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.eduYale UniversityUnited 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 Hall B101-A	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 Hall B101-B			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.eduUniversity of Miami United States Q&A Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary 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.comAll IndiaInstitute of Medical Science MangalagiriIndia 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.eduWashington University School of MedicineUnited 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 MariaPippias Chair maria.pippias@bristol.ac.ukUniversity of BristolUnited Kingdom 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.inAll India Institute of Medical Sciences- RaipurIndia 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 Factor H Autoantibodies in aHUS AditiSinha Speaker aditisinhaaiims@gmail.comDepartment of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia aHUS in Paediatric Populations Lap Tak Alison MA Speaker maalison2000@gmail.comHong Kong Children\'s Hospital Hong Kong, China Q&A Parijat Hall 201
11:15 a.m. 12 p.m.	Big Data Lab 1 - Your Gateway to Transcriptomic Analysis in Kidney Disease Research: Nephroseq Big Data Lab								Industry Spotlight Session Spotlight One (Exhibition)
11:45 a.m. 12:45 p.m.	Plenary Session 2: Mathematics as a Microscopy: Modeling Kidney Disease (Anita Layton, Canada) 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 Roscoe Robinson Award ShilpanjaliJesudason Awardee shilpa.jesudason@sa.gov.auRoyal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, AustraliaAustralia Mathematics as a Microscopy: Modeling Kidney Disease. Stewart Cameron Lecture AnitaLayton Speaker anita.layton@uwaterloo.caUniversity of WaterlooCanada Schrier Award GirishBhatt Awardee drgcbhatt@gmail.comAll India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, M.P, IndiaIndia Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall
1 p.m. 2 p.m.	Industry Symposium Amaltas Hall B101-A			Industry Symposium Amaltas Hall B101-B			Industry Symposium Kumudini Hall 301				Improving Renal Pathology Services in Rwanda – a Case Study on the Impact of the ISN Fellowship Program (40 years old!) RolandoClaure Del Granado Spotlight Chairperson rclaure@yahoo.comDivision of Nephrology, Hospital Obrero No 2 - Caja Nacional de Salud, Cochabamba Bolivia EtienneNtabanganyimana Spotlight Speaker ntet07@yahoo.frRwanda Ntakirutimana Gervais Spotlight Speaker gentaki2000@yahoo.frRwanda SantoshVarughese Spotlight Speaker santosh@cmcvellore.ac.inIndia SwarnalataGowrishankar Spotlight Speaker swarnalatag@gmail.comIndia Spotlight One (Exhibition)			ISN Community Film Event MarinaWainstein Chair marinawainstein@outlook.comAcademia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos AiresArgentina Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
1:30 p.m. 2:15 p.m.	Glomerular Disease Jeopardy Spotlight One (Exhibition)								What Can Be Achieved in the Sister Center Partnerships? RukshanaShroff Spotlight Chairperson Rukshana.Shroff@gosh.nhs.ukMD, FRCPCH, PhDUnited Kingdom GirishBhatt Spotlight Speaker drgcbhatt@gmail.comAll India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, M.P, IndiaIndia Pukar ChandraShrestha Spotlight Speaker pcshrestha@yahoo.co.ukNepal SUSANUTHUP Spotlight Speaker uthupsusan5@gmail.comIndia Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
2:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m.	Xenotransplantation - the Brave New World of Farm to Clinic Christoph Wanner Chair wanner_c@ukw.deUniversityGermany SishirGang Chair sishirgang@hotmail.comIndia The First Pig to Human Transplant LeonardoRiella Speaker lriella@mgh.harvard.eduHarvard Medical School, Massachusetts General HospitalUnited 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 Hall B101-A	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 VineetBehera Chair beheravineet@gmail.comConsultant Nephrologist & Professor Medicine, INHS Kalyani, VisakhapatnamIndia 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 Hall B101-B			HIT! High Impact Clinical Trials – What and Why AndreaViecelli Chair andrea.viecelli@health.qld.gov.auUniversity of QueenslandAustralia VivekKumar Chair enigma165@yahoo.co.inPostgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, IndiaIndia 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 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary 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.caMcGill UniversityCanada RobertoPecoits Filho Chair roberto.pecoits@arborresearch.orgArbor Research Collaborative for HealthUnited States PDOPPS: Where Are We 10 Years Later? RobertoPecoits Filho Speaker roberto.pecoits@arborresearch.orgArbor Research Collaborative for HealthUnited States 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 ErangaWijewickrama Chair erangasw@clinmed.cmb.ac.lkFaculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka Prof (Dr ) SanjeevGulati Chair sgulati2002@gmail.comExecutive Director Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Fortis gp of Hospitals and Adjunct Professor, Manipal University India 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 and NEPTUNE Help Us Better Understand Rare Kidney Disease MatthiasKretzler Speaker kretzler@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.comSenior consultant and Head Department of Nephrology LTMG hospital,Mumbai,IndiaIndia 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 SudarshanBallal Chair s.ballal@manipalhospitals.comNephrologist and Chairman, Manipal Hospitals, India, BengaluruIndia How Do I…Get Pregnant With Kidney Disease? SilviShah Speaker silvishah2108@gmail.comUniversity of Cincinnati, Ohio, United StatesUnited States How Do I…Manage Kidney Transplant Recipients Who Are Losing Their Graft? SunitaBavanandan Speaker sbavanandan@gmail.comHospital Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMalaysia How Do I…Set Up and Implement Multidisciplinary Kidney Care? IfeomaUlasi Speaker ifeoma.ulasi@unn.edu.ngCollege of Medicine, University of NigeriaNigeria How Do I…Conduct Immune Risk Stratification of Potential Kidney Transplant Recipients? AjayKher Speaker ajay1kher@gmail.comEpitome Kidney Urology Institute And Lions Hospital, DelhiIndia How Do I…Design and Implement Large Simple Trials? MegJardine Speaker meg.jardine@sydney.edu.auNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, AustraliaAustralia Q&A Parijat Hall 201
3:45 p.m. 4:30 p.m.	Big Data Lab 2 - Deepen your understanding of CKD and AKI in healthy and diseased kidneys: The Kidney Precision Medicine Project (KPMP) Kidney Tissue Atlas Big Data Lab					Industry Spotlight Session Spotlight One (Exhibition)						Easing the Treatment Burden: The Nurse's Role in Patient and Caregiver Support Ana Elizabeth pradofigueiredo Spotlight Chairperson anaef@pucrs.brPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Brazil ElaineBowes Spotlight Speaker elaine.bowes@nhs.netKing's College Hospital United Kingdom Fatimade Figueiredo Spotlight Speaker f.defigueiredo@nhs.netUnited Kingdom Janevan der Jeugd Spotlight Speaker jane.vanderjeugd@sa.gov.auFlinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South AustraliaAustralia ZehraAydin Spotlight Speaker zehraydin@gmail.comTürkiye Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
4:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m.	CKD Screening: A Universal Necessity or a Targeted Approach? The Great Debate; ISN-ERA Special Session 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 DelhiIndia 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 Hall B101-A		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 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary 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.comPGIMER,CHANDIGARG,INDIAIndia 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 Elliot KorantengTannor Chair elliotktannor@yahoo.co.ukKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaGhana 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.comDepartment of Pediatric Nephrology, St John's Medical College, Bengaluru (Bangalore), IndiaIndia 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.eduCedars-Sinai Medical CenterUnited 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 Augusto CesarSoares dos Santos Junior Chair acssjunior@hotmail.comHospital das Clinicas, UFMG; Fac Ciências MedicasBrazil LathaKumaraswami Chair info@ifkf.orgPast President, IFKF-WKA; Managing Trustee TANKER Foundation, IndiaIndia 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
5:15 p.m. 6 p.m.	Big Data Lab 3 - Discover the latest Spatial Biology and Digital Pathology tools and techniques specifically designed for renal research. Big Data Lab
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.	Poster Session Exhibition Hall								Meet the Experts Kesar Hall 202
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.	Young Nephrologists Quiz-a-Thon III Spotlight One (Exhibition)

Saturday, February 8, 2025

Time	Session

8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m.	Industry Symposium Amaltas Hall B101-A	Industry Symposium Champa Hall 304	Meet the Experts Kesar Hall 202	Industry Symposium Kumudini Hall 301	Industry Symposium Neelkamal Hall 305
9:45 a.m. 11:15 a.m.	Toward Complex Understanding of Kidney Function in AKI: Role of Biomarkers, Sex Differences and the Tropics; ISN-KSN Joint Session GirishNarayen Chair girishnarayan49@gmail.comIndia Hyeong CheonPark Chair amp97nody@gmail.comHyeong Cheon Park, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei UniversityKorea (Republic of) Prem PVarma Chair varmapp123@rediffmail.comPrincipal DirectorIndia 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 Hall B101-A	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.comSenior consultant and Head Department of Nephrology LTMG hospital,Mumbai,IndiaIndia 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 Hall B101-B	Debunking Nephrology Myths: Insights From Global Kidney Care Leaders SanjayPandya Chair saveyourkidney@gmail.comConsulting Nephrologist, Wockhardt Hospital & Jalaram Hospital, RajkotIndia 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 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary 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.comThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Children's HospitalHong 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.comKeele UniversityUnited Kingdom Peritoneal Dialysis: A Global Epidemiological Perspective RajnishMehrotra Speaker rmehrotr@u.washington.eduUniversity of WashingtonUnited States What’s Stopping PD Use in South Asia? 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.comChristian Medical College Vellore, Tamil Nadu, IndiaIndia 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 MarinaWainstein Chair marinawainstein@outlook.comAcademia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos AiresArgentina 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.comUESTC, CSN, ChinaChina 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 Kidney Multiome-based Genetic Scorecard Reveals Convergent Coding and Regulatory Variants KatalinSusztak Speaker ksusztak@pennmedicine.upenn.eduUniversity of PennsylvaniaUnited States 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 AlanFernandes Almeida Chair almeidaa@gmail.comPD Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Center, MumbaiIndia 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
11:15 a.m. 12 p.m.	Big Data Lab 4 - Link Kidney Genetics and Genomics in Experimental Research: NephQTL Big Data Lab	Inside iNET-CKD: Uncovering the Power of Cohort Studies to Understand Ckd Progression and Complications MaartenTaal Spotlight Chairperson maarten.taal1@nhs.netUniversity of NottinghamUnited Kingdom RobertoPecoits Filho Spotlight Chairperson roberto.pecoits@arborresearch.orgArbor Research Collaborative for HealthUnited States Introducing iNET-CKD: Harnessing Global Cohorts to Transform CKD Research MaartenTaal Spotlight Speaker maarten.taal1@nhs.netUniversity of NottinghamUnited Kingdom Exploring iNET-CKD Cohorts: Key Findings from iNET-CKD Studies RobertoPecoits Filho Spotlight Speaker roberto.pecoits@arborresearch.orgArbor Research Collaborative for HealthUnited States Collaborative Opportunities in CKD Research: Leveraging the iNET-CKD Platform AdeeraLevin Spotlight Speaker alevin@providencehealth.bc.caUniversity of British Columbia and Providence Health CareCanada Q and A Spotlight One (Exhibition)	Artificial vs Natural Intelligence in Nephrology with the ISN Emerging Leaders ChimezieOkwuonu Spotlight Chairperson getchimezie@yahoo.comFederal Medical CenterNigeria DanielO'Hara Spotlight Chairperson daniel.ohara@sydney.edu.auNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, AustraliaAustralia Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
11:45 a.m. 12:45 p.m.	Plenary Session 3: Environmental Stressors and Adaptation Mechanisms: From Marine Organism to (Kidney) Health Care (Tamar Lotan, Israel) AlessiaFornoni Chair afornoni@med.miami.eduUniversity of Miami United States Narayan Prasad Chair narayan.nephro@gmail.comIndia VivekanandJha Chair vjha@georgeinstitute.org.inGeorge Institute for Global Health IndiaIndia Alfred Newton Richards Award ArielaBenigni Awardee ariela.benigni@marionegri.itMario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, ItalyItaly Environmental Stressors and Adaptation Mechanisms: From Marine Organism to (Kidney) Health Care. Claude Amiel Lecture TamarLotan Speaker lotant@univ.haifa.ac.ilUniversity of HaifaIsrael Fellowship Program Presentation VivekanandJha Chair vjha@georgeinstitute.org.inGeorge Institute for Global Health IndiaIndia Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall
1 p.m. 2 p.m.	Industry Symposium Amaltas Hall B101-A	Industry Symposium Amaltas Hall B101-B	Industry Symposium Champa Hall 304	Industry Symposium Gulmohar Hall 302	Industry Symposium Kumudini Hall 301	Industry Symposium Neelkamal Hall 305	Industry Symposium Parijat Hall 201
1:15 p.m. 2:15 p.m.	The Kidney Tank 2.0 - The Indian Version. Joint session: ISN, NephJC and NECI DilushiWijayaratne Spotlight Chairperson dilushi_w@yahoo.comDepartment of Clinical Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri LankaSri Lanka FernandaArce Spotlight Chairperson farce@theisn.orgMexico Augusto CesarSoares dos Santos Junior Spotlight Speaker acssjunior@hotmail.comHospital das Clinicas, UFMG; Fac Ciências MedicasBrazil ManjushaYadla Spotlight Speaker manjuyadla@gmail.comProfessor and Head , Nephrology , Gandhi Medical College , HYDERABAD, INDIA India MythriShankar Spotlight Speaker mythri.nish@gmail.comInstitute of NephrourologyIndia SwapnilHiremath Spotlight Speaker shiremath@toh.caUniversity of OttawaCanada Spotlight One (Exhibition)
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.eduWashington University School of MedicineUnited 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 Hall B101-A	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.comManchester University Hospitals and University of Manchester, UKUnited 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 Hall B101-B	Looking into the Crystal Ball – Where Will We Be 5 Years from Now? RajkumarSharma Chair rksnepho206@gmail.comDirector and Head of Department of Nephrology, Medanta Hospital, Lucknow India Swetha RaniKanduri Chair svetarani@gmail.comOchsner Health, New Orleans, LAUnited States 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 Risk Prediction in AKI and CKD NavdeepTangri Speaker ntangri@yahoo.comUniversity of Manitoba, SOGH Chronic Disease Innovation CentreCanada Prioritizing Patient-friendly Dialysis EdwinaBrown Speaker e.a.brown@imperial.ac.ukImperial College Healthcare NHS TrustUnited Kingdom Evaluating Kidney Allograft Dysfunction SumitMohan Speaker mohan.sumit@gmail.comColumbia UniversityUnited States Q&A Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall	Understanding and Managing Renal-Respiratory Critical Conjunctions ManjushaYadla Chair manjuyadla@gmail.comProfessor and Head , Nephrology , Gandhi Medical College , HYDERABAD, INDIA India 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 Cellular Plasticity in Pulmonary Fibrosis: Implications for Finding Treatment and Understanding Kidney Fibrosis SahajalDhooria Speaker sahajal@gmail.com 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 – a Lethal Problem 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’s All About Mother 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.comAcademia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos AiresArgentina 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 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) MarinaWainstein Speaker marinawainstein@outlook.comAcademia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos AiresArgentina 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
3:45 p.m. 4:30 p.m.	Big Data Lab 5 - Discover the Power of Single-Cell Analysis linked with Clinical Data: CELLxGENE Big Data Lab	Industry Spotlight Session Spotlight One (Exhibition)	Advancing Kidney Research with Registries, Collaborative Efforts, and Impactful Stories (ISN-SharE-RR) FergusCaskey Spotlight Chairperson Fergus.Caskey@bristol.ac.ukUniversity of Bristol, UKUnited Kingdom MariaPippias Spotlight Chairperson maria.pippias@bristol.ac.ukUniversity of BristolUnited Kingdom Unlocking Insights with ISN-SharE-RR: Advancing Kidney Research through Global Registries FergusCaskey Spotlight Speaker Fergus.Caskey@bristol.ac.ukUniversity of Bristol, UKUnited Kingdom Driving Collaboration in Kidney Health: Toolkit and Resources from ISN-SharE-RR MariaPippias Spotlight Speaker maria.pippias@bristol.ac.ukUniversity of BristolUnited Kingdom Q and A Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
4:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m.	Hot Debate - To D or Not to D? Do All Patients With CKD Need Vitamin D Supplementation? 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 Hall B101-B	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 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall	Connecting Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Dots: Holistic Approaches to Patient Care Denis GeorgesTeuwafeu Chair d.teuwafeu@yahoo.comUniversity of Buea, Faculty of Health Sciences Cameroon RobertKalyesubula Chair rkalyesubula@gmail.comMakerere, UniversityUganda 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? Albertien M.Van Eerde Speaker a.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 GhadaAnkawi Chair ghadaankawi@gmail.comKing Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia 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, Vedanta HospitalsIndia Q and A Kesar Hall 202	Kidney Disease Prediction and Prevention: Evolving Toward a Kidney Health Revolution AlejandroGarcia-Rivera Chair garciarivera.dr@gmail.comHospital General Regional 46Mexico 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.comUniversity of British ColumbiaCanada 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 Jonathan WalaAmeyo 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 YannickNlandu Chair yannicknlandu@yahoo.frKinshasa University HospitalDemocratic Republic of Congo 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
5:15 p.m. 6 p.m.	Big Data Lab 6 Big Data Lab
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.	Poster Session Exhibition Hall	Meet the Experts Kesar Hall 202	ISN Programs Abstract Awards TusharVachharajani Spotlight Chairperson tvachh@gmail.comJohn D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center / Wayne State University School of MedicineUnited States Spotlight One (Exhibition)	AI in Nephrology: Hands-On Training Workshop Augusto CesarSoares dos Santos Junior Spotlight Chairperson acssjunior@hotmail.comHospital das Clinicas, UFMG; Fac Ciências MedicasBrazil HanjieZhang Spotlight Speaker Hanjie.Zhang@rriny.comUnited States PETERKOTANKO Spotlight Speaker Peter.Kotanko@rriny.comUnited States Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
6:30 p.m. 7 p.m.	Legal Issues in Medical Practice; Current Perspectives Legal Issues in Medical Practice; Current Perspectives GirishTyagi Speaker delhimedicalcouncil@gmail.comIndia Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall

Sunday, February 9, 2025

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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.comPOST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, CHANDIGARH, INDIAIndia Q&A Amaltas Hall B101-A	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.caUniversity Health Network, Toronto CANADACanada Q&A Amaltas Hall B101-B		HIT! High Impact Clinical Trials – Why and How DavidWheeler Chair d.wheeler@ucl.ac.ukUniversity College LondonUnited Kingdom Winston Wing ShingFung Chair winstonwsfung@hotmail.comPrince of Wales Hospital, Hong KongHong Kong, China 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 KateBramham Oral Abstract Presenter kate.bramham@kcl.ac.ukKing's College 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 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall		Enhancing Prevention and Control of Chronic Kidney Conditions and Other Non-Communicable Diseases/Co-Morbidities Through Meaningful Involvement of Lived Experience Champions and Communities MonikaArora Chair monika@hriday-shan.orgHRIDAYIndia Role of Civil Society in Promoting Leadership of Lived Experience Champions to Augment NCD Services and Programs RadhikaShrivastav Speaker radhika@hriday-shan.orgIndia Inclusion of Chronic Kidney Diseases in India's National Programme on Prevention and Control of NCDs (NP-NCD): Opportunity for Enhanced Community Engagement Panel Discussion: Examples of Successful CKD/NCD Interventions from the South-East Asia Region Panel Discussion: Experience of a Lived Experience Champion in the Management of CKD and Other Underlying Conditions SeemaBali Speaker seemabali2015@gmail.comHealthy India AllianceIndia Experience Sharing of a Person Living with CKD Who Is Also a Nursing Officer in a Large Tertiary Care Hospital YangchenDolma Speaker yangchen_dolma@yahoo.comIndia Q and A Summary of Session MonikaArora Chair monika@hriday-shan.orgHRIDAYIndia Gulmohar Hall 302		Make It Work Better for Failing Kidneys with Sustainable Care AjaySingh Chair Ajay_Singh@hms.harvard.eduUnited States ManjuriSharma Chair manjurisharma@yahoo.com Prof. & Head, Dept of Nephrology, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, AssamIndia Toward a Plant-based Diet in CKD Juan-JesusCarrero Speaker juan.jesus.carrero@ki.seKarolinska InstitutetSweden 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
10 a.m. 10:30 a.m.	How to Facilitate Learning Nephrology Among Medical Students, Residents and Fellows Using Hands-On Experiences Carmen ElenaCervantes Spotlight Chairperson ccervan2@jhmi.eduUnited States MarekKollar Spotlight Chairperson marek.kollar@ikem.czCzech Republic MythriShankar Spotlight Chairperson mythri.nish@gmail.comInstitute of NephrourologyIndia Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
10:30 a.m. 11 a.m.	Parenthood in Nephrology: Opportunities and Challenges Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)
11 a.m. 12 p.m.	Equitable Kidney Health- Making it Part of The Day Job GavinDreyer Chair gavin_dreyer@hotmail.comBarts Health NHS TrustUnited 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 Hall B101-A		HIT! High Impact Clinical Trials – Study Design DilushiWijayaratne Chair dilushi_w@yahoo.comDepartment of Clinical Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri LankaSri Lanka JAIPRAKASHTIWARI Chair dr_jptiwari@yahoo.inProfessor and Head, Department of Nephrology, Goa Medical College, Goa, India ;MD, DM Nephrology, FISN, FISOTIndia Findings and Lessons from the PARADIGM Research Consensus Conference AdeeraLevin Speaker alevin@providencehealth.bc.caUniversity of British Columbia and Providence Health CareCanada Findings and Lessons from ALIGN Study Design HernánTrimarchi Speaker htrimarchi@hotmail.comHOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRESArgentina 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 Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall		Quiz Session: Indian Society Early Career Nephrologists ArunkumarSubbiah Host gmedaks@gmail.comAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, New DelhiIndia MedhaviGautam Host gautam.medhavi@gmail.comMD, GlomCon Fellow, NephEdc Intern , ISN member , IndiaIndia SayaliThakare Host thakare.sayali@gmail.comSeth GSMC and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, IndiaIndia Gulmohar Hall 302		MedEd in the Modern Era: #NephJC at the #ISNWCN ArvindConjeevaram Chair canchi8@gmail.comHead - Nephrology Dept, Trustwell Hospitals, Bangalore India Narayan Prasad Chair narayan.nephro@gmail.comIndia UrmilaAnandh Chair uanandh@gmail.comAmrita Hospitals, Faridabad, Delhi NCRIndia 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 Message from Outgoing ISN President MasaomiNangaku Chair mnangaku@m.u-tokyo.ac.jpJapan Message from Incoming ISN President MarcelloTonelli Chair cello@ucalgary.caUniversity of CalgaryCanada Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall

Thursday, February 6, 2025

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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.comSenior consultant and Head Department of Nephrology LTMG hospital,Mumbai,IndiaIndia 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.comSenior consultant and Head Department of Nephrology LTMG hospital,Mumbai,IndiaIndia 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.comSenior consultant and Head Department of Nephrology LTMG hospital,Mumbai,IndiaIndia 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 Hall B101-A		Renal Pathology Course: Updates on Regional Diseases CarmenAvila Casado Chair carmen.avila-casado@uhn.caUniversity of Toronto, UHNCanada 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.caUniversity of Toronto, UHNCanada Pregnancy Related Renal Disease AgnesFogo Speaker agnes.fogo@vanderbilt.eduUnited States Q and A Amaltas Hall B101-B		Navigating Kidney Care Symposium: From Guidelines to Practice, Personalized Care, and Quality of Life - Managing Transitions in Transplant and Promoting Adherence Ana Elizabeth pradofigueiredo Chair anaef@pucrs.brPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Brazil ElaineBowes Chair elaine.bowes@nhs.netKing's College Hospital United Kingdom ZehraAydin Chair zehraydin@gmail.comTürkiye 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.comMulago National Referral HospitalUganda 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.comSenior consultant and Head Department of Nephrology LTMG hospital,Mumbai,IndiaIndia 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 Hall B101-A		Renal Pathology Course: Recent Advances in Kidney and Transplant Pathology CarmenAvila Casado Chair carmen.avila-casado@uhn.caUniversity of Toronto, UHNCanada 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 Hall B101-B		Navigating Kidney Care Symposium: From Guidelines to Practice, Personalized Care, and Quality of Life: Prevention, Diabetic Patients and Acute Care Ana Elizabeth pradofigueiredo Chair anaef@pucrs.brPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Brazil ElaineBowes Chair elaine.bowes@nhs.netKing's College Hospital United Kingdom ZehraAydin Chair zehraydin@gmail.comTürkiye 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.scotNHS Tayside, Scotland, UKUnited 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, part 1 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.comSenior consultant and Head Department of Nephrology LTMG hospital,Mumbai,IndiaIndia 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 IrmaTchokhonelidze Speaker irma.tchokhonelidze@gmail.comTbilisi State Medical UniversityGeorgia KrishnaswamySampathkumar Speaker drksampath@gmail.comMeenakshi Mission Hospital India Hands-on Training: PD Catheter Insertion BrettCullis Speaker brett.cullis@gmail.comUniversity of Cape TownSouth Africa 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 Hall B101-A	Renal Pathology Course: Clinical-Pathologic Correlation Case Presentations CarmenAvila Casado Chair carmen.avila-casado@uhn.caUniversity of Toronto, UHNCanada 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.caUniversity of Toronto, UHNCanada 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 Hall B101-B		Navigating Kidney Care Symposium: From Guidelines to Practice, Personalized Care, and Quality of Life: Supporting Patients at Home Ana Elizabeth pradofigueiredo Chair anaef@pucrs.brPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Brazil ElaineBowes Chair elaine.bowes@nhs.netKing's College Hospital United Kingdom ZehraAydin Chair zehraydin@gmail.comTürkiye 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 VikramVuppala Speaker vikram@nephroplus.comNephroPlusIndia Parijat Hall 201
2:35 p.m. 4 p.m.	Building a CKDu Research Methodology Toolbox, part 2 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 VivekanandJha Chair vjha@georgeinstitute.org.inGeorge Institute for Global Health IndiaIndia Introducing Local Voices VivekanandJha Chair vjha@georgeinstitute.org.inGeorge Institute for Global Health IndiaIndia Kidney Health in India: A Comprehensive Overview SanghamitraPati Speaker drsanghamitra12@gmail.comAdditional Director General, ICMR, New DelhiIndia 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.seKarolinska InstitutetSweden 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 NalikaGunawardena Speaker gunawardenan@who.intWHO South-East Asia Regional Office India From Access to Accountability: Lessons from Thailand's Case Study on Kidney Care Policies 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 Sri Lanka: Tackling the Socio-Economic Determinants of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) DilushiWijayaratne Speaker dilushi_w@yahoo.comDepartment of Clinical Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri LankaSri 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.	Plenary Session 1 and WCN'25 Opening Ceremony Welcome and ISN Presidential Address MasaomiNangaku Speaker mnangaku@m.u-tokyo.ac.jpJapan Science with a Purpose: Equity, Accountability and Sustainability in Kidney Care (Panel Discussion) LizLightstone Moderator l.lightstone@imperial.ac.ukImperial College LondonUnited Kingdom GautamiTadimalla Speaker gtadimalla@gmail.comLife Again FoundationIndia NicoleScholes-Robertson Speaker nicole.scholes-robertson@sydney.edu.auThe University of SydneyAustralia RadhikaCoomaraswamy Speaker rcoomaraswamy@yahoo.comFormer Under Secretary General of the United NationsSri Lanka Congress Welcome by the Indian Society of Nephrology Shyam BihariBansal Speaker drshyambansal@gmail.comDepartment of Nephrology, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, IndiaIndia Brahmkamal Hall - Plenary Hall
6:45 p.m. 7:30 p.m.	Spotlight on Global Kidney Health: Interactive Mapping and Key Insights AminuBello Spotlight Chairperson aminu1@ualberta.caUniversity of AlbertaCanada ISN-GKHA: Advancing Global Kidney Health – Updates and Achievements AminuBello Spotlight Speaker aminu1@ualberta.caUniversity of AlbertaCanada Insights into Global Kidney Health Disparities: A Regional Perspective Using the Interactive Map ErangaWijewickrama Spotlight Speaker erangasw@clinmed.cmb.ac.lkFaculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka The ISN-GKHA Interactive Map: Bridging Gaps Through Data-Driven Action SomkanyaTungsanga Spotlight Speaker s.tungsanga@gmail.comCanada Spotlight One (Exhibition)						Spotlight on How To Make Your Renal Unit Green ELP Winston Wing ShingFung Spotlight Chairperson winstonwsfung@hotmail.comPrince of Wales Hospital, Hong KongHong Kong, China DIVYABAJPAI Spotlight Speaker divyaa24@gmail.comProfessor, Department of Nephrology, Seth G.S.M.C. and K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, IndiaIndia EhabHafiz Spotlight Speaker dr_ehabosama@yahoo.comTheodor Bilharz Research InstituteEgypt Winston Wing ShingFung Spotlight Speaker winstonwsfung@hotmail.comPrince of Wales Hospital, Hong KongHong Kong, China Spotlight Two (Amphitheatre, level 5)