Sydney Tang Hong Kong, China

Sydney Tang is currently Chair of Renal Medicine and Yu Professor in Nephrology at The University of Hong Kong. He graduated from HKU with MBBS and subsequently MD and PhD degrees. He trained in Nephrology at Queen Mary Hospital (Hong Kong) and in basic sciences at King’s College London (UK) and the University of Washington (USA). His research interests include the pathogenetic mechanisms of diabetic and proteinuric kidney disease, and the treatment of IgA nephropathy. He has published over 350 SCI articles and written over 30 book chapters including one on diabetic kidney disease in Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN), Editorial Board member of Kidney International (KI), CJASN, American Journal of Nephrology and Kidney Diseases, and Emeritus Editor-in-Chief of Nephrology (Carlton). He is the Scientific Program Work Group Chair of World Congress of Nephrology 2026 to be held in Yokohama, and Scientific Program Committee Member of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) Congress 2026 to be held in Cape Town. He is currently Chair of the Publications Committee of ISPD, Co-Chair of the Peer Support Committee of the International Society of Glomerular Disease (ISGD), immediate past President of the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN), immediate past Chair of the CME Program Committee of the ISN and Executive Committee Member of KDIGO (2020-2023). Locally, he serves the Hong Kong College of Physicians as Council Member and Chairman of the Specialty Board in Nephrology and is a previous chairman of the Hong Kong Society of Nephrology.

28 March 2026

Time Session
2 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
Plenary Lecture 1: Donald Seldin Lecture - Dynamics of the Function and Regulation of the Endoplasmic Reticulum and WCN'26 Opening Ceremony (Kazutoshi Mori, Japan)
Jean Hamburger Award
PL
MarcelloTonelli Moderator Canada
MasaomiNangaku Moderator Japan
SunitaBavanandan Moderator Malaysia
KornchanokVareesangthip YN Host Thailand
KazutoshiMori Speaker Japan
TakashiKadowaki Speaker Japan
Main Hall

29 March 2026

Time Session
9:25 a.m.
10:55 a.m.
ISN - APSN Joint Session
Sydney Tang Moderator Hong Kong, China
303
11:35 a.m.
12:35 p.m.
Plenary Lecture 2: Podocytopathies: Knowns and Unknowns (Paola Romagnani, Italy)
Bywaters Award
AkiraNishiyama Moderator Japan
LizLightstone Moderator United Kingdom
Sydney Tang Moderator Hong Kong, China
Ming-YanJiang YN Host Taiwan
PaolaRomagnani Speaker Italy
Main Hall
12:50 p.m.
1:50 p.m.
Industry Symposium 16
MotokoYanagita Moderator Japan
503
2:10 p.m.
3:10 p.m.
HIT! High Impact Clinical Trials 3
In IgA Nephropathy
HeatherReich Moderator Canada
Sydney Tang Moderator Hong Kong, China
YusukeSuzuki Moderator Japan
Main Hall

30 March 2026

Time Session
12:50 p.m.
1:50 p.m.
Industry Symposium 45
MasaomiNangaku Moderator Japan
304
2:10 p.m.
3:10 p.m.
A Turning Point for Kidney Health: Global Impact of the WHO Resolution
BKH
IfeomaUlasi Moderator Nigeria
Sydney Tang Moderator Hong Kong, China
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