Program for all days

Better Kidney Health
The Interconnected Kidney
Preserving Kidney Health
The Smart Kidney
Plenary Sessions
Pre-congress Courses
Spotlight Sessions
Special Sessions
Industry Symposia
Global Kidney Policy Forum
Welcome Reception
Topical Networking
Poster Sessions

28 March 2026

Time Session
8:30 a.m.
10 a.m.
  • Banff Transplantation Pathology Update
    AgnesFogo Speaker United States
  • Lesions after stem cell transplantation
    SuryaSeshan Speaker United States
  • Digital pathology and artificial intelligence applications in kidney transplant pathology
    PeterBoor Speaker Germany
301 - 302
303
304
  • Introduction to concepts/principles of Kidney Supportive Care and Conservative Kidney Management
    SaraDavison Speaker Canada
  • Joint Talk: Planning for conservative kidney management - A Tale of Two Cities
    BarnabyHole Speaker United Kingdom
    PeaceBagasha Speaker Uganda
  • Essential communication skills for successful advance care planning
311 - 312
Kidney Registries in Action: global collaboration to improve access to treatment and patient outcomes
MariaPippias Chair United Kingdom
  • Welcome
    FergusCaskey Speaker United Kingdom
  • Introduction
    ToshihideNaganuma Speaker Japan
  • Experiences in establishing a haemodialysis registry in Nepal
    DibyaSingh Shah Speaker Nepal
  • Status of dialysis therapy in Mongolia according to nationwide annual dialysis registry
    AdiyaSaruultuvshin Speaker Mongolia
  • Application of a national kidney registry to the Japanese clinical practice guidelines
    JunichiHoshino Speaker Japan
  • Panel Discussion
313 - 314
  • Update on diabetes kidney disease management
    SunitaBavanandan Speaker Malaysia
  • New Drugs for Polycystic Kidney Disease
    MichelChonchol Speaker United States
  • B cell targeted therapies for glomerular diseases
    RichardLafayette Speaker United States
501 - 502
503
10:30 a.m.
12 p.m.
  • Spectrum of IgG4 related kidney diseases
    TakakoSaeki Speaker Japan
  • Spectrum of tropical infections/Renal lesions in parasitic diseases
    AhmedKalebi Speaker Kenya
  • Undetermined kidney diseases- a genomic approach towards diagnosis
    LaurentMesnard Speaker France
301 - 302
  • Japanese Perspective
    MegumiOshima Speaker Japan
  • African Perspective
    RobertKalyesubula Speaker Uganda
  • Insights on consent challenges in low and middle-income countries
    ShuchiAnand Speaker United States
  • Closing the loop: Returning results to participants: why and how
    AdeeraLevin Speaker Canada
    BillWang Speaker Hong Kong, China
303
  • Hyponatremia in the cancer patient
    SanjeevNair Speaker India
  • Hypercalcemia in the cancer patient
    MohamedHassanein Speaker Egypt
  • Hypomagnesemia and hypophosphatemia in the cancer patient
    JolantaMalyszko Speaker Poland
  • Roundtable discussion
    KenarJhaveri Moderator United States
304
  • Management of restless legs, CKD-associated itch, and insomnia in Conservative Kidney Management
    BrendanSmyth Speaker Australia
  • Management of pain in Conservative Kidney Management
    PramoteEuasobhon Speaker Thailand
  • Management of fatigue and mental health in Conservative Kidney Management
    PeaceBagasha Speaker Uganda
311 - 312
FergusCaskey Chair United Kingdom
  • Embedding randomisation in a national CKD registry: for the SACK study of apixaban in atrial fibrillation
    MarieEvans Speaker Sweden
  • Platform trials utilising routine data for paediatric rare diseases
    DorotheaNitsch Speaker United Kingdom
  • Lessons learned from conducting haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis trials in ANZDATA
    StephenMcdonald Speaker Australia
  • Q&A
313 - 314
Global Kidney Policy Forum: Opening Remarks
IfeomaUlasi Chair Nigeria
315
  • Linking renal pathology to kidney function
  • Current Perspectives on the Management of C3 Glomerulopathy: From Diagnosis to Targeted Therapy
    ShoichiMaruyama Speaker Japan
  • Update on the Cardio-Kidney Metabolic Syndrome
    SolaAoun Bahous Speaker Lebanon
501 - 502
503
10:45 a.m.
12 p.m.
IfeomaUlasi Chair Nigeria
  • Addressing Kidney Disease in Japan: How Does the National Policy Meet Global Commitments
    YosukeYamada Speaker Japan
  • Transforming Kidney Care Through National Strategy: A Nephrologist Perspective
    NaokiKashihara Speaker Japan
  • Living the Strategy: A Patient’s Perspective on Navigating Kidney Care in Japan
    TakeshiShukunobe Speaker Japan
  • Financing Kidney Health: Sustainable and Innovative National Approaches
    YusukeSuzuki Speaker Japan
315
12:15 p.m.
1:15 p.m.
301 - 302
  • Managing the metabolic complications of kidney failure in Conservative Kidney Management
    SaraDavison Speaker Canada
  • Transitioning near the end of life – care of the dying Conservative Kidney Management patient including symptomatology in this period
    NandiniVallath Speaker India
301 - 302
  • Practical aspects of implementation science; hands-on studies
    Tae WonYi Speaker Canada
  • Value of implementation science
    RukshanaShroff Speaker United Kingdom
  • Implementation Science in Digital Health: Clinical Trials Using Mobile Applications for Patient Interventions
    YusukeSakaguchi Speaker Japan
  • Take Home Messages
    MegJardine Speaker Australia
303
  • Onco-nephrology in the kidney transplant population
    RobertCarroll Speaker Australia
  • Oncohypertension
    SabineKaram Speaker United States
  • GFR estimation in the cancer patient
    ShuchiAnand Speaker United States
  • Q&A and Final Remarks
    KenarJhaveri Moderator United States
304
MarieEvans Chair Sweden
StephenMcdonald Chair Australia
  • Why we need standardised data in CKD registries
    AlejandroFerreiro-Fuentes Speaker Uruguay
  • Experience from the UK in harmonizing routine CKD data for research
    SamiraBell Speaker United Kingdom
  • Challenges for harmonising CKD data at a global level
    JamesWetmore Speaker United States
  • Q&A
313 - 314
  • Integrating Kidney Health into NCD Strategies: A Regional Perspective from WHO
    HuongTran Speaker Vietnam
  • Data‑Driven Kidney Health in Taiwan
    Mai SzuWu Speaker Taiwan
  • Advancing Kidney Disease Prevention and Care in China
    LuxiaZhang Speaker China
  • Addressing Kidney Disease through the National Health Plan 2030 in the Republic of Korea
    Kook-HwanOh Speaker Korea (Republic of)
  • Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Patient Reality
    ManvirVictor Speaker Malaysia
  • Panel Discussion
315
  • How do I manage: the hepatorenal syndrome
    Lori-AnnFisher Speaker Jamaica
  • How do I manage: checkpoint inhibitor-associated AKI
    MitchellRosner Speaker United States
501 - 502
2 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
Plenary Lecture 1: Donald Seldin Lecture - Dynamics of the Function and Regulation of the Endoplasmic Reticulum and WCN'26 Opening Ceremony
Jean Hamburger Award
KazutoshiMori Speaker Japan
Main Hall
3:45 p.m.
4:45 p.m.
  • The Gut as a Central Hub of Inter-Organ Cross-Talk in Chronic Kidney Disease
    LaetitiaKoppe Speaker France
  • Deciphering Gut Dysbiosis: Is It Age or Kidney Disease?
    JohannesHolle Speaker Germany
  • Inflammation Under Neural Control: The Gut-Brain-Kidney Triad in Acute Kidney Injury
    MarkOkusa Speaker United States
  • Q&A
301 - 302
  • The genetics of nephrotic syndrome/FSGS
    DanielGale Speaker United Kingdom
  • The immunology of nephrotic syndrome/FSGS
303
  • Deep Learning in CKD Risk Stratification
  • AI-Driven Predictive Models for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and Critical Care Nephrology
  • AI-enhanced Analysis of Kidney Biopsies
    IsaoMatsui Speaker Japan
  • Q&A
304
Becky MingyaoMa Chair Hong Kong, China
Tae WonYi Chair Canada
  • What is a Non-physician Healthcare Model and What Are the Steps to Develop One in CKD Care?
    Carmen ElenaCervantes Speaker United States
  • Empowering Primary-level Healthcare Providers Through Targeted Kidney Health Education: Design and Early Experience in India
    PritiMeena Speaker India
  • Exploratory Survey for Non-physician Healthcare Workers on Early Detection Resources, Practice, Knowledge, Attitude and Perception Towards CKD: Preliminary Results
    Ana CatalinaAlvarez Elias Speaker United States
  • Opportunity to Utilise Non-Physician Healthcare Workers in CKD Care in Fiji
    Yogeshni Chandra Speaker Fiji
  • Building Community Kidney Care in Nigeria Through Non-physician Healthcare Workers
    ChimezieOkwuonu Speaker Nigeria
  • Curated Discussion
311 - 312
  • Gender Disparities in CKD and Dialysis
    MalaSachdeva Speaker United States
  • Trials and Tribulations
    KhalidaBulhan - Soki Speaker Kenya
  • Improving Randomized Controlled Trials: The Impact of Sex and Gender Reporting and Barriers to Inclusion
    PriyamvadaP S Speaker India
  • Q&A
313 - 314
  • The latest evidence on the environmental impact of kidney care
    VivekanandJha Speaker India
  • The GREEN-K toolkit in practice
    Winston Wing ShingFung Speaker Hong Kong, China
  • Greening nephrology in LMIC settings
315
  • Novel Treatment in septic-AKI
    Kent Doi Speaker Japan
  • Innovation in promoting Kidney Recovery After Acute Kidney Injury
    MarliesOstermann Speaker United Kingdom
  • Global Burden of AKI: Challenges and Barriers
    NattachaiSrisawat Speaker Thailand
  • Neonatal Acute Kidney Injury: Long-term Consequences
  • Q&A
501 - 502
  • The Evolving Biology of CKD-MBD: Implications for Clinical Care
    MarcVervloet Speaker Netherlands
  • Updates on CKD-MBD management: conclusions from KDIGO Controversies Conference
  • Growing Up With Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder: Pediatric Challenges
    RukshanaShroff Speaker United Kingdom
503
Sydney Tang Chair Hong Kong, China
  • Remodel Overview - Framework And Key Outcomes
    PetterBjornstad Speaker United States
  • Semaglutide Improves Kidney Outcomes Regardless Of SGLT2i Use In People With Chronic Kidney Disease And Type 2 Diabetes: Post-hoc Analysis The Remodel Trial
    DavidCherney Speaker Canada
  • ACHIEVE
  • Prepare For Kidney Care: Preparing For Responsive Management Versus Preparing For Renal Dialysis In Multimorbid Frail Older People With Chronic Kidney Disease
    FergusCaskey Speaker United Kingdom
  • B-cell Targeted Therapy for Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome: Results of the Phase III Global Multicenter Inshore Trial Evaluating Efficacy and Safety of Obinutuzumab vs Mycophenolate Mofetil
    JulienHogan Speaker France
Main Hall
5 p.m.
6 p.m.
Young Nephrologists Quiz-a-Thon IV: Japan edition
Spotlight Stage 2
6 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
  • Tracking the Evolution of Kidney Health Systems: Insights from ISN-GKHA 2017–2024
    GeorginaIrish Speaker Australia
  • From Data to Action: How the ISN-GKHA Map Drives Policy and Advocacy
    MarinaWainstein Speaker Argentina
  • Looking Ahead: Priorities and Plans for the ISN-GKHA 2027 Edition
Spotlight Stage 1

29 March 2026

Time Session
8:10 a.m.
9:10 a.m.
Industry Symposium
301 - 302
9:25 a.m.
10:55 a.m.
  • New Rules: Updated BP Guidelines From Around the World
    TaraChang Speaker United States
  • New Tools: What Nephrologists Need to Know About Novel Antihypertensive Treatments
    Seung HyeokHan Speaker South Korea
  • New Paths: Implementation of the Global Hearts Program to Improve Population BP Control
    SwapnilHiremath Speaker Canada
  • Optimizing Hypertension Management Across the Lifespan
    Magdalena Madero Speaker Mexico
  • Q&A
301 - 302
  • IgA Nephropathy Study: Current and Perspective
    XueqingYu Speaker China
  • Optimizing Management of Lupus Nephritis – The Clinical, The Bytes and The Bench
    DesmondYap Speaker Hong Kong, China
  • Seeds of Change: Growing Together – The Collaborative Journey of APSN-YNC
    KornchanokVareesangthip Speaker Thailand
  • Genetics of Chronic Kidney Disease in East Asians
    YukaSugawara Speaker Japan
303
Dissecting the Kidney in Space: From Molecules to Microenvironments
304
MatthiasKretzler Chair United States
  • Pathomic-driven Tissue Interrogation: Harnessing Collaborative Intelligence and Data Integration for Diagnostic Innovation
    LauraBarisoni Speaker United States
  • Multiscalar Data Integration Tools to Redefine Kidney Disease in Mechanistic Terms
    NilsGehlenborg Speaker United States
  • Introduction Into the Training Session: Exploring Single Cell and Spatial Data Sets in the KPMP Atlas and Human Cell X Gene Tools
    NikkiBonevich Speaker United States
  • Training Session Introduction: Nephroseq and TranSMART for Global Kidney Data Mining
    HeatherAscani Speaker United States
  • Q&A
315
Kent Doi Chair Japan
  • AKI and AKD definitions and prognosis: What's New in the Updated Guideline?
    SamiraBell Speaker United Kingdom
  • Identification and Prevention of AKI/AKD in High-risk Scenarios
    MarliesOstermann Speaker United Kingdom
  • Management of AKI/AKD in Clinical Scenarios
    KathleenLui Speaker United States
  • Optimizing Kidney Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury and Acute Kidney Disease
    NattachaiSrisawat Speaker Thailand
  • Q&A
501 - 502
  • A Role for Kidney Resident B/plasma Cells in Kidney Disease Progression?
    HeatherReich Speaker Canada
  • The Role of BAFF and APRIL in Glomerular Disease
    HongZhang Speaker China
  • B Cell Targeted Therapies in Glomerular Diseases
    RichardLafayette Speaker United States
  • The Future of B Cell Therapies in the Treatment of Glomerular Diseases
    Jonathan Barratt Speaker United Kingdom
503
AdeeraLevin Chair Canada
Andrea Vichelli Chair Australia
RobertoPecoits-Filho Chair United States
  • ASPIRE (Aspirin in Dialysis PTS/ China): Large Pragmatic Trial
    XueqingYu Speaker China
  • RESOLVE  (NA CONCENTRTION IN DIALYSIS POPULATIONS: GLOBAL): CLUSTER RANDOMIZED TRIAL
    MegJardine Speaker Australia
  • VOICE
  • TEST PD
    JosephineChow Speaker Australia
  • Renal Life Cycle
    HiddoLambers Heerspink Speaker Netherlands
  • Randomized Embedded Adaptive Platform Clinical Trial in South Asian Kidney Biopsy-proven Primary Glomerular Diseases: Multi-center, Multi-arm and Multi-stage- the Story So Far
    Selvin Sundar RajMani Speaker India
Main Hall
11 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
  • Micro Scenario 1 Water disruption: 2050 simulation vignette
    SayakaIshigaki Speaker Japan
  • Micro-Scenario 2: Digital outage and logistics delay
    Chia-TerChao Speaker Taiwan
Spotlight Stage 1
Industry Spotlight Session
Spotlight Stage 2
11:35 a.m.
12:35 p.m.
Plenary Lecture 2: Podocytopathies: Knowns and Unknowns (Paola Romagnani, Italy)
Bywaters Award
PaolaRomagnani Speaker Italy
Main Hall
Industry Spotlight Session
Spotlight Stage 1
12:45 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
Shared-Decision Making
Spotlight Stage 1
12:50 p.m.
1:50 p.m.
Industry Symposium
301 - 302
Industry Symposium
303
Industry Symposium
304
Industry Symposium
501 - 502
Industry Symposium
503
1:30 p.m.
2 p.m.
ISN film event winner
Spotlight Stage 1
RashaDarwish Speaker Egypt
SourabhSharma Speaker India
Spotlight Stage 2
2:10 p.m.
3:10 p.m.
  • Peritoneal Dialysis as an Implementation Problem - the Role of the International Home Dialysis Consortium
    SimonDavies Speaker United Kingdom
  • Home Dialysis: Is It Better for Patient Outcomes?
    ChristopherChan Speaker Canada
  • Beyond Traditional Boundaries: Wearable Artificial Kidneys and Portable Dialysis Technologies
    MarjorieFoo Speaker Singapore
  • Q&A
301 - 302
  • Introduction of Kaplan & Award Presentation
    VicenteTorres Chair United States
  • TBA
    RonaldGansevoort Speaker Netherlands
  • Platform trials in PKD: Opportunities and Challenges
    MegJardine Speaker Australia
  • Is there a role for SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP analogues in treating PKD
    MichelChonchol Speaker United States
303
  • My Kidneys and Me: A Digital Platform for Empowering CKD Self-Management
  • Community-Driven Innovation: Redesigning CKD Care in Ghana’s Health System
  • Community-Based CKD Screening and Management: A Thai Primary Care Model
    TalerngsakKanjanabuch Speaker Thailand
  • Group-based Care Models for Chronic Kidney Disease: A Latin American Perspective
    PaulaMarioli Speaker Argentina
304
Li-LiHsiao Chair United States
315
  • Modern Management of Diabetic Kidney Disease: From Early Detection to Precision Therapy
    JanakaKaralliedde Speaker United Kingdom
  • Beyond HbA1c: Using CGM to Guide Therapy in Patients with Kidney Disease
    JuliaMader Speaker Austria
  • Drug Development in Diabetic Kidney Disease
    PeterRossing Speaker Denmark
501 - 502
503
Sydney Tang Chair Hong Kong, China
  • EFFICACY AND SAFETY RESULTS OF ATRASENTAN IN PATIENTS WITH IGA NEPHROPATHY ON SODIUM‚ÄÌGLUCOSE CO-TRANSPORTER 2 INHIBITORS: PHASE II, RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, CROSSOVER TRIAL (ASSIST)
    HiddoLambers Heerspink Speaker Netherlands
  • EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF A TARGETED-RELEASE FORMULATION OF BUDESONIDE (HR19042 CAPSULES) IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY IGA NEPHROPATHY: A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, MULTICENTER, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED PHASE 2/3 TRIAL
    XiaobingYang Speaker China
  • EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF SPARSENTAN VS IRBESARTAN ON URINE INFLAMMATORY AND PROFIBROTIC BIOMARKERS IN THE PHASE 3 PROTECT TRIAL OF PATIENTS WITH IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY
  • EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF IPTACOPAN IN PATIENTS WITH IGA NEPHROPATHY (IGAN): FINAL 24-MONTH RESULTS FROM THE PHASE III APPLAUSE-IGAN STUDY
    VladoPerkovic Speaker Australia
Main Hall
Industry Spotlight Session
Spotlight Stage 1
Industry Spotlight Session
Spotlight Stage 2
3:15 p.m.
3:45 p.m.
Industry Spotlight Session
Spotlight Stage 2
3:50 p.m.
4:50 p.m.
  • Advancing the next wave of therapies in chronic kidney disease
  • Effects of finerenone on biomarkers: Mechanistic insights from proteomic analyses in clinical trials
    MarioBerger Speaker Germany
  • Future Directions in CRM Care: Advancing Research and Therapeutic Innovation
    AntonioGarreta Rufas Speaker Germany
  • Innovative strategies for clinical trial design in IgAN
  • Improving outcomes in complement-mediated kidney diseases
    Marianne Silkjær Nielsen Speaker Switzerland
  • Advancing Mechanistic Trials through Industry–Academia Collaboration: Insights from the REMODEL Trial
    ManuelMayrdorfer Speaker Denmark
  • Why? When? How? How to maximize patient outcomes from the start of dialysis
    PeterRutherford Speaker Switzerland
301 - 302
  • Return to Country; Evaluating Health Service Bias and the Impact of Place Based Cultural Safety Initiatives (co-presentation)
    KelliOwen Speaker Australia
    ScottJones Speaker Australia
  • Equity in Action: Improving Access to Kidney Transplantation Through Community Partnerships in Rural, Remote, and Indigenous Communities
    AnuragSingh Speaker Canada
  • Celebrating Cultural Inclusion and Safety in Academia and Medical Education
    LukeWilson Speaker New Zealand
  • Q&A
303
  • Autoantibodies targeting podocyte-specific antigens in primary nephrotic syndrome
  • Insights from the Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network (NEPTUNE) and Cure Glomerulonephropathy (CureGN) groups
    AlessiaFornoni Speaker United States
  • Podocyte directed progression of kidney injury in FGS and DKD
    John CijiangHe Speaker United States
304
MasaomiNangaku Chair Japan
  • Opening & Session Overview
    AdeeraLevin Speaker Canada
  • Overcoming the Bottleneck- Endpoints in Phase 2 Trials
    Kai-UweEckardt Speaker Germany
  • Integrating Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROMs)
    AllisonJaure Speaker Australia
  • Innovating with New Trial Designs
    MegJardine Speaker Australia
  • Using Hierarchical Composite Endpoints (HCEs)
    HiddoLambers Heerspink Speaker Netherlands
  • Panel Discussion & Q&A
  • Closing Remarks
    MasaomiNangaku Speaker Japan
311 - 312
DominiqueMartin Chair Australia
  • Building Trust and Hope in End-Stage Kidney Disease Care
    NoriakiKurita Speaker Japan
  • The Role of Advance Care Planning in Supporting Decision-making About Kidney Care
    KathrynDucharlet Speaker Australia
  • Patient Involvement in Shaping End-of-Life Kidney Care Policies
    ManvirVictor Speaker Malaysia
  • Q&A
315
  • What Will Be the Future of Personalised Immunosuppression in Children?
    LarsPape Speaker Germany
  • Can We Prevent Fsgs From Recurring in Children?
    PriyaVerghese Speaker United States
  • What Is the Role of Anti-Nephrin Antibody in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation?
    YukoHamasaki Speaker Japan
  • Q&A
503
  • Complement inhibition should be considered before nefecon in patients with IgAN at risk of progression
  • Nefecon should be considered before complement inhibition in patients with IgAN at risk of progression
Main Hall
5 p.m.
6 p.m.
Industry Symposium
303
Industry Symposium
304
Industry Symposium
501 - 502
5:15 p.m.
6:15 p.m.
The Kidney Tank 3.0 - The Japanese Version
Spotlight Stage 2
5:30 p.m.
6:15 p.m.

30 March 2026

Time Session
8:10 a.m.
9:10 a.m.
Industry Symposium
301 - 302
Industry Symposium
304
BradRovin Chair United States
PierreRonco Chair France
  • Setting the Scene (vision and scope)
    PierreRonco Speaker France
  • Introducing KICR Journal
    SwapnilHiremath Speaker Canada
  • Choosing the right nephrology journal
    PierreRonco Speaker France
  • How Editors assess the manuscript
    BradRovin Speaker United States
  • Responding to Reviewer's comments
    JaiRadhakrishnan Speaker United States
  • Dealing with the Stats?
    GermaineWong Speaker Australia
  • From first draft to first author in KI - Perspectives of an Editorial Fellow
    GriffithPerkins Speaker Australia
  • Panel Discussion
313 - 314
Industry Symposium
315
Industry Symposium
501 - 502
Industry Symposium
503
9:25 a.m.
10:55 a.m.
  • Shaping the Future of Kidney Regeneration
    TakashiYokoo Speaker Japan
  • State-of-the-Art Approaches in Kidney Regenerative Science
  • From iPS Cells to Kidneys: A Roadmap to Regeneration
    KenjiOsafune Speaker Japan
  • Breakthrough Discoveries Shaping the Future of Kidney Repair
    YunXia Speaker Singapore
  • Q&A
301 - 302
  • Adeno-associated Viral Therapy in Kidney Diseases
    HiroyukiNakai Speaker United States
  • CAR-T Cell Therapy in Lupus
    BradRovin Speaker United States
  • CAR-T Therapy in Kidney Transplantation
    TambiJarmi Speaker United States
  • TBC
  • Q&A
303
Winston Wing ShingFung Chair Hong Kong, China
  • Abstract winner TBD: highlighting young talent, providing opportunity to present
  • Abstract winner TBD: highlighting young talent, providing opportunity to present
  • Molecular Mechanisms of Kidney Aging: From Bench to Bedside
    TakeshiYamamoto Speaker Japan
  • Frailty Frameworks: Guideline‑Driven Care
    HannahBeckwith Speaker United Kingdom
  • Providing Care for the Aging Kidney in Low-resource Settings
    AhadQayyum Speaker Pakistan
  • Synergy in Senescence: A Young at Heart Panel
    TakeshiYamamoto Speaker Japan
304
GermaineWong Chair Australia
  • Kidney International in Focus: Annual Highlights
    PierreRonco Speaker France
  • ISN-KI Fellows: Showcasing Excellence Part 1: Pediatrics
    GabrielCara-Fuentes Speaker United States
  • ISN-KI Fellows: Showcasing Excellence Part 2: Clinical Nephrology
    SaharKoubar Speaker United States
  • ISN-KI Fellows: Showcasing Excellence Part 3: Epidemiology & Clinical Trials
    DavidTunnicliffe Speaker Australia
  • ISN-KI Fellows: Showcasing Excellence Part 4: Basic & Translational Science
    NahidTabibzadeh Speaker France
  • Kidney International Reports in Focus: Annual Highlights
    JaiRadhakrishnan Speaker United States
  • Kidney International Reports in Focus: Annual Highlights
    SumitMohan Speaker United States
  • Kidney International Reports in Focus: Annual Highlights
    SumitMohan Speaker United States
  • Celebrating Excellence: Best Reviewer Awards Presentation
    BradRovin Speaker United States
  • Presentation of Basic Science Awards (Early Career Researcher Awards)
    BERNHARDDUMOULIN Speaker United States
  • Presentation of Clinical Science Awards (Early Career Researcher Awards)
    Joint Presentations
    EmilyBowen Speaker United Kingdom
    Louis-CharlesDesbiens Speaker Canada
  • ISN-KI fellows: What have they become?
    GermaineWong Speaker Australia
315
  • Is Kidney Dysfunction in Heart Failure More Than Just Low Cardiac Output?
    BrendonNeuen Speaker Australia
  • Is Metabolic Dysfunction in Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome More Than Just Hyperglycemia and Obesity?
    HiddoLambers Heerspink Speaker Netherlands
  • Kidney at the Center of Conservative Kidney Management Syndrome
    MasaomiNangaku Speaker Japan
  • What’s Next in Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Therapy?
    RobertoPecoits-Filho Speaker United States
  • Q&A
501 - 502
  • Complement and Genetic Complementopathies
    AnujaJava Speaker United States
  • Precision Medicine in Glomerular Disease
    JonathanHimmelfarb Speaker United States
  • Complement and IgA Nephropathy
    AdrianLiew Speaker Singapore
  • Complement and Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-associated Vasculitis
  • Q&A
503
KeiFukami Chair Japan
LizLightstone Chair United Kingdom
MasaomiNangaku Chair Japan
  • EFFECT OF A 12-WEEK INTRADIALYTIC CYCLING INTERVENTION ON HEMODIALYSIS-INDUCED MYOCARDIAL STUNNING: A MULTI-CENTRE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TICKERS_HD)
    ClaraBohm Speaker Canada
  • EFFECT OF FINERENONE ON CIRCULATING BIOMARKERS: A CONFIDENCE ANALYSIS
    MarioBerger Speaker Germany
  • EFFECT OF SIMULTANEOUS INITIATION OF FINERENONE AND EMPAGLIFLOZIN ON URINARY ALBUMIN-TO-CREATININE RATIO BY AGE AND SEX IN THE CONFIDENCE TRIAL
    RajivAgarwal Speaker United States
  • A CONTROLLED, RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL OF PERSONALIZED TWO-PHASE REGIONAL CITRATE ANTICOAGULATION IN PROLONGED INTERMITTENT KIDNEY REPLACEMENT THERAPY
    QiZhang Speaker China
  • LOWERING-HYPERURICEMIA TREATMENT ON CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS: A PROSPECTIVE, MULTICENTER, DOUBLE BLIND RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
    Naya Huang Speaker China
Main Hall
11 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
  • Understanding the CKDu Challenge: A Global Health Priority
    ErangaWijewickrama Speaker Sri Lanka
  • Inside the ISN i3C CKDu Toolkit: Structure, Stages, and Key Components
    Ana CatalinaAlvarez Elias Speaker United States
  • From Knowledge to Action: Implementing the Toolkit for Global Impact
Spotlight Stage 1
Industry Spotlight Session
Spotlight Stage 2
11:35 a.m.
12:35 p.m.
Plenary Lecture 3: The Potential of Polypills in CKD (Anthony Rodgers, Australia)
AnthonyRodgers Speaker Australia
Main Hall
12:45 p.m.
1:15 p.m.
Social Media Impacts Nephrology Clinical Practice
Spotlight Stage 1
12:50 p.m.
1:50 p.m.
Industry Symposium
301 - 302
Industry Symposium
303
Industry Symposium
304
Industry Symposium
315
Industry Symposium
501 - 502
Industry Symposium
503
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
Spotlight Stage 2
1:15 p.m.
2 p.m.
Teach PD
Spotlight Stage 1
2:10 p.m.
3:10 p.m.
  • Cancer Screening in Kidney Transplant Recipients and Patients on Dialysis
    Chi Yuen SimonCheung Speaker Hong Kong, China
  • Chronic Kidney Disease After Childhood Cancer
    Maria JoseSoler Speaker Spain
  • Palliative Care in Cancer Patients With Kidney Disease: The Nephrologist's Role
  • Q&A
301 - 302
ISN Train the Trainer Program
ShilpanjaliJesudason Chair Australia
  • ISN Train-the-Trainer Program Overview
    ShilpanjaliJesudason Speaker Australia
  • Rapid Fire update 1
  • Rapid Fire Update 2
  • Q&A
303
KornchanokVareesangthip Chair Thailand
  • Introduction
  • YNN promotion
  • Hot Debate: Xenotransplants and Stem Cells can Replace Human Organ Donations - PRO
    I-RuChen Speaker Taiwan
  • Hot Debate: Xenotransplants and Stem Cells can Replace Human Organ Donations - CON
    UgochiOnu Speaker Nigeria
  • Hot Debate: Xenotransplants and Stem Cells can Replace Human Organ Donations - PRO
  • Hot Debate: Xenotransplants and Stem Cells can Replace Human Organ Donations - CON
    HirakuTsujimoto Speaker Japan
  • Q&A: Expert Dialogue on [Session Topic]
    KenjiMatsui Judge United States
    NihalBashir Judge United Arab Emirates
  • Voting and Summary
  • Announce Winners and Prize Presentation
304
  • Structure and Function of the Feline Kidney: Clinical Perspectives on Disease Development
    TakakoShimokawa Speaker Japan
  • TBC
  • Physiological functions of a cetacean-specific aquaporin
    MiwaSuzuki Speaker Japan
  • Q&A
315
  • Implementing the WHO Resolution on Kidney Health
    MarcelloTonelli Speaker Canada
501 - 502
LilyMushahar Chair Malaysia
  • Supporting Patients in Choosing Peritoneal Dialysis as a Treatment Option
    RajnishMehrotra Speaker United States
  • Person-centered multidimensional support for patients on home dialysis
    RachaelWalker Speaker New Zealand
  • Peritoneal Dialysis for Older Adults With Kidney Failure
    EdwinaBrown Speaker United Kingdom
  • Hybrid PD and HD: Solution for long-term patients?
    YasuhikoIto Speaker Japan
  • Q&A
503
AdeeraLevin Chair Canada
  • Existing and Emerging Challenges to Providing Equitable and Sustainable Kidney Care
    AndrejSkoberne Speaker Slovenia
  • Biological and Clinical Sex Differences in Kidney Health and Disease
    KateStevens Speaker United Kingdom
  • Opportunities for Delivering Equitable and Sustainable Kidney Care
    LuxiaZhang Speaker China
  • Q&A
Main Hall
3:15 p.m.
3:45 p.m.
Industry Spotlight Session
Spotlight Stage 2
3:50 p.m.
4:50 p.m.
  • Paediatric Transplantation in LMICs: Building Family-Centered Infrastructure
    PriyaPais Speaker India
  • Against the Odds: Establishing a Hospital-Based Transplant Program in Cameroon
    GloriaAshuntantang Speaker Cameroon
  • Collaboration and Commitment: Malaysia's Journey Toward Transplant Independence
    Muhammad IqbalAbdul Hafidz Speaker Malaysia
  • Q&A
301 - 302
  • Opening & Session Introduction
    AdeeraLevin Chair Canada
  • Global Overview: The ISN-Global Kidney Health Atlas 2025 Update
    SomkanyaTungsanga Speaker Canada
  • Regional Perspectives: Gaps and Successes in Kidney Care Delivery
    ArpanaIyengar Speaker India
  • Innovation & Collaboration for Better Kidney Health
    AminuBello Speaker Canada
  • Future Directions Q&A & Closing
    MasaomiNangaku Speaker Japan
303
  • Recent Advances in Treatment of Pediatric Nephrotic Syndrome
    KoichiNAKANISHI Speaker Japan
  • TBA
    RulanParekh Speaker Canada
  • Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibodies in Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome: Evolving Therapeutic Landscape
    Eugene Yu HinChan Speaker Hong Kong, China
304
  • Anti-nephrin mediated podocytopathy
    Felicitas E.Hengel Speaker Germany
  • PLA2R epitope pairing is essential for complement activation in membranous nephropathy
    Cheng-LungKu Speaker Taiwan
  • Novel Anti-GBM antibodies
    Ming-huiZhao Speaker China
313 - 314
315
  • Patient-reported Outcomes in Glomerular Disease: Considering the Whole Person
    MichelleO'Shaughnessy Speaker Ireland
  • Infectious Complications in Primary Glomerular Disease: Ensuring the Cure Isn’t Worse Than the Disease
    BalazsOdler Speaker Austria
  • Cardiovascular Disease in Primary Glomerular Diseases: Quantifying and Reducing Risk
    MarkCanney Speaker Canada
  • Q&A
501 - 502
MarliesOstermann Chair United Kingdom
  • Introduction to Implementation Science in AKI and Acute Care Nephrology
    YuvaramReddy Speaker United States
  • What Is the Acute Disease Quality Initiative (ADQI) and Why Do We Need ADQI XXXV?
    MarliesOstermann Speaker United Kingdom
  • What Did We Learn in ADQI XXXV?
    OleksaRewa Speaker Canada
  • Q&A
503
  • KDIGO Updates on Management of CKD Anemia
  • Global Disparities in CKD Anemia Management
    SunitaBavanandan Speaker Malaysia
  • Beyond Erythropoiesis-stimulating Agents and Iron: Navigating the Future of Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease Management
    Kai-UweEckardt Speaker Germany
  • Q&A
Main Hall
5 p.m.
6 p.m.
Industry Symposium
301 - 302
Industry Symposium
303
Industry Symposium
304
Industry Symposium
315
Industry Symposium
503
  • Advancing Clinical Trials: Empowering the Kidney Community Through Clinical Trial Awareness
    AndreaViecelli Speaker Australia
  • The ISN TrialWatch: Bringing the Latest Evidence to the Kidney Community
    MeganBorkum Speaker Canada
  • The ISN Guide for Everyone: Making Clinical Research Accessible and Meaningful
    AdeeraLevin Speaker Canada
Spotlight Stage 1

31 March 2026

Time Session
8 a.m.
9 a.m.
Industry Symposium
303
9:10 a.m.
10:40 a.m.
KateBramham Chair United Kingdom
  • Global Burden of Pregnancy Associated Acute Kidney Injury - Presentation of the Global 2025 Survey and Snapshot Study
    RashaShemies Speaker Egypt
  • Improving Diagnosis of Kidney Disease in Pregnancy - New Definitions for All Resource Settings Including Pregnancy TMA
    KatherineClark Speaker United Kingdom
  • CKD in Pregnancy - New Approaches to a Growing Challenge
    DIVYABAJPAI Speaker India
  • Implementing Simple, Scalable, Co-designed Solutions for Kidney Health in Policy and Practice
    StephenMutiso Speaker Kenya
  • Q&A
301 - 302
  • Understanding Gender Disparities in Kidney Transplantation - a Causal Inference Approach
    JessicaHarding Speaker United States
  • Pragmatic Medicine - Learning From the Indian Experience
    Shyam BihariBansal Speaker India
  • Strategies to Help Patients With Medications and Complex Medical Systems
  • Reducing the Environmental Footprint in Transplantation
    IvoLaranjinha Speaker Portugal
  • Q&A
303
  • Pre-test: Deep Dive Into the Indication of Genetic Testing, is the More the Merrier?
    RoserTorra Speaker Spain
  • The Test: Nephro-genomic Board Simulation: Variant Scientist X Genetic Nephrologist
    DanielGale Speaker United Kingdom
  • Risk Alleles and Low Penetrance Variants in Nephrology: The Gap in Evidence
    JanewitWongboonsin Speaker Thailand
  • The Patient Voice
    SusieGear Speaker United Kingdom
Main Hall
11 a.m.
12 p.m.
301 - 302
  • Climate, Country, and Kidney Health: Indigenous Perspectives on Environmental and Health Justice
  • Green Nephrology: Rethinking Sustainability in Dialysis Systems
    Winston Wing ShingFung Speaker Hong Kong, China
  • Heat, Sweat, and Silence: Two Decades of Uncovering Mesoamerican Nephropathy
    RamonGarcia Trabanino Speaker El Salvador
  • When Funding Fades: Geopolitical Shifts and Kidney Health in Fragile Settings
    GraceKansiime Speaker Uganda
  • Q&A
303
  • Complement activation in Diabetic Kidney Disease
    MinChen Speaker China
  • Spatial Transcriptomics in Diabetic Kidney Disease
    BERNHARDDUMOULIN Speaker United States
  • Metabolomics in Diabetic Kidney Disease
    ReikoInagi Speaker Japan
304
AliAbu-Alfa Chair Lebanon
KeiFukami Chair Japan
LilyMushahar Chair Malaysia
  • ISN Roles in Humanitarian Works
    AliAbu-Alfa Speaker Lebanon
  • Preparedness for a Disaster: Pitfalls and Solutions
    SerhanTuglular Speaker Turkey
  • Earthquake Disaster: Lessons Learnt from Japan
    KeiFukami Speaker Japan
  • Resilient Kidney Care: Adaptation and Recovery After a Disaster
    SabineKaram Speaker United States
  • Q&A
Main Hall
12:10 p.m.
1:10 p.m.
Plenary Lecture 4: Hugh de Wardener Lecture - Creating Paradigm Shifts in Medical Diagnostics Using Liquid Biopsy
DennisLo Speaker Hong Kong, China
Main Hall