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Better Kidney Health

The Interconnected Kidney

The Kidney Losing Function

The Smart Kidney

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Pre-congress Courses

Special Sessions

Spotlight Sessions

Industry Symposia

Global Kidney Policy Forum

Welcome Reception

Topical Networking

Poster Sessions

Friday, February 7, 2025

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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 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and AKI MitchellRosner Speaker Univeristy of Virginia HealthUnited States Electrolyte Abnormalities in the Cancer Patient JolantaMalyszko Speaker Medical University of Warsaw, PolandPoland Opening an Onconephrology Clinic - What Should You Be Aware of? KenarJhaveri Speaker United States Q&A Amaltas A Hall B101A	New Directions in CKD Management: A Case-based Look at the 2024 KDIGO Guidelines – ISN-KDIGO Joint Session IfeomaUlasi Chair College of Medicine, University of NigeriaNigeria Sanjib KumarSharma Chair Nepal ShubharthiKar Chair shubharthi@gmail.comHabiganj Medical College,BangladeshBangladesh Detecting and Monitoring CKD Progression ElkeSchaeffner Speaker Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, GermanyGermany How to Slow and Prevent Kidney and Cardiovascular Complications Magdalena Madero Speaker Chief of Nephrology, Instituto Nacional de CardiolMexico Managing Complex CKD Cases With Multiple Comorbidities NatashaMcIntyre Speaker Canada Quality of Life in CKD: The Role of Drug Stewardship and Symptom Management TeerawatThanachayanont Speaker Bhumirajanagarindra Kidney Institute HospitalThailand Q&A Amaltas B Hall B101A			Genetic Kidney Diseases: Current Trends and Future Perspectives – ISN-JSN Joint Session PrabirRoy-Chaudhury Chair prabir@email.unc.eduUniversity of North Carolina and Salisbury VAMCUnited States Raja Ramachandran Chair Associate ProfessorIndia ReikoInagi Chair The University of Tokyo Graduate School of MedicineJapan Genetic Variants in Kidney Diseases TomokoHorinouchi Speaker Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of MedicineJapan Molecular Data and Genetic Discoveries in Kidney Diseases KrzysztofKiryluk Speaker Columbia UniversityUnited States Trends in Diagnosing Genetic Kidney Diseases EiseiSohara Speaker Metabolism of Genetic Kidney Diseases (Pathogenic Podocyte Lipid Metabolism of Alport Syndrome) AlessiaFornoni Speaker United States Q&A Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall		Hot Topics From the Tropics SabineKaram Chair sabinejkaram@gmail.comUniversity of MinnesotaUnited States SourabhSharma Chair Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaIndia Best Abstract Winner - Basic Science Best Abstract Winner - Clinical Research Q and A Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Tropical Infections and the Kidney MythriShankar Speaker Institute of NephrourologyIndia Challenges in the Tropics: When CKDu Becomes Less Unknown ErangaWijewickrama Speaker Faculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka Roundtable Discussion BiancaDavidson Speaker Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape TownSouth Africa ErangaWijewickrama Speaker Faculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka MythriShankar Speaker Institute of NephrourologyIndia SourabhSharma Speaker Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaIndia VivekKumar Speaker Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, IndiaIndia Champa Hall 304		CKD-MBD Insights and Innovations for 2025 and Beyond: No Bone Left Uncovered UttaraDas Chair uttaradas806@gmail.comIndia What Should a Clinician Know About CKD-MBD in 2025? HanneJoergensen Speaker Aarhus UniversityDenmark CKD-MBD in Children and Young Adults: What's the Difference? SukanyaGovindan Speaker Mehta Children's Hospitals and MGM healthcare, Chennai, India Progress in CKD-driven Vascular Calcification: From Bench to Bedside MarcVervloet Speaker Radboud University Medical center, The Netherlands How to Use Serum Biomarkers for Optimal Management of CKD-MBD SandroMazzaferro Speaker Sapienza University of Rome, ItalyItaly Q&A Gulmohar Hall 302		Measuring Healthcare Transition Readiness to Adult-Focused Care Among Solid Organ Pediatric Transplant Recipients Kesar Hall 202		Integrating Knowledge From Large-scale Data Sets in Your Research Strategy: Introduction to the Hands-on Big Data Lab at WCN'25 Artificial and Human Intelligence Work Best Together: Pathomics in 2025 LauraBarisoni Speaker Duke University Mapping Molecular Data Sets on Clinical Profiles VijiNair Speaker University of MichiganUnited States The Kidney Precision Medicine Project (KPMP) Kidney Tissue Atlas: Latest Developments SanjayJain Speaker Introduction to the Hands-on Big Data Lab HeatherAscani Speaker United States NikkiBonevich Speaker United States VijiNair Speaker University of MichiganUnited States Kumudini Hall 301		Planetary and Kidney Health: It is a Two-Way Journey GermaineWong Chair University of SydneyAustralia SundararamanSwaminathan Chair swami@iisc.ac.in People, the Planet, and Nephrology - the Impact of Environmental Change on Kidney Health Giorgina BarbaraPiccoli Speaker Centre Hospitalier Le MansFrance How to Develop a Roadmap for Environmentally Sustainable Kidney Care KatherineBarraclough Speaker Australia How Do I Make My Dialysis Unit More Environment-friendly? TanujLamech Speaker What Will Kidney Care Look Like 25 Years From Now? The Role of Future Generations Winston Wing ShingFung Speaker Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong KongHong Kong, China Q&A Neelkamal Hall 305			State of the Art Insights Into Pregnancy and Pediatric Thrombotic Microangiopathies VinayRathore Chair vinayrathoredm@aiimsraipur.edu.inIndia Outcomes From the ISN Haemolytic Uraemic Syndromes Forum: A Comprehensive Review DavidKavanagh Speaker National Renal Complement Therapeutics Centre United Kingdom Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of TMAs in Pregnancy ShilpanjaliJesudason Speaker Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, AustraliaAustralia Antiphospholipid Syndrome in Pregnancy aHUS in Paediatric Populations Alison Lap-Tak Ma Speaker Hong Kong, China Q&A Parijat Hall 201
11:45 a.m. 12:45 p.m.	Plenary Session 2: Mathematical Modelling of Diseases, Focus on Kidney Disease (Anita Layton, Canada) Mathematical Modelling of Diseases, Focus on Kidney Disease. Stewart Cameron Lecture AnitaLayton Speaker University of Waterloo Q and A Acceptance Speech: Roscoe Robinson Award ShilpanjaliJesudason Speaker Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, AustraliaAustralia Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall
1 p.m. 2 p.m.	Industry Symposium Amaltas A Hall B101A
2:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m.	Xenotransplantation - the Brave New World of Farm to Clinic Christoph Wanner Chair wanner_c@ukw.deGermany SishirGang Chair sishirgang@hotmail.comIndia Making the Perfect Pig Kidney The First Pig to Human Transplant LeonardoRiella Speaker United States Infectious Challenges in Xenotransplant AtulHumar Speaker University of TorontoCanada Ethical Challenges of Xenotransplantation DominiqueMartin Speaker Deakin UniversityAustralia Q&A Amaltas A Hall B101A		Unraveling the Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Nexus: Making All Work Together for Kidney Care Parminder KaurJudge Chair parminder.judge@ndph.ox.ac.ukUniversity of Oxford, UKUnited Kingdom Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome: What Does it Mean? KatherineTuttle Speaker University of Washington School of Medicine, Division of NephrologyUnited States GLP-1 RA in Kidney Disease: Beyond T2DM Control BeatrizFernandez-Fernandez Speaker Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Díaz Spain New Frontiers in CKD Therapy: Endothelin Receptor Antagonists Maria JoséSoler Romeo Speaker Hospital del Vall d´HebronSpain Myocardial Infarction in Kidney Disease - What Should a Nephrologist Know? Q&A Amaltas B Hall B101A			HIT! High Impact Clinical Trials – What and Why AndreaViecelli Chair andrea.viecelli@health.qld.gov.auUniversity of QueenslandAustralia Combination Effect of Finerenone and Empagliflozin in Participants With Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Using a UACR Endpoint Study (CONFIDENCE)—Baseline Characteristic RajivAgarwal Oral Abstract Presenter United States Clinical and Safety Outcomes of Semaglutide by CKD Severity in the FLOW trial KatherineTuttle Oral Abstract Presenter University of Washington School of Medicine, Division of NephrologyUnited States Results From the REGENCY Trial Assessing Efficacy and Safety of Obinutuzumab in Active Lupus Nephritis BradRovin Oral Abstract Presenter The Ohio State UniversityUnited States Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall		Improving Global Understanding and Achieving Equity in Peritoneal Dialysis Practices: ISN-DOPPS Joint Session AmitGupta Chair dramitguptanephropgi@gmail.comIndia RobertoPecoits Filho Chair Arbor Research Collaborative for HealthUnited States PDOPPS: Where Are We 10 Years Later? JeffreyPerl Speaker St. Michael's Hospital Canada Kidney Health for Women on Peritoneal Dialysis: Insights from PDOPPS EdwinaBrown Speaker Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustUnited Kingdom Was the PD-First Policy in Thailand Justified? Insights From the PDOPPS TalerngsakKanjanabuch Speaker Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn UniversityThailand Improving PD Use and Outcomes in Low and Middle-income Countries - Is Automated Peritoneal Dialysis the Answer? Yes JeffreyPerl Speaker St. Michael's Hospital Canada Improving PD Use and Outcomes in Low and Middle-income Countries - Is Automated Peritoneal Dialysis the Answer? No RashaDarwish Speaker Kasr Aleiny medical school , Cairo UniversityEgypt Q&A/Panel Discussion Gulmohar Hall 302		Bridging the Clinical Gap: Sustainable Strategies and Innovative Therapies for Global Kidney Health Prof (Dr ) SanjeevGulati Chair sgulati2002@gmail.comIndia Sustainable Community Approaches to Early CKD Detection RonaldGansevoort Speaker Dept. Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen Kidney Disease Treatment Gaps Worldwide - Where Are the Solutions? AdeeraLevin Speaker Canada The Promise of Emerging Therapies in Reducing the Global Kidney Disease Burden DavidWheeler Speaker University College LondonUnited Kingdom Co-opting Patients as Partners in Kidney Care: How Do We Do It? ShilpanjaliJesudason Speaker Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, AustraliaAustralia Co-opting Patients as Partners in Kidney Care: How Do We Do It? ShyamsundarMuthuramalingam Speaker Central Adelaide Local Health Network Australia Q&A Kesar Hall 202		Managing Rare Kidney Diseases Across the Lifespan: From Childhood to Adulthood JonathanBarratt Chair University 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 University of Leicester, Leicester, UKUnited Kingdom How Can the CureGN Help Us Better Understand Rare Kidney Disease? LauraMariani Speaker University of MichiganUnited States Insights From Rare Kidney Disease Registries on Living With RKDs DanielGale Speaker Living With Rare Kidney Disease in Africa: Experiences and Challenges IfeomaUlasi Speaker College 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 AbhilashKortala Speaker Changing Paradigms in Dialysis Vascular Access - What Should the Current Day Nephrologist Know? VandanaNiyyar Speaker Emory UniversityUnited States The Need for a Structured POCUS Program for the Nephrology Trainee EduardoArgaiz Speaker Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y NutriciónMexico How to Set Up an Interventional Nephrology Service With Limited Resources MayuriTrivedi Speaker India Q&A Neelkamal Hall 305			How Do I…? Practical Approaches to Kidney Care Challenges LilyMushahar Chair lilymushahar@gmail.comLily Mushahar, Hospital Tuanku Ja'afar Seremban, MalaysiaMalaysia Sudarshan BallalBallal Chair s.ballal@manipalhospitals.comIndia How Do I…Get Pregnant With Kidney Disease? SilviShah Speaker University of Cincinnati, Ohio, United StatesUnited States How Do I…Manage Kidney Transplant Recipients Who Are Losing Their Graft? SunitaBavanandan Speaker Hospital Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMalaysia How Do I…Set Up and Implement Multidisciplinary Kidney Care? IfeomaUlasi Speaker College of Medicine, University of NigeriaNigeria How Do I…Conduct Immune Risk Stratification of Potential Kidney Transplant Recipients? AjayKher Speaker Epitome Kidney Urology InstituteIndia How Do I…Design and Implement Large Simple Trials? MegJardine Speaker NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, AustraliaAustralia Q&A Parijat Hall 201
4:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m.	CKD Screening: A Universal Necessity or a Targeted Approach? The Great Debate; ISN-ERA Special Session AminuBello Chair aminu1@ualberta.caUniversity of AlbertaCanada HarunUr Rashid Chair Kidney Foundation Hospital and Research InstituteBangladesh Hot Debate - We Should Have Universal Screening For CKD: ISN-ERA Special Lecture - PRO AlbertoOrtiz Speaker IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz UAM, Madrid, SpainSpain Hot Debate - We Should Have Universal Screening For CKD: ISN-ERA Special Lecture - CON GermaineWong Speaker University of SydneyAustralia Amaltas A Hall B101A			Autoimmunity in Glomerular Diseases - Looking Beyond the Kidney 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 University Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfGermany Mechanism of IgA Deposition in the Mesangium: Implication for Novel Treatments Yoshihito Nihei Speaker Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of MedicineJapan Lupus Nephritis: Recent Advances in Pathogenesis and New Therapeutic Approaches Prof LizLightstone Speaker Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom Q&A Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall			Hot Debate - In This New Era of Artificial Intelligence, Do We Need Renal Pathologists? Hot Debate: In This New Era of Artificial Intelligence, We No Longer Need Renal Pathologists - PRO KimSolez Speaker Hot Debate: In This New Era of Artificial Intelligence, We No Longer Need Renal Pathologists - CON AgnesFogo Speaker United States Champa Hall 304			Real World Ethics: When It's Hard to Be Good DominiqueMartin Chair Deakin UniversityAustralia MadhukarMisra Chair misram@health.missouri.eduUnited State Introduction: the Difficulty of Translating Ethical Ideals in the Real World DominiqueMartin Speaker Deakin UniversityAustralia Case Study 1: The Disruptive Dialysis Patient IanDittmer Speaker Case Study 2: The Dodgy Doctor PriyaPais Speaker Case Study 3: The Insistent Family GhadaAnkawi Speaker King 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 S AnanthKarumanchi Chair SAnanth.Karumanchi@csmc.eduUnited States The Complement System in C3G and IgAN: A Pathophysiologic Perspective HernánTrimarchi Speaker HOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRESArgentina The Complement System in C3G: Updated Therapeutic Approaches DavidKavanagh Speaker National Renal Complement Therapeutics Centre United Kingdom The Complement System in IgAN: An Updated Therapeutic Approach HeatherReich Speaker University of Toronto, University Health NetworkCanada Q&A Kumudini Hall 301			Are Your Kidneys OK? Early CKD Detection and Key Advocacy Strategies – WKD Session Primary Kidney Disease Prevention: The 8 Golden Rules DinaAbdellatif Speaker Cairo University HospitalEgypt Proactive Kidney Health: The Return on Investment of Early Detection JosephVassalotti Speaker Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States Kidney Health Across Ages: Comparing Risk Factors in Adults and Pediatrics AnnaFrancis Speaker University of QueenslandAustralia Kidney Awareness: Engaging Patients for Better Outcomes VasundharaRaghavan Speaker Q&A Neelkamal Hall 305

Saturday, February 8, 2025

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8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m.	Industry Symposium Amaltas A Hall B101A			Industry Symposium Champa Hall 304				Meet the Experts Kesar Hall 202				Industry Symposium Neelkamal Hall 305
9:45 a.m. 11:15 a.m.	Toward Complex Understanding of Kidney Function in AKI: Role of Biomarkers, Sex Differences and the Tropics; ISN-KSN Joint Session Hyeong CheonPark Chair amp97nody@gmail.comHyeong Cheon Park, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei UniversityKorea (Republic of) What Do We Know About the Association Between AKI and Long-Term Adverse Outcomes? Chi-yuanHsu Speaker University of California, San FranciscoUnited States Are Biomarkers in AKI Ready for Prime Time? ChiragParikh Speaker Johns Hopkins University Community-acquired AKI in the Tropics - Is it a Different Disease? VivekKumar Speaker Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, IndiaIndia Sex as a Biological Variable in the Epidemiology of AKI MarliesOstermann Speaker King's College LondonUnited Kingdom Q&A Amaltas A Hall B101A		Anemia Management: Paradigm Shift or Hype? DineshKhullar Chair drdineshkhullar@gmail.comIndia Fatiu AbiolaArogundade Chair fatiu3@yahoo.comObafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex/ National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria Nigeria MayuriTrivedi Chair India Guideline-based Treatment of Anaemia of CKD: What's New? Kai-UweEckardt Speaker Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive CarGermany HIF-PHIs: Two Sides of the Same Coin Chuan-MingHao Speaker Fudan University Huashan HospitalChina Iron Therapy in CKD: Moving Targets EviNagler Speaker Nephrology Department, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium Consequences of Iron Overload RobertKalyesubula Speaker Makerere, UniversityUganda Q&A Amaltas B Hall B101A			Debunking Nephrology Myths: Insights From Global Kidney Care Leaders SanjayPandya Chair saveyourkidney@gmail.comIndia Revisiting Kidney Biopsies: Why More Than One Can Be Beneficial BradRovin Speaker The Ohio State UniversityUnited States Genetic Testing for Kidney Disease Is Not Complicated KelsieBogyo Speaker Columbia University Irving Medical CenterUnited States Thrombotic Microangiopathy Workup: Everything You Need to Know AnujaJava Speaker WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST. LOUISUnited States Dealing With Biological Variability in Albuminuria and Creatinine SusrutWaikar Speaker Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, and Boston Medical CenterUnited States The Underdiagnosis of Primary Aldosteronism in Clinical Practice VivekBhalla Speaker Director, Stanford Hypertension Center, AHA-Certified Comprehensive Hypertension CenterUnited States Q&A Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall			The ISN-KI/KIR Editorial Fellows Session: The Best of 2024/25 Articles BradRovin Chair The Ohio State UniversityUnited States GermaineWong Chair University of SydneyAustralia PierreRonco Chair Hôpital TenonFrance Kidney International in Focus: Annual Highlights PierreRonco Speaker Hôpital TenonFrance ISN-KI Fellows: Showcasing Excellence Part 1 Eugene Yu HinChan Speaker Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Hong KongHong Kong, China ISN-KI Fellows: Showcasing Excellence Part 2 IsabelleAyoub Speaker The Ohio State UniversityUnited States ISN-KI Fellows: Showcasing Excellence Part 3 ChristophKuppe Speaker Department of Nephrology, RWTH University Aachen, GermanyGermany ISN-KI Fellows: Showcasing Excellence Part 4 GriffithPerkins Speaker Australia Q and A Kidney International Reports in Focus: Annual Highlights JaiRadhakrishnan Speaker Columbia University in the City of New YorkUnited States Kidney International Reports in Focus: Annual Highlights SumitMohan Speaker Columbia UniversityUnited States Kidney International Reports in Focus: Annual Highlights AnnaFrancis Speaker University of QueenslandAustralia Q and A Celebrating Excellence: Best Reviewer Awards Presentation BradRovin Speaker The Ohio State UniversityUnited States Recognizing the Best: Basic Science Awards for Early Career Researchers VeronicaMiguel Speaker Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular ResearchSpain Recognizing the Best: Clinical Science Awards for Early Career Researchers MuzamilHassan Speaker Department of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaNigeria Recognizing the Best: ISN-KI Editorial Fellows Awards GermaineWong Speaker University of SydneyAustralia Champa Hall 304		Pursuing Global Equitable Access to Peritoneal Dialysis: ISN-ISPD Joint Session AdrianLiew Chair Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, SingaporeSingapore AnuragGupta Chair dranuragg1@yahoo.comIndia SimonDavies Chair simonj.davies55@gmail.comUnited Kingdom Peritoneal Dialysis: A Global Epidemiological Perspective RajnishMehrotra Speaker University of WashingtonUnited States What’s Stopping PD Use in South Asia? PritiMeena Speaker India International Home Dialysis Consortium (IHDC) Initiatives: Expanding Global Access to Peritoneal Dialysis EdwinaBrown Speaker Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustUnited Kingdom Empowering Nurses to Support Growth of Peritoneal Dialysis Programs ReenaGeorge Speaker India Q&A Gulmohar Hall 302			Making the Case: Investing in Kidney Care for Equity and Access ElenaZakharova Chair helena.zakharova@gmail.comElena Zakharova, Botkin Hospital, Moscow, RussiaRussia Empowering Kidney Care Through Advocacy: Strategies and Success Stories LauraSola Speaker Dialysis Center, CASMU-IAMPP Uruguay How to Convince Your Health Minister to Invest in CKD Prevention Elliot KorantengTannor Speaker Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaGhana Toward Removal of Socioeconomic Inequities in Kidney Care and Better Outcomes for Children ArpanaIyengar Speaker ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, BANGALOREIndia How Do We Advocate for Better Access to Kidney Transplantation Worldwide? IkechiOkpechi Speaker University 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 How Do I Treat Renal Complications in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease? ClaireSharpe Speaker University 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 Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, ItalyItaly Fabry's Disease: Clinical Features and Novel Therapeutics Primary Hyperoxaluria: A Hope for Gene Therapy? Q&A Neelkamal Hall 305		Key Issues in Transplantation in India: Challenges and Opportunities. ISN-Indian SN Joint Session TB in Transplant Candidates and Recipients: Diagnosis and Treatment Shyam BihariBansal Speaker India Bringing in Personalized Medicine Approaches to Kidney Transplantation: What Is Possible Harbir SinghKohli Speaker Professor & 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 Professor, Division Chief Bringing Equity to Transplantation: Barriers, Challenges and Triumphs NatrajanGopalkrishanan Speaker India Q and A Parijat Hall 201
11:45 a.m. 12:45 p.m.	Plenary Session 3: Environmental Stressors and Adaptation Mechanisms: From Marine Organism to (Kidney) Health Care (Tamar Lotan, Israel) Environmental Stressors and Adaptation Mechanisms: From Marine Organism to (Kidney) Health Care. Claude Amiel Lecture TamarLotan Speaker University of Haifa Q and A Acceptance Speech: Alfred Newton Richards Award ArielaBenigni Speaker Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, ItalyItaly Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall
1 p.m. 2 p.m.	Industry Symposium Amaltas A Hall B101A			Industry Symposium Amaltas B Hall B101A				Industry Symposium Champa Hall 304				Industry Symposium Gulmohar Hall 302				Industry Symposium Kumudini Hall 301
2:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m.	Is the Future Now? Precision Medicine, Omics and AI for Kidney Health ValentineLobo Chair valentinelobo702@gmail.comIndia Deciphering the Molecular Development of Kidney Disease: Transition From AKI to CKD SanjayJain Speaker KidGen Consortium - Integrating Genomic Medicine Into Care AndrewMallett Speaker JCU & THHSAustralia Metadata Ontology, Knowledge Integration, and Kidney Precision Medicine MatthiasKretzler Speaker University of MichiganUnited State Kidney Health Professionals and AI - Pioneers or Passive Users? GirishNadkarni Speaker United States Q&A Amaltas A Hall B101A	Is it All Fluid? Dialysis Dynamics - HD, HDF, PD Arpita Roychaudhuri Chair lahiri.arpi@gmail.comIndia DibyaSingh Shah Chair dibyasingh@hotmail.comNepal Lori-AnnFisher Chair lori2k15@gmail.comUniversity of the West Indies, MonaJamaica Blood Pressure Management in Dialysis: Is it All Fluid? SandipMitra Speaker United Kingdom What Is a Pragmatic Approach Toward Hemodiafiltration in a Resource-limited Setting? SandeepMahajan Speaker All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi India What Adult Nephrologists Need to Know About Pediatric Dialysis RukshanaShroff Speaker MD, FRCPCH, PhDUnited Kingdom PD in Heart Failure AliAbu-Alfa Speaker American University of Beirut and Yale UniversityLebanon Q&A Amaltas B Hall B101A			Looking into the Crystal Ball – Where Will We Be 5 Years from Now? PierreRonco Chair Hôpital TenonFrance RajkumarSharma Chair rksnepho206@gmail.comIndia Glomerular Disease Diagnostics SanjeevSethi Speaker Mayo ClinicUnited States Advances in Glomerular Disease Treatment JonathanBarratt Speaker University of Leicester, Leicester, UKUnited Kingdom Evaluating Kidney Allograft Dysfunction SumitMohan Speaker Columbia UniversityUnited States Prioritizing Patient-friendly Dialysis EdwinaBrown Speaker Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustUnited Kingdom Risk Prediction in AKI and CKD NavdeepTangri Speaker United States Q&A Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall		Understanding and Managing Renal-Respiratory Critical Conjunctions ManjushaYadla Chair manjuyadla@gmail.comIndia Muhammad Rafiqul Alam Chair alammrdr@gmail.comBangladesh Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and the Kidney Drug Treatment for Pulmonary Fibrosis: Implications for Kidney Fibrosis Managing Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - What Do the Guidelines Say? VladimirTesar Speaker Charles University, PragueCzech Republic Pulmonary Infections and Kidney Injury in ICUs RolandoClaure Del Granado Speaker Division 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 Joint Session RashaDarwish Chair Kasr Aleiny medical school , Cairo UniversityEgypt UrmilaAnandh Chair uanandh@gmail.comAmrita Hospitals, Faridabad, Delhi NCRIndia Patient Presentation Pregnancy-related AKI – a Lethal Problem DIVYABAJPAI Speaker India aHUS in Pregnancy - What Do We Know and What Can We Do? AnujaJava Speaker WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST. LOUISUnited States Using Pregnancy to Initiate Long-term Kidney Care for Women SaraladeviNaicker Speaker University of the Witwatersrand South Africa Developmental Origins of Kidney Disease: It’s All About Mother KateBramham Speaker King'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 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States GermaineWong Chair University of SydneyAustralia PierreRonco Chair Hôpital TenonFrance Introduction PierreRonco Speaker Hôpital TenonFrance Translational Science/Genomics ChristophKuppe Speaker Department of Nephrology, RWTH University Aachen, GermanyGermany KrzysztofKiryluk Speaker Columbia UniversityUnited States Discovery Science ReikoInagi Speaker The University of Tokyo Graduate School of MedicineJapan VeronicaMiguel Speaker Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular ResearchSpain Clinical Trials BradRovin Speaker The Ohio State UniversityUnited States Crossing the Lines to ‘Acceptance’ in High Impact Kidney Journals PierreRonco Speaker Hôpital TenonFrance SumitMohan Speaker Columbia UniversityUnited States Epidemiology/Stats/Policy Forum AnnaFrancis Speaker University of QueenslandAustralia GermaineWong Speaker University of SydneyAustralia MuzamilHassan Speaker Department of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaNigeria Kesar Hall 202		Next-Gen Perspectives Debate: Will AI Replace Nephrologists in the Future? AakashShingada Chair aakashshingada@gmail.comIndia KornchanokVareesangthip Chair kornchanok.ploy@gmail.comSiriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, ThailandThailand MarinaWainstein Chair marinawainstein@outlook.comUniversity of QueenslandAustralia Next-Gen Perspectives Debate: Will AI Replace Nephrologists in the Future? AlejandroGarcia-Rivera Speaker Hospital General Regional 46Mexico IntissarHaddiya Speaker Morocco Jean-PhilippeBertocchio Speaker SKEZI (France) & Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (France) Kyung DonYoo Speaker Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine / Deputy Director, Disaster Preparedness and Response Committee, The Korean Society of Nephrology Korea (Republic of) Kumudini Hall 301			Advancing Global Transplant Equity: A Health-systems and Patient-centered Approach – ISN-TTS/WIT Joint Session DominiqueMartin Chair Deakin UniversityAustralia TobyCoates Chair toby.coates@sa.gov.auAustralia Reviewing Transplantation in Tanzania: Barriers to Expansion and Insights for Other African Countries FransiaMushi Speaker Muhimbili University of Health and Allied SciencesTanzania The Role of Infectious Disease Expertise in Improving Utilization and Preserving Grafts JonathanHand Speaker Ochsner HealthUnited States Day-to-Day Challenges in Providing Kidney Replacement Therapy for Women in Low-income Countries PritiMeena Speaker India Transplantation in Thailand: In-depth Review of Current Activities and Progress AdisornLumpaopong Speaker Pediatric Nephrology Consultant, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Phramongkutklao Hospital Thailand Q&A Neelkamal Hall 305		What’s Next in Kidney Care Research? Innovations and Clinical Trials on the Horizon AdeeraLevin Chair Canada 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 NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, AustraliaAustralia What’s New in Clinical Trials? DavidWheeler Speaker University College LondonUnited Kingdom Value of Different Outcomes in the Era of Precision Medicine RobertoPecoits Filho Speaker Arbor Research Collaborative for HealthUnited States Conducting Trials in Low and Middle-income Countries SoumitaBagchi Speaker India Innovations in Pediatric Nephrology Discovery and Clinical Trial Conduct ArpanaIyengar Speaker ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, BANGALOREIndia Q&A Parijat Hall 201
4:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m.	Hot Debate - To D or Not to D? Do All Patients With CKD Need Vitamin D Supplementation? FergusCaskey Chair University 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 Aarhus UniversityDenmark Hot Debate: To D or Not to D? All Patients With CKD Need Vitamin D Supplementation - CON Mario GennaroCozzolino Speaker University of MilanItaly Amaltas B Hall B101A		Hot Debate - "The KDIGO BP Targets in CKD Are (Un)Achievable and (Un)Realistic ArpanaIyengar Chair ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, BANGALOREIndia KateBramham Chair King'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 University of OttawaCanada Hot Debate: The KDIGO BP Targets in CKD Are Unachievable and Unrealistic - CON IndranilDasgupta Speaker Consultant Nephrologist, University Hospitals Birmingham, UK Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall			Connecting Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Dots: Holistic Approaches to Patient Care RobertoPecoits Filho Chair Arbor Research Collaborative for HealthUnited States A Nephrologist Perspective on the Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome JananiRangaswami Speaker Professor of Medicine, George Washington University School of MedicineUnited States Optimizing CKD Management in the Context of Diabetes and Obesity RobertoPecoits Filho Speaker Arbor Research Collaborative for HealthUnited States Combining Therapies for Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Conditions: An Integrative Approach KatherineTuttle Speaker University 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 Center 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 Center of Pediatric Nephrology and Transplantation, Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo UniversityEgypt Implementing Nephrogenetic Diagnostics in Low-resource Settings Kar HuiNg Speaker Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore Comprehensive Nephrogenetic Diagnostics in Europe: Where Do We Stand in 2025? AlbertienVan Eerde Speaker Department 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 MegJardine Chair NHMRC 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 Canada A Collaborative Approach to Detecting Kidney Disease Early ThomasBlakeman Speaker United Kingdom Harnessing Digital Technology: Innovative Tools for Early CKD Detection and Management Chinta RamaKrishna Speaker Chinta Rama Krishna, HelloKidney.aiIndia Q and A Kesar Hall 202			Kidney Disease Prediction and Prevention: Evolving Toward a Kidney Health Revolution SabineKaram Chair sabinejkaram@gmail.comUniversity of MinnesotaUnited States Managing Kidney Disease in Diabetes - Is it the Best of Times? PeterRossing Speaker Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen Denmark Implementation of Risk Prediction Equations to Optimize CKD Care - the Present and the Future NavdeepTangri Speaker United States Multisectoral Action for Kidney Disease Prevention Sri LekhaTummalapalli Speaker United 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 SanjayNagral Chair sanjaynagral@gmail.comIndia My Patient Wants to Travel Abroad for a Kidney Transplant JagbirGill Speaker Canada My Patient Received a Kidney Transplant Abroad RuthRahamimov Speaker Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, IsraelIsrael How to Deal With Suspicious Transplant Cases in Your Organization or Country JonathanWala Speaker Kenya Renal AssociationKenya From Identification to Resolution: A Guide to Managing Suspicious Transplant Cases ThomasMueller Speaker Switzerland Q&A Neelkamal Hall 305		Bridging Gaps in Kidney Disease Diagnostics: Striving for Equity DanielO'Hara Chair daniel.ohara@sydney.edu.auAustralia MythriShankar Chair Institute of NephrourologyIndia Panel Discussion: Featuring an Expert in Genetics Becky MingyaoMa Speaker Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Hong KongHong Kong, China Panel Discussion: Featuring a Renal Pathologist MarekKollar Speaker Czech Republic Panel Discussion: Featuring an Expert in CKD Care From India PritiMeena Speaker India Panel Discussion:Featuring an Expert in CKD Care From Fiji Yogeshni Chandra Speaker Fiji Panel Discussion: Featuring an Expert in CKD Care From Nigeria ChimezieOkwuonu Speaker Nigeria Q and A Parijat Hall 201

Sunday, February 9, 2025

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9:45 a.m. 11:15 a.m.	Metabolic Crossroads: Kidneys, Liver Disease, and the Gut GloriaAshuntantang Chair gloria.ash60@gmail.comUniversity of Bamenda, CameroonCameroon Dr Sree BhushanRaju Chair sreebhushan@hotmail.comIndia Hepatorenal Syndrome and New Treatments for AKI in Cirrhosis Swetha RaniKanduri Speaker Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA Do Gut Microbiota Contribute to Kidney Disease? If so, What Can We Do About it? GrietGlorieux Speaker UGentBelgium What Should Nephrologists Know About Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Fatty Liver Disease Angela Yee-MoonWang Speaker Hong Kong/SingaporeSingapore Measuring Kidney Function in Liver Disease - Pitfalls and Solutions SmitaDivyaveer Speaker India Q&A Amaltas A Hall B101A	The Ageing Kidney: Of Neurons and Nephrons AnupmaKaul Chair anupmaneph@gmail.comIndia Mohamad Bassam Said Chair bmsaeed2000@yahoo.com Farah Association for Child with Kidney Disease in SyriaSyrian Arab Republic Defining Accelerated Kidney Ageing Accelerated Biological Ageing in CKD: Drivers and Potential Therapeutic Interventions MotokoYanagita Speaker Kyoto UniversityJapan The Kidney-Brain Connection MarionPépin Speaker INSERM, 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 Q&A Amaltas B Hall B101A	HIT! High Impact Clinical Trials – Why and How DavidWheeler Chair University College LondonUnited Kingdom What Have We Learned From CONVINCE? 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 University of Leicester, Leicester, UKUnited Kingdom Observational Cohort With Embedded Randomized Controlled Trials to Study Pregnancy-Associated Progression of Renal Disease: A Feasibility Study of Dietary Nitrate (Beetroot Juice) to Protect Kidney Function in Pregnant Women With Chronic Kidney Disease PriscillaSmith Oral Abstract Presenter priscilla.smith@kcl.ac.ukKings College Hospital LondonUnited Kingdom Design of Randomized Embedded Adaptive Platform Clinical Trial in South Asian Kidney Biopsy-Proven Primary Glomerular Diseases: Multi-Center, Multi-Arm and Multi-Stage Selvin Sundar RajMani Oral Abstract Presenter selvinsr@gmail.comIndia SuceenaAlexander Oral Abstract Presenter Christian Medical College VelloreIndia Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall	Make It Work Better for Failing Kidneys with Sustainable Care ManjuriSharma Chair manjurisharma@yahoo.com India Toward a Plant-based Diet in CKD Juan-JesusCarrero Speaker Why Peritoneal Dialysis Uptake Is Low in Many World Regions and How Can We Fix it? Magdalena Madero Speaker Chief of Nephrology, Instituto Nacional de CardiolMexico Improving Dialysis Quality: A Hub-and-Spoke Network Osmaniahospital Speaker India Kidney Supportive Care in a Low-resource Setting NicolaWearne Speaker Groote Schuur Hospital / university of Cape TownSouth Africa A Working Partnership - Shared Decision-making in Nephrology ANAFIGUEIREDO Speaker Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Brazil Q&A Neelkamal Hall 305
11:45 a.m. 12:45 p.m.	Plenary Session 4: Diabetes and Adipocytokines (Takashi Kadowaki, Japan) Diabetes and Adipocytokines. Brenner/Dirks Lecture TakashiKadowaki Speaker Toranomon Hospital Q and A The ISN Fellowship Program Celebration Auditorium Brahmkamal 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 Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States IrmaTchokhonelidze Chair Georgia JadrankaButurović Ponikvar Chair University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenia MayuriTrivedi Chair India SourabhSharma Chair Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaIndia Case Study Part 1 and POCUS Kidney and Lungs BLUE Protocol AndrewMoses Speaker Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States Native and Transplanted Kidney Biopsy JadrankaButurović Ponikvar Speaker University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenia MayuriTrivedi Speaker India CKRT vs. SLED: Pros and Cons SourabhSharma Speaker Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaIndia Hands-on Training: Kidney Biopsy JadrankaButurović Ponikvar Speaker University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenia MayuriTrivedi Speaker India Hands-on Training: CKRT and SLED Machine SourabhSharma Speaker Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaIndia Hands-on Training: POCUS Kidney and Lung With BLUE Protocol AndrewMoses Speaker Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States HildaElena Fernandez Speaker United States Amaltas A Hall B101A		Renal Pathology Course: Updates on Regional Diseases CarmenAvila Casado Chair Canada GeetikaSingh Chair All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India India SuryaSeshan Chair Weill Cornell MedicineUnited States IgA Nephropathy and IgA Vasculitis MarkHaas Speaker United States Kidney Lesions in Tropical Infections AhmedKalebi Speaker Dr. Kalebi Labs (DKL) LimitedKenya Controversies in Podocytopathies CarmenAvila Casado Speaker Canada Pregnancy Related Renal Disease AgnesFogo Speaker United States Q and A Amaltas B Hall B101A		Navigating Kidney Care Symposium: From Guidelines to Practice, Personalized Care, and Quality of Life - Managing Transitions in Transplant and Promoting Adherence ANAFIGUEIREDO Chair Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Brazil ReenaGeorge Chair India Navigating Post-transplant Dialysis: What to Expect AngelaJackson Speaker New Zealand From Dialysis to Transplant: Guiding Children Through the Transition Sandhya VNair Speaker indian nursing councilIndia Meeting the Mark: Adherence Requirements for Transplant Success Janevan der Jeugd Speaker Flinders 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 Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, SingaporeSingapore SuceenaAlexander Chair Christian Medical College VelloreIndia Approach to Nephrotic Syndrome SuceenaAlexander Speaker Christian Medical College VelloreIndia Case Presentation and Discussion 1 HeatherReich Speaker University of Toronto, University Health NetworkCanada Case Presentation and Discussion 2 Raja Ramachandran Speaker Associate ProfessorIndia Gulmohar Hall 302		Conservative Kidney Management Course: Core Principles and Symptom Management FrankBrennan Chair St George HospitalAustralia NandiniVallath Chair SaraDavison Chair University of AlbertaCanada Introduction to Kidney Supportive Care (KSC) and Conservative Kidney Management (CKM) SaraDavison Speaker University of AlbertaCanada Validating CKM: Evidence and Approaches BarnabyHole Speaker United Kingdom Effective Strategies for Pharmacologic Pain Management in CKM SaraDavison Speaker University of AlbertaCanada Addressing Depression and Anxiety in CKM Patients PeaceBagasha Speaker Uganda Q&A Kumudini Hall 301		Annual Review of Nephrology Course: Managing Kidney Failure KenarJhaveri Chair United States Osmaniahospital Chair India MitchellRosner Chair Univeristy of Virginia HealthUnited States New Solutions to Anemia Management in Kidney Failure: The Role of HIF-PH Inhibitors JolantaMalyszko Speaker Medical University of Warsaw, PolandPoland Test ShiraStrachova Speaker sstrachova@Theisn.orgISNBelgium New Solutions to Phosphorus Control in Kidney Failure: Achieving Patient Goals KrishnaswamySampathkumar Speaker Meenakshi Mission Hospital India Improving Volume and Hypertension Control in Kidney Failure: New Approaches to a Critical Issue? Angela Yee-MoonWang Speaker Hong 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 Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States IrmaTchokhonelidze Chair Georgia JadrankaButurović Ponikvar Chair University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenia MayuriTrivedi Chair India SourabhSharma Chair Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaIndia Case Study Part 2 and Cardiac POCUS AndrewMoses Speaker Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States Dialysis Adequacy: Assessing and Improving Outcomes IrmaTchokhonelidze Speaker Georgia Hemodialysis Catheter: Insertion, Exchange, Removal AnilAGARWAL Speaker University of California San Francisco, Fresno, USUnited States Hands-on Training: HD Catheters: Insertion, Exchange, Removal AnilAGARWAL Speaker University of California San Francisco, Fresno, USUnited States JeyarajBalasubramaniam Speaker Kidney Care Centre, Tirunelveli, IndiaIndia Hands-on Training: HD/HDF/Home HD Machines: What are the Treatment Options? IrmaTchokhonelidze Speaker Georgia Hands-on Training: Cardiac POCUS AndrewMoses Speaker Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States HildaElena Fernandez Speaker United States Amaltas A Hall B101A		Renal Pathology Course: Recent Advances in Kidney and Transplant Pathology CarmenAvila Casado Chair Canada GeetikaSingh Chair All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India India SuryaSeshan Chair Weill Cornell MedicineUnited States Mass Spectrometry for the Diagnosis of Renal Diseases SanjeevSethi Speaker Mayo ClinicUnited States Application of Digital Tools in Renal Pathology ArvydasLaurinavicius Speaker Vilnius UniversityLithuania The Importance of Medullary Lesions In Kidney Biopsies JorisRoelofs Speaker Amsterdam UMCNetherlands New Insights in Drug Induced Kidney Diseases SuryaSeshan Speaker Weill Cornell MedicineUnited States Q and A Amaltas B Hall B101A		Navigating Kidney Care Symposium: From Guidelines to Practice, Personalized Care, and Quality of Life – Prevention, Diabetic Patients and Acute Care ANAFIGUEIREDO Chair Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Brazil ReenaGeorge Chair India Enhancing Acute Care: Managing Late Referral Hemodialysis ANAFIGUEIREDO Speaker Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Brazil Enhancing Acute Care: Managing Urgent Start Peritoneal Dialysis ElaineBowes Speaker King's College Hospital United Kingdom From Diabetes to Dialysis: Ensuring Smooth Care Transitions EveNatusch Speaker New Zealand Better Together: Community Approaches to Preventing Chronic Kidney Disease SulakshnaBharadwaj Speaker INSTITUTE OF LIVER AND BILIARY SCIENCESIndia Q&A Champa Hall 304		Glomerular Disease Course – a Case-based Approach: Nephritic Syndrome AdrianLiew Chair Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, SingaporeSingapore SuceenaAlexander Chair Christian Medical College VelloreIndia Approach to Nephritic Syndrome AdrianLiew Speaker Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, SingaporeSingapore Case Presentation and Discussion 3 JonathanBarratt Speaker University of Leicester, Leicester, UKUnited Kingdom Case Presentation and Discussion 4 Prof LizLightstone Speaker Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom Case Presentation and Discussion 5 SuceenaAlexander Speaker Christian Medical College VelloreIndia Gulmohar Hall 302		Conservative Kidney Management Course: Navigating Symptoms and Metabolic Complications FrankBrennan Chair St George HospitalAustralia NandiniVallath Chair SaraDavison Chair University of AlbertaCanada Managing CKD-associated Pruritus and Restless Legs Syndrome in CKM FrankBrennan Speaker St George HospitalAustralia Tackling Fatigue and Insomnia in CKM Patients AnujaDamani Speaker Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, ManipalIndia Managing Nausea and Vomiting in CKM: Best Practices ClaireDouglas Speaker End-of-Life Transition in CKM: Care and Symptom Management NandiniVallath Speaker Managing Metabolic Complications of CKD in CKM SaraDavison Speaker University of AlbertaCanada Q&A Kumudini Hall 301		Annual Review of Nephrology Course: Best Practices in Diabetic Kidney Disease Care KenarJhaveri Chair United States Osmaniahospital Chair India MitchellRosner Chair Univeristy of Virginia HealthUnited States Clinical Trials Overview: Focus on GLP1a, MRA, and SGLT2 MaartenTaal Speaker University 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 University 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 Q and A Neelkamal Hall 305
1 p.m. 2:25 p.m.	Building a CKDu Research Methodology Toolbox – Part 1 ErangaWijewickrama Chair Faculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka Study Designs to Answer Research Questions in CKDu Magdalena Madero Speaker Chief of Nephrology, Instituto Nacional de CardiolMexico Distinguishing CKDu From Other Kidney Diseases in Research Studies SumitMohan Speaker Columbia 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 University of Bristol, UKUnited Kingdom MariaPippias Chair University of BristolUnited Kingdom The SharE-RR Toolkit MariaPippias Speaker University of BristolUnited Kingdom The Sri Lankan Renal Registry: Lessons from Intensive Care to HD to PD to CKD The Bangladesh Renal Registry: Twenty Years Experience Covering HD, PD, and Transplant HarunUr Rashid Speaker Kidney Foundation Hospital and Research InstituteBangladesh The Indian Renal Registry: Establishing a Multi-centre Dialysis Registry SumaiyaArfin Speaker India Q and A Kesar Hall 202				ISN Train The Trainer Program for Pregnancy and Kidney Disease - Update and Toolkit Launch MichelleHladunewich Chair Canada ShilpanjaliJesudason Chair Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, AustraliaAustralia Welcome and Background on Obstetric Nephrology Evolution MichelleHladunewich Speaker Canada Overview of the TT Program and Toolkit Launch ShilpanjaliJesudason Speaker Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, AustraliaAustralia Trainer Perspective GhadaAnkawi Speaker King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia Trainer Perspective DIVYABAJPAI Speaker India 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 Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States IrmaTchokhonelidze Chair Georgia JadrankaButurović Ponikvar Chair University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenia MayuriTrivedi Chair India SourabhSharma Chair Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaIndia Case Study Part 3 and VExUS Technique AndrewMoses Speaker Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States PD Catheter Insertion KrishnaswamySampathkumar Speaker Meenakshi Mission Hospital India Urgent Initiation of PD: Challenges and Solutions BrettCullis Speaker South Africa Hands-on Training: APD Machine Prescription Options BrettCullis Speaker South Africa IrmaTchokhonelidze Speaker Georgia Hands-on Training: PD Catheter Insertion KrishnaswamySampathkumar Speaker Meenakshi Mission Hospital India Hands-on Training: VExUS AndrewMoses Speaker Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell HealthUnited States HildaElena Fernandez Speaker United States Case 3 Amaltas A Hall B101A	Renal Pathology Course: Clinical-Pathologic Correlation Case Presentations CarmenAvila Casado Chair Canada GeetikaSingh Chair All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India India SuryaSeshan Chair Weill Cornell MedicineUnited States Nephrologist, Clinical Discussant - Case 1 SantoshVarughese Speaker India Case 1 GeetikaSingh Speaker All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India India Nephrologist, Clinical Discussant - Case 2 SantoshVarughese Speaker India Case 2 AnilaKurien Speaker Renopath, Center for Renal and Urological Pathology, Chennai, IndiaIndia Nephrologist, Clinical Discussant - Case 3 SantoshVarughese Speaker India Case 3 JorisRoelofs Speaker Amsterdam UMCNetherlands Nephrologist, Clinical Discussant - Case 4 SantoshVarughese Speaker India Case 4 CarmenAvila Casado Speaker Canada Nephrologist, Clinical Discussant - Case 5 SantoshVarughese Speaker India Case 5 ArvydasLaurinavicius Speaker Vilnius UniversityLithuania Nephrologist, Clinical Discussant - Case 6 SantoshVarughese Speaker India Case 6 MaheshaVankalakunti Speaker Manipal Hospitals, BengaluruIndia Amaltas B Hall B101A		Navigating Kidney Care Symposium: From Guidelines to Practice, Personalized Care, and Quality of Life – Supporting Patients at Home ANAFIGUEIREDO Chair Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Brazil ReenaGeorge Chair India How Frail Is Too Frail? Addressing Frailty in Home Hemodialysis Patients RachaelWalker Speaker University of Auckland, New ZealandNew Zealand Fostering Independence: Supporting Patients to Manage Home Dialysis AV-fistulas Fatimade Figueiredo Speaker United Kingdom Mastering Nutrition: Optimal Diet for Managing Diabetic Kidney Disease GurdeepKaur Speaker India Q&A Champa Hall 304		Glomerular Disease Course: Case-based Approach to Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis and Glomerular Diseases in Acute Kidney Injury AdrianLiew Chair Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, SingaporeSingapore SuceenaAlexander Chair Christian Medical College VelloreIndia Approach to Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis Raja Ramachandran Speaker Associate ProfessorIndia Case Presentation and Discussion 6 HernánTrimarchi Speaker HOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRESArgentina Case Presentation and Discussion 7 Muh GeotWong Speaker Australia Case Presentation and Discussion 8 AdrianLiew Speaker Mount 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 St George HospitalAustralia NandiniVallath Chair SaraDavison Chair University of AlbertaCanada Shared Decision-making and Cultural Considerations in CKM SaharKoubar Speaker University of MinnesotaUnited States Essential Communication Skills and Advance Care Planning in CKM (Interactive Workshop) AmarBansal Speaker University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine United States Practical Challenges in Implementing CKM: Cultural and Resource Considerations From India NandiniVallath Speaker Q&A Kumudini Hall 301		Annual Review of Nephrology Course: Electrolyte Management in the ICU KenarJhaveri Chair United States Osmaniahospital Chair India MitchellRosner Chair Univeristy of Virginia HealthUnited States Approaches to the Patient with Severe Hyponatremia and Acute Kidney Injury MitchellRosner Speaker Univeristy of Virginia HealthUnited States Approaches to Severe Hypercalcemia KenarJhaveri Speaker United States Approaches to Severe Hyperkalemia KSNayak Speaker Virinchi HospitalsIndia Q and A Neelkamal Hall 305		Professor Donal O'Donoghue Global Kidney Policy Forum: Opening Remarks and Setting the Scene Opening Remarks Patient Testimony: Living with a Kidney Disease Kamal Shah Speaker NephroPlusIndia Kidney Health in the Region: Trends, Challenges, and WHO Initiatives for Improved Care Parijat Hall 201
2:35 p.m. 4 p.m.	Building a CKDu Research Methodology Toolbox – Part 2 ErangaWijewickrama Chair Faculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka What Should We Measure to Identify Disease in CKDu Research? BenCaplin Speaker University College LondonUnited Kingdom How Can Kidney Biopsies Provide Causal Insight Into CKDu? ShuchiAnand Speaker Q and A Javakusum Hall 303						Professor Donal O'Donoghue Global Kidney Policy Forum: Local Voices, Global Impact: Tackling Kidney Health Challenges in India Introducing Local Voices Advancing Kidney Health in India: A Strategic Overview of Current Challenges and Government Initiatives Collective Action Towards Integrated Care: Learning from National NCD Program MonikaArora Speaker HRIDAYIndia Kidney Health in India: Importance of Measurement, Quality Assurance, and Registries Home Dialysis: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities Magdalena Madero Speaker Chief 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 NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, AustraliaAustralia ShilpanjaliJesudason Chair Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, AustraliaAustralia Using Registry Data in Trials: Lessons on Patient Reported Outcomes from SWIFT in Australia RachaelMorton Speaker NHMRC 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 Using Registry Data in Trials: Lessons from Tackling AKI, H4RT, and Prepare for Kidney Care in the UK FergusCaskey Speaker University of Bristol, UKUnited Kingdom Q and A Kesar Hall 202
3:20 p.m. 4:05 p.m.	Professor Donal O'Donoghue Global Kidney Policy Forum: From Barriers to Solutions: Advancing Access to Kidney Care Across the Region UrmilaAnandh Chair uanandh@gmail.comAmrita Hospitals, Faridabad, Delhi NCRIndia Introducing Voices from the Region UrmilaAnandh Chair uanandh@gmail.comAmrita Hospitals, Faridabad, Delhi NCRIndia Kidney Health in the Region: Trends, Challenges, and WHO Initiatives for Improved Care Leading the Way: Pioneering Universal Access to Dialysis in Thailand YotTeerawattananon Speaker HITAPThailand The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Dialysis Care and the Impact of Climate Change on Kidney Health in Bangladesh Kazi ShahnoorAlam Speaker Professor of Nephrology National Institute of Kidney Diseases and Urology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.Bangladesh Myanmar: Community-Based Kidney Health Programs Sri Lanka: Tackling the Socio-Economic Determinants of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) Community-Based Screening through the Kidney Care Network in Nepal Sanjib KumarSharma Speaker Nepal 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 Closing Remarks Advancing Kidney Health: Insights from Patient Advocates VasundharaRaghavan Speaker Parijat Hall 201
4:30 p.m. 6 p.m.	WCN'25 Opening Ceremony and Plenary Session 1 Auditorium Brahmkamal Hall