CAST 2027 Ahmedabad · 20th Congress of the Asian Society of Transplantation
Asia’s transplant community meets in Ahmedabad
Hosted by the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation alongside its 37th Annual Conference.
Counting down to the congress
- 00
- Days
- 00
- Hours
- 00
- Minutes
- 00
- Seconds
The Atal bridge over the Sabarmati
- Dates
- October 2027
- Exact days announced soon
- City
- Ahmedabad, India
- Venue
- Announced soon
- Edition
- 20th Congress
- First held in Bali, 1989
The film
Ahmedabad is waiting
A short film from the organisers on the city, the host societies and what CAST 2027 will bring to Gujarat.
- The city and the congress venue
- Transplantation in Gujarat
- The societies behind the congress
A congress with a long memory
The Asian Society of Transplantation was formed in 1981 and held its first congress in Bali in 1989. CAST has moved across the continent ever since, and the AST General Body chose Ahmedabad on 6 September 2026.
Host society
Indian Society of Organ Transplantation
ISOT brings together India's transplant physicians, surgeons and coordinators, and hosts CAST 2027 alongside its own 37th Annual Conference.
Visit ISOT
Convening society
Asian Society of Transplantation
Founded in 1981, AST unites transplant professionals across Asia and convenes this congress, its flagship scientific meeting.
Visit ASTWhy the congress comes to India
India performs more transplants than all but two countries, and brings deep experience in living donor transplantation, growing deceased donor programmes and paired organ exchange.
- 20,138
- organ transplants in India in 2025
- 3rd
- in the world for total transplantation
- 3,500+
- members in ISOT
- 47
- committee members from 27 countries
Transplant figures: Government of India.
Why AhmedabadScientific highlights
Coming soonThe Scientific and Research Committee of the Society sets the programme. These are the formats a CAST congress carries; the session grid and the faculty are published here once they are confirmed.
- Plenary lectures
- Named orations
- Scientific symposia
- Hands-on workshops
- Free paper sessions
- Moderated posters
- Pre-congress courses
- Satellite symposia
Leadership
The office bearers of the Society
The Executive Committee of the Asian Society of Transplantation convenes CAST 2027. The full roster runs to 47 members from 27 countries.
Mustafa Al-Mousawi
President
Kuwait
Sanjay Kolte
Secretary-General
India
Kam-Man Maggie Ma
Immediate Past President
Hong Kong
Vivek Kute
Scientific & Research Committee Chair
India
Terence Kee
Bylaws Committee Chair
Singapore
Khawar Zaidi
Membership Committee Chair
Pakistan
Shridhar Ganpathi Iyer
Ethics Committee Chair
Singapore
27 countries on the committee
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- China
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lao PDR
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Thailand
Registration
Coming soonDelegate categories, early bird deadlines and group booking open once the dates and venue are confirmed. No tariff is published until it is final.
- Member and non-member rates
- Trainee and allied health rates
- Group booking for institutions
Venue and travel
The venue is announced once contracted. Getting to Ahmedabad is already settled, so you can plan travel around it now.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (AMD) sits about 10.5 km from the centre, with direct flights from the Gulf and Southeast Asia.
Ahmedabad, the host city
India's first UNESCO World Heritage City, and the country's busiest centre for organ transplantation.
The Atal pedestrian bridge
Since 1989
A congress that moves around Asia
CAST has been held every two years since the first congress in Bali. Ahmedabad is the twentieth.
1989
1st Congress
Bali, Indonesia
2025
19th Congress
Kuwait City, Kuwait
2027
20th Congress
Ahmedabad, India
This congress
Be told when registration opens
We will write once dates, the programme and the abstract portal are confirmed. No other mail.