AnaCusumano CEMIC University Institute School of Health SciencesArgentina

Ana Maria Cusumano MD, PhD. Nephrologist. At present, I am a member of the Latin America Regional Board of ISN and the Education Committee and the Gender Committee of SLANH. At CEMIC University Institute, I am a Consultant Professor of Medicine, Principal Investigator, and the Director of the postgraduate Career in Higher Education in Health Sciences. I am also the Associate Research Director at the Pergamino Nephrology Institute and a member of the Editorial Scientific Committee of the Revista de Nefrología, Diálisis y Trasplante edited by the Buenos Aires Renal Association.

Institution

Day 1 - Sunday April 14, 2024

Time	Session

9 a.m. 10:30 a.m.	Translational Discoveries Paving the Way for Innovations in Managing Failing Kidney Complications ElianaDina-Batlle Chairperson Dradina@mac.comHospital Metropolitano De Santiago Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y MaestraDominican Republic GustavoLaham Chairperson glaham@cemic.edu.arGustavo Laham, Sociedad Argentina de Nefrología (SAN)Argentina OlynkaVega Chairperson olynkavega@hotmail.comInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador ZubiránMexico Updates on Uremic Toxins ZiadMassy Speaker ziad.massy@apr.aphp.frGlobal Medical Director, AURA, Paris France Bringing Nobel Prize Winning Discoveries in Oxygen Sensing to Nephrology Clinics Kai-UweEckardt Speaker kai-uwe.eckardt@charite.deDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive CarGermany A Look Forward: Clinical Implications of Translational Research in CKD-MBD HirotakaKomaba Speaker hkomaba@tokai-u.jpTokai University School of MedicineJapan Challenges and Opportunities for Translating Anti-inflammatory Therapeutics into Treatments for Patients With Kidney Failure LauraDember Speaker ldember@pennmedicine.upenn.eduUniversity of Pennsylvania United States Q/A Hall E
10:30 a.m. 11 a.m.	Hitting the Four Hits: The Potential of Dual BAFF/APRIL Inhibition in IgA Nephropathy JonathanBarratt Spotlight Speaker jb81@leicester.ac.ukUniversity 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 agnes.fogo@vanderbilt.eduUnited 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.	Onconephrology: Various Flavors of AKI JavierDe Arteaga Chairperson javierdearteaga@gmail.comHospital Privado Universitario de Cordoba. Catholic University from CordobaArgentina KarinaProf Karina Soto Chairperson ksoto.nefro@gmail.comCentro 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 jolmal@poczta.onet.plMedical University of Warsaw, PolandPoland Q and A Hall E
1 p.m. 1:45 p.m.	Kidney Tank: Social Media as a Professional Tool MythriShankar Spotlight Speaker mythri.nish@gmail.comInstitute of NephrourologyIndia Augusto CesarSoares Dos Santos Junior Spotlight Chairperson acssjunior@hotmail.comHospital das Clinicas, UFMG; Fac Ciências MedicasBrazil FernandaArce Spotlight Chairperson farce@theisn.orgMexico RolandoClaure Del Granado Spotlight Speaker rclaure@yahoo.comDivision of Nephrology, Hospital Obrero No 2 - Caja Nacional de Salud, Cochabamba Bolivia Spotlight Stage 2
3 p.m. 4 p.m.	Women and Kidney Health AnaCusumano Chairperson anacusumano@gmail.com.arCEMIC University Institute School of Health SciencesArgentina CarmenTzanno Branco Martins Chairperson tzanno@gmail.comSLANH, ISNBrazil ShilpanjaliJesudason Chairperson shilpa.jesudason@sa.gov.auRoyal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, AustraliaAustralia Accessibility of Diagnosis and Treatment of CKD in Women in Latin America AnaCusumano Speaker anacusumano@gmail.com.arCEMIC University Institute School of Health SciencesArgentina Women's Survival at Different Stages of CKD Jessica LilianaPinto Ramirez Speaker Jessicalilianapintoramirez@gmail.comInternist and Transplant Nephrologist. Clinical epidemiology. Master in Business AdministrationColombia Female Leadership in Latin American Nephrology MariaGonzalez Speaker registro@slanh.netSLANHUruguay Q and A Hall C2
4:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.	New Developments in CKD Epidemiology Research MaartenTaal Chairperson maarten.taal1@nhs.netUniversity of NottinghamUnited Kingdom RobertoPecoits Filho Chairperson roberto.pecoits@arborresearch.orgArbor Research Collaborative for HealthUnited States Big Data Lab Patient-reported Outcome Measures: How Do Patients Experience CKD? AdeeraLevin Speaker alevin@providencehealth.bc.caCanada Trial Simulation Using Observational Data AngeloKaraboyas Speaker angelo.karaboyas@arborresearch.orgArbor Research Collaborative for HealthUnited States Using Routinely Collected Big Datasets for Clinical Research in CKD: Opportunities and Challenges DorotheaNitsch Speaker dorothea.nitsch@lshtm.ac.ukLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom Q and A Hall C4
5 p.m. 5:30 p.m.	Glomerular Disease Jeopardy ArennJauhal Spotlight Chairperson Arenn.Jauhal@uhn.caCanada PaulaParnizari Croci Spotlight Chairperson paulaparnizari@gmail.comUruguay RichardLafayette Spotlight Chairperson czar@stanford.eduUnited States Spotlight Stage 1 (exhibition hall)
6 p.m. 7 p.m.	ISN Programs Awards TusharVachharajani Spotlight Chairperson tvachh@gmail.comJohn D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center / Wayne State University School of MedicineUnited States Lynn HtetAung Spotlight Speaker lynnhtetaung31@gmail.comMyanmar NelsonZamora Spotlight Speaker drzamora134@gmail.comBolivia RabeeaAzmat Spotlight Speaker rabeea.azmat@gmail.comPakistan ShahbajAhmad Spotlight Speaker shahbajahmad@gmail.comIndia DoreenNanyunja Spotlight Speaker drdr99@gmail.comUganda AnhNguyen Spotlight Speaker nguyenngoclananh1984@gmail.comVietnam Spotlight Stage 1 (exhibition hall)

Day 2 - Monday April 15, 2024

Time	Session

9 a.m. 10:30 a.m.	ADPKD Updates CarlosDiaz Chairperson cdiaz@cemic.edu.arSección Nefrología, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Instituto Universitario CEMIC.Argentina CristianKramer Chairperson cristiankramer@yahoo.eshosptial ramos mejìaArgentina Role of Genetic Testing in ADPKD PeterHarris Speaker harris.peter@mayo.eduMayo ClinicUnited States New Metabolic Pathways Driving PKD Progression AlessandraBoletta Speaker boletta.alessandra@hsr.itSan Raffaele Scientific InstituteItaly ADPKD Management Guidelines AlfredoWassermann Speaker awasser@gmail.comFEPREVAArgentina The Future Landscape for ADPKD Treatment VicenteTorres Speaker torres.vicente@mayo.eduMayo ClinicUnited States Q and A Hall C1
10:30 a.m. 11 a.m.	Nephrology in Jeopardy: A Sustainable Kidney Care Quiz BrendanSmyth Spotlight Chairperson brendan.smyth@sydney.edu.auAustralia LetiziaDe Chiara Spotlight Chairperson letizia.dechiara@unifi.itDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence Italy UgochiOnu Spotlight Chairperson ugochionu2008@gmail.comNigeria Spotlight Stage 1 (exhibition hall)
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 cello@ucalgary.caSenior Associate Dean (Clinical Research), CummingCanada TalerngsakKanjanabuch Chairperson golfnephro@hotmail.comFaculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn UniversityThailand KDIGO 2024 Anemia CKD Guideline: Overview on Methodology and Key Guidance EviNagler Speaker evi.nagler@ugent.beNephrology 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 cello@ucalgary.caSenior Associate Dean (Clinical Research), CummingCanada Q and A Hall E
12:45 p.m. 1:30 p.m.	Keys to success to be on top of what is published in nephrology (ISN-ACT) AndreaViecelli Spotlight Speaker andrea.viecelli@health.qld.gov.auUniversity of QueenslandAustralia Augusto CesarSoares Dos Santos Junior Spotlight Speaker acssjunior@hotmail.comHospital das Clinicas, UFMG; Fac Ciências MedicasBrazil BrendanSmyth Spotlight Speaker brendan.smyth@sydney.edu.auAustralia DavidWheeler Spotlight Speaker d.wheeler@ucl.ac.ukUniversity College LondonUnited Kingdom MegJardine Spotlight Chairperson meg.jardine@sydney.edu.auNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, AustraliaAustralia Spotlight Stage 1 (exhibition hall)
3 p.m. 4 p.m.	Disparities in the Care of People Living with Kidney Failure in Latin America – Findings from the 2023 ISN-Global Kidney Health Atlas AdeeraLevin Chairperson alevin@providencehealth.bc.caCanada AminuBello Chairperson aminu1@ualberta.caUniversity of AlbertaCanada Global Assessment of Kidney Care Capacity and Policy and Perspectives on Enhancing Global Kidney Care-Findings From the ISN-GKHA AminuBello Speaker aminu1@ualberta.caUniversity of AlbertaCanada State of CKD Care for Kidney Disease in Latin American Region Magdalena Madero Speaker madero.magdalena@gmail.comChief of Nephrology, Instituto Nacional de CardiolMexico Variability in The Burden, Management and Outcomes of Kidney Failure Between Children and Adults in Latin America MarinaWainstein Speaker marinawainstein@outlook.comUniversity of QueenslandAustralia Q and A Hall C1	Stewardship and Forward Planning in Stage Four CKD. ISN-KSN Joint Session AnaCusumano Chairperson anacusumano@gmail.com.arCEMIC University Institute School of Health SciencesArgentina Ana ElizabethFigueiredo Chairperson anaef@pucrs.brPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Brazil Sung GyunKim Chairperson imnksk@gmail.comHallym University Sacred Heart HospitalKorea (Republic of) Innovations in Managing Advanced CKD Through Telemedicine VivekanandJha Speaker vjha@georgeinstitute.org.inGeorge Institute for Global Health IndiaIndia New Approaches to CKD Patient Education to Promote Uptake of PD and Home Hemodialysis Annie-ClaireNadeau-Fredette Speaker annieclairenaf@gmail.comUniversité de MontréalCanada A Shared Decision Process to Uptake of Conservative Management of Kidney Failure in the Elderly SunitaBavanandan Speaker sbavanandan@gmail.comHospital Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMalaysia Q and A Hall D
3:50 p.m. 5:40 p.m.	Professor Donal O'Donoghue Global Kidney Policy Forum: Advancing Accessibility in Kidney Health - Towards Sustainable Solutions IfeomaUlasi Chairperson ifeoma.ulasi@unn.edu.ngUniversity of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, NigeriaNigeria Nelson AlbertoCastro Moderator trischt19@gmail.comArgentina Accessibility to CKD Diagnosis: Focus on CKDu (Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origin) and Advancements in Diagnostic Approaches RamonGarcia Trabanino Speaker rgtrab@gmail.comSLANHEl Salvador Latin American Dialysis and Renal Transplantation Registry: Updates and Progress MariaGonzalez Speaker registro@slanh.netSLANHUruguay Special Situations in Argentina: Addressing the Challenges Faced by Individuals on Dialysis Without a Diagnosis in the Argentinian Registry 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 Cardiovascular and Renal Risk Factors in Argentinian First Nations: A Study of Qom and Wichi Indigenous Groups Maria Eugenia VictoriaBianchi Speaker bianchimaria@me.comISN. SAN.Argentina Accessibility to Substitution Treatment in Latin America AlejandroFerreiro Fuentes Speaker aferreirofuentes@gmail.comCentro de Nefrología. Universidad de la República,Uruguay Accessibility to Programs of Prevention, and Early Detection and Treatment of Kidney Disease in Latin America Alfonso MartinCueto Manzano Speaker a_cueto_manzano@hotmail.comUnidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades RenMexico Break Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks by Valerie Luyckx, University of Zurich, Switzerland Hall C2
4:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.	Personalized Kidney Replacement Treatment: Adapting Guidelines to Real-world Scenarios Annie-ClaireNadeau-Fredette Chairperson annieclairenaf@gmail.comUniversité de MontréalCanada Gabriel NicolasContreras Martin Chairperson gcontrer@med.miami.eduUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineUnited States Maria ElenaBiain Chairperson mariaelenabiain@yahoo.com.arMédica Nefróloga The Who, What, Where, When and Why of Incremental Hemodialysis ConnieRhee Speaker crhee@mednet.ucla.eduUCLAUnited States The Changing Landscape of Home Hemodialysis: Is There a Right Patient for Home Hemodialysis? KarthikTennankore Speaker ktennankore@gmail.comNova Scotia Health/Dalhousie UniversityCanada Patient-, Center- and Country-related Risk Factors for Peritoneal Dialysis Attrition: Can We Prevent It? RosileneM Elias Speaker rosilenemotta@hotmail.comUniversidade de Sao PauloBrazil Q and A Hall C4
5:45 p.m. 6:30 p.m.	ISN Community Film Event Award Ceremony Spotlight Stage 1 (exhibition hall)

Day 3 - Tuesday April 16, 2024

Time	Session

9 a.m. 10 a.m.	Type 2 Diabetes in Kidney Disease: Recent Updates and Best Practices for Detection and Treatment DebasishBanerjee Chairperson dbanerje@sgul.ac.ukSt George's University Hospital NHS Foundation TrUnited Kingdom MegJardine Chairperson meg.jardine@sydney.edu.auNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, AustraliaAustralia Setting the Scene MegJardine Speaker meg.jardine@sydney.edu.auNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, AustraliaAustralia DM and CKD: Which Treatment Should I Use for Different Populations? KatherineTuttle Speaker Katherine.Tuttle@providence.orgUniversity of Washington, Department of NephrologyUnited States How to Design Studies on Answering Unanswered Questions VladoPerkovic Speaker vlado.perkovic@unsw.edu.auUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaAustralia The Effect of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, With or Without Type 2 Diabetes DavidWheeler Speaker d.wheeler@ucl.ac.ukUniversity College LondonUnited Kingdom Q and A Hall C4
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 htrimarchi@hotmail.comHOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRESArgentina Membranous GN Classification and Management PierreRonco Speaker pierreronco@yahoo.frHôpital TenonFrance MPGN Updates SanjeevSethi Speaker sethi.sanjeev@mayo.eduMayo 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 afornoni@med.miami.eduUnited States Prof LizLightstone Chairperson l.lightstone@imperial.ac.ukImperial College LondonUnited Kingdom MasaomiNangaku Chairperson mnangaku@m.u-tokyo.ac.jpJapan Acceptance Speech: Bywaters Award MotokoYanagita Speaker motoy@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jpKyoto UniversityJapan Insights into SGLT2 Inhibitors: A Story of Discovery. Donald Seldin Lecture EleFerrannini Speaker eleferrannini@gmail.comUniversity of PisaItaly ELP2 Graduation MasaomiNangaku Speaker mnangaku@m.u-tokyo.ac.jpJapan Hall A
12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.	Complications and Nutritional Approaches to CKD: ISN-ISRNM Joint Session Angela Yee-MoonWang Chairperson angela.wang@duke-nus.edu.sgHong Kong/SingaporeSingapore ArmandoNegri Chairperson armando.negri@gmail.comInstituto de Investigaciones Metabólicas, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaArgentina CKD-induced Changes in Gut Microbiome in CKD DeniseMafra Speaker dmafra30@gmail.comFederal University Fluminense - UFFBrazil Personalized Nutrition Management of CKD Patients ConnieRhee Speaker crhee@mednet.ucla.eduUCLAUnited States The Gut-Kidney-Heart Axis in CKD: Beyond the Leaky Gut KeiichiSumida Speaker ksumida@uthsc.eduUniversity of Tennessee Health Science CenterUnited States Q and A Hall C4

Pre-Congress - Saturday April 13, 2024

Time	Session

9 a.m. 11 a.m.	Annual Review of Nephrology Course: A Review of Key Topics in Nephrology MatiasFerrari Chairperson ferrarimatias89@gmail.comSANArgentina MitchellRosner Chairperson MHR9R@hscmail.mcc.virginia.eduUniveristy of Virginia HealthUnited States MoumitaBarua Chairperson moumita.barua@uhn.caCanada YelenaDrexler Chairperson yrd6@miami.eduUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineUnited States Changing Paradigms in the Care of Acute Kidney Injury MarliesOstermann Speaker Marlies.Ostermann@gstt.nhs.ukKing's College LondonUnited Kingdom Update on Electrolyte Disorders MitchellRosner Speaker MHR9R@hscmail.mcc.virginia.eduUniveristy of Virginia HealthUnited States How to Incorporate Genetic Testing in Nephrology MoumitaBarua Speaker moumita.barua@uhn.caCanada Glomerular Diseases: Case Presentation MatiasFerrari Speaker ferrarimatias89@gmail.comSANArgentina Q and A Hall C4
11:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m.	Conservative Kidney Management Course: Symptom Management CarlosZuniga Chairperson czunigasm2002@yahoo.comDirector of SLANH Kidney Palliative Care CommitteeChile FrankBrennan Chairperson fpbrennan@ozemail.com.auSt George HospitalAustralia SaraDavison Chairperson sara.davison@ualberta.caUniversity of AlbertaCanada Introduction to the Session Including The Prevalence of Symptoms and Available Assessment Tools FrankBrennan Speaker fpbrennan@ozemail.com.auSt George HospitalAustralia Management of Uremic Pruritus and Restless Legs Syndrome in CKM FrankBrennan Speaker fpbrennan@ozemail.com.auSt George HospitalAustralia Q and A Pharmacologic Management of Pain in CKM SaraDavison Speaker sara.davison@ualberta.caUniversity of AlbertaCanada Non-pharmacologic Management of Pain in CKM PramoteEuasobhon Speaker pramoteo@hotmail.comDepartment of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Thailand Q and A Management of Fatigue, Insomnia, Depression, and Anxiety in CKM GregorioObrador Vera Speaker gobrador@up.edu.mxUniversidad Panamericana School of MedicineMexico Q and A Hall C2
1 p.m. 2:30 p.m.	Sharing Expertise to Support the Set-up of Renal Registries: The Global Situation and Inspiration from Established Registries in Latin America: Part 1 FergusCaskey Chairperson Fergus.Caskey@bristol.ac.ukUniversity of Bristol, UKUnited Kingdom MariaPippias Chairperson maria.pippias@bristol.ac.ukUniversity of BristolUnited Kingdom Welcome MasaomiNangaku Speaker mnangaku@m.u-tokyo.ac.jpJapan Introduction of SharE-RR FergusCaskey Speaker Fergus.Caskey@bristol.ac.ukUniversity of Bristol, UKUnited Kingdom Introduction of SharE-RR Toolkit MariaPippias Speaker maria.pippias@bristol.ac.ukUniversity of BristolUnited Kingdom Current State of Registries Worldwide, 2023 ISN-GKHA AminuBello Speaker aminu1@ualberta.caUniversity of AlbertaCanada The History of Renal Registries In Latin America: 1950 - Current (Including PAHO Collaboration) MariaGonzalez Speaker registro@slanh.netSLANHUruguay The Argentinian Renal Registry 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 Sala 1
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 mnangaku@m.u-tokyo.ac.jpJapan 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 Fernán González Bernaldo de Quirós Welcome by SPWG Chair Alessia Fornoni AlessiaFornoni Speaker afornoni@med.miami.eduUnited States The Origin of the Universe DanielDe Florian Speaker deflo@unsam.edu.arUniversidad Nacional de San MartinArgentina Acceptance Speech: Hamburger Award AdeeraLevin Speaker alevin@providencehealth.bc.caCanada Hall A