Program for all days

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

Friday, February 7, 2025

Time Session
9:45 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
Kidney-Cancer Intersections: Complications, Checkpoints and Abnormalities - Charting a Course
GeorgiAbraham Chair abraham_georgi@yahoo.comMGM Healthcare, Chennai, IndiaIndia
KriangTungsanga Chair kriangtungsanga@hotmail.comDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn UnviersityThailand
  • Renal Complications of Novel Cancer Therapies: Practical Insights
    AnushreeShirali Speaker anushree.shirali@yale.eduUnited States
  • Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and AKI
    MitchellRosner Speaker MHR9R@hscmail.mcc.virginia.eduUniveristy of Virginia HealthUnited States
  • Electrolyte Abnormalities in the Cancer Patient
    JolantaMalyszko Speaker jolmal@poczta.onet.plMedical University of Warsaw, PolandPoland
  • Opening an Onconephrology Clinic - What Should You Be Aware of?
    KenarJhaveri Speaker Kjhaveri@northwell.eduNorthwell HealthUnited States
  • Q&A
Amaltas A Hall B101A
New Directions in CKD Management: A Case-based Look at the 2024 KDIGO Guidelines. ISN-KDIGO Joint Session
IfeomaUlasi Chair ifeoma.ulasi@unn.edu.ngCollege of Medicine, University of NigeriaNigeria
Sanjib KumarSharma Chair drsanjib@yahoo.comBP Koirala Institute of Health SciencesNepal
ShubharthiKar Chair shubharthi@gmail.comHabiganj Medical College,BangladeshBangladesh
  • Detecting and Monitoring CKD Progression
    ElkeSchaeffner Speaker Elke.Schaeffner@charite.deCharité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, GermanyGermany
  • How to Slow and Prevent Kidney and Cardiovascular Complications
    Magdalena Madero Speaker madero.magdalena@gmail.comChief of Nephrology, Instituto Nacional de CardiolMexico
  • Managing Complex CKD Cases With Multiple Comorbidities
    NatashaMcIntyre Speaker Natasha.McIntyre@lhsc.on.caClinician Scientist, London Health Sciences Centre, London, CanadaCanada
  • Quality of Life in CKD: The Role of Drug Stewardship and Symptom Management
    TeerawatThanachayanont Speaker tthanachayanont@gmail.comBhumirajanagarindra Kidney Institute HospitalThailand
  • Q&A
Amaltas B Hall B101A
Genetic Kidney Diseases: Current Trends and Future Perspectives. ISN-JSN Joint Session
PrabirRoy-Chaudhury Chair prabir@email.unc.eduUniversity of North Carolina and Salisbury VAMCUnited States
Raja Ramachandran Chair drraja1980@gmail.comAssociate ProfessorIndia
ReikoInagi Chair inagi-r@m.u-tokyo.ac.jpThe University of Tokyo Graduate School of MedicineJapan
  • Genetic Variants in Kidney Diseases
    TomokoHorinouchi Speaker tomoko.hatono@gmail.comDepartment of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of MedicineJapan
  • Molecular Data and Genetic Discoveries in Kidney Diseases
    KrzysztofKiryluk Speaker kk473@columbia.eduColumbia UniversityUnited States
  • Trends in Diagnosing Genetic Kidney Diseases
    EiseiSohara Speaker esohara.kid@tmd.ac.jpInstitute of Science TokyoJapan
  • Metabolism of Genetic Kidney Diseases (Pathogenic Podocyte Lipid Metabolism of Alport Syndrome)
    AlessiaFornoni Speaker afornoni@med.miami.eduUnited States
  • Q&A
Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall
Hot Topics From the Tropics
SabineKaram Chair sabinejkaram@gmail.comUniversity of MinnesotaUnited States
SourabhSharma Chair drsourabh05@gmail.comVardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaIndia
  • Best Abstract Winner - Basic Science: miRNA Profiling of Urinary Exosomes for Predicting Renal Outcome After Acute Kidney Injury: A Pilot Study
    JaskiranKaur Oral Abstract Presenter Jaskiran265@gmail.comDepartment of Experimental Medicine and BiotechnologyIndia
  • Best Abstract Winner - Clinical Science: Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Rituximab to Mycophenolate Mofetil in Children and Young Adults With Steroid-Dependent Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome
    AndreaAngeletti Oral Abstract Presenter andreaangeletti@gaslini.orgItaly
  • Q and A
  • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Tropical Infections and the Kidney
    MythriShankar Speaker mythri.nish@gmail.comInstitute of NephrourologyIndia
  • Challenges in the Tropics: When CKDu Becomes Less Unknown
    ErangaWijewickrama Speaker erangasw@clinmed.cmb.ac.lkFaculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka
  • Roundtable Discussion
    BiancaDavidson Speaker bianca.davidson@gmail.comGroote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape TownSouth Africa
    ErangaWijewickrama Speaker erangasw@clinmed.cmb.ac.lkFaculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka
    MythriShankar Speaker mythri.nish@gmail.comInstitute of NephrourologyIndia
    SourabhSharma Speaker drsourabh05@gmail.comVardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaIndia
    VivekKumar Speaker enigma165@yahoo.co.inPostgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, IndiaIndia
Champa Hall 304
CKD-MBD Insights and Innovations for 2025 and Beyond: No Bone Left Uncovered
ArvindBagga Chair arvindbagga@hotmail.comIndia
UttaraDas Chair uttaradas806@gmail.comIndia
  • What Should a Clinician Know About CKD-MBD in 2025?
    HanneJoergensen Speaker hsjorgensen@clin.au.dkAarhus UniversityDenmark
  • CKD-MBD in Children and Young Adults: What's the Difference?
    SukanyaGovindan Speaker sukanyagovindan@gmail.comMehta Children's Hospitals and MGM healthcare, Chennai, IndiaIndia
  • Progress in CKD-driven Vascular Calcification: From Bench to Bedside
    MarcVervloet Speaker Marc.Vervloet@radboudumc.nlRadboud University Medical center, The NetherlandsNetherlands
  • How to Use Serum Biomarkers for Optimal Management of CKD-MBD
    SandroMazzaferro Speaker sandro.mazzaferro@uniroma1.itSapienza University of Rome, ItalyItaly
  • Q&A
Gulmohar Hall 302
Measuring Healthcare Transition Readiness to Adult-Focused Care Among Solid Organ Pediatric Transplant Recipients
AhmedMitwallii Chair amitwalli2002@yahoo.comSaudi Arabia
KhalidAlhasan Chair kalhasan@ksu.edu.saSaudi Arabia
  • Medication Non-adherence Continuinty Care Lost in Transition
    VikasDharnidharka Speaker vikas.D@rutgers.eduRutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolUnited States
  • Transition Tools and Efficacy
    RupeshRaina Speaker RRaina@akronchildrens.orgUnited States
  • What Does Transition Mean for LMIC: Challenges
    Kar HuiNg Speaker paenkh@nus.edu.sgDepartment of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of SingaporeSingapore
  • Multidisplinary Approach
    PriyaVerghese Speaker pverghese@luriechildrens.orgProfessor, Division ChiefUnited States
  • Q and A
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
MatthiasKretzler Chair kretzler@umich.eduUniversity of MichiganUnited States
ShrutiTapiawala Chair shruti16374@gmail.comGleneagles Hospital Mumbai , Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Center, MumbaiIndia
  • Artificial and Human Intelligence Work Best Together: Pathomics in 2025
    LauraBarisoni Speaker laura.barisoni@duke.eduDuke UniversityUnited States
  • Mapping Molecular Data Sets on Clinical Profiles
    VijiNair Speaker vijin@med.umich.eduUniversity of MichiganUnited States
  • The Kidney Precision Medicine Project (KPMP) Kidney Tissue Atlas: Latest Developments
    SanjayJain Speaker sanjayjain@wustl.eduUnited States
  • Introduction to the Hands-on Big Data Lab
    HeatherAscani Speaker ascanihk@med.umich.eduUniversity of MichiganUnited States
    NikkiBonevich Speaker bonevicn@med.umich.eduUniversity of MichiganUnited States
    VijiNair Speaker vijin@med.umich.eduUniversity of MichiganUnited States
Kumudini Hall 301
Planetary and Kidney Health: It is a Two-Way Journey
GermaineWong Chair germaine.wong@health.nsw.gov.auUniversity of SydneyAustralia
SundararamanSwaminathan Chair swami@iisc.ac.inIndia
  • People, the Planet, and Nephrology - the Impact of Environmental Change on Kidney Health
    Giorgina BarbaraPiccoli Speaker GBPICCOLI@YAHOO.ITCentre Hospitalier Le MansFrance
  • How to Develop a Roadmap for Environmentally Sustainable Kidney Care
    KatherineBarraclough Speaker katherine.barraclough@mh.org.auMelbourne HealthAustralia
  • How Do I Make My Dialysis Unit More Environment-friendly?
    TanujLamech Speaker tanujlamech@gmail.comSRM Medical College Hospital and Research CentreIndia
  • What Will Kidney Care Look Like 25 Years From Now? The Role of Future Generations
    Winston Wing ShingFung Speaker winstonwsfung@hotmail.comPrince of Wales Hospital, Hong KongHong Kong, China
  • Q&A
Neelkamal Hall 305
State of the Art Insights Into Pregnancy and Pediatric Thrombotic Microangiopathies
ArvindBagga Chair arvindbagga@hotmail.comIndia
DavidKavanagh Chair David.Kavanagh@newcastle.ac.ukNational Renal Complement Therapeutics Centre United Kingdom
VinayRathore Chair vinayrathoredm@aiimsraipur.edu.inIndia
  • Outcomes From the ISN Haemolytic Uraemic Syndromes Forum: A Comprehensive Review
    DavidKavanagh Speaker David.Kavanagh@newcastle.ac.ukNational Renal Complement Therapeutics Centre United Kingdom
  • Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of TMAs in Pregnancy
    ShilpanjaliJesudason Speaker shilpa.jesudason@sa.gov.auRoyal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, AustraliaAustralia
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome in Pregnancy
  • aHUS in Paediatric Populations
    Lap Tak Alison MA Speaker maalison2000@gmail.comHong Kong, China
  • Q&A
Parijat Hall 201
11:45 a.m.
12:45 p.m.
Plenary Session 2: Mathematics as a Microscopy: Modeling Kidney Disease (Anita Layton, Canada)
AgnesFogo Chair agnes.fogo@vanderbilt.eduUnited States
SabineKaram Chair sabinejkaram@gmail.comUniversity of MinnesotaUnited States
Shyam BihariBansal Chair drshyambansal@gmail.comDepartment of Nephrology, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, IndiaIndia
  • Mathematics as a Microscopy: Modeling Kidney Disease. Stewart Cameron Lecture
    AnitaLayton Speaker anita.layton@uwaterloo.caUniversity of WaterlooCanada
  • Q and A
  • Acceptance Speech: Roscoe Robinson Award
    ShilpanjaliJesudason Speaker shilpa.jesudason@sa.gov.auRoyal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, AustraliaAustralia
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
Christoph Wanner Chair wanner_c@ukw.deGermany
SishirGang Chair sishirgang@hotmail.comIndia
  • The First Pig to Human Transplant
    LeonardoRiella Speaker lriella@mgh.harvard.eduUnited States
  • Infectious Challenges in Xenotransplant
    AtulHumar Speaker atul.humar@uhn.caUniversity of TorontoCanada
  • Ethical Challenges of Xenotransplantation
    DominiqueMartin Speaker dominique.martin@deakin.edu.auDeakin UniversityAustralia
  • Q&A
Amaltas A Hall B101A
Unraveling the Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Nexus: Making All Work Together for Kidney Care
Parminder KaurJudge Chair parminder.judge@ndph.ox.ac.ukUniversity of Oxford, UKUnited Kingdom
  • Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome: What Does it Mean?
    KatherineTuttle Speaker Katherine.Tuttle@providence.orgUniversity of Washington School of Medicine, Division of NephrologyUnited States
  • GLP-1 RA in Kidney Disease: Beyond T2DM Control
    BeatrizFernandez-Fernandez Speaker bfernandez@fjd.esHospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Díaz Spain
  • New Frontiers in CKD Therapy: Endothelin Receptor Antagonists
    Maria JoseSoler Speaker mjsoler01@gmail.comHospital del Vall d´HebronSpain
  • Myocardial Infarction in Kidney Disease - What Should a Nephrologist Know?
    SydneyTang Speaker scwtang@hkucc.hku.hkHong Kong, China
  • Q&A
Amaltas B Hall B101A
HIT! High Impact Clinical Trials – What and Why
AndreaViecelli Chair andrea.viecelli@health.qld.gov.auUniversity of QueenslandAustralia
  • Combination Effect of Finerenone and Empagliflozin in Participants With Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Using a UACR Endpoint Study (CONFIDENCE)
    RajivAgarwal Oral Abstract Presenter ragarwal@iu.eduUnited States
  • Results From the REGENCY Trial Assessing Efficacy and Safety of Obinutuzumab in Active Lupus Nephritis
    BradRovin Oral Abstract Presenter rovin.1@osu.eduThe Ohio State UniversityUnited States
  • Clinical and Safety Outcomes of Semaglutide by CKD Severity in the FLOW trial
    KatherineTuttle Oral Abstract Presenter Katherine.Tuttle@providence.orgUniversity of Washington School of Medicine, Division of NephrologyUnited States
Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall
Bridging the Gap: PKD Research and Clinical Care Perspective. Kaplan PKD Session
VicenteTorres Chair torres.vicente@mayo.eduMayo ClinicUnited States
  • Welcome and Introduction of the Lillian Jean Kaplan Prize for PKD
    VicenteTorres Speaker torres.vicente@mayo.eduMayo ClinicUnited States
  • Preclinical Findings of PKD Mechanism to Therapy Designs and Testing
    MarieTrudel Speaker marie.trudel@umontreal.caCanada
  • Perspective on PKD Research and Clinical Care in India
    SundararamanSwaminathan Speaker swami@iisc.ac.inIndia
  • Roundtable Discussion
    AndrewMallett Speaker andrew.mallett@health.qld.gov.auJCU & THHSAustralia
    BillWang Speaker billwang1968@yahoo.comHong Kong, China
    MarieTrudel Speaker marie.trudel@umontreal.caCanada
    SundararamanSwaminathan Speaker swami@iisc.ac.inIndia
Champa Hall 304
Improving Global Understanding and Achieving Equity in Peritoneal Dialysis Practices: ISN-DOPPS Joint Session
AmitGupta Chair dramitguptanephropgi@gmail.comIndia
RitaSuri Chair rita.suri@mcgill.caCanada
RobertoPecoits Filho Chair roberto.pecoits@arborresearch.orgArbor Research Collaborative for HealthUnited States
  • PDOPPS: Where Are We 10 Years Later?
    JeffreyPerl Speaker jeff.perl@utoronto.caSt. Michael's Hospital Canada
  • Kidney Health for Women on Peritoneal Dialysis: Insights from PDOPPS
    EdwinaBrown Speaker e.a.brown@imperial.ac.ukImperial College Healthcare NHS TrustUnited Kingdom
  • Was the PD-First Policy in Thailand Justified? Insights From the PDOPPS
    TalerngsakKanjanabuch Speaker golfnephro@hotmail.comFaculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn UniversityThailand
  • Improving PD Use and Outcomes in Low and Middle-income Countries - Is Automated Peritoneal Dialysis the Answer? Yes
    JeffreyPerl Speaker jeff.perl@utoronto.caSt. Michael's Hospital Canada
  • Improving PD Use and Outcomes in Low and Middle-income Countries - Is Automated Peritoneal Dialysis the Answer? No
    RashaDarwish Speaker dr.rasha-darwish@hotmail.comKasr Aleiny medical school , Cairo UniversityEgypt
  • Q&A/Panel Discussion
Gulmohar Hall 302
Bridging the Clinical Gap: Sustainable Strategies and Innovative Therapies for Global Kidney Health
Prof (Dr ) SanjeevGulati Chair sgulati2002@gmail.comIndia
  • Sustainable Community Approaches to Early CKD Detection
    RonaldGansevoort Speaker r.t.gansevoort@umcg.nlDept. Nephrology, University Medical Center GroningenNetherlands
  • Kidney Disease Treatment Gaps Worldwide - Where Are the Solutions?
    AdeeraLevin Speaker alevin@providencehealth.bc.caUniversity of British Columbia and Providence Health CareCanada
  • The Promise of Emerging Therapies in Reducing the Global Kidney Disease Burden
    DavidWheeler Speaker d.wheeler@ucl.ac.ukUniversity College LondonUnited Kingdom
  • Co-opting Patients as Partners in Kidney Care: How Do We Do It?
    ShilpanjaliJesudason Speaker shilpa.jesudason@sa.gov.auRoyal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, AustraliaAustralia
  • Co-opting Patients as Partners in Kidney Care: How Do We Do It?
    ShyamsundarMuthuramalingam Speaker Shyamsundar.Muthuramalingam@sa.gov.auCentral Adelaide Local Health Network Australia
  • Q&A
Kesar Hall 202
Managing Rare Kidney Diseases Across the Lifespan: From Childhood to Adulthood
JonathanBarratt Chair jb81@leicester.ac.ukUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, UKUnited Kingdom
SradhaKotwal Chair skotwal@georgeinstitute.org.auThe George Institute for Global HealthAustralia
TukaramJamale Chair tukaramjamale@yahoo.co.inProfessor and Head, Department of Nephrology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai IndiaIndia
  • New Innovations and Best Practices for Rare Kidney Disease
    JonathanBarratt Speaker jb81@leicester.ac.ukUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, UKUnited Kingdom
  • How Can the CureGN Help Us Better Understand Rare Kidney Disease?
    LauraMariani Speaker lmariani@umich.eduUniversity of MichiganUnited States
  • Using Patient Registry Data to Fight Rare Kidney Diseases
    DanielGale Speaker d.gale@ucl.ac.ukUniversity College LondonUnited Kingdom
  • Living With Rare Kidney Disease in Africa: Experiences and Challenges
    IfeomaUlasi Speaker ifeoma.ulasi@unn.edu.ngCollege of Medicine, University of NigeriaNigeria
  • Q&A
Kumudini Hall 301
Innovative Interventions in Interventional Nephrology
Arup Ratan Dutta Chair duttascomplex@gmail.comIndia
CarmenTzanno Branco Martins Chair tzanno@gmail.comSLANH, ISNBrazil
TusharVachharajani Chair tvachh@gmail.comJohn D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center / Wayne State University School of MedicineUnited States
  • Multi-organ POCUS in AKI
    AbhilashKoratala Speaker akoratala@mcw.eduUnited States
  • Changing Paradigms in Dialysis Vascular Access - What Should the Current Day Nephrologist Know?
    VandanaNiyyar Speaker vniyyar@emory.eduEmory UniversityUnited States
  • The Need for a Structured POCUS Program for the Nephrology Trainee
    EduardoArgaiz Speaker lalo.argaiz@gmail.comInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y NutriciónMexico
  • How to Set Up an Interventional Nephrology Service With Limited Resources
    MayuriTrivedi Speaker mayuritrivedi80@gmail.comIndia
  • Q&A
Neelkamal Hall 305
How Do I…? Practical Approaches to Kidney Care Challenges
LilyMushahar Chair lilymushahar@gmail.comLily Mushahar, Hospital Tuanku Ja'afar Seremban, MalaysiaMalaysia
Sudarshan BallalBallal Chair s.ballal@manipalhospitals.comIndia
  • How Do I
    SilviShah Speaker silvishah2108@gmail.comUniversity of Cincinnati, Ohio, United StatesUnited States
  • How Do I
    SunitaBavanandan Speaker sbavanandan@gmail.comHospital Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMalaysia
  • How Do I
    IfeomaUlasi Speaker ifeoma.ulasi@unn.edu.ngCollege of Medicine, University of NigeriaNigeria
  • How Do I
    AjayKher Speaker ajay1kher@gmail.comEpitome Kidney Urology Institute And Lions Hospital, DelhiIndia
  • How Do I
    MegJardine Speaker meg.jardine@sydney.edu.auNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, AustraliaAustralia
  • Q&A
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
AminuBello Chair aminu1@ualberta.caUniversity of AlbertaCanada
HarunUr Rashid Chair rashid@bol-online.comKidney Foundation Hospital and Research InstituteBangladesh
VijayKher Chair kherv1968@gmail.comEpitome Kidney & Urology Institute, New Delhi India
  • Hot Debate - We Should Have Universal Screening For CKD: ISN-ERA Special Lecture - PRO
    AlbertoOrtiz Speaker AOrtiz@fjd.esIIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz UAM, Madrid, SpainSpain
  • Hot Debate - We Should Have Universal Screening For CKD: ISN-ERA Special Lecture - CON
    GermaineWong Speaker germaine.wong@health.nsw.gov.auUniversity of SydneyAustralia
Amaltas A Hall B101A
Autoimmunity in Glomerular Diseases - Looking Beyond the Kidney
MaartenTaal Chair maarten.taal1@nhs.netUniversity of NottinghamUnited Kingdom
ShrutiTapiawala Chair shruti16374@gmail.comGleneagles Hospital Mumbai , Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Center, MumbaiIndia
  • Anti-nephrin Antibodies - What Do We Know and What Can We Look Forward to?
    TobiasHuber Speaker t.huber@uke.deUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfGermany
  • Mechanism of IgA Deposition in the Mesangium: Implication for Novel Treatments
    Yoshihito Nihei Speaker y-nihei@juntendo.ac.jpDepartment of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of MedicineJapan
  • Lupus Nephritis: Recent Advances in Pathogenesis and New Therapeutic Approaches
    LizLightstone Speaker l.lightstone@imperial.ac.ukImperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
  • Q&A
Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall
Hot Debate: In This New Era of Artificial Intelligence, Do We Need Renal Pathologists?
GeetikaSingh Chair ggmed22@gmail.comAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India India
Ritambhra NadaDUSEJA Chair ritamduseja@yahoo.comIndia
SuryaSeshan Chair svs2002@med.cornell.eduWeill Cornell MedicineUnited States
  • Hot Debate: In This New Era of Artificial Intelligence, We No Longer Need Renal Pathologists - PRO
    KimSolez Speaker ksolez@ualberta.caCanada
  • Hot Debate: In This New Era of Artificial Intelligence, We No Longer Need Renal Pathologists - CON
    AgnesFogo Speaker agnes.fogo@vanderbilt.eduUnited States
Champa Hall 304
Real World Ethics: When It's Hard to Be Good
DominiqueMartin Chair dominique.martin@deakin.edu.auDeakin UniversityAustralia
MadhukarMisra Chair misram@health.missouri.eduUniversity of Missouri Columbia, USAUnited States
  • Introduction: the Difficulty of Translating Ethical Ideals in the Real World
    DominiqueMartin Speaker dominique.martin@deakin.edu.auDeakin UniversityAustralia
  • Case Study 1: The Disruptive Dialysis Patient
    IanDittmer Speaker idittmer@adhb.govt.nzTe Whatu Ora - Health New ZealandNew Zealand
  • Case Study 2: The Dodgy Doctor
    PriyaPais Speaker priyapais@gmail.comIndia
  • Case Study 3: The Insistent Family
    GhadaAnkawi Speaker ghadaankawi@gmail.comKing Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia
  • Q and A, and Conclusion: Ethical Recommendations for Real World Practice
Gulmohar Hall 302
Exploring Complement System Dynamics: C3G and IgAN
AmitGovil Chair amit.govil@uc.eduUnited States
HernánTrimarchi Chair htrimarchi@hotmail.comHOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRESArgentina
S AnanthKarumanchi Chair SAnanth.Karumanchi@csmc.eduUnited States
  • The Complement System in C3G and IgAN: A Pathophysiologic Perspective
    HernánTrimarchi Speaker htrimarchi@hotmail.comHOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRESArgentina
  • The Complement System in C3G: Updated Therapeutic Approaches
    DavidKavanagh Speaker David.Kavanagh@newcastle.ac.ukNational Renal Complement Therapeutics Centre United Kingdom
  • The Complement System in IgAN: An Updated Therapeutic Approach
    HeatherReich Speaker Heather.Reich@uhn.caUniversity of Toronto, University Health NetworkCanada
  • Q&A
Kumudini Hall 301
Are Your Kidneys OK? Early CKD Detection and Key Advocacy Strategies. WKD Joint Session
LathaKumaraswami Chair info@ifkf.orgPast President, IFKF-WKA; Managing Trustee TANKER Foundation, IndiaIndia
Li-LiHsiao Chair lhsiao@bwh.harvard.eduBrigham and Women\'s Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolUnited States
RManorajan Chair drmanorajan1969@gmail.comIndia
  • Primary Kidney Disease Prevention: The 8 Golden Rules
    DinaAbdellatif Speaker dina.abdellatif@gmail.comCairo University HospitalEgypt
  • Proactive Kidney Health: The Return on Investment of Early Detection
    JosephVassalotti Speaker joseph.vassalotti@mountsinai.orgIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States
  • Kidney Health Across Ages: Comparing Risk Factors in Adults and Pediatrics
    AnnaFrancis Speaker Anna.Francis@health.qld.gov.auUniversity of QueenslandAustralia
  • Kidney Awareness: Engaging Patients for Better Outcomes
    VasundharaRaghavan Speaker vasundhara.raghavan@gmail.comMember of PLAGIndia
  • Q&A
Neelkamal Hall 305
5:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Poster Session
Exhibition Hall
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
Hyeong CheonPark Chair amp97nody@gmail.comHyeong Cheon Park, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei UniversityKorea (Republic of)
PremVarma Chair varmapp123@rediffmail.comIndia
  • What Do We Know About the Association Between AKI and Long-Term Adverse Outcomes?
    Chi-yuanHsu Speaker Chi-yuan.Hsu@ucsf.eduUniversity of California, San FranciscoUnited States
  • Are Biomarkers in AKI Ready for Prime Time?
    ChiragParikh Speaker chirag.parikh@jhmi.eduJohns Hopkins University United States
  • Community-acquired AKI in the Tropics - Is it a Different Disease?
    VivekKumar Speaker enigma165@yahoo.co.inPostgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, IndiaIndia
  • Sex as a Biological Variable in the Epidemiology of AKI
    MarliesOstermann Speaker Marlies.Ostermann@gstt.nhs.ukKing's College LondonUnited Kingdom
  • Q&A
Amaltas A Hall B101A
Anemia Management: Paradigm Shift or Hype?
DineshKhullar Chair drdineshkhullar@gmail.comIndia
Fatiu AbiolaArogundade Chair fatiu3@yahoo.comObafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex/ National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria Nigeria
MayuriTrivedi Chair mayuritrivedi80@gmail.comIndia
  • Guideline-based Treatment of Anaemia of CKD: What's New?
    Kai-UweEckardt Speaker kai-uwe.eckardt@charite.deDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive CarGermany
  • HIF-PHIs: Two Sides of the Same Coin
    Chuan-MingHao Speaker chuanminghao@fudan.edu.cnFudan University Huashan HospitalChina
  • Iron Therapy in CKD: Moving Targets
    EviNagler Speaker evi.nagler@ugent.beNephrology Department, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
  • Consequences of Iron Overload
    RobertKalyesubula Speaker rkalyesubula@gmail.comMakerere, UniversityUganda
  • Q&A
Amaltas B Hall B101A
Debunking Nephrology Myths: Insights From Global Kidney Care Leaders
SanjayPandya Chair saveyourkidney@gmail.comIndia
SreejithParameswaran Chair sparameswaran@outlook.comProfessor & Head, Department of Nephrology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India India
  • Revisiting Kidney Biopsies: Why More Than One Can Be Beneficial
    BradRovin Speaker rovin.1@osu.eduThe Ohio State UniversityUnited States
  • Genetic Testing for Kidney Disease Is Not Complicated
    KelsieBogyo Speaker kb3164@cumc.columbia.eduColumbia University Irving Medical CenterUnited States
  • Thrombotic Microangiopathy Workup: Everything You Need to Know
    AnujaJava Speaker ajava@wustl.eduWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST. LOUISUnited States
  • Dealing With Biological Variability in Albuminuria and Creatinine
    SusrutWaikar Speaker swaikar@partners.orgBoston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, and Boston Medical CenterUnited States
  • The Underdiagnosis of Primary Aldosteronism in Clinical Practice
    VivekBhalla Speaker vbhalla@stanford.eduDirector, Stanford Hypertension Center, AHA-Certified Comprehensive Hypertension CenterUnited States
  • Q&A
Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall
The ISN-KI/KIR Editorial Fellows Session: The Best of 2024/25 Articles
BradRovin Chair rovin.1@osu.eduThe Ohio State UniversityUnited States
GermaineWong Chair germaine.wong@health.nsw.gov.auUniversity of SydneyAustralia
PierreRonco Chair pierreronco@yahoo.frHôpital TenonFrance
  • Kidney International in Focus: Annual Highlights
    PierreRonco Speaker pierreronco@yahoo.frHôpital TenonFrance
  • ISN-KI Fellows: Showcasing Excellence Part 1
    Eugene Yu HinChan Speaker genegene.chan@gmail.comHong Kong Children's Hospital, Hong KongHong Kong, China
  • ISN-KI Fellows: Showcasing Excellence Part 2
    IsabelleAyoub Speaker isabelle.ayoub@osumc.eduThe Ohio State UniversityUnited States
  • ISN-KI Fellows: Showcasing Excellence Part 3
    ChristophKuppe Speaker ckuppe@ukaachen.deDepartment of Nephrology, RWTH University Aachen, GermanyGermany
  • ISN-KI Fellows: Showcasing Excellence Part 4
    GriffithPerkins Speaker griffith.perkins@adelaide.edu.auAustralia
  • Q and A
  • Kidney International Reports in Focus: Annual Highlights
    JaiRadhakrishnan Speaker jr55@cumc.columbia.eduColumbia University in the City of New YorkUnited States
  • Kidney International Reports in Focus: Annual Highlights
    SumitMohan Speaker mohan.sumit@gmail.comColumbia UniversityUnited States
  • Kidney International Reports in Focus: Annual Highlights
    AnnaFrancis Speaker Anna.Francis@health.qld.gov.auUniversity of QueenslandAustralia
  • Q and A
  • Celebrating Excellence: Best Reviewer Awards Presentation
    BradRovin Speaker rovin.1@osu.eduThe Ohio State UniversityUnited States
  • Recognizing the Best: Basic Science Awards for Early Career Researchers
    VeronicaMiguel Speaker vmiguh00@gmail.comSpanish National Centre for Cardiovascular ResearchSpain
  • Recognizing the Best: Clinical Science Awards for Early Career Researchers
    MuzamilHassan Speaker muzlamide@yahoo.comDepartment of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaNigeria
  • Recognizing the Best: ISN-KI Editorial Fellows Awards
    GermaineWong Speaker germaine.wong@health.nsw.gov.auUniversity of SydneyAustralia
Champa Hall 304
Pursuing Global Equitable Access to Peritoneal Dialysis: ISN-ISPD Joint Session
AdrianLiew Chair draliew2@gmail.comMount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, SingaporeSingapore
AnuragGupta Chair dranuragg1@yahoo.comIndia
SimonDavies Chair simonj.davies55@gmail.comUnited Kingdom
  • Peritoneal Dialysis: A Global Epidemiological Perspective
    RajnishMehrotra Speaker rmehrotr@u.washington.eduUniversity of WashingtonUnited States
  • What
    PritiMeena Speaker pritimn@gmail.comAll india institute of medical sciences-BhubaneswarIndia
  • International Home Dialysis Consortium (IHDC) Initiatives: Expanding Global Access to Peritoneal Dialysis
    EdwinaBrown Speaker e.a.brown@imperial.ac.ukImperial College Healthcare NHS TrustUnited Kingdom
  • Empowering Nurses to Support Growth of Peritoneal Dialysis Programs
    ReenaGeorge Speaker reenarachelgeorge@gmail.comIndia
  • Q&A
Gulmohar Hall 302
Making the Case: Investing in Kidney Care for Equity and Access
AKBhalla Chair bhallaak@yahoo.comIndia
ElenaZakharova Chair helena.zakharova@gmail.comElena Zakharova, Botkin Hospital, Moscow, RussiaRussia
  • Empowering Kidney Care Through Advocacy: Strategies and Success Stories
    LauraSola Speaker solalaura11@gmail.comDialysis Center, CASMU-IAMPP Uruguay
  • How to Convince Your Health Minister to Invest in CKD Prevention
    Elliot KorantengTannor Speaker elliotktannor@yahoo.co.ukKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaGhana
  • Toward Removal of Socioeconomic Inequities in Kidney Care and Better Outcomes for Children
    ArpanaIyengar Speaker arpanaiyengar@gmail.comST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, BANGALOREIndia
  • How Do We Advocate for Better Access to Kidney Transplantation Worldwide?
    IkechiOkpechi Speaker iokpechi@ualberta.caUniversity of AlbertaCanada
  • Q&A
Kumudini Hall 301
Renal Resilience - Recent Advances in Clinical Knowledge and Future Treatment of Rare Orphan Diseases; ISN-CSN Joint Session
ArvindConjeevaram Chair canchi8@gmail.comHead - Nephrology Dept, Trustwell Hospitals, Bangalore India
DebasishBanerjee Chair dbanerje@sgul.ac.ukSt George's University Hospital NHS Foundation TrUnited Kingdom
LIGUISEN Chair guisenli@163.comChina
  • How Do I Treat Renal Complications in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease?
    ClaireSharpe Speaker claire.sharpe@nottingham.ac.ukUniversity of Nottingham and King's College Hospital, LondonUnited Kingdom
  • iPSCs to Model Rare Kidney Diseases for Drug Discovery: The Examples of FSGS and ADPKD
    ArielaBenigni Speaker ariela.benigni@marionegri.itMario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, ItalyItaly
  • Fabry's Disease: Clinical Features and Novel Therapeutics
  • Primary Hyperoxaluria: A Hope for Gene Therapy?
    YaacovFrishberg Speaker yaacovf@ekmd.huji.ac.ilIsrael
  • Q&A
Neelkamal Hall 305
Key Issues in Transplantation in India: Challenges and Opportunities. ISN-Indian SN Joint Session
AlanAlmeida Chair Almeida-almeidaa@gmail.comIndia
SreelathaMelemadathil Chair drrcbabu@gmail.comGovernment Medical College, KozhikodeIndia
  • TB in Transplant Candidates and Recipients: Diagnosis and Treatment
    Shyam BihariBansal Speaker drshyambansal@gmail.comDepartment of Nephrology, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, IndiaIndia
  • Bringing in Personalized Medicine Approaches to Kidney Transplantation: What Is Possible
    Harbir SinghKohli Speaker kohlihs2009@gmail.comProfessor & Head of Nephrology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, IndiaIndia
  • Kidney Transplantation in Children: What Are the Special Issues and How to Navigate Them?
    PriyaVerghese Speaker pverghese@luriechildrens.orgProfessor, Division ChiefUnited States
  • Bringing Equity to Transplantation: Barriers, Challenges and Triumphs
    NatrajanGopalkrishanan Speaker srigola751@yahoo.comIndia
  • Q and A
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)
AlessiaFornoni Chair afornoni@med.miami.eduUnited States
Narayan Prasad Chair narayan.nephro@gmail.comIndia
VivekanandJha Chair vjha@georgeinstitute.org.inGeorge Institute for Global Health IndiaIndia
  • Environmental Stressors and Adaptation Mechanisms: From Marine Organism to (Kidney) Health Care. Claude Amiel Lecture
    TamarLotan Speaker lotant@univ.haifa.ac.ilUniversity of HaifaIsrael
  • Q and A
  • Acceptance Speech: Alfred Newton Richards Award
    ArielaBenigni Speaker ariela.benigni@marionegri.itMario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, ItalyItaly
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
JolantaMalyszko Chair jolmal@poczta.onet.plMedical University of Warsaw, PolandPoland
ValentineLobo Chair valentinelobo702@gmail.comNephrology Unit, King Edward Memorial Hospital, PuneIndia
  • Deciphering the Molecular Development of Kidney Disease: Transition From AKI to CKD
    SanjayJain Speaker sanjayjain@wustl.eduUnited States
  • KidGen Consortium - Integrating Genomic Medicine Into Care
    AndrewMallett Speaker andrew.mallett@health.qld.gov.auJCU & THHSAustralia
  • Metadata Ontology, Knowledge Integration, and Kidney Precision Medicine
    MatthiasKretzler Speaker kretzler@umich.eduUniversity of MichiganUnited States
  • Kidney Health Professionals and AI - Pioneers or Passive Users?
    GirishNadkarni Speaker girish.nadkarni@mountsinai.orgIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Health SystemUnited States
  • Q&A
Amaltas A Hall B101A
Is it All Fluid? Dialysis Dynamics - HD, HDF, PD
Arpita Roychaudhuri Chair lahiri.arpi@gmail.comIndia
DibyaSingh Shah Chair dibyasingh@hotmail.comNepal
Lori-AnnFisher Chair lori2k15@gmail.comUniversity of the West Indies, MonaJamaica
  • Blood Pressure Management in Dialysis: Is it All Fluid?
    SandipMitra Speaker rhea2202@aol.comUnited Kingdom
  • What Is a Pragmatic Approach Toward Hemodiafiltration in a Resource-limited Setting?
    SandeepMahajan Speaker mahajansn@gmail.comAll India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi India
  • What Adult Nephrologists Need to Know About Pediatric Dialysis
    RukshanaShroff Speaker Rukshana.Shroff@gosh.nhs.ukMD, FRCPCH, PhDUnited Kingdom
  • PD in Heart Failure
    AliAbu-Alfa Speaker abualfa@aub.edu.lbAmerican University of Beirut and Yale UniversityLebanon
  • Q&A
Amaltas B Hall B101A
Looking into the Crystal Ball – Where Will We Be 5 Years from Now?
RajkumarSharma Chair rksnepho206@gmail.comIndia
  • Glomerular Disease Diagnostics
    SanjeevSethi Speaker sethi.sanjeev@mayo.eduMayo ClinicUnited States
  • Advances in Glomerular Disease Treatment
    JonathanBarratt Speaker jb81@leicester.ac.ukUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, UKUnited Kingdom
  • Evaluating Kidney Allograft Dysfunction
    SumitMohan Speaker mohan.sumit@gmail.comColumbia UniversityUnited States
  • Prioritizing Patient-friendly Dialysis
    EdwinaBrown Speaker e.a.brown@imperial.ac.ukImperial College Healthcare NHS TrustUnited Kingdom
  • Risk Prediction in AKI and CKD
    NavdeepTangri Speaker ntangri@yahoo.comUniversity of Manitoba, SOGH Chronic Disease Innovation CentreCanada
  • Q&A
Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall
Understanding and Managing Renal-Respiratory Critical Conjunctions
ManjushaYadla Chair manjuyadla@gmail.comIndia
Muhammad Rafiqul Alam Chair alammrdr@gmail.comBangladesh
R KasiVisweswaran Chair rkasivis@yahoo.comAnanthapuri Hospitals and Research Institute, Trivandrum INDIAIndia
  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and the Kidney
    FaeqHusain-Syed Speaker faeq.husain-syed@innere.med.uni-giessen.deUniversity Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Giessen, GermanyGermany
  • Drug Treatment for Pulmonary Fibrosis: Implications for Kidney Fibrosis
  • Managing Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - What Do the Guidelines Say?
    VladimirTesar Speaker vladimir.tesar@lf1.cuni.czCharles University, PragueCzech Republic
  • Pulmonary Infections and Kidney Injury in ICUs
    RolandoClaure Del Granado Speaker rclaure@yahoo.comDivision of Nephrology, Hospital Obrero No 2 - Caja Nacional de Salud, Cochabamba Bolivia
  • Q&A
Champa Hall 304
Navigating Pregnancy and Kidney Disease: Risks, Benefits, and Global Insights. ISN-WIN/WIN India Joint Session
LizLightstone Chair l.lightstone@imperial.ac.ukImperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
RashaDarwish Chair dr.rasha-darwish@hotmail.comKasr Aleiny medical school , Cairo UniversityEgypt
UrmilaAnandh Chair uanandh@gmail.comAmrita Hospitals, Faridabad, Delhi NCRIndia
  • Patient Presentation
  • Pregnancy-related AKI
    DIVYABAJPAI Speaker divyaa24@gmail.comProfessor, Department of Nephrology, Seth G.S.M.C. and K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, IndiaIndia
  • aHUS in Pregnancy - What Do We Know and What Can We Do?
    AnujaJava Speaker ajava@wustl.eduWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST. LOUISUnited States
  • Using Pregnancy to Initiate Long-term Kidney Care for Women
    SaraladeviNaicker Speaker Saraladevi.Naicker@wits.ac.zaUniversity of the Witwatersrand South Africa
  • Developmental Origins of Kidney Disease: It
    KateBramham Speaker kate.bramham@kcl.ac.ukKing's College LondonUnited Kingdom
  • Panel Discussion with Speakers: How to Change Things? How to Raise Awareness?
Gulmohar Hall 302
Speed Dating with KI/KIR Editors
BradRovin Chair rovin.1@osu.eduThe Ohio State UniversityUnited States
GermaineWong Chair germaine.wong@health.nsw.gov.auUniversity of SydneyAustralia
PierreRonco Chair pierreronco@yahoo.frHôpital TenonFrance
  • Introduction
    PierreRonco Speaker pierreronco@yahoo.frHôpital TenonFrance
  • Translational Science/Genomics
    ChristophKuppe Speaker ckuppe@ukaachen.deDepartment of Nephrology, RWTH University Aachen, GermanyGermany
    KrzysztofKiryluk Speaker kk473@columbia.eduColumbia UniversityUnited States
  • Discovery Science
    ReikoInagi Speaker inagi-r@m.u-tokyo.ac.jpThe University of Tokyo Graduate School of MedicineJapan
    VeronicaMiguel Speaker vmiguh00@gmail.comSpanish National Centre for Cardiovascular ResearchSpain
  • Clinical Trials
    BradRovin Speaker rovin.1@osu.eduThe Ohio State UniversityUnited States
  • Crossing the Lines to ‘Acceptance’ in High Impact Kidney Journals
    PierreRonco Speaker pierreronco@yahoo.frHôpital TenonFrance
    SumitMohan Speaker mohan.sumit@gmail.comColumbia UniversityUnited States
  • Epidemiology/Stats/Policy Forum
    AnnaFrancis Speaker Anna.Francis@health.qld.gov.auUniversity of QueenslandAustralia
    GermaineWong Speaker germaine.wong@health.nsw.gov.auUniversity of SydneyAustralia
    MuzamilHassan Speaker muzlamide@yahoo.comDepartment of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaNigeria
Kesar Hall 202
Next-Gen Perspectives Debate: Will AI Replace Nephrologists in the Future?
AakashShingada Chair aakashshingada@gmail.comIndia
KornchanokVareesangthip Chair kornchanok.ploy@gmail.comSiriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, ThailandThailand
MarinaWainstein Chair marinawainstein@outlook.comUniversity of QueenslandAustralia
  • Next-Gen Perspectives Debate: Will AI Replace Nephrologists in the Future?
    AlejandroGarcia-Rivera Speaker garciarivera.dr@gmail.comHospital General Regional 46Mexico
    IntissarHaddiya Speaker intissarhaddiya@yahoo.frDepartment of nephrology Faculty of medicine and Pharmacy of Oujda Mohammed First UniversityMorocco
    Jean-PhilippeBertocchio Speaker jean-philippe.bertocchio@aphp.frSKEZI (France) & Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (France)France
    Kyung DonYoo Speaker ykd9062@gmail.comUlsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine / Deputy Director, Disaster Preparedness and Response Committee, The Korean Society of Nephrology Korea (Republic of)
Kumudini Hall 301
Advancing Global Transplant Equity: A Health-systems and Patient-centered Approach. ISN-TTS/WIT Joint session
DominiqueMartin Chair dominique.martin@deakin.edu.auDeakin UniversityAustralia
PINAKI MUKHOPADHYAY Chair drpinaki71@yahoo.comDCH.MD.DM (Nephro, PGI Chandigarh), FICP, FISN, FASN, FRCP(London), Professor and Head, Department of Nephrology,NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE KOLKATA India
TobyCoates Chair toby.coates@sa.gov.auAustralia
  • Reviewing Transplantation in Tanzania: Barriers to Expansion and Insights for Other African Countries
    FransiaMushi Speaker fransiaarda@gmail.comMuhimbili University of Health and Allied SciencesTanzania
  • The Role of Infectious Disease Expertise in Improving Utilization and Preserving Grafts
    JonathanHand Speaker jonathan.hand@ochsner.orgOchsner HealthUnited States
  • Day-to-Day Challenges in Providing Kidney Replacement Therapy for Women in Low-income Countries
    PritiMeena Speaker pritimn@gmail.comAll india institute of medical sciences-BhubaneswarIndia
  • Transplantation in Thailand: In-depth Review of Current Activities and Progress
    AdisornLumpaopong Speaker adisornuic@yahoo.comOn Behalf of Thai Transplantation SocietyThailand
  • Q&A
Neelkamal Hall 305
What’s Next in Kidney Care Research? Innovations and Clinical Trials on the Horizon
AdeeraLevin Chair alevin@providencehealth.bc.caUniversity of British Columbia and Providence Health CareCanada
AndreaViecelli Chair andrea.viecelli@health.qld.gov.auUniversity of QueenslandAustralia
Ajit singhNarula Chair narulaas@gmail.comIndia
  • Novel Trial Designs in Nephrology: Innovations and Structures
    MegJardine Speaker meg.jardine@sydney.edu.auNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, AustraliaAustralia
  • What’s New in Clinical Trials?
    DavidWheeler Speaker d.wheeler@ucl.ac.ukUniversity College LondonUnited Kingdom
  • Value of Different Outcomes in the Era of Precision Medicine
    RobertoPecoits Filho Speaker roberto.pecoits@arborresearch.orgArbor Research Collaborative for HealthUnited States
  • Conducting Trials in Low and Middle-income Countries
    SoumitaBagchi Speaker soumita_bagchi@yahoo.co.inProfessor, Department of Nephrology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New DelhiIndia
  • Innovations in Pediatric Nephrology Discovery and Clinical Trial Conduct
    ArpanaIyengar Speaker arpanaiyengar@gmail.comST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, BANGALOREIndia
  • Q&A
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?
FergusCaskey Chair Fergus.Caskey@bristol.ac.ukUniversity of Bristol, UKUnited Kingdom
OMKUMAR Chair dromkumar@rediffmail.comINDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, PATNAIndia
UmeshKhanna Chair ubkhanna@gmail.com MD DNB (NEPHROLOGY), India
  • Hot Debate: To D or Not to D? All Patients With CKD Need Vitamin D Supplementation - PRO
    HanneJoergensen Speaker hsjorgensen@clin.au.dkAarhus UniversityDenmark
  • Hot Debate: To D or Not to D? All Patients With CKD Need Vitamin D Supplementation - CON
    Mario GennaroCozzolino Speaker mario.cozzolino@unimi.itUniversity of MilanItaly
Amaltas B Hall B101A
Hot Debate - The KDIGO BP Targets in CKD Are (Un)Achievable and (Un)Realistic
ArpanaIyengar Chair arpanaiyengar@gmail.comST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, BANGALOREIndia
KateBramham Chair kate.bramham@kcl.ac.ukKing's College LondonUnited Kingdom
Venkata DakshinamurtyKaligotla Chair kvdm1954@gmail.comMahatma Sri Ramchandra Centenary Memorial Hospital, Vijayanagar Colony, Hyderabad, INDIAIndia
  • Hot Debate: The KDIGO BP Targets in CKD Are Unachievable and Unrealistic - PRO
    SwapnilHiremath Speaker shiremath@toh.caUniversity of OttawaCanada
  • Hot Debate: The KDIGO BP Targets in CKD Are Unachievable and Unrealistic - CON
    IndranilDasgupta Speaker Indranil.Dasgupta@uhb.nhs.ukConsultant Nephrologist, University Hospitals Birmingham, UKUnited Kingdom
Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall
Connecting Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Dots: Holistic Approaches to Patient Care
RobertoPecoits Filho Chair roberto.pecoits@arborresearch.orgArbor Research Collaborative for HealthUnited States
  • A Nephrologist Perspective on the Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome
    JananiRangaswami Speaker nephrologymd1@gmail.comProfessor of Medicine, George Washington University School of MedicineUnited States
  • Optimizing CKD Management in the Context of Diabetes and Obesity
    RobertoPecoits Filho Speaker roberto.pecoits@arborresearch.orgArbor Research Collaborative for HealthUnited States
  • Combining Therapies for Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Conditions: An Integrative Approach
    KatherineTuttle Speaker Katherine.Tuttle@providence.orgUniversity of Washington School of Medicine, Division of NephrologyUnited States
  • Q&A
Champa Hall 304
Implementing Nephrogenetics Across the Globe: ISN-IPNA Joint Session
LarisaPrikhodina Chair LPrikhodina@yahoo.comProfessor of Pediatrics, Chair of Division of Inherited & Acquired Kidney Diseases, Veltishev Research Clinical Institute for Pediatrics & Children Surgery, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical UniversityRussia
NeveenSoliman Chair neveenase@yahoo.comCenter of Pediatric Nephrology and Transplantation, Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo UniversityEgypt
TarunJeloka Chair tjeloka@yahoo.comMANIPAL HOSPITALSIndia
  • Mapping Nephrogenomic Variation in the Middle East
    NeveenSoliman Speaker neveenase@yahoo.comCenter of Pediatric Nephrology and Transplantation, Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo UniversityEgypt
  • Implementing Nephrogenetic Diagnostics in Low-resource Settings
    Kar HuiNg Speaker paenkh@nus.edu.sgDepartment of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of SingaporeSingapore
  • Comprehensive Nephrogenetic Diagnostics in Europe: Where Do We Stand in 2025?
    AlbertienVan Eerde Speaker vanEerde@umcutrecht.nlDepartment of Genetics, UMC Utrecht, The NetherlandsNetherlands
  • Q and A
Gulmohar Hall 302
Seeing the Kidney Clearly: Solo Treatments and Orchestrated Care Through Evidence, Community, and Policy
BrianPereira Chair bjgpereira@gmail.comUnited States
MegJardine Chair meg.jardine@sydney.edu.auNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, AustraliaAustralia
  • Addressing Challenges: Early CKD Detection Strategies and the Role of Research and Development in Global Kidney Health
    AdeeraLevin Speaker alevin@providencehealth.bc.caUniversity of British Columbia and Providence Health CareCanada
  • A Collaborative Approach to Detecting Kidney Disease Early
    ThomasBlakeman Speaker tom.blakeman@manchester.ac.ukThe University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom
  • Harnessing Digital Technology: Innovative Tools for Early CKD Detection and Management
    Chinta RamaKrishna Speaker rknephro@gmail.comChinta Rama Krishna, HelloKidney.aiIndia
  • Q and A
Kesar Hall 202
Kidney Disease Prediction and Prevention: Evolving Toward a Kidney Health Revolution
AnuradhaRaman Chair ramananu48@gmail.comIndia
SabineKaram Chair sabinejkaram@gmail.comUniversity of MinnesotaUnited States
  • Managing Kidney Disease in Diabetes - Is it the Best of Times?
    PeterRossing Speaker peter.rossing@regionh.dkSteno Diabetes Center Copenhagen Denmark
  • Implementation of Risk Prediction Equations to Optimize CKD Care - the Present and the Future
    NavdeepTangri Speaker ntangri@yahoo.comUniversity of Manitoba, SOGH Chronic Disease Innovation CentreCanada
  • Multisectoral Action for Kidney Disease Prevention
    Sri LekhaTummalapalli Speaker lekha.tummalapalli@gmail.comAssistant Professor, Weill Cornell MedicineUnited States
  • Q&A
Kumudini Hall 301
What Should I Do? Applying the Declaration of Istanbul Principles to Your Clinical Transplant Practice. ISN-DICG Joint Session
KamalSud Chair kamal.sud@health.nsw.gov.auThe University of SydneyAustralia
Maria AmaliaMatamoros Chair amatamoros@cehcr.comCaja Costarricense del Seguro social Costa Rica
SanjayNagral Chair sanjaynagral@gmail.comIndia
  • My Patient Wants to Travel Abroad for a Kidney Transplant
    JagbirGill Speaker jsgill2@me.comCanada
  • My Patient Received a Kidney Transplant Abroad
    RuthRahamimov Speaker ruth.rahamimov@gmail.comRabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, IsraelIsrael
  • How to Deal With Suspicious Transplant Cases in Your Organization or Country
    JonathanWala Speaker jonathanwala@yahoo.comKenya Renal AssociationKenya
  • From Identification to Resolution: A Guide to Managing Suspicious Transplant Cases
    ThomasMueller Speaker tfmueller1492@hotmail.comSwisstransplantSwitzerland
  • Q&A
Neelkamal Hall 305
Bridging Gaps in Kidney Disease Diagnostics: Striving for Equity
DanielO'Hara Chair daniel.ohara@sydney.edu.auNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, AustraliaAustralia
MythriShankar Chair mythri.nish@gmail.comInstitute of NephrourologyIndia
  • Panel Discussion: Featuring an Expert in Genetics
    Becky MingyaoMa Speaker mymbecky@gmail.comDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Hong KongHong Kong, China
  • Panel Discussion: Featuring a Renal Pathologist
    MarekKollar Speaker marek.kollar@ikem.czCzech Republic
  • Panel Discussion: Featuring an Expert in CKD Care From India
    PritiMeena Speaker pritimn@gmail.comAll india institute of medical sciences-BhubaneswarIndia
  • Panel Discussion:Featuring an Expert in CKD Care From Fiji
    Yogeshni Chandra Speaker chandra_yogi@yahoo.comFiji
  • Panel Discussion: Featuring an Expert in CKD Care From Nigeria
    ChimezieOkwuonu Speaker getchimezie@yahoo.comFederal Medical CenterNigeria
  • Q and A
Parijat Hall 201
5:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Poster Session
Exhibition Hall
Meet the Experts
Kesar Hall 202

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Time Session
9 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
Metabolic Crossroads: Kidneys, Liver Disease, and the Gut
GloriaAshuntantang Chair gloria.ash60@gmail.comUniversity of Bamenda, CameroonCameroon
Narayan Prasad Chair narayan.nephro@gmail.comIndia
Dr Sree BhushanRaju Chair sreebhushan@hotmail.comIndia
  • Hepatorenal Syndrome and New Treatments for AKI in Cirrhosis
    Swetha RaniKanduri Speaker svetarani@gmail.comOchsner Health, New Orleans, LAUnited States
  • Do Gut Microbiota Contribute to Kidney Disease? If so, What Can We Do About it?
    GrietGlorieux Speaker GRIET.GLORIEUX@UGent.beUGentBelgium
  • What Should Nephrologists Know About Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Fatty Liver Disease
    Angela Yee-MoonWang Speaker angela.wang@duke-nus.edu.sgHong Kong/SingaporeSingapore
  • Measuring Kidney Function in Liver Disease - Pitfalls and Solutions
    SmitaDivyaveer Speaker divyaveer.ss@gmail.comIndia
  • Q&A
Amaltas A Hall B101A
The Ageing Kidney: Of Neurons and Nephrons
AnupmaKaul Chair anupmaneph@gmail.comIndia
AshwaniGupta Chair ashwani_gupta2002@yahoo.comUnited States
Mohamad Bassam Said Chair bmsaeed2000@yahoo.comFarah Association for Child with Kidney Disease in SyriaSyrian Arab Republic
  • Defining Accelerated Kidney Ageing
    AlbertoOrtiz Speaker AOrtiz@fjd.esIIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz UAM, Madrid, SpainSpain
  • Accelerated Biological Ageing in CKD: Drivers and Potential Therapeutic Interventions
    MotokoYanagita Speaker motoy@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jpKyoto UniversityJapan
  • The Kidney-Brain Connection
    MarionPépin Speaker marion.pepin@aphp.frINSERM, CESP UMR 1018, Clinical epidemiology, Paris Saclay University, Villejuif, France/ Geriatric Department, Ambroise Paré Hospital, APHP, Versailles St Quentin University, Boulogne ,FranceFrance
  • Cognitive Impairment in Kidney Disease
    VanitaJassal Speaker vanita.jassal@uhn.caCanada
  • Q&A
Amaltas B Hall B101A
HIT! High Impact Clinical Trials – Why and How
DavidWheeler Chair d.wheeler@ucl.ac.ukUniversity College LondonUnited Kingdom
  • What Have We Learned From CONVINCE?
    PeterBlankestijn Oral Abstract Presenter P.J.Blankestijn@umcutrecht.nlUniversity Medical Center UtrechtNetherlands
  • Design of the ZEUS Trial: Interleukin-6 Inhibition With Ziltivekimab for Cardiovascular Protection in Chronic Kidney Disease
    VladoPerkovic Oral Abstract Presenter vlado.perkovic@unsw.edu.auUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaAustralia
  • A Phase 1/2 Trial of Zigakibart in IgA Nephropathy (IgAN)
    JonathanBarratt Oral Abstract Presenter jb81@leicester.ac.ukUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, UKUnited Kingdom
  • Observational Cohort With Embedded Randomized Controlled Trials to Study Pregnancy-Associated Progression of Renal Disease: A Feasibility Study of Dietary Nitrate (Beetroot Juice) to Protect Kidney Function in Pregnant Women With Chronic Kidney Disease
    PriscillaSmith Oral Abstract Presenter priscilla.smith@kcl.ac.ukKings College Hospital LondonUnited Kingdom
  • Design of Randomized Embedded Adaptive Platform Clinical Trial in South Asian Kidney Biopsy-Proven Primary Glomerular Diseases: Multi-Center, Multi-Arm and Multi-Stage
    Selvin Sundar RajMani Oral Abstract Presenter selvinsr@gmail.comAssociate Professor in Nephrology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, IndiaIndia
    SuceenaAlexander Oral Abstract Presenter suceena@gmail.comChristian Medical College VelloreIndia
Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall
Healthy India Alliance Patient Forum
Champa Hall 304
Make It Work Better for Failing Kidneys with Sustainable Care
AjaySingh Chair Ajay_Singh@hms.harvard.eduUnited States
ManjuriSharma Chair manjurisharma@yahoo.com India
  • Toward a Plant-based Diet in CKD
    Juan-JesusCarrero Speaker juan.jesus.carrero@ki.seSweden
  • Why Peritoneal Dialysis Uptake Is Low in Many World Regions and How Can We Fix it?
    Magdalena Madero Speaker madero.magdalena@gmail.comChief of Nephrology, Instituto Nacional de CardiolMexico
  • Improving Dialysis Quality: A Hub-and-Spoke Network
    ManishaSahay Speaker drmanishasahay@gmail.comProfessor and Head, Department of Nephrology, Osmania Medical college and General hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaIndia
  • Kidney Supportive Care in a Low-resource Setting
    NicolaWearne Speaker Nicola.wearne@uct.ac.zaGroote Schuur Hospital / university of Cape TownSouth Africa
  • A Working Partnership - Shared Decision-making in Nephrology
    Ana Elizabeth pradofigueiredo Speaker anaef@pucrs.brPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Brazil
  • Q&A
Neelkamal Hall 305
11 a.m.
12 p.m.
Equitable Kidney Health- Making it Part of The Day Job
GavinDreyer Chair gavin_dreyer@hotmail.comUnited Kingdom
  • Time to Act on Kidney Health Inequalities in the UK
    Shivani Sharma Speaker s.sharma10@aston.ac.ukUnited Kingdom
  • Targeting Equitable Kidney Health Through the Global Kidney Health Atlas
    ErangaWijewickrama Speaker erangasw@clinmed.cmb.ac.lkFaculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka
  • Bridging the Access Gap in Rural Communities
    RobertKalyesubula Speaker rkalyesubula@gmail.comMakerere, UniversityUganda
Amaltas A Hall B101A
Value of Combination Therapy in Diabetic Kidney Disease
  • Effective Therapies to Prevent Kidney Failure in DKD
  • Evidence for Combination Therapies in DKD
    VladoPerkovic Speaker vlado.perkovic@unsw.edu.auUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaAustralia
  • Maximising Uptake of Effective Therapies in Clinical Practice
  • Q and A
Amaltas B Hall B101A
HIT! High Impact Clinical Trials – Study Design
  • Findings and Lessons from PARADIGM Study Design
    AdeeraLevin Speaker alevin@providencehealth.bc.caUniversity of British Columbia and Providence Health CareCanada
  • Findings and Lessons from ALIGN Study Design
  • Findings and Lessons from RESOLVE Study Design
    MegJardine Speaker meg.jardine@sydney.edu.auNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, AustraliaAustralia
  • Findings and Lessons from LIFT Study
    DebasishBanerjee Oral Abstract Presenter dbanerje@sgul.ac.ukSt George's University Hospital NHS Foundation TrUnited Kingdom
  • Q and A
Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall
Quiz Session: Indian Society Early Career Nephrologists
ArunkumarSubbiah Host gmedaks@gmail.comIndia
MedhaviGautam Host gautam.medhavi@gmail.comMD, GlomCon Fellow, NephEdc Intern , ISN member , IndiaIndia
SayaliThakare Host thakare.sayali@gmail.comIndia
Gulmohar Hall 302
MedEd in the Modern Era: #NephJC at the #ISNWCN
  • Tweets, Skeets, and Podcasts: Harnessing 21st Century Tools for Medical Education
    CristinaPopa Speaker cristina.adriana.popa90@gmail.comNephJCRomania
  • Don't Believe Everything You Read: #NephJC style Critical Appraisal
    SwapnilHiremath Speaker shiremath@toh.caUniversity of OttawaCanada
  • Is A Picture Truly Worth a 1000 Words? Visual Abstracts and Infographics
    DIVYABAJPAI Speaker divyaa24@gmail.comProfessor, Department of Nephrology, Seth G.S.M.C. and K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, IndiaIndia
  • Q and A
Neelkamal Hall 305
12:15 p.m.
1:15 p.m.
Plenary Session 4: Diabetes and Adipocytokines (Takashi Kadowaki, Japan)
MarcelloTonelli Chair cello@ucalgary.caUniversity of CalgaryCanada
MasaomiNangaku Chair mnangaku@m.u-tokyo.ac.jpJapan
MegJardine Chair meg.jardine@sydney.edu.auNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, AustraliaAustralia
  • Diabetes and Adipocytokines. Brenner/Dirks Lecture
    TakashiKadowaki Speaker t-kadowaki@toranomon.kkr.or.jpToranomon HospitalJapan
  • Q and A
  • The ISN Fellowship Program Celebration
Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall

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
AndrewMoses Chair amoses2@northwell.eduLenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States
IrmaTchokhonelidze Chair irma.tchokhonelidze@gmail.comTbilisi State Medical UniversityGeorgia
JadrankaButurović Ponikvar Chair jadranka.buturovic@mf.uni-lj.siUniversity Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenia
MayuriTrivedi Chair mayuritrivedi80@gmail.comIndia
SourabhSharma Chair drsourabh05@gmail.comVardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaIndia
  • Case Study Part 1 and POCUS Kidney and Lungs BLUE Protocol
    AndrewMoses Speaker amoses2@northwell.eduLenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States
  • Native and Transplanted Kidney Biopsy
    JadrankaButurović Ponikvar Speaker jadranka.buturovic@mf.uni-lj.siUniversity Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenia
    MayuriTrivedi Speaker mayuritrivedi80@gmail.comIndia
  • CKRT vs. SLED: Pros and Cons
    SourabhSharma Speaker drsourabh05@gmail.comVardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaIndia
  • Hands-on Training: Kidney Biopsy
    JadrankaButurović Ponikvar Speaker jadranka.buturovic@mf.uni-lj.siUniversity Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenia
    MayuriTrivedi Speaker mayuritrivedi80@gmail.comIndia
  • Hands-on Training: CKRT and SLED Machine
    SourabhSharma Speaker drsourabh05@gmail.comVardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaIndia
  • Hands-on Training: POCUS Kidney and Lung With BLUE Protocol
    AndrewMoses Speaker amoses2@northwell.eduLenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States
    HildaElena Fernandez Speaker hef2112@cumc.columbia.eduUnited States
Amaltas A Hall B101A
Renal Pathology Course: Updates on Regional Diseases
CarmenAvila Casado Chair carmen.avila-casado@uhn.caCanada
GeetikaSingh Chair ggmed22@gmail.comAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India India
SuryaSeshan Chair svs2002@med.cornell.eduWeill Cornell MedicineUnited States
  • IgA Nephropathy and IgA Vasculitis
    MarkHaas Speaker mark.haas@cshs.orgCedars-Sinai Medical CenterUnited States
  • Kidney Lesions in Tropical Infections
    AhmedKalebi Speaker drkalebi@ahmedkalebi.comDr. Kalebi Labs (DKL) LimitedKenya
  • Controversies in Podocytopathies
    CarmenAvila Casado Speaker carmen.avila-casado@uhn.caCanada
  • Pregnancy Related Renal Disease
    AgnesFogo Speaker agnes.fogo@vanderbilt.eduUnited States
  • Q and A
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
Ana Elizabeth pradofigueiredo Chair anaef@pucrs.brPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Brazil
ReenaGeorge Chair reenarachelgeorge@gmail.comIndia
  • Navigating Post-transplant Dialysis: What to Expect
    AngelaJackson Speaker angela.jackson@middlemore.co.nzHealth New Zealand - Counties ManukauNew Zealand
  • From Dialysis to Transplant: Guiding Children Through the Transition
    Sandhya VNair Speaker sandya.asokakumar@gmail.comindian nursing councilIndia
  • Meeting the Mark: Adherence Requirements for Transplant Success
    Janevan der Jeugd Speaker jane.vanderjeugd@sa.gov.auFlinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South AustraliaAustralia
  • Q&A
Champa Hall 304
Glomerular Disease Course: A Case-based Approach to Renal Histology and Nephrotic Syndrome
AdrianLiew Chair draliew2@gmail.comMount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, SingaporeSingapore
SuceenaAlexander Chair suceena@gmail.comChristian Medical College VelloreIndia
  • Approach to Nephrotic Syndrome
    SuceenaAlexander Speaker suceena@gmail.comChristian Medical College VelloreIndia
  • Case Presentation and Discussion 1
    HeatherReich Speaker Heather.Reich@uhn.caUniversity of Toronto, University Health NetworkCanada
  • Case Presentation and Discussion 2
    Raja Ramachandran Speaker drraja1980@gmail.comAssociate ProfessorIndia
Gulmohar Hall 302
Conservative Kidney Management Course: Core Principles and Symptom Management
FrankBrennan Chair fpbrennan@ozemail.com.auSt George HospitalAustralia
NandiniVallath Chair aanandini@gmail.comIndia
SaraDavison Chair sara.davison@ualberta.caUniversity of AlbertaCanada
  • Introduction to Kidney Supportive Care (KSC) and Conservative Kidney Management (CKM)
    SaraDavison Speaker sara.davison@ualberta.caUniversity of AlbertaCanada
  • Validating CKM: Evidence and Approaches
    BarnabyHole Speaker barnaby.hole@bristol.ac.ukUniversity of Bristol, UKUnited Kingdom
  • Effective Strategies for Pharmacologic Pain Management in CKM
    SaraDavison Speaker sara.davison@ualberta.caUniversity of AlbertaCanada
  • Addressing Depression and Anxiety in CKM Patients
    PeaceBagasha Speaker bagashap@gmail.comUganda
  • Q&A
Kumudini Hall 301
Annual Review of Nephrology Course: Managing Kidney Failure
KenarJhaveri Chair Kjhaveri@northwell.eduNorthwell HealthUnited States
MitchellRosner Chair MHR9R@hscmail.mcc.virginia.eduUniveristy of Virginia HealthUnited States
  • New Solutions to Anemia Management in Kidney Failure: The Role of HIF-PH Inhibitors
    JolantaMalyszko Speaker jolmal@poczta.onet.plMedical University of Warsaw, PolandPoland
  • New Solutions to Phosphorus Control in Kidney Failure: Achieving Patient Goals
    KrishnaswamySampathkumar Speaker drksampath@gmail.comMeenakshi Mission Hospital India
  • Improving Volume and Hypertension Control in Kidney Failure: New Approaches to a Critical Issue?
    Angela Yee-MoonWang Speaker angela.wang@duke-nus.edu.sgHong Kong/SingaporeSingapore
  • Q and A
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
AndrewMoses Chair amoses2@northwell.eduLenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States
IrmaTchokhonelidze Chair irma.tchokhonelidze@gmail.comTbilisi State Medical UniversityGeorgia
JadrankaButurović Ponikvar Chair jadranka.buturovic@mf.uni-lj.siUniversity Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenia
MayuriTrivedi Chair mayuritrivedi80@gmail.comIndia
SourabhSharma Chair drsourabh05@gmail.comVardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaIndia
  • Case Study Part 2 and Cardiac POCUS
    AndrewMoses Speaker amoses2@northwell.eduLenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States
  • Dialysis Adequacy: Assessing and Improving Outcomes
    IrmaTchokhonelidze Speaker irma.tchokhonelidze@gmail.comTbilisi State Medical UniversityGeorgia
  • Hemodialysis Catheter: Insertion, Exchange, Removal
    AnilAGARWAL Speaker akagarwalmd@gmail.comUniversity of California San Francisco, Fresno, USUnited States
  • Hands-on Training: HD Catheters: Insertion, Exchange, Removal
    AnilAGARWAL Speaker akagarwalmd@gmail.comUniversity of California San Francisco, Fresno, USUnited States
    JeyarajBalasubramaniam Speaker kidneycare@yahoo.comKidney Care Centre, Tirunelveli, IndiaIndia
  • Hands-on Training: HD/HDF/Home HD Machines: What are the Treatment Options?
    IrmaTchokhonelidze Speaker irma.tchokhonelidze@gmail.comTbilisi State Medical UniversityGeorgia
  • Hands-on Training: Cardiac POCUS
    AndrewMoses Speaker amoses2@northwell.eduLenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States
    HildaElena Fernandez Speaker hef2112@cumc.columbia.eduUnited States
Amaltas A Hall B101A
Renal Pathology Course: Recent Advances in Kidney and Transplant Pathology
CarmenAvila Casado Chair carmen.avila-casado@uhn.caCanada
GeetikaSingh Chair ggmed22@gmail.comAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India India
SuryaSeshan Chair svs2002@med.cornell.eduWeill Cornell MedicineUnited States
  • Mass Spectrometry for the Diagnosis of Renal Diseases
    SanjeevSethi Speaker sethi.sanjeev@mayo.eduMayo ClinicUnited States
  • Application of Digital Tools in Renal Pathology
    ArvydasLaurinavicius Speaker Arvydas.Laurinavicius@vpc.ltVilnius UniversityLithuania
  • The Importance of Medullary Lesions In Kidney Biopsies
    JorisRoelofs Speaker j.j.roelofs@amsterdamumc.nlAmsterdam UMCNetherlands
  • New Insights in Drug Induced Kidney Diseases
    SuryaSeshan Speaker svs2002@med.cornell.eduWeill Cornell MedicineUnited States
  • Q and A
Amaltas B Hall B101A
Navigating Kidney Care Symposium: From Guidelines to Practice, Personalized Care, and Quality of Life
Ana Elizabeth pradofigueiredo Chair anaef@pucrs.brPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Brazil
ReenaGeorge Chair reenarachelgeorge@gmail.comIndia
  • Enhancing Acute Care: Managing Late Referral Hemodialysis
    Ana Elizabeth pradofigueiredo Speaker anaef@pucrs.brPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Brazil
  • Enhancing Acute Care: Managing Urgent Start Peritoneal Dialysis
    ElaineBowes Speaker elaine.bowes@nhs.netKing's College Hospital United Kingdom
  • From Diabetes to Dialysis: Ensuring Smooth Care Transitions
    EveNatusch Speaker eve.natusch@hbdhb.govt.nzNurse Practitioner Diabetes and Long-Term Conditions, Secondary Healthcare ServicesNew Zealand
  • Better Together: Community Approaches to Preventing Chronic Kidney Disease
    SulakshnaBharadwaj Speaker sulakshnabharadwaj@yahoo.co.inINSTITUTE OF LIVER AND BILIARY SCIENCESIndia
  • Q&A
Champa Hall 304
Glomerular Disease Course - A Case-Based Approach: Nephritic Syndrome
AdrianLiew Chair draliew2@gmail.comMount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, SingaporeSingapore
SuceenaAlexander Chair suceena@gmail.comChristian Medical College VelloreIndia
  • Approach to Nephritic Syndrome
    AdrianLiew Speaker draliew2@gmail.comMount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, SingaporeSingapore
  • Case Presentation and Discussion 3
    JonathanBarratt Speaker jb81@leicester.ac.ukUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, UKUnited Kingdom
  • Case Presentation and Discussion 4
    LizLightstone Speaker l.lightstone@imperial.ac.ukImperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
  • Case Presentation and Discussion 5
    SuceenaAlexander Speaker suceena@gmail.comChristian Medical College VelloreIndia
Gulmohar Hall 302
Conservative Kidney Management Course: Navigating Symptoms and Metabolic Complications
FrankBrennan Chair fpbrennan@ozemail.com.auSt George HospitalAustralia
NandiniVallath Chair aanandini@gmail.comIndia
SaraDavison Chair sara.davison@ualberta.caUniversity of AlbertaCanada
  • Managing CKD-associated Pruritus and Restless Legs Syndrome in CKM
    FrankBrennan Speaker fpbrennan@ozemail.com.auSt George HospitalAustralia
  • Tackling Fatigue and Insomnia in CKM Patients
    AnujaDamani Speaker Anuja.damani@manipal.eduKasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, ManipalIndia
  • Managing Nausea and Vomiting in CKM: Best Practices
    ClaireDouglas Speaker Claire.Douglas5@nhs.scotUnited Kingdom
  • End-of-Life Transition in CKM: Care and Symptom Management
    NandiniVallath Speaker aanandini@gmail.comIndia
  • Managing Metabolic Complications of CKD in CKM
    SaraDavison Speaker sara.davison@ualberta.caUniversity of AlbertaCanada
  • Q&A
Kumudini Hall 301
Annual Review of Nephrology Course: Best Practices in Diabetic Kidney Disease Care
KenarJhaveri Chair Kjhaveri@northwell.eduNorthwell HealthUnited States
MitchellRosner Chair MHR9R@hscmail.mcc.virginia.eduUniveristy of Virginia HealthUnited States
  • Clinical Trials Overview: Focus on GLP1a, MRA, and SGLT2
    MaartenTaal Speaker maarten.taal1@nhs.netUniversity of NottinghamUnited Kingdom
  • SGLT2i Versus GLP1a And/or MRA Versus SGLT2i, And/or Starting All Together: What Should the Clinician Do? My Approach
    KatherineTuttle Speaker Katherine.Tuttle@providence.orgUniversity of Washington School of Medicine, Division of NephrologyUnited States
  • SGLT2i Versus GLP1a And/or MRA Versus SGLT2i, And/or Starting All Together: What Should the Clinician Do? My Approach
    MadhukarMisra Speaker misram@health.missouri.eduUniversity of Missouri Columbia, USAUnited States
  • Q and A
Neelkamal Hall 305
1 p.m.
2:25 p.m.
Building a CKDu Research Methodology Toolbox
ErangaWijewickrama Chair erangasw@clinmed.cmb.ac.lkFaculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka
  • Study Designs to Answer Research Questions in CKDu
    Magdalena Madero Speaker madero.magdalena@gmail.comChief of Nephrology, Instituto Nacional de CardiolMexico
  • Distinguishing CKDu From Other Kidney Diseases in Research Studies
    SumitMohan Speaker mohan.sumit@gmail.comColumbia UniversityUnited States
  • Q and A
Javakusum Hall 303
ISN SharE-RR - Sharing Expertise to Support the Set-up of Renal Registries: Inspiration from Established Registries in South Asia
FergusCaskey Chair Fergus.Caskey@bristol.ac.ukUniversity of Bristol, UKUnited Kingdom
MariaPippias Chair maria.pippias@bristol.ac.ukUniversity of BristolUnited Kingdom
  • The SharE-RR Toolkit
    MariaPippias Speaker maria.pippias@bristol.ac.ukUniversity of BristolUnited Kingdom
  • The South African Renal Registry: Re-Establishing After 20 Years' Dormancy and Recent Governance Lessons
    Mogamat RazeenDavids Speaker mrd@sun.ac.zaStellenbosch University and Tygerberg HospitalSouth Africa
  • The Bangladesh Renal Registry: Twenty Years Experience Covering HD, PD, and Transplant
    HarunUr Rashid Speaker rashid@bol-online.comKidney Foundation Hospital and Research InstituteBangladesh
  • The Indian Renal Registry: Establishing a Multi-centre Dialysis Registry
    SumaiyaArfin Speaker sumaiyaarfin@gmail.comThe George Institute for Global Health, IndiaIndia
  • Q and A
Kesar Hall 202
ISN Train The Trainer Program for Pregnancy and Kidney Disease - Update and Toolkit Launch
MichelleHladunewich Chair michelle.hladunewich@sunnybrook.caSunnybrook Health Sciences CentreCanada
ShilpanjaliJesudason Chair shilpa.jesudason@sa.gov.auRoyal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, AustraliaAustralia
  • Welcome and Background on Obstetric Nephrology Evolution
    MichelleHladunewich Speaker michelle.hladunewich@sunnybrook.caSunnybrook Health Sciences CentreCanada
  • Overview of the TT Program and Toolkit Launch
    ShilpanjaliJesudason Speaker shilpa.jesudason@sa.gov.auRoyal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, AustraliaAustralia
  • Trainer Perspective
    GhadaAnkawi Speaker ghadaankawi@gmail.comKing Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia
  • Trainer Perspective
    DIVYABAJPAI Speaker divyaa24@gmail.comProfessor, Department of Nephrology, Seth G.S.M.C. and K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, IndiaIndia
  • Panel Discussion, Questions and Group Discussion
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
AndrewMoses Chair amoses2@northwell.eduLenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States
IrmaTchokhonelidze Chair irma.tchokhonelidze@gmail.comTbilisi State Medical UniversityGeorgia
JadrankaButurović Ponikvar Chair jadranka.buturovic@mf.uni-lj.siUniversity Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenia
MayuriTrivedi Chair mayuritrivedi80@gmail.comIndia
SourabhSharma Chair drsourabh05@gmail.comVardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaIndia
  • Case Study Part 3 and VExUS Technique
    AndrewMoses Speaker amoses2@northwell.eduLenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States
  • PD Catheter Insertion
    KrishnaswamySampathkumar Speaker drksampath@gmail.comMeenakshi Mission Hospital India
  • Urgent Initiation of PD: Challenges and Solutions
    BrettCullis Speaker brett.cullis@gmail.comUniversity of Cape TownSouth Africa
  • Hands-on Training: APD Machine Prescription Options
    BrettCullis Speaker brett.cullis@gmail.comUniversity of Cape TownSouth Africa
    IrmaTchokhonelidze Speaker irma.tchokhonelidze@gmail.comTbilisi State Medical UniversityGeorgia
  • Hands-on Training: PD Catheter Insertion
    KrishnaswamySampathkumar Speaker drksampath@gmail.comMeenakshi Mission Hospital India
  • Hands-on Training: VExUS
    AndrewMoses Speaker amoses2@northwell.eduLenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States
    HildaElena Fernandez Speaker hef2112@cumc.columbia.eduUnited States
  • Case 3
Amaltas A Hall B101A
Renal Pathology Course: Clinical-Pathologic Correlation Case Presentations
CarmenAvila Casado Chair carmen.avila-casado@uhn.caCanada
GeetikaSingh Chair ggmed22@gmail.comAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India India
SuryaSeshan Chair svs2002@med.cornell.eduWeill Cornell MedicineUnited States
  • Nephrologist, Clinical Discussant - Case 1
    SantoshVarughese Speaker santosh@cmcvellore.ac.inIndia
  • Case 1
    GeetikaSingh Speaker ggmed22@gmail.comAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India India
  • Nephrologist, Clinical Discussant - Case 2
    SantoshVarughese Speaker santosh@cmcvellore.ac.inIndia
  • Case 2
    AnilaKurien Speaker anila_abraham08@yahoo.comRenopath, Center for Renal and Urological Pathology, Chennai, IndiaIndia
  • Nephrologist, Clinical Discussant - Case 3
    SantoshVarughese Speaker santosh@cmcvellore.ac.inIndia
  • Case 3
    JorisRoelofs Speaker j.j.roelofs@amsterdamumc.nlAmsterdam UMCNetherlands
  • Nephrologist, Clinical Discussant - Case 4
    SantoshVarughese Speaker santosh@cmcvellore.ac.inIndia
  • Case 4
    CarmenAvila Casado Speaker carmen.avila-casado@uhn.caCanada
  • Nephrologist, Clinical Discussant - Case 5
    SantoshVarughese Speaker santosh@cmcvellore.ac.inIndia
  • Case 5
    ArvydasLaurinavicius Speaker Arvydas.Laurinavicius@vpc.ltVilnius UniversityLithuania
  • Nephrologist, Clinical Discussant - Case 6
    SantoshVarughese Speaker santosh@cmcvellore.ac.inIndia
  • Case 6
    MaheshaVankalakunti Speaker mahesha.vankalakunti@manipalhospitals.comManipal Hospitals, BengaluruIndia
Amaltas B Hall B101A
Navigating Kidney Care Symposium: From Guidelines to Practice, Personalized Care, and Quality of Life
Ana Elizabeth pradofigueiredo Chair anaef@pucrs.brPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Brazil
ReenaGeorge Chair reenarachelgeorge@gmail.comIndia
  • How Frail Is Too Frail? Addressing Frailty in Home Hemodialysis Patients
    RachaelWalker Speaker Rachael.walker@auckland.ac.nzUniversity of Auckland, New ZealandNew Zealand
  • Fostering Independence: Supporting Patients to Manage Home Dialysis AV-fistulas
    Fatimade Figueiredo Speaker f.defigueiredo@nhs.netUnited Kingdom
  • Mastering Nutrition: Optimal Diet for Managing Diabetic Kidney Disease
    GurdeepKaur Speaker gur1305@gmail.comIndia
  • Q&A
Champa Hall 304
Glomerular Disease Course: Case-based Approach to Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis and Glomerular Diseases in Acute Kidney Injury
AdrianLiew Chair draliew2@gmail.comMount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, SingaporeSingapore
SuceenaAlexander Chair suceena@gmail.comChristian Medical College VelloreIndia
  • Approach to Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
    Raja Ramachandran Speaker drraja1980@gmail.comAssociate ProfessorIndia
  • Case Presentation and Discussion 6
    HernánTrimarchi Speaker htrimarchi@hotmail.comHOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRESArgentina
  • Case Presentation and Discussion 7
    Muh GeotWong Speaker muhgeot.wong@sydney.edu.auAustralia
  • Case Presentation and Discussion 8
    AdrianLiew Speaker draliew2@gmail.comMount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, SingaporeSingapore
Gulmohar Hall 302
Conservative Kidney Management Course: Shared Decision-making, Communication Skills and Capacity Building for End-of-Life Care
FrankBrennan Chair fpbrennan@ozemail.com.auSt George HospitalAustralia
NandiniVallath Chair aanandini@gmail.comIndia
SaraDavison Chair sara.davison@ualberta.caUniversity of AlbertaCanada
  • Shared Decision-making and Cultural Considerations in CKM
    SaharKoubar Speaker skoubar@umn.eduUniversity of MinnesotaUnited States
  • Essential Communication Skills and Advance Care Planning in CKM (Interactive Workshop)
    AmarBansal Speaker bansalad@upmc.eduUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine United States
  • Practical Challenges in Implementing CKM: Cultural and Resource Considerations From India
    NandiniVallath Speaker aanandini@gmail.comIndia
  • Q&A
Kumudini Hall 301
Annual Review of Nephrology Course: Electrolyte Management in the ICU
KenarJhaveri Chair Kjhaveri@northwell.eduNorthwell HealthUnited States
MitchellRosner Chair MHR9R@hscmail.mcc.virginia.eduUniveristy of Virginia HealthUnited States
  • Approaches to the Patient with Severe Hyponatremia and Acute Kidney Injury
    MitchellRosner Speaker MHR9R@hscmail.mcc.virginia.eduUniveristy of Virginia HealthUnited States
  • Approaches to Severe Hypercalcemia
    KenarJhaveri Speaker Kjhaveri@northwell.eduNorthwell HealthUnited States
  • Approaches to Severe Hyperkalemia
    KSNayak Speaker drksnayak@gmail.comVirinchi HospitalsIndia
  • Q and A
Neelkamal Hall 305
Professor Donal O'Donoghue Global Kidney Policy Forum: Opening Remarks and Setting the Scene
IfeomaUlasi Chair ifeoma.ulasi@unn.edu.ngCollege of Medicine, University of NigeriaNigeria
  • Opening Remarks
    IfeomaUlasi Chair ifeoma.ulasi@unn.edu.ngCollege of Medicine, University of NigeriaNigeria
  • Patient Testimony: Living with a Kidney Disease
    Kamal Shah Speaker kamal@nephroplus.comNephroPlusIndia
  • Kidney Health in the Region: Trends, Challenges, and WHO Initiatives for Improved Care
Parijat Hall 201
2:35 p.m.
4 p.m.
Building a CKDu Research Methodology Toolbox
ErangaWijewickrama Chair erangasw@clinmed.cmb.ac.lkFaculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka
  • What Should We Measure to Identify Disease in CKDu Research?
    BenCaplin Speaker b.caplin@ucl.ac.ukUniversity College LondonUnited Kingdom
  • How Can Kidney Biopsies Provide Causal Insight Into CKDu?
    ShuchiAnand Speaker sanand2@stanford.eduUnited States
  • Q and A
Javakusum Hall 303
Professor Donal O'Donoghue Global Kidney Policy Forum: Local Voices, Global Impact: Tackling Kidney Health Challenges in India
  • Introducing Local Voices
  • Advancing Kidney Health in India: A Strategic Overview of Current Challenges and Government Initiatives
  • Collective Action Towards Integrated Care: Learning from National NCD Program
    MonikaArora Speaker monika@hriday-shan.orgHRIDAYIndia
  • Kidney Health in India: Importance of Measurement, Quality Assurance, and Registries
    ManishaSahay Speaker drmanishasahay@gmail.comProfessor and Head, Department of Nephrology, Osmania Medical college and General hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaIndia
  • Home Dialysis: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities
    Magdalena Madero Speaker madero.magdalena@gmail.comChief of Nephrology, Instituto Nacional de CardiolMexico
  • Q and A
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
MegJardine Chair meg.jardine@sydney.edu.auNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, AustraliaAustralia
ShilpanjaliJesudason Chair shilpa.jesudason@sa.gov.auRoyal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, AustraliaAustralia
  • Using Registry Data in Trials: Lessons on Patient Reported Outcomes from SWIFT in Australia
    RachaelMorton Speaker rachael.morton@sydney.edu.auNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, The University of SydneyAustralia
  • Using Registry Data in Trials: Defining Measures of Kidney Function in Observational Studies Using Routine Health Care Data
    Juan-JesusCarrero Speaker juan.jesus.carrero@ki.seSweden
  • Using Registry Data in Trials: Lessons from Tackling AKI, H4RT, and Prepare for Kidney Care in the UK
    FergusCaskey Speaker Fergus.Caskey@bristol.ac.ukUniversity of Bristol, UKUnited Kingdom
  • Q and A
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
UrmilaAnandh Chair uanandh@gmail.comAmrita Hospitals, Faridabad, Delhi NCRIndia
  • Introducing Voices from the Region
    UrmilaAnandh Chair uanandh@gmail.comAmrita Hospitals, Faridabad, Delhi NCRIndia
  • Kidney Health in the Region: Trends, Challenges, and WHO Initiatives for Improved Care
  • Leading the Way: Pioneering Universal Access to Dialysis in Thailand
    YotTeerawattananon Speaker yot.t@hitap.netHITAPThailand
  • The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Dialysis Care and the Impact of Climate Change on Kidney Health in Bangladesh
    Kazi ShahnoorAlam Speaker kshahnoor@yahoo.comProfessor of Nephrology National Institute of Kidney Diseases and Urology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.Bangladesh
  • Myanmar: Community-Based Kidney Health Programs
  • Sri Lanka: Tackling the Socio-Economic Determinants of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu)
    DilushiWijayaratne Speaker dilushi_w@yahoo.comSri Lanka
  • Community-Based Screening through the Kidney Care Network in Nepal
    Sanjib KumarSharma Speaker drsanjib@yahoo.comBP Koirala Institute of Health SciencesNepal
  • Q and A
Parijat Hall 201
4:05 p.m.
4:15 p.m.
Professor Donal O'Donoghue Global Kidney Policy Forum: Closing Remarks and Next Steps
IfeomaUlasi Chair ifeoma.ulasi@unn.edu.ngCollege of Medicine, University of NigeriaNigeria
  • Closing Remarks
    IfeomaUlasi Chair ifeoma.ulasi@unn.edu.ngCollege of Medicine, University of NigeriaNigeria
  • Advancing Kidney Health: Insights from Patient Advocates
    VasundharaRaghavan Speaker vasundhara.raghavan@gmail.comMember of PLAGIndia
Parijat Hall 201
4:30 p.m.
6 p.m.
WCN'25 Opening Ceremony and Plenary Session 1
  • Welcome and ISN Presidential Address
    MasaomiNangaku Speaker mnangaku@m.u-tokyo.ac.jpJapan
  • Equity, Accountability and Sustainability in Kidney Care (Panel Discussion)
    LizLightstone Moderator l.lightstone@imperial.ac.ukImperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
    GautamiTadimalla Speaker gtadimalla@gmail.comIndia
    NicoleScholes-Robertson Speaker nicole.scholes-robertson@sydney.edu.auThe University of SydneyAustralia
    RadhikaCoomaraswamy Speaker rcoomaraswamy@yahoo.comSri Lanka
  • Congress Welcome by the Indian Society of Nephrology
    Shyam BihariBansal Speaker drshyambansal@gmail.comDepartment of Nephrology, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, IndiaIndia
Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall