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 A Hall B101A							Renal Pathology Course: Updates on Regional Diseases Amaltas B Hall B101A							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 A Hall B101A							Renal Pathology Course: Recent Advances in Kidney and Transplant Pathology Amaltas B Hall B101A							Navigating Kidney Care Symposium: From Guidelines to Practice, Personalized Care, and Quality of Life Champa Hall 304							Glomerular Disease Course 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 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 A Hall B101A						Renal Pathology Course: Clinical-Pathologic Correlation Case Presentations Amaltas B Hall B101A						Navigating Kidney Care Symposium: From Guidelines to Practice, Personalized Care, and Quality of Life 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 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.	WCN'25 Opening Ceremony and Plenary Session 1 Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall

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 A Hall B101A		New Directions in CKD Management: A Case-based Look at the 2024 KDIGO Guidelines Amaltas B Hall B101A		Genetic Kidney Diseases: Current Trends and Future Perspectives Auditorium Brahmkamal 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
11:45 a.m. 12:45 p.m.	Plenary Session 2: Mathematical Modelling of Diseases, Focus on Kidney Disease (Anita Layton, Canada) Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall
1 p.m. 2 p.m.	Industry Symposium Amaltas A Hall B101A						Industry Symposium Amaltas B Hall B101A						Industry Symposium Kumudini Hall 301
2:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m.	Xenotransplantation - the Brave New World of Farm to Clinic Amaltas A Hall B101A		Unraveling the Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Nexus: Making All Work Together for Kidney Care Amaltas B Hall B101A		HIT! High Impact Clinical Trials Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall		Kaplan PKD Roundtable 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 Parijat Hall 201
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 A Hall B101A			Autoimmunity in Glomerular Diseases - Looking Beyond the Kidney Auditorium Brahmkamal 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 Neelkamal Hall 305
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.	Meet the Experts Kesar Hall 202

Saturday, February 8, 2025

Time	Session

8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m.	Industry Symposium Amaltas A Hall B101A																																																																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 A Hall B101A																																																																Anemia Management: Paradigm Shift or Hype? Amaltas B Hall B101A																																																																Debunking Nephrology Myths: Insights From Global Kidney Care Leaders Auditorium Brahmkamal 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
11:45 a.m. 12:45 p.m.	Plenary Session 3: Environmental Stressors and Adaptation Mechanisms: From Marine Organism to (Kidney) Health Care (Tamar Lotan, Israel) Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall
1 p.m. 2 p.m.	Industry Symposium Amaltas A Hall B101A																																																																Industry Symposium Amaltas B Hall B101A																																																																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
2:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m.	Is the Future Now? Precision Medicine, Omics and AI for Kidney Health Amaltas A Hall B101A																																																																Is it All Fluid? Dialysis Dynamics - HD, HDF, PD Amaltas B Hall B101A																																																																Looking into the Crystal Ball Auditorium Brahmkamal 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 Neelkamal Hall 305																																																																What’s Next in Kidney Care Research? Innovations and Clinical Trials on the Horizon Parijat Hall 201
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 B Hall B101A																																																																Hot Debate - "The KDIGO BP Targets in CKD Are (Un)Achievable and (Un)Realistic Auditorium Brahmkamal 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 Neelkamal Hall 305																																																																Bridging Gaps in Kidney Disease Diagnostics: Striving for Equity Parijat Hall 201
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.	Meet the Experts Kesar Hall 202

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Time	Session

9:45 a.m. 11:15 a.m.	Metabolic Crossroads: Kidneys, Liver Disease, and the Gut Amaltas A Hall B101A	The Ageing Kidney: Of Neurons and Nephrons Amaltas B Hall B101A	HIT! High Impact Clinical Trials Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall	Make It Work Better for Failing Kidneys with Sustainable Care Neelkamal Hall 305
11:45 a.m. 12:45 p.m.	Plenary Session 4: Diabetes and Adipocytokines (Takashi Kadowaki, Japan) Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall