Program at a glance

Better Kidney Health

The Interconnected Kidney

The Kidney Losing Function

The Smart Kidney

Plenary Sessions

Pre-congress Courses

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 Amaltas Hall B101-A							Renal Pathology Course: Updates on Regional Diseases 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 Champa Hall 304							Glomerular Disease Course: A Case-based Approach to Renal Histology and Nephrotic Syndrome Gulmohar Hall 302							Conservative Kidney Management Course: Core Principles and Symptom Management Kumudini Hall 301							Annual Review of Nephrology Course: Managing Kidney Failure 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 Amaltas Hall B101-A							Renal Pathology Course: Recent Advances in Kidney and Transplant Pathology Amaltas Hall B101-B							Navigating Kidney Care Symposium: From Guidelines to Practice, Personalized Care, and Quality of Life: Prevention, Diabetic Patients and Acute Care Champa Hall 304							Glomerular Disease Course - A Case-Based Approach: Nephritic Syndrome Gulmohar Hall 302							Conservative Kidney Management Course: Navigating Symptoms and Metabolic Complications Kumudini Hall 301							Annual Review of Nephrology Course: Best Practices in Diabetic Kidney Disease Care Neelkamal Hall 305
1 p.m. 2:25 p.m.	Building a CKDu Research Methodology Toolbox, part 1 Javakusum Hall 303														ISN SharE-RR - Sharing Expertise to Support the Set-up of Renal Registries: Inspiration from Established Registries in South Asia Kesar Hall 202														ISN Train The Trainer Program for Pregnancy and Kidney Disease - Update and Toolkit Launch 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 Amaltas Hall B101-A						Renal Pathology Course: Clinical-Pathologic Correlation Case Presentations Amaltas Hall B101-B						Navigating Kidney Care Symposium: From Guidelines to Practice, Personalized Care, and Quality of Life: Supporting Patients at Home Champa Hall 304						Glomerular Disease Course: Case-based Approach to Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis and Glomerular Diseases in Acute Kidney Injury Gulmohar Hall 302						Conservative Kidney Management Course: Shared Decision-making, Communication Skills and Capacity Building for End-of-Life Care Kumudini Hall 301						Annual Review of Nephrology Course: Electrolyte Management in the ICU Neelkamal Hall 305						Professor Donal O'Donoghue Global Kidney Policy Forum: Opening Remarks and Setting the Scene Parijat Hall 201
2:35 p.m. 4 p.m.	Building a CKDu Research Methodology Toolbox, part 2 Javakusum Hall 303																					Professor Donal O'Donoghue Global Kidney Policy Forum: Local Voices, Global Impact: Tackling Kidney Health Challenges in India 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 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 Parijat Hall 201
4:05 p.m. 4:15 p.m.	Professor Donal O'Donoghue Global Kidney Policy Forum: Closing Remarks and Next Steps Parijat Hall 201
4:30 p.m. 6 p.m.	Plenary Session 1 and WCN'25 Opening Ceremony Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall
6:45 p.m. 7:30 p.m.	Spotlight on Global Kidney Health: Interactive Mapping and Key Insights Spotlight One (Exhibition)																					Spotlight on How To Make Your Renal Unit Green ELP 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 Amaltas Hall B101-A										New Directions in CKD Management: A Case-based Look at the 2024 KDIGO Guidelines. ISN-KDIGO Joint Session Amaltas Hall B101-B										Genetic Kidney Diseases: Current Trends and Future Perspectives. ISN-JSN Joint Session Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall										Hot Topics From the Tropics Champa Hall 304										CKD-MBD Insights and Innovations for 2025 and Beyond: No Bone Left Uncovered Gulmohar Hall 302										Measuring Healthcare Transition Readiness to Adult-Focused Care Among Solid Organ Pediatric Transplant Recipients 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 Kumudini Hall 301										Planetary and Kidney Health: It is a Two-Way Journey Neelkamal Hall 305										State of the Art Insights Into Pregnancy and Pediatric Thrombotic Microangiopathies Parijat Hall 201
11:15 a.m. 12 p.m.	Big Data Lab 1 - Your Gateway to Transcriptomic Analysis in Kidney Disease Research: Nephroseq Big Data Lab																																													Industry Spotlight Session Spotlight One (Exhibition)
11:45 a.m. 12:45 p.m.	Plenary Session 2: Mathematics as a Microscopy: Modeling Kidney Disease (Anita Layton, Canada) 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!) Spotlight One (Exhibition)																		ISN Community Film Event Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
1:30 p.m. 2:15 p.m.	Glomerular Disease Jeopardy Spotlight One (Exhibition)																																													What Can Be Achieved in the Sister Center Partnerships? Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
2:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m.	Xenotransplantation - the Brave New World of Farm to Clinic Amaltas Hall B101-A										Unraveling the Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Nexus: Making All Work Together for Kidney Care Amaltas Hall B101-B										HIT! High Impact Clinical Trials – What and Why Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall										Bridging the Gap: PKD Research and Clinical Care Perspective. Kaplan PKD Session Champa Hall 304										Improving Global Understanding and Achieving Equity in Peritoneal Dialysis Practices: ISN-DOPPS Joint Session Gulmohar Hall 302										Bridging the Clinical Gap: Sustainable Strategies and Innovative Therapies for Global Kidney Health Kesar Hall 202										Managing Rare Kidney Diseases Across the Lifespan: From Childhood to Adulthood Kumudini Hall 301										Innovative Interventions in Interventional Nephrology Neelkamal Hall 305										How Do I…? Practical Approaches to Kidney Care Challenges 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 Big Data Lab																														Industry Spotlight Session Spotlight One (Exhibition)																														Easing the Treatment Burden: The Nurse's Role in Patient and Caregiver Support 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 Amaltas Hall B101-A															Autoimmunity in Glomerular Diseases - Looking Beyond the Kidney Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall															Hot Debate: In This New Era of Artificial Intelligence, Do We Need Renal Pathologists? Champa Hall 304															Real World Ethics: When It's Hard to Be Good Gulmohar Hall 302															Exploring Complement System Dynamics: C3G and IgAN Kumudini Hall 301															Are Your Kidneys OK? Early CKD Detection and Key Advocacy Strategies. WKD Joint Session 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. Big Data Lab
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.	Poster Session Exhibition Hall																																													Meet the Experts Kesar Hall 202
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.	Young Nephrologists Quiz-a-Thon III 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 Amaltas Hall B101-A																																																																Anemia Management: Paradigm Shift or Hype? Amaltas Hall B101-B																																																																Debunking Nephrology Myths: Insights From Global Kidney Care Leaders Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall																																																																The ISN-KI/KIR Editorial Fellows Session: The Best of 2024/25 Articles Champa Hall 304																																																																Pursuing Global Equitable Access to Peritoneal Dialysis: ISN-ISPD Joint Session Gulmohar Hall 302																																																																Making the Case: Investing in Kidney Care for Equity and Access Kumudini Hall 301																																																																Renal Resilience - Recent Advances in Clinical Knowledge and Future Treatment of Rare Orphan Diseases; ISN-CSN Joint Session Neelkamal Hall 305																																																																Key Issues in Transplantation in India: Challenges and Opportunities. ISN-Indian SN Joint Session Parijat Hall 201
11:15 a.m. 12 p.m.	Big Data Lab 4 - Link Kidney Genetics and Genomics in Experimental Research: NephQTL Big Data Lab																																																																Inside iNET-CKD: Uncovering the Power of Cohort Studies to Understand Ckd Progression and Complications Spotlight One (Exhibition)																																																																Artificial vs Natural Intelligence in Nephrology with the ISN Emerging Leaders 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) 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 Spotlight One (Exhibition)
2:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m.	Is the Future Now? Precision Medicine, Omics and AI for Kidney Health Amaltas Hall B101-A																																																																Is it All Fluid? Dialysis Dynamics - HD, HDF, PD Amaltas Hall B101-B																																																																Looking into the Crystal Ball – Where Will We Be 5 Years from Now? Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall																																																																Understanding and Managing Renal-Respiratory Critical Conjunctions Champa Hall 304																																																																Navigating Pregnancy and Kidney Disease: Risks, Benefits, and Global Insights. ISN-WIN/WIN India Joint Session Gulmohar Hall 302																																																																Speed Dating with KI/KIR Editors Kesar Hall 202																																																																Next-Gen Perspectives Debate: Will AI Replace Nephrologists in the Future? Kumudini Hall 301																																																																Advancing Global Transplant Equity: A Health-systems and Patient-centered Approach. ISN-TTS/WIT Joint session Neelkamal Hall 305																																																																What’s Next in Kidney Care Research? Innovations and Clinical Trials on the Horizon 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 Big Data Lab																																																																Industry Spotlight Session Spotlight One (Exhibition)																																																																Advancing Kidney Research with Registries, Collaborative Efforts, and Impactful Stories (ISN-SharE-RR) 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? Amaltas Hall B101-B																																																																Hot Debate - The KDIGO BP Targets in CKD Are (Un)Achievable and (Un)Realistic Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall																																																																Connecting Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Dots: Holistic Approaches to Patient Care Champa Hall 304																																																																Implementing Nephrogenetics Across the Globe: ISN-IPNA Joint Session Gulmohar Hall 302																																																																Seeing the Kidney Clearly: Solo Treatments and Orchestrated Care Through Evidence, Community, and Policy Kesar Hall 202																																																																Kidney Disease Prediction and Prevention: Evolving Toward a Kidney Health Revolution Kumudini Hall 301																																																																What Should I Do? Applying the Declaration of Istanbul Principles to Your Clinical Transplant Practice. ISN-DICG Joint Session Neelkamal Hall 305																																																																Bridging Gaps in Kidney Disease Diagnostics: Striving for Equity Parijat Hall 201
5:15 p.m. 6 p.m.	Big Data Lab 6 Big Data Lab
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.	Poster Session Exhibition Hall																																																																Meet the Experts Kesar Hall 202																																																																ISN Programs Abstract Awards Spotlight One (Exhibition)																																																																AI in Nephrology: Hands-On Training Workshop Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
6:30 p.m. 7 p.m.	Legal Issues in Medical Practice; Current Perspectives Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Time	Session

9 a.m. 10:30 a.m.	Metabolic Crossroads: Kidneys, Liver Disease, and the Gut Amaltas Hall B101-A				The Ageing Kidney: Of Neurons and Nephrons Amaltas Hall B101-B				HIT! High Impact Clinical Trials – Why and How 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 Gulmohar Hall 302				Make It Work Better for Failing Kidneys with Sustainable Care 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 Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
10:30 a.m. 11 a.m.	Parenthood in Nephrology: Opportunities and Challenges Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
11 a.m. 12 p.m.	Equitable Kidney Health- Making it Part of The Day Job Amaltas Hall B101-A					HIT! High Impact Clinical Trials – Study Design Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall					Quiz Session: Indian Society Early Career Nephrologists Gulmohar Hall 302					MedEd in the Modern Era: #NephJC at the #ISNWCN Neelkamal Hall 305
12:15 p.m. 1:15 p.m.	Plenary Session 4: Diabetes and Adipocytokines (Takashi Kadowaki, Japan) Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall