Innovate, Integrate, Inspire: Advancing Team Collaboration in
Living Donation and Transplantation
The Living Donation 2026 conference is a training conference on the essential aspects of clinical, psychosocial, advocacy, administrative, financial, quality, and regulatory issues related to living kidney and liver donation. The program provides plenary sessions, and breakout sessions for kidney, liver, and SW/ILDA teams for the new and experienced practitioners.
Join us to enhance your expertise and stay at the forefront of living donation practices.
Who should attend?
The following team members:
- Independent living donor advocates for all clinical disciplines
- Living donor coordinators, Pre Transplant Coordinators, Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Physicians
- Physician leaders, administrators, and pre-transplant and living donor managers
- Quality and compliance staff
Registration Fee: $799
Education Credits:
Attention social workers! We understand your concerns about NASW's new CE requirement that sessions must be an hour long to qualify for credits. That's why we've designed the agenda to ensure the majority of sessions meet NASW credit criteria! This program is approved by the National Association of Social workers (Approval #886520058-8338) for 17.5 continuing education contact hours.
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses for 18.25 contact hours, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Applications will be made to the American Board of Transplant Certification for CEPTCs.
If applications are approved, participants must be present for 80% of the sessions they attend, and complete the session survey evaluations to receive educational credits.
The American Foundation for Donation and Transplantation is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17331.
Thank You To Our Sponsors!
New to Living Donation? Sign up for the Foundational Concepts of Living Donation Course
This is a virtual training course on the essential aspects of clinical, psychosocial, advocacy, administrative, financial, quality and regulatory issues related to living donation. The program is an introductory course for individuals with less than 2 years of experience in the care of the living donor. The course presentations will be released January 12, 2026 and attendees will have until March 12, 2026 to view the presentations, complete the evaluation surveys, and take the post-test (if desired). Content will remain on the website for six months so you can go back and watch lectures at your leisure.
Who should attend?
The following staff who are new to their roles:
- Independent living donor advocates
- Living donor coordinators
- Living donor social workers
- Psychologists
- Physicians
- Administrators and managers
- Quality and compliance staff
Registration fee: $250
This program will be eligible for:
- 9.75 contact hours through AACN
- 8.5 CEs through NASW
- 9.67 CEPTCs through ABTC