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Eurotransplant Annual Meeting 2015 Winner Henk Schippers Young Investigator Award Every year, Eurotransplant grants an award to a young clinical or scientific investigator with the aim to pursue a career in the field of organ and tissue transplantation. This award, named after Eurotransplant‟s first director, Henk Schippers, is especially meant to enable the investigator to present the results of organ transplantation related investigations at well recognized and respected international transplantation congresses or symposia. The winner of the Henk Schippers Young Investigators award 2015 is Dr. Rupert Oberhuber from the Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria. He was recognized for his research into treatment with tetrahydrobiopterin to overcome brain death associated injury in a murine model of pancreas transplantation. We congratulate Dr Oberhuber with this Award and look forward to the presentation on his research at the Eurotransplant Winter Meeting in Alpbach, Austria in January 2016. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Summaries meetings Thursday, October 15 Opening session Chair: B. Meiser Speakers: P. Branger, U. Samuel Report by: J. van der Laan The session was opened by the President of Eurotransplant, Prof. Meiser, who welcomed the participants to Leiden. He said that the location of this years‟ meeting might bring back memories for some participants, as the Holiday Inn has been the venue of many Eurotransplant meetings in the past. He then introduced the new General Director of Eurotransplant, Dr. Peter Branger, who commenced in his new position on April 1, 2015. In his Director‟s report, Dr. Branger introduced himself and shared information on his background and experience in various positions combining Information Technology and Healthcare. He then focused on some recent developments and achievements in the Eurotransplant office. Report Annual Meeting 2015 | Eurotransplant 5