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

Global Kidney Policy Forum

Welcome Event

Tropical Networking

Poster Sessions

28 March 2026

Time	Session

5 p.m. 6 p.m.	Young Nephrologists Quiz-a-Thon IV: Japan edition Spotlight Stage 2
6 p.m. 6:45 p.m.	Spotlight on ISN-GKHA: Tracking a Decade of Global Kidney Health Progress Tracking the Evolution of Kidney Health Systems: Insights from ISN-GKHA 2017–2024 GeorginaIrish Speaker georgina@anzdata.org.auAustralia From Data to Action: How the ISN-GKHA Map Drives Policy and Advocacy MarinaWainstein Speaker marinawainstein@outlook.comArgentina Looking Ahead: Priorities and Plans for the ISN-GKHA 2027 Edition AminuBello Speaker aminu1@ualberta.caCanada Spotlight Stage 1	ISN Community Film Event: Kidney Stories from Around the World Spotlight Stage 2

29 March 2026

Time	Session

11 a.m. 12 p.m.	Industry Spotlight Session 10+12 ShoichiMaruyama Chair marus@med.nagoya-u.ac.jpJapan A Snapshot of aHUS ShoichiMaruyama Speaker marus@med.nagoya-u.ac.jpJapan The aHUS Clinical Picture AnujaJava Speaker ajava@wustl.eduUnited States Highlighting AHUS Associated With Triggers WaiLim Speaker wai.lim@health.wa.gov.auAustralia Q&A Spotlight Stage 1	Industry Spotlight Session 9 HidetoshiKanai Chair kanai8140002@yahoo.co.jpJapan Translating Intention into Action: Growing and Sustaining Home Dialysis Program HidetoshiKanai Speaker kanai8140002@yahoo.co.jpJapan Q&A Session HidetoshiKanai Speaker kanai8140002@yahoo.co.jpJapan Spotlight Stage 2
12:45 p.m. 1:30 p.m.	Shared-Decision Making Spotlight Stage 1
1:30 p.m. 2 p.m.	The Dialysis Games RashaDarwish Speaker dr.rasha-darwish@hotmail.comEgypt SourabhSharma Speaker drsourabh05@gmail.comIndia Spotlight Stage 2
2:10 p.m. 2:40 p.m.	Industry Spotlight Session 20 PeterZipfel Chair pzipfel@elevabiologics.comGermany BerndJilma Speaker bernd.jilma@meduniwien.ac.atAustria Spotlight Stage 1
2:30 p.m. 3 p.m.	Industry Spotlight Session 19 DavidCherney Chair david.cherney@uhn.on.caCanada Welcome and introduction DavidCherney Chair david.cherney@uhn.on.caCanada More than CKD: identifying and managing CV risk in patients With CKD DavidCherney Speaker david.cherney@uhn.on.caCanada Audience Q&A DavidCherney Moderator david.cherney@uhn.on.caCanada Toshiyuki Ko Moderator tkou-tky@umin.ac.jpJapan From the kidneys to the heart: practical management tools for CV risk in patients with CKD Toshiyuki Ko Speaker tkou-tky@umin.ac.jpJapan Audience Q&A DavidCherney Moderator david.cherney@uhn.on.caCanada Toshiyuki Ko Moderator tkou-tky@umin.ac.jpJapan Summary and close DavidCherney Chair david.cherney@uhn.on.caCanada Spotlight Stage 2
3:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m.	Industry Spotlight Session 21 HironoriKobayashi Chair hkoba1974@gmail.comJapan Utilizing Remote Patient Management in PD Treatment: Sharesource & MyPD Enables Team-Based Care and Healthcare Collaboration HironoriKobayashi Speaker hkoba1974@gmail.comJapan Q&A Session HironoriKobayashi Speaker hkoba1974@gmail.comJapan Spotlight Stage 2
5 p.m. 5:30 p.m.	From Seed to Impact: Building Global Kidney Care Capacity through ISN Grants RobertWalker Chair rob.walker@otago.ac.nzNew Zealand TakashiKobayashi Speaker t-koba@juntendo.ac.jpJapan FarnazNobi Speaker nobifarnaz@gmail.comBangladesh AhadQayyum Speaker drahadqayyum@gmail.comPakistan Spotlight Stage 1
5:15 p.m. 6:15 p.m.	The Kidney Tank 3.0 - The Japanese Version SwapnilHiremath Speaker shiremath@toh.caCanada MythriShankar Speaker mythri.nish@gmail.comIndia ManjushaYadla Speaker manjuyadla@gmail.comIndia Spotlight Stage 2
5:30 p.m. 6:15 p.m.	Your Nephrology Journey: Generalist or Specialist? AhadQayyum Speaker drahadqayyum@gmail.comPakistan Kanako Terakawa Speaker k.terakawa.med@gmail.comJapan NikolayBulanov Speaker nmbulanov@gmail.comRussia SabineKaram Speaker sabinejkaram@gmail.comUnited States YannickNlandu Speaker yannicknlandu@yahoo.frDemocratic Republic of Congo Spotlight Stage 1

