On 19th March 2009 at Dolce La Hulpe, Belgium, a joint meeting between RISET and ITN entitled "Transplantation Tolerance: update on clinical trials and biomarkers" took place.   

The programme was as follows:

Michel GOLDMAN Coordinator, RISET Integrated Project, EU
Welcome address

Jeff BLUESTONE Director, Immune Tolerance Network, USA                              Immune Tolerance Network: Advancing our understanding of tolerance in solid organ transplantation

Robert LECHLER Kings' College, London,  UK                                                                                                  Indices of Tolerance: lessons from a European collaboration

Alberto SANCHEZ-FUEYO Hospital Clinic,Barcelona                                                                                              Novel biomarkers in liver transplantation

Megan SYKES Harvard Medical School, Boston,USA                                                                                                 Induction of tolerance in HLA-mismatched kidney transplant recipients

Open discussion: "Structure, management and objectives of research networks in clinical transplantation"