Program for all days

• Women in Nephrology (WIN): Breaking Barriers in Kidney Health - Gender Disparities in CKD and Dialysis
  MalaSachdeva Speaker msachdeva@northwell.eduUnited States
• WIN-India: The Social Construct of Organ Donation -Are Women Forced to Donate?
  PriyamvadaP S Speaker priyamvadaps@gmail.comIndia
• WIN-Africa: Trials And Tribulations: Improving Randomized Controlled Trials- How Reporting Outcomes By Sex/gender Can Make A Difference, And Barriers To Inclusion
  KhalidaBulhan - Soki Speaker drkbsoki@gmail.comKenya
• Q&A

• IgA Nephropathy Study: Current and Perspective
  XueqingYu Speaker yuxueqing@gdph.org.cnChina
• Optimizing Management of Lupus Nephritis – The Clinical, The Bytes and The Bench
  DesmondYap Speaker desmondy@hku.hkHong Kong, China
• From Data to Discovery: Insights from ADPKD Registries Across the Asia-Pacific
  KornchanokVareesangthip Speaker kornchanok.ploy@gmail.comThailand
• Genetics of Chronic Kidney Disease in East Asians
  YukaSugawara Speaker ysuga-tky@m.u-tokyo.ac.jpJapan
• Q&A

• Key Changes in AKI and AKD Definitions and Prognosis
  SamiraBell Speaker stbell@dundee.ac.ukUnited Kingdom
• Identifying and Preventing AKI and AKD in High-risk Scenarios
  MarliesOstermann Speaker m.ostermann@nhs.netUnited Kingdom
• Clinical Management of Acute Kidney Injury and Acute Kidney Disease
  VivekanandJha Speaker vjha@georgeinstitute.org.inIndia
• Optimizing Kidney Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury and Acute Kidney Disease
  NattachaiSrisawat Speaker drnattachai@yahoo.comThailand
• Q&A

• Introduction of the Lillian Jean Kaplan Prize for PKD & Award Presentation
  VicenteTorres Moderator torres.vicente@mayo.eduUnited States
• Kaplan Prize winner: Disease modifying drugs for ADPKD: a rapidly evolving field.
  RonaldGansevoort Speaker r.t.gansevoort@umcg.nlNetherlands
• Platform trials in PKD: Opportunities and Challenges
  MegJardine Speaker meg.jardine@sydney.edu.auAustralia
• Is There a Role for SGLT2 Inhibitors and GLP Analogues in Treating PKD
  MichelChonchol Speaker Michel.Chonchol@comcast.netUnited States
• Q&A

• Key Takeaways from the 2026 WKD Editorial: Shaping the Future of Kidney Health
  DinaAbdellatif Speaker dina.abdellatif@gmail.comEgypt
• Kidney Health and Planetary Health: An Intricate Relationship
  NatarajanGopalakrishnan Speaker srigola751@yahoo.comIndia
• How the Patient Voice Shapes Kidney Care and Research
  NicoleScholes-Robertson Speaker nicole.scholes-robertson@sydney.edu.auAustralia
• Driving Change in Kidney Care: Lessons and Tools That Work
  Augusto CesarSoares dos Santos Junior Speaker acssjunior@hotmail.comBrazil
• Q&A

• 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)
  JanakaKaralliedde Speaker j.karalliedde@kcl.ac.ukUnited Kingdom
• Beyond HbA1c: Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Kidney Disease Care
  JuliaMader Speaker julia.mader@medunigraz.atAustria
• Drug Development in Diabetic Kidney Disease
  PeterRossing Speaker Peter.Rossing@regionh.dkDenmark
• Q&A

• Autoantibodies Targeting Podocyte-specific Antigens in Primary Nephrotic Syndrome
  TobiasHuber Speaker t.huber@uke.deGermany
• Insights from the Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network (NEPTUNE) and Cure Glomerulonephropathy (CureGN) groups
  AlessiaFornoni Speaker afornoni@med.miami.eduUnited States
• Podocyte-directed Progression of Kidney Injury in FSGS and DKD
  John CijiangHe Speaker cijiang.he@mssm.eduUnited States

• Defining Vision and Scope
  PierreRonco Speaker pierreronco@yahoo.frFrance
• Introducing Kidney International Clinical Reports Journal
  SwapnilHiremath Speaker shiremath@toh.caCanada
• Choosing the Right Nephrology Journal
  PierreRonco Speaker pierreronco@yahoo.frFrance
• How Editors Assess Manuscripts
  BradRovin Speaker rovin.1@osu.eduUnited States
• Responding to Reviewer Comments
  JaiRadhakrishnan Speaker jr55@cumc.columbia.eduUnited States
• Dealing With Statistics in Kidney Research
  GermaineWong Speaker germaine.wong@health.nsw.gov.auAustralia
• From First Draft to First Author: Perspectives From a KI Editorial Fellow
  GriffithPerkins Speaker griffith.perkins@adelaide.edu.auAustralia
• Panel Discussion

• Shaping the Future of Kidney Regeneration
  TakashiYokoo Speaker tyokoo@jikei.ac.jpJapan
• From iPS Cells to Kidneys: A Roadmap to Regeneration
  KenjiOsafune Speaker osafu@cira.kyoto-u.ac.jpJapan
• Breakthrough Discoveries Shaping the Future of Kidney Repair
  YunXia Speaker yunxia@ntu.edu.sgSingapore
• Cutting-Edge Strategies in Kidney Regeneration
  JonathanHimmelfarb Speaker jonathan.himmelfarb@mssm.eduUnited States
• Q&A

• 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 tyamamoto@kid.med.osaka-u.ac.jpJapan
• Rethinking Goals of Care in Elderly Dialysis Patients
  HannahBeckwith Speaker hannah.beckwith@kcl.ac.ukUnited Kingdom
• Providing Care for the Aging Kidney in Low-resource Settings
  AhadQayyum Speaker drahadqayyum@gmail.comPakistan
• Synergy in Senescence: New Perspectives on Kidney Aging
  TakeshiYamamoto Speaker tyamamoto@kid.med.osaka-u.ac.jpJapan

• Kidney International in Focus: Annual Highlights
  PierreRonco Speaker pierreronco@yahoo.frFrance
• ISN-KI Fellows: Showcasing Excellence, Part 1 — Pediatrics
  GabrielCara-Fuentes Speaker Gabriel.CaraFuentes@NationwideChildrens.orgUnited States
• ISN-KI Fellows: Showcasing Excellence, Part 2 — Clinical Nephrology
  SaharKoubar Speaker skoubar@umn.eduUnited States
• ISN-KI Fellows: Showcasing Excellence Part 3 — Epidemiology & Clinical Trials
  DavidTunnicliffe Speaker david.tunnicliffe@sydney.edu.auAustralia
• ISN-KI Fellows: Showcasing Excellence, Part 4 — Basic and Translational Science
  NahidTabibzadeh Speaker nahid.tabibzadeh@inserm.frFrance
• Kidney International Reports in Focus: Annual Highlights
  JaiRadhakrishnan Speaker jr55@cumc.columbia.eduUnited States
• Kidney International Reports in Focus: Annual Highlights
  SumