerScientific Programme Committee co-leadUnited Kingdom- Kealan JonesLocal Organising Committee LeadUnited KingdomPhoto to follow
Candi Bond GunningProfessional Conference Organiser LeadMoore Engage
An international perspective
The programme committee.
The Scientific Programme Committee is co-led by Matthew Weiss (Canada) and Dale Gardiner (United Kingdom) and brings together donation professionals from across the world. Keynote speakers to be announced.
- Dr Matthew WeissCo-leadCanada
- Dr Dale GardinerCo-leadUnited Kingdom
- Dr Brian AlvarezSpain
- Dr Anne FlodénSweden
- Dr Maria Paula GómezSpain
- Dr Dan HarveyUnited Kingdom
- Alison HodakAustralia
- Peggy JohnCanada
- Kealan JonesUnited Kingdom
- Dr Günter KirsteGermany
- Ken LotheringtonCanada
- Dr Olive McGowanUnited Kingdom
- Dr Helen OpdamAustralia
- Jeffrey OrlowskiUnited States
- Dr Silvia Perez-ProttoUnited States
- John RichardsonUnited Kingdom
- Dr Sunil ShroffIndia
- Dr David ThomsonSouth Africa
- Dr Ines Ushiro-LumbUnited Kingdom
Membership as at October 2026.
Join the conversation in London.
Registration opens 1 February 2027.