30 March 2026

Time	Session

11 a.m. 11:30 a.m.	Translating Knowledge Into Action: Implementing the ISN i3C CKDu Toolkit for Global Impact Understanding the CKDu Challenge: A Global Health Priority ErangaWijewickrama Speaker erangasw@gmail.comSri Lanka Inside the ISN i3C CKDu Toolkit: Structure, Stages, and Key Components Ana CatalinaAlvarez Elias Speaker anacatalina.alvarezelias@rriny.comUnited States From Knowledge to Action: Implementing the Toolkit for Global Impact Magdalena Madero Speaker madero.magdalena@gmail.comMexico Spotlight Stage 1	Industry Spotlight Session 39 JosephineChow Chair Josephine.Chow@health.nsw.gov.auAustralia Empowering Nurses is a Key for Home Dialysis Expansion JosephineChow Speaker Josephine.Chow@health.nsw.gov.auAustralia Q & A Session JosephineChow Moderator Josephine.Chow@health.nsw.gov.auAustralia Spotlight Stage 2
12:45 p.m. 1:15 p.m.	Social Media Impacts Nephrology Clinical Practice CristinaPopa Speaker cristina.adriana.popa90@gmail.comRomania DIVYABAJPAI Speaker divyaa24@gmail.comIndia Spotlight Stage 1
1 p.m. 2 p.m.	ISN Program Awards RobertWalker Chair rob.walker@otago.ac.nzNew Zealand Henry H LWu Awardee honlinhenry.wu@health.nsw.gov.auAustralia SukanyaGovindan Awardee sukanyagovindan@gmail.comIndia PriyaPais Awardee priyapais@gmail.comIndia PhuTran Nguyen Trong Awardee tntphu@ctump.edu.vnVietnam Spotlight Stage 2
1:15 p.m. 2 p.m.	Teach PD Spotlight Stage 1
2:10 p.m. 2:40 p.m.	Industry Spotlight Session 50 Atul DattatreyaSajgure Chair atulsajgure@yahoo.comIndia JavedVakil Chair jmvakvakil@gmail.comIndia T Balasubramaniyan Speaker mmcnephro@gmail.comIndia SiddharthLakhani Speaker siddharthlakhani1@gmail.comIndia Neuropathic Pain in CKD and Dialysis T Balasubramaniyan Speaker mmcnephro@gmail.comIndia Current and Emerging Therapies for Peripheral Neuropathy in CKD & Dialysis PratikDas Speaker drpratiktumpa.das70@gmail.comIndia Spotlight Stage 1
3:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m.	Squid Game Season 2: A Thrilling Game to Learn Kidney Genetics DanielO'Hara Moderator daniel.ohara@sydney.edu.auAustralia Becky MingyaoMa Moderator mymbecky@gmail.comHong Kong, China Spotlight Stage 1	Industry Spotlight Session 51 RajivAgarwal Chair ragarwal@iu.eduUnited States The Pillar Perspective: A Deep Dive Into Clinical Evidence RajivAgarwal Speaker ragarwal@iu.eduUnited States Panel Discussion Multimodal Management of CKD and HF RajivAgarwal Moderator ragarwal@iu.eduUnited States Jozine TerMaaten Panel j.m.ter.maaten@umcg.nlNetherlands NaokiSato Panel nms-ns@nms.ac.jpJapan Spotlight Stage 2
5 p.m. 5:30 p.m.	Clinical Trials Demystified: How ISN TrialWatch and the Guide for Everyone Empower Understanding and Participation Building Clinical Trial Awareness in the Kidney Community Andrea Viecelli Speaker andrea.viecelli@usz.chSwitzerland ISN TrialWatch: Bringing the Latest Evidence to the Kidney Community MeganBorkum Speaker mborkum@gmail.comCanada The ISN Guide for Everyone: Demystifying Clinical Research AdeeraLevin Speaker alevin@providencehealth.bc.caCanada Spotlight Stage 1	Support Your Non-Physician Kidney Care Allies: Launch of a Global Curriculum by ISN Emerging Leaders cohort 3 MythriShankar Moderator mythri.nish@gmail.comIndia Becky MingyaoMa Moderator mymbecky@gmail.comHong Kong, China MarekKollar Moderator marek.kollar@ikem.czCzech Republic Spotlight Stage 2
5:30 p.m. 6 p.m.	When Disasters Are the Norm: A 2050 Kidney Care Simulation Micro-scenario 1: Water Disruption — a 2050 Simulation Vignette SayakaIshigaki Speaker ishigaki@hama-med.ac.jpJapan Micro-Scenario 2: Digital Outage and Logistics Delay Chia-TerChao Speaker b88401084@gmail.comTaiwan A Set of “Resilience Provocations” for 2050 Kyung DonYoo Speaker ykd9062@gmail.comSouth Korea Spotlight Stage 1	Women in Nephrology: Home Dialysis Perspectives From Three Regions Women in Nephrology USA: Regional Experience and Insights MalaSachdeva Speaker msachdeva@northwell.eduUnited States Women in Nephrology in India: Progress, Barriers, and Opportunities UrmilaAnandh Speaker uanandh@gmail.comIndia Women in Nephrology in Africa: Lessons Learned KhalidaBulhan - Soki Speaker drkbsoki@gmail.comKenya Questions and Answers Spotlight Stage 2