Program at a glance

Better Kidney Health

The Interconnected Kidney

The Kidney Losing Function

The Smart Kidney

Plenary Sessions

Pre-congress Courses
(additional fee)

Special Sessions

Spotlight Sessions

Industry Symposia

Global Kidney Policy Forum

Welcome Reception

Topical Networking

Poster Sessions

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Time	Session

9 a.m. 11 a.m.	Hands-on Masterclass in Nephrology: Interventional Nephrology, Dialysis, and POCUS Course - Critical Care and Kidney Biopsy INTV1 Amaltas Hall B101-A							Renal Pathology Course: Updates on Regional Diseases PATH1 Amaltas Hall B101-B							Navigating Kidney Care Symposium: From Guidelines to Practice, Personalized Care, and Quality of Life - Managing Transitions in Transplant and Promoting Adherence AHP1 Champa Hall 304							Glomerular Disease Course: A Case-based Approach to Renal Histology and Nephrotic Syndrome GN1 Gulmohar Hall 302							Conservative Kidney Management Course: Core Principles and Symptom Management CKM1 Kumudini Hall 301							Annual Review of Nephrology Course: Managing Kidney Failure NAR1 Neelkamal Hall 305
11:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m.	Hands-on Masterclass in Nephrology: Interventional Nephrology, Dialysis, and POCUS Course - Hemodialysis and Complications INTV2 Amaltas Hall B101-A							Renal Pathology Course: Recent Advances in Kidney and Transplant Pathology PATH2 Amaltas Hall B101-B							Navigating Kidney Care Symposium: From Guidelines to Practice, Personalized Care, and Quality of Life: Prevention, Diabetic Patients and Acute Care AHP2 Champa Hall 304							Glomerular Disease Course - A Case-Based Approach: Nephritic Syndrome GN2 Gulmohar Hall 302							Conservative Kidney Management Course: Navigating Symptoms and Metabolic Complications CKM2 Kumudini Hall 301							Annual Review of Nephrology Course: Best Practices in Diabetic Kidney Disease Care NAR2 Neelkamal Hall 305
1 p.m. 2:25 p.m.	Building a CKDu Research Methodology Toolbox, part 1 i3C-1 Javakusum Hall 303														ISN SharE-RR - Sharing Expertise to Support the Set-up of Renal Registries: Inspiration from Established Registries in South Asia SHARE RR1 Kesar Hall 202														ISN Train The Trainer Program for Pregnancy and Kidney Disease - Update and Toolkit Launch SS3 Mogra Hall A 404
2:15 p.m. 4:15 p.m.	Hands-on Masterclass in Nephrology: Interventional Nephrology, Dialysis, and POCUS Course - Peritoneal Dialysis and Volume INTV3 Amaltas Hall B101-A						Renal Pathology Course: Clinical-Pathologic Correlation Case Presentations PATH3 Amaltas Hall B101-B						Navigating Kidney Care Symposium: From Guidelines to Practice, Personalized Care, and Quality of Life: Supporting Patients at Home AHP3 Champa Hall 304						Glomerular Disease Course: Case-based Approach to Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis and Glomerular Diseases in Acute Kidney Injury GN3 Gulmohar Hall 302						Conservative Kidney Management Course: Shared Decision-making, Communication Skills and Capacity Building for End-of-Life Care CKM3 Kumudini Hall 301						Annual Review of Nephrology Course: Electrolyte Management in the ICU NAR3 Neelkamal Hall 305						Professor Donal O'Donoghue Global Kidney Policy Forum: Opening Remarks and Setting the Scene PF1 Parijat Hall 201
2:35 p.m. 4 p.m.	Building a CKDu Research Methodology Toolbox, part 2 i3C-2 Javakusum Hall 303																					Professor Donal O'Donoghue Global Kidney Policy Forum: Local Voices, Global Impact: Tackling Kidney Health Challenges in India PF2 Parijat Hall 201
2:45 p.m. 4:05 p.m.	ISN SharE-RR - Sharing Expertise to Support the Set-up of Renal Registries: Using Registries to Support Clinical Trials SHARE RR2 Kesar Hall 202
3:20 p.m. 4:05 p.m.	Professor Donal O'Donoghue Global Kidney Policy Forum: From Barriers to Solutions: Advancing Access to Kidney Care Across the Region PF3 Parijat Hall 201
4:05 p.m. 4:15 p.m.	Professor Donal O'Donoghue Global Kidney Policy Forum: Closing Remarks and Next Steps PF4 Parijat Hall 201
4:30 p.m. 6 p.m.	Plenary Session 1 and WCN'25 Opening Ceremony OCPL1 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall
6:45 p.m. 7:30 p.m.	Spotlight on Global Kidney Health: Interactive Mapping and Key Insights SL01 Spotlight One (Exhibition)																					Spotlight on How To Make Your Renal Unit Green ELP SL01A Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)

Friday, February 7, 2025

Time	Session

9:45 a.m. 11:15 a.m.	Kidney-Cancer Intersections: Complications, Checkpoints and Abnormalities - Charting a Course IK01 Amaltas Hall B101-A										New Directions in CKD Management: A Case-based Look at the 2024 KDIGO Guidelines. ISN-KDIGO Joint Session BKH2001 Amaltas Hall B101-B										Genetic Kidney Diseases: Current Trends and Future Perspectives. ISN-JSN Joint Session SK2001 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall										Hot Topics From the Tropics YN Champa Hall 304										CKD-MBD Insights and Innovations for 2025 and Beyond: No Bone Left Uncovered LF01 Gulmohar Hall 302										Measuring Healthcare Transition Readiness to Adult-Focused Care Among Solid Organ Pediatric Transplant Recipients IPTA Kesar Hall 202										Integrating Knowledge From Large-scale Data Sets in Your Research Strategy: Introduction to the Hands-on Big Data Lab at WCN'25 SS1 Kumudini Hall 301										Planetary and Kidney Health: It is a Two-Way Journey BKH01 Neelkamal Hall 305										State of the Art Insights Into Pregnancy and Pediatric Thrombotic Microangiopathies IK1001 Parijat Hall 201
11:15 a.m. 12 p.m.	Big Data Lab 1 - Your Gateway to Transcriptomic Analysis in Kidney Disease Research: Nephroseq LAB-01 Big Data Lab																																													Industry Spotlight Session SPOT-I-1 Spotlight One (Exhibition)
11:45 a.m. 12:45 p.m.	Plenary Session 2: Mathematics as a Microscopy: Modeling Kidney Disease (Anita Layton, Canada) PL2 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall
1 p.m. 2 p.m.	Industry Symposium Amaltas Hall B101-A																		Industry Symposium Amaltas Hall B101-B																		Industry Symposium Kumudini Hall 301																		Improving Renal Pathology Services in Rwanda – a Case Study on the Impact of the ISN Fellowship Program (40 years old!) SL04 Spotlight One (Exhibition)																		ISN Community Film Event SL05 Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
1:30 p.m. 2:15 p.m.	Glomerular Disease Jeopardy SL06 Spotlight One (Exhibition)																																													What Can Be Achieved in the Sister Center Partnerships? SL05A Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
2:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m.	Xenotransplantation - the Brave New World of Farm to Clinic SK01 Amaltas Hall B101-A										Unraveling the Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Nexus: Making All Work Together for Kidney Care IK02 Amaltas Hall B101-B										HIT! High Impact Clinical Trials – What and Why HIT1 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall										Bridging the Gap: PKD Research and Clinical Care Perspective. Kaplan PKD Session KAPLAN Champa Hall 304										Improving Global Understanding and Achieving Equity in Peritoneal Dialysis Practices: ISN-DOPPS Joint Session LF2001 Gulmohar Hall 302										Bridging the Clinical Gap: Sustainable Strategies and Innovative Therapies for Global Kidney Health BKH02 Kesar Hall 202										Managing Rare Kidney Diseases Across the Lifespan: From Childhood to Adulthood SK1001 Kumudini Hall 301										Innovative Interventions in Interventional Nephrology LF02 Neelkamal Hall 305										How Do I…? Practical Approaches to Kidney Care Challenges IK2001 Parijat Hall 201
3:45 p.m. 4:30 p.m.	Big Data Lab 2 - Deepen your understanding of CKD and AKI in healthy and diseased kidneys: The Kidney Precision Medicine Project (KPMP) Kidney Tissue Atlas LAB-02 Big Data Lab																														Industry Spotlight Session SPOT-I-2 Spotlight One (Exhibition)																														Easing the Treatment Burden: The Nurse's Role in Patient and Caregiver Support SL09 Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
4:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m.	CKD Screening: A Universal Necessity or a Targeted Approach? The Great Debate; ISN-ERA Special Session BKH03 Amaltas Hall B101-A															Autoimmunity in Glomerular Diseases - Looking Beyond the Kidney SK02 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall															Hot Debate: In This New Era of Artificial Intelligence, Do We Need Renal Pathologists? SK03 Champa Hall 304															Real World Ethics: When It's Hard to Be Good BKH2002 Gulmohar Hall 302															Exploring Complement System Dynamics: C3G and IgAN SK1002 Kumudini Hall 301															Are Your Kidneys OK? Early CKD Detection and Key Advocacy Strategies. WKD Joint Session BKH1001 Neelkamal Hall 305
5:15 p.m. 6 p.m.	Big Data Lab 3 - Discover the latest Spatial Biology and Digital Pathology tools and techniques specifically designed for renal research. LAB-03 Big Data Lab
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.	Poster Session POS-1 Exhibition Hall																														Meet the Experts Kesar Hall 202																														Young Nephrologists Quiz-a-Thon III SL10 Spotlight One (Exhibition)

Saturday, February 8, 2025

Time	Session

8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m.	Industry Symposium Amaltas Hall B101-A																																																																Industry Symposium Champa Hall 304																																																																Meet the Experts Kesar Hall 202																																																																Industry Symposium Kumudini Hall 301																																																																Industry Symposium Neelkamal Hall 305
9:45 a.m. 11:15 a.m.	Toward Complex Understanding of Kidney Function in AKI: Role of Biomarkers, Sex Differences and the Tropics; ISN-KSN Joint Session IK03 Amaltas Hall B101-A																																																																Anemia Management: Paradigm Shift or Hype? LF03 Amaltas Hall B101-B																																																																Debunking Nephrology Myths: Insights From Global Kidney Care Leaders BKH2003 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall																																																																The ISN-KI/KIR Editorial Fellows Session: The Best of 2024/25 Articles KI/KIR1 Champa Hall 304																																																																Pursuing Global Equitable Access to Peritoneal Dialysis: ISN-ISPD Joint Session LF2002 Gulmohar Hall 302																																																																Making the Case: Investing in Kidney Care for Equity and Access BKH04 Kumudini Hall 301																																																																Renal Resilience - Recent Advances in Clinical Knowledge and Future Treatment of Rare Orphan Diseases; ISN-CSN Joint Session SK04 Neelkamal Hall 305																																																																Key Issues in Transplantation in India: Challenges and Opportunities. ISN-Indian SN Joint Session LF2010 Parijat Hall 201
11:15 a.m. 12 p.m.	Big Data Lab 4 - Link Kidney Genetics and Genomics in Experimental Research: NephQTL LAB-04 Big Data Lab																																																																Inside iNET-CKD: Uncovering the Power of Cohort Studies to Understand Ckd Progression and Complications SL11 Spotlight One (Exhibition)																																																																Artificial vs Natural Intelligence in Nephrology with the ISN Emerging Leaders SL12 Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
11:45 a.m. 12:45 p.m.	Plenary Session 3: Environmental Stressors and Adaptation Mechanisms: From Marine Organism to (Kidney) Health Care (Tamar Lotan, Israel) PL3 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall
1 p.m. 2 p.m.	Industry Symposium Amaltas Hall B101-A																																																																Industry Symposium Amaltas Hall B101-B																																																																Industry Symposium Champa Hall 304																																																																Industry Symposium Gulmohar Hall 302																																																																Industry Symposium Kumudini Hall 301																																																																Industry Symposium Neelkamal Hall 305																																																																Industry Symposium Parijat Hall 201
1:15 p.m. 2:15 p.m.	The Kidney Tank 2.0 - The Indian Version. Joint session: ISN, NephJC and NECI SL13 Spotlight One (Exhibition)
2:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m.	Is the Future Now? Precision Medicine, Omics and AI for Kidney Health SK05 Amaltas Hall B101-A																																																																Is it All Fluid? Dialysis Dynamics - HD, HDF, PD LF04 Amaltas Hall B101-B																																																																Looking into the Crystal Ball – Where Will We Be 5 Years from Now? SK2002 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall																																																																Understanding and Managing Renal-Respiratory Critical Conjunctions IK04 Champa Hall 304																																																																Navigating Pregnancy and Kidney Disease: Risks, Benefits, and Global Insights. ISN-WIN/WIN India Joint Session LF2004 Gulmohar Hall 302																																																																Speed Dating with KI/KIR Editors KI/KIR2 Kesar Hall 202																																																																Next-Gen Perspectives Debate: Will AI Replace Nephrologists in the Future? YN2 Kumudini Hall 301																																																																Advancing Global Transplant Equity: A Health-systems and Patient-centered Approach. ISN-TTS/WIT Joint session LF2003 Neelkamal Hall 305																																																																What’s Next in Kidney Care Research? Innovations and Clinical Trials on the Horizon SS2 Parijat Hall 201
3:45 p.m. 4:30 p.m.	Big Data Lab 5 - Discover the Power of Single-Cell Analysis linked with Clinical Data: CELLxGENE LAB-04 Big Data Lab																																																																Industry Spotlight Session SPOT-I-3 Spotlight One (Exhibition)																																																																Advancing Kidney Research with Registries, Collaborative Efforts, and Impactful Stories (ISN-SharE-RR) SL15 Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
4:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m.	Hot Debate - To D or Not to D? Do All Patients With CKD Need Vitamin D Supplementation? LF05 Amaltas Hall B101-B																																																																Hot Debate - The KDIGO BP Targets in CKD Are (Un)Achievable and (Un)Realistic IK05 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall																																																																Connecting Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Dots: Holistic Approaches to Patient Care IK1002 Champa Hall 304																																																																Implementing Nephrogenetics Across the Globe: ISN-IPNA Joint Session SK2003 Gulmohar Hall 302																																																																Seeing the Kidney Clearly: Solo Treatments and Orchestrated Care Through Evidence, Community, and Policy BKH1002 Kesar Hall 202																																																																Kidney Disease Prediction and Prevention: Evolving Toward a Kidney Health Revolution BKH05 Kumudini Hall 301																																																																What Should I Do? Applying the Declaration of Istanbul Principles to Your Clinical Transplant Practice. ISN-DICG Joint Session BKH2004 Neelkamal Hall 305																																																																Bridging Gaps in Kidney Disease Diagnostics: Striving for Equity BKH1003 Parijat Hall 201
5:15 p.m. 6 p.m.	Big Data Lab 6 LAB-06 Big Data Lab
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.	Poster Session POS-2 Exhibition Hall																																																																Meet the Experts Kesar Hall 202																																																																ISN Programs Abstract Awards SL16 Spotlight One (Exhibition)																																																																AI in Nephrology: Hands-On Training Workshop SL17 Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Time	Session

9 a.m. 10:30 a.m.	Metabolic Crossroads: Kidneys, Liver Disease, and the Gut IK06 Amaltas Hall B101-A				The Ageing Kidney: Of Neurons and Nephrons IK07 Amaltas Hall B101-B				HIT! High Impact Clinical Trials – Why and How HIT2 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall				Enhancing Prevention and Control of Chronic Kidney Conditions and Other Non-Communicable Diseases/Co-Morbidities Through Meaningful Involvement of Lived Experience Champions and Communities HRIDAY Gulmohar Hall 302				Make It Work Better for Failing Kidneys with Sustainable Care LF06 Neelkamal Hall 305
10 a.m. 10:30 a.m.	How to Facilitate Learning Nephrology Among Medical Students, Residents and Fellows Using Hands-On Experiences SL18 Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
10:30 a.m. 11 a.m.	Parenthood in Nephrology: Opportunities and Challenges SL19 Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
11 a.m. 12 p.m.	Equitable Kidney Health- Making it Part of The Day Job SpS-Shiv Amaltas Hall B101-A					HIT! High Impact Clinical Trials – Study Design HIT3 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall					Quiz Session: Indian Society Early Career Nephrologists Quiz-01 Gulmohar Hall 302					MedEd in the Modern Era: #NephJC at the #ISNWCN IND01 Neelkamal Hall 305
12:15 p.m. 1:15 p.m.	Plenary Session 4: Diabetes and Adipocytokines (Takashi Kadowaki, Japan) PL4 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall