MohamedAbdalbary Egypt

Institution

Day 1 - Sunday April 14, 2024

Time	Session

9 a.m. 10:30 a.m.	Innovations in Transplantation Gervasio Soler-Pujol Chairperson gsolerpujol@gmail.comMD MarioSchiffer Chairperson mario.schiffer@uk-erlangen.deUniversity hospital ErlangenGermany Update in Robotic Kidney Transplantation RajeshSivaprakasam Speaker United Kingdom Progress in Xenotransplantation MeganSykes Speaker ms3976@cumc.columbia.eduUnited States Antigen-specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor Regulatory T Cells for Use in Solid Organ Transplantation CarolineLamarche Speaker caroline.lamarche.1@umontreal.caUniversité de MontréalCanada Post Transplant TMA-pathogenesis and Management LilianMonteiro P. Palma Speaker lilian.palma@icloud.comState University of CampinasBrazil Q and A Hall A		Hands on Big Data Mining for the Nephrologist in 2024 HeatherAscani Chairperson University of MichiganUnited States KatherineTuttle Chairperson University of Washington School of Medicine, Division of NephrologyUnited States MatthiasKretzler Chairperson University of MichiganUnited States Looking for Data on Glomerular Diseases: How to Find the Treasures You Are Looking for With a Click of a Mouse VijiNair Speaker University of MichiganUnited States Open Science in an Open Community: Resources of the Kidney Precision Medicine Project for CKD and AKI MatthiasKretzler Speaker University of MichiganUnited States The Future is Now: How to Mine Cells and Neighborhoods of the Kidney in Health and Disease JulioSaez-Rodriguez Speaker julio.saez@uni-heidelberg.deHeidelberg UniversityGermany Panel Discussion Hall C1		Population Health and Strategies to Protect the Fragile EnriqueDorado Chairperson egdorado@gmail.comInstituto de Investigaciones Médicas "A. Lanari". Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina ShokoufehSavaj Chairperson Iran Being Born Too Small: What a Nephrologist Should Know to Support Prevention of CKD in Future Generations DanieleTrevisanuto Speaker daniele.trevisanuto@unipd.itUniversity Hospital of Padova, ItalyItaly Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy as a Means to Discover CKD Giorgina BarbaraPiccoli Speaker Centre Hospitalier Le MansFrance Managing Pregnancy with Advanced CKD in a Limited-resource Setting AlejandraOrozco Guillen Speaker ale_gaba@hotmail.comNational Institute of Perinatology, Nephrology depMexico Pre-eclampsia and its Differential Diagnosis: A Viewpoint from LMICs RashaShemies Speaker rashasamirtaha@gmail.comMansoura UniversityEgypt Q and A Hall D
10:30 a.m. 11 a.m.	Hitting the Four Hits: The Potential of Dual BAFF/APRIL Inhibition in IgA Nephropathy JonathanBarratt Spotlight Speaker University of Leicester, Leicester, UKUnited Kingdom Spotlight Stage 1 (exhibition hall)
11 a.m. 12 p.m.	Plenary Session 2: CrisprCas9 Therapy for Sickle Cell Diseases: How Do We Go from Discovery to Equitable Availability of Gene Therapy for All? (Obiageli Eunice Nnodu, Nigeria) AgnesFogo Chairperson United States GuillermoRosa Diez Chairperson guillermo.rosadiez@hospitalitaliano.org.arHospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Argentinean Society of Nephrology; Latinoamerican Society of Nephrology and Hypertension; International Society of NephrologyArgentina My Story VictoriaGray Speaker vwright_03@yahoo.comUnited States CrisprCas9 Therapy for Sickle Cell Diseases: How Do We Go from Discovery to Equitable Availability of Gene Therapy for All? Hugh de Wardener Lecture Obiageli EuniceNnodu Speaker oennodu@gmail.comUniversity of AbujaNigeria Hall A
12:15 p.m. 1:15 p.m.	Hot Debate: Should a Low Protein Diet (+/- Ketoanalogue Supplementation) Be Part of Advanced CKD Management? CarlaAvesani Chairperson carla.avesani@ki.seKarolinska InstituteSweden SahirKalim Chairperson skalim@mgh.harvard.eduHarvard Medical School/ Massachusetts General Hospital United States Hot Debate: Should Low Protein Diet (+/- Ketoanalogue Supplementation) Be a Part of Advanced CKD Management? - PROS ConnieRhee Speaker crhee@mednet.ucla.eduUCLAUnited States Hot Debate: Should Low Protein Diet (+/- Ketoanalogue Supplementation) Be a Part of Advanced CKD Management? - CONS SwapnilHiremath Speaker University of OttawaCanada Hall A			Onconephrology: Various Flavors of AKI JavierDe Arteaga Chairperson javierdearteaga@gmail.comHospital Privado Universitario de Cordoba. Catholic University from CordobaArgentina KarinaSoto Chairperson Centro Hospitalar de Setubal, EPE and CEDOC Universidade Nova de LisboaPortugal SandraHerrmann Chairperson herrmann.sandra@mayo.eduMayo ClinicUnited States AKI-related Cancer and Cancer Treatment-related TMA ClaraGarcía Carro Speaker claragarciacarro@hotmail.comSan Carlos Clinical Hospital (Madrid, Spain)Spain AKI Related to Cancer Immunotherapy: Can Biomarkers Help? SebastianLapman Speaker lapseba@yahoo.com.arArgentina Magnesium and AKI: Is There a Connection? From Bench to Bedside - What We Can Learn from Onconephrology JolantaMalyszko Speaker Medical University of Warsaw, PolandPoland Q and A Hall E
3 p.m. 4 p.m.	Meeting Interventional Nephrology Needs in Low Resource Settings JadrankaButurović Ponikvar Chairperson University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenia RodrigoCampos Chairperson rpeixotocampos@gmail.comFundação Pró-Renal, CuritibaBrazil Mexico as a Training Hub for Interventional Nephrology in Latin America BernardoMoguel González Speaker bernardomoguel@hotmail.comInstituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez Mexico cityMexico Interventional Nephrology in Cameroon NzanaVictorine Bandolo Speaker Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS)Cameroon How to Organize an Interventional Nephrology Program Adapted to Regional Resources TusharVachharajani Speaker John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center / Wayne State University School of MedicineUnited States Q and A Hall C3			Cardiorenal Syndrome: Updates in the Pathophysiology and State-of-the-Art Treatment FelipeInserra Chairperson felipe.inserra@gmail.comArgentina YelenaDrexler Chairperson yrd6@miami.eduUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineUnited States New Insights into the Mechanisms of Kidney Injury in the CRS WendyMccallum Speaker wmccallum@tuftsmedicalcenter.orgUnited States Novel Pharmacological Treatments of the CRS MarkSarnak Speaker msarnak@tuftsmedicalcenter.orgTufts Medical CenterUnited States Device-related Treatment for CRS ClaudioRonco Speaker cronco@goldnet.itInternational Renal Research Institute of VicenzaItaly Q and A Hall D
4 p.m. 4:30 p.m.	Potential Role of Anti-CD38 Therapy in Autoimmune Kidney Diseases like Lupus Nephritis BradRovin Spotlight Speaker The Ohio State UniversityUnited States UptalPatel Spotlight Speaker United States Spotlight Stage 1 (exhibition hall)
4:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.	Kidney Transplantation: State of the Art. ISN-TTS Joint Session CarlosDiaz Chairperson cdiaz@cemic.edu.arSección Nefrología, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Instituto Universitario CEMIC.Argentina GermaineWong Chairperson University of SydneyAustralia MarianoArriola Chairperson marianoarriola@hotmail.comSAT, SAN, Facultad de Medicina (UNL)Argentina Quality and Safety in Kidney Transplantation WanessaClemente Speaker wanclemente@yahoo.com.brUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil Machine Perfusion of the Kidney HenryPleass Speaker henry.pleass@sydney.edu.auSpecialty of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, UniversitAustralia Menopause and Kidney Transplantation SofiaAhmed Speaker sofia.ahmed@ahs.caUniversity of AlbertaCanada Q and A Hall D			Salt Substitutes and HTN/CVD ConnieRhee Chairperson crhee@mednet.ucla.eduUCLAUnited States GerardoGamba Chairperson gamba@biomedicas.unam.mxUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico Potassium-based Salt Substitutes and CVD HoornEwout Speaker e.j.hoorn@erasmusmc.nlErasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsNetherlands Strategies for Scaling the Use of Potassium-enriched Salt BruceNeal Speaker lclifford@georgeinstitute.org.auThe George Institute, UNSW, Imperial CollegeAustralia Use of Salt Meters to Reduce Salt Intake SurasakKantachuvesiri Speaker Nephrology Division, Faculty of Medicine, RamathibThailand Q and A Hall E

