Key aims:

To promote the engagement of younger liver transplant professionals and trainees in all ILTS activities, and to advocate on their behalf.

Key tasks and dates:

1. Meet at the Annual Congress (May-July) to review recent activities and member feedback, discuss council input from the most recent Council Meeting and develop an agenda for the following year.
2. Organize five multidisciplinary Vanguard sessions at the Annual Congress:
   1. Vanguard Moderated Poster Discussion
   2. Vanguard Grand Round Case Presentations
   3. Vanguard Featured Symposium
   4. Vanguard Debate Session
   5. Vanguard Surgical Video Session

3. Host a Vanguard Reception at the Annual Congress.
4. Highlight younger members’ contributions by a selection of the best published clinical and basic science research papers during the calendar year for the Vanguard Awards.
5. Publish online Vanguard Reports, and highlights of the ILTS Annual Congress.
6. Contribute to the Scientific Content in the monthly ILTS Newsletter, and assist in social media profile management.
7. Lead monthly ILTS Vanguard Webinars on Complex Cases in Liver Transplantation.
8. Coordinate the assigned Special Interest Groups.
9. Ascertain the educational and professional needs of younger members through informal discussion and the annual member survey (September), and work with the ILTS leadership to address these needs.
10. Review online applications for committee membership annually (October-January) and nominate replacements for members expiring in that year. The process as per ILTS Committees Policy is to be completed four weeks before the Winter council Meeting.
11. Report twice yearly to ILTS Council: January-February written report for winter council meeting agenda book, May-June written report for Annual Congress Council Meeting agenda book and chair to present in person.

Key performance metrics:

1. Satisfactory reports to ILTS Council
2. Participant numbers and feedback re congress events organized by the committee

Committee Members:

*Committee terms end at Annual Congress in the year shown in brackets

Trainee Members:

*Committee terms end at Annual Congress in the year shown in brackets

Committee Terms of Reference