Day 2 - Monday April 15, 2024

Time	Session

9 a.m. 10:30 a.m.	Transplantation: International Updates. AdelaMattiazzi Chairperson amattiazzi@med.miami.eduTTS, SAT, ASN, AST, United StatesUnited States RubenSchiavelli Chairperson rubenschiavelli@yahoo.com.arArgentina Organ Trafficking: A Complex and Devastating Reality DominiqueMartin Speaker Deakin UniversityAustralia The Many Challenges of Kidney Transplantation in Developing Countries: Latin America LuisMorales Buenrostro Speaker luis_buenrostro@yahoo.comINSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MEDICAS Y NUTRICION SALVADOR ZUBIRANMexico Acute Allograft Dysfunction Zubeyde SerhanTuglular Speaker stuglular@marmara.edu.trMarmara University School of Medicine, Division of NephrologyTürkiye Transplant Implications for APOL1 Testing in South American Populations FernandaSales Luiz Vianna Speaker fslvianna@gmail.comUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil Q and A Hall A		Editors' Pick of ISN Journals: KI and KIR GermaineWong Chairperson University of SydneyAustralia PierreRonco Chairperson Hôpital TenonFrance KI Highlights PierreRonco Speaker Hôpital TenonFrance KI Highlights 1 Eugene Yu HinChan Speaker The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Children's HospitalHong Kong, China KI Highlights 2 MuzamilHassan Speaker Department of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaNigeria KI Highlights 3 VeronicaMiguel Speaker Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular ResearchSpain KI Highlights 4 GriffithPerkins Speaker Australia KIR - Update JaiRadhakrishnan Speaker Columbia University in the City of New YorkUnited States KIR Highlights 1 SumitMohan Speaker Columbia UniversityUnited States KIR Highlights 2 AndreaViecelli Speaker University of QueenslandAustralia Presentation of Best Reviewer Awards BradRovin Speaker The Ohio State UniversityUnited States Presentation of Basic Science Awards (Early Career Researchers Awards) ChristophKuppe Speaker Department of Nephrology, RWTH University Aachen, GermanyGermany Presentation of Clinical Science Awards (Early Career Researchers Awards) IsabelleAyoub Speaker The Ohio State UniversityUnited States Q and A BradRovin Speaker The Ohio State UniversityUnited States Hall C2		Hypertension - the Cutting Edge: Advances in Science and Management TaraChang Chairperson tichang@stanford.eduStanford UniversityUnited States Veronica Ferraris Chairperson veronica.ferraris@hospitalitaliano.org.arServicio de Nefrología Pediátrica. Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. (Argentina) Behind the Numbers: Exploring the Molecular Mechanisms of Hypertension GerardoGamba Speaker gamba@biomedicas.unam.mxUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico Hypertension - the Cutting Edge: Is It Time for Sex-specific Management of Hypertension? TaliElfassy Speaker t.elfassy@med.miami.eduUnited States State-of-the-Art Treatment of Hypertension in Pediatrics With CKD RahulChanchlani Speaker chanchlr@mcmaster.caMcMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, CanadaCanada State-of-the-Art Treatment of Hypertension in Adults With CKD SusanneNicholas Speaker sunicholas@mednet.ucla.eduDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAUnited States Q and A Hall D
12:15 p.m. 1:15 p.m.	KDIGO 2024 Anemia Guideline: Case-based Illustrations: ISN-KDIGO Joint Session Carlos LuisBlanco Chairperson clbblanco@yahoo.com.arCARLOS LUIS BLANCO, ISN EMERIT MEMBER, ARGENTINA Argentina MarcelloTonelli Chairperson University of CalgaryCanada TalerngsakKanjanabuch Chairperson Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn UniversityThailand KDIGO 2024 Anemia CKD Guideline: Overview on Methodology and Key Guidance EviNagler Speaker Nephrology Department, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium Practical Guideline Applications for Patients with Anemia CKD Not on Dialysis JoséA. Moura-Neto Speaker jamouraneto@hotmail.comBrazilian Society of NephrologyBrazil Practical Guideline Applications for Select Patients With Anemia: Dialysis, Kidney Transplant Recipients, and Children with CKD MarcelloTonelli Speaker University of CalgaryCanada Q and A Hall E
1 p.m. 1:45 p.m.	Global Impacts on Kidney Care and Transplantation via Sister Centers Partnerships DiegoRigo Spotlight Speaker diegohrigo@gmail.comArgentina Jaime ManuelRestrepo Restrepo Spotlight Speaker restrepojaime@hotmail.comColombia Pablo MartinJimenez Spotlight Speaker pmjimenezlorenzo@yahoo.com.arArgentina Tasnuva SarahKashem Spotlight Speaker Bangladesh RukshanaShroff Spotlight Chairperson MD, FRCPCH, PhDUnited Kingdom Spotlight Stage 2
2:45 p.m. 3:15 p.m.	What nephrologists can learn from nurses Laura Lunardi Speaker laura.lunardi@sa.gov.auAustralia Ana Elizabeth pradofigueiredo Spotlight Speaker Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Brazil HelenHurst Spotlight Speaker h.e.hurst@salford.ac.ukUniversity of Salford and Northern Care Alliance NUnited Kingdom RachaelWalker Spotlight Chairperson University of Auckland, New ZealandNew Zealand Spotlight Stage 1 (exhibition hall)
3 p.m. 4 p.m.	Late Breaking Clinical Trials Session AlessiaFornoni Chairperson University of Miami United States MichelleRheault Chairperson rheau002@umn.eduUniversity of MinnesotaUnited States Predicting the Risks of Kidney Failure and Death in Adults With Moderate-to-severe Chronic Kidney Disease (KDpredict) PietroRavani Free Communication pravani@ucalgary.caUniversity of CalgaryCanada Plasma Exchange in ANCA Associated Vasculitis GN: Update After Pexivas Wladimir MietekSzpirt Speaker wladimir.mietek.szpirt.01@regionh.dkRigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Dept. of Nephrology, Denmark, Senior Research ConsultantDenmark EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF IPTACOPAN IN PATIENTS WITH IgA NEPHROPATHY: INTERIM RESULTS FROM THE PHASE 3 APPLAUSE-IgAN STUDY DanaRizk Free Communication drizk@uabmc.eduUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States SPARSENTAN VS IRBESARTAN IN PATIENTS WITH IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY (IgAN): SUBGROUP ANALYSES OF 2-YEAR RESULTS FROM THE PIVOTAL PHASE 3 PROTECT TRIAL JonathanBarratt Free Communication University of Leicester, Leicester, UKUnited Kingdom PREGNANCY AMONG WOMEN ON CHRONIC DIALYSIS : THE FRENCH COHORT CécileCouchoud Free Communication cecile.couchoud@biomedecine.frREIN registry, Agence de la biomédecine, FranceFrance Hall A			Treatment Goals for Severe Hyponatremia: A Debate on Current Guidelines Program MitchellRosner Chairperson Univeristy of Virginia HealthUnited States Overview of Hyponatremia Angela Yee-MoonWang Speaker Hong Kong/SingaporeSingapore Pro: Current Guidelines are Appropriate HelbertRondon-Berrios Speaker rondonberriosh@upmc.eduUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicineUnited States Con: Current Guidelines are Too Conservative CarlosAyus Speaker carlosayus@yahoo.comUniversity of California IrvineUnited States Discussion Hall C3
4:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.	Paraproteinemia and the Kidney CarolineLamarche Chairperson caroline.lamarche.1@umontreal.caUniversité de MontréalCanada Gustavo CristianGreloni Chairperson gustavo.greloni@hospitalitaliano.org.arArgentina MGRS: Should All Forms Need Clonal Therapy? FrankBridoux Speaker f.bridoux@chu-poitiers.frDepartment of Nephrology and French Reference Center for AL amyloidosis and MGRS, University Hospital, Poitiers, FranceFrance Renal Amyloidosis: What Is New? Veronica Torres CostaSilva Speaker veronica.torres@hc.fm.usp.brSão Paulo State Cancer Institute - University of São PauloBrazil Can We Perform a Transplant in Patients with Myeloma and Amyloidosis? SabineKaram Speaker University of MinnesotaUnited States Q and A Hall A

Day 3 - Tuesday April 16, 2024

Time	Session

9 a.m. 10:30 a.m.	Hi Aldo, What's New? Advances in Aldosterone in Health and Disease CarlosSchreck Chairperson carlos.schreck@gmail.comHospital Italiano de Buenos Aires- NephrologyArgentina KellyHaughton Chairperson kidneydoctorpanama@gmail.comSLANH, PanamaPanama Why Are Fewer Than I% Of Hypertensive Patients Ever Screened For Primary Aldosteronism? John Funder Speaker John.Funder@hudson.org.auThe Hudson Institute of Medical Research Clayton 3168 Victoria Australia; Monash University, Clayton 3600 Victoria AustraliaAustralia Aldosterone and Disease JordanaCohen Speaker jco@pennmedicine.upenn.eduUniversity of PennsylvaniaUnited States New Trials Using Aldosterone Synthese Blockade MichelAzizi Speaker michel.azizi@aphp.frUniversité Paris Cité, Hypertension department, HôFrance Targeting MR for Heart and Kidney Protection HiddoLambers Heerspink Speaker H.J.Lambers.Heerspink@umcg.nlNetherlands Q and A Hall E
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m.	Clinical Management of Glomerulonephritis (GN) Juan ManuelMejia Vilet Chairperson jmmejia@hotmail.comInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador ZubiránMexico ValeriaAlberton Chairperson vgalberton@gmail.comHospital Fernandez/ Hospital El CruceArgentina Updates on IgAN Management HernánTrimarchi Speaker HOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRESArgentina Membranous GN Classification and Management PierreRonco Speaker Hôpital TenonFrance MPGN Updates SanjeevSethi Speaker Mayo ClinicUnited States Managing Vasculitis RobertaFenoglio Speaker roberta.fenoglio@unito.itOspedale San Giovanni BoscoItaly Q and A Hall A
11 a.m. 12:15 p.m.	Plenary Session 4: Insights into SGLT2 Inhibitors: A Story of Discovery (Ele Ferrannini, Italy) AlessiaFornoni Chairperson University of Miami United States LizLightstone Chairperson Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom MasaomiNangaku Chairperson Japan Acceptance Speech: Bywaters Award MotokoYanagita Speaker Kyoto UniversityJapan Insights into SGLT2 Inhibitors: A Story of Discovery. Donald Seldin Lecture EleFerrannini Speaker eleferrannini@gmail.comUniversity of PisaItaly ELP2 Graduation MasaomiNangaku Speaker Japan Hall A
12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.	Hot Debate in CKD Hypertension Management: Targeting Systolic BP Below 120? MarceloOrías Chairperson marcelo.orias@gmail.comArgentina MarkSarnak Chairperson msarnak@tuftsmedicalcenter.orgTufts Medical CenterUnited States Hot Debate in CKD Hypertension Management: Targeting Systolic BP Below 120? - PROS TaraChang Speaker tichang@stanford.eduStanford UniversityUnited States Hot Debate in CKD Hypertension Management: Targeting Systolic BP Below 120? - CONS JordanaCohen Speaker jco@pennmedicine.upenn.eduUniversity of PennsylvaniaUnited States Hall A

Pre-Congress - Saturday April 13, 2024

Time	Session

9 a.m. 11 a.m.	Interventional Nephrology Course: Catheters and Biopsy AhmedSokwala Chairperson drsokwala@gmail.comAga Khan University Hospital NairobiKenya ArifAsif Chairperson arif.asif@hmhn.orgUnited States GriseldaBratti Chairperson griselda.bratti@hospitalitaliano.org.arHospital Italiano of Buenos Aires. Argentina Argentina JadrankaButurović Ponikvar Chairperson University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenia Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheters OctavioSalgado Speaker ojsalg@hotmail.comChair of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Ecuador.Ecuador Insertion of PD Catheters BrettCullis Speaker University of Cape TownSouth Africa Biopsy of Native and Transplanted Kidney FedericoLevy Speaker levyfede@gmail.comDrArgentina Hands-on Modules - HD Hands-on Modules - PD Hands-on Modules - Kidney Biopsy Hall D
11:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m.	Interventional Nephrology Course: Arteriovenous Access for Hemodialysis AhmedSokwala Chairperson drsokwala@gmail.comAga Khan University Hospital NairobiKenya ArifAsif Chairperson arif.asif@hmhn.orgUnited States GriseldaBratti Chairperson griselda.bratti@hospitalitaliano.org.arHospital Italiano of Buenos Aires. Argentina Argentina JadrankaButurović Ponikvar Chairperson University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenia Physical Evaluation of Arteriovenous Fistula JakobGubenšek Speaker jakob.gubensek@kclj.siUniversity Medical Center Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenia Vascular Access Related Endovascular Procedures AnilAGARWAL Speaker University of California San Francisco, Fresno, USUnited States Approach to Thrombosed Vascular Access ArifAsif Speaker arif.asif@hmhn.orgUnited States Hands-on Modules - Arteriovenous Fistula Hands-on Modules - Vascular Access Related Endovascular Procedures Hands-on Modules - Thrombosed Vascular Access Hall D
2:15 p.m. 4:15 p.m.	Interventional Nephrology Course: Ultrasonography for Nephrologists AhmedSokwala Chairperson drsokwala@gmail.comAga Khan University Hospital NairobiKenya ArifAsif Chairperson arif.asif@hmhn.orgUnited States GriseldaBratti Chairperson griselda.bratti@hospitalitaliano.org.arHospital Italiano of Buenos Aires. Argentina Argentina JadrankaButurović Ponikvar Chairperson University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenia Doppler Ultrasonography of Native and Transplanted Kidney JadrankaButurović Ponikvar Speaker University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenia Ultrasonography Volume Status Assessment (Lungs, IVC) and Limited Cardiac Echo SuryatiYakob Speaker suryatiyakob@gmail.comHospital Kuala LumpurMalaysia Ultrasonography Evaluation of Arteriovenous Fistula AhmedSokwala Speaker drsokwala@gmail.comAga Khan University Hospital NairobiKenya Hands-on Modules - Ultrasonography Volume Status Assessment (Lungs, IVC) and Limited Cardiac Echo Hands-on Modules - Doppler Ultrasonography of Native and Transplanted Kidney Hands-on Modules - Ultrasonography Evaluation of Arteriovenous Fistula Hall D
4:30 p.m. 6 p.m.	WCN'24 Opening Ceremony and Plenary Session 1: The Origin of the Universe (Daniel de Florian, Argentina) ISN President's Address MasaomiNangaku Speaker Japan Tribute to Stewart Cameron Welcome by WHO Director of Non-Communicable Diseases Dr Bente Mikkelsen Welcome by Dr. Marina Papaginovic, SAN President; Dr. Guillermo Rosa Diez, WCN Local Organising Group Chair; and Dr. Jorge Rico, SLANH President and WCN Local Organizing Group co-Chair GuillermoRosa Diez Speaker guillermo.rosadiez@hospitalitaliano.org.arHospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Argentinean Society of Nephrology; Latinoamerican Society of Nephrology and Hypertension; International Society of NephrologyArgentina JorgeRico Speaker jorgericof@yahoo.comColombia MariaPapaginovic Leiva Speaker drapapaginovicleiva@gmail.comArgentina Welcome by Minister of Health for Buenos Aries Dr Fern Welcome by SPWG Chair Alessia Fornoni AlessiaFornoni Speaker University of Miami United States The Origin of the Universe DanielDe Florian Speaker deflo@unsam.edu.arUniversidad Nacional de San MartinArgentina Acceptance Speech: Hamburger Award AdeeraLevin Speaker University of British Columbia and Providence Health CareCanada Hall A
6:45 p.m. 7:15 p.m.	Building Renal Registry Capacity: Introducing ISN EtienneNtabanganyimana Spotlight Speaker Rwanda MariaPippias Spotlight Speaker University of BristolUnited Kingdom FergusCaskey Spotlight Chairperson University of Bristol, UKUnited Kingdom MariaGonzalez Spotlight Chairperson registro@slanh.netSLANHUruguay Spotlight Stage 1 (exhibition hall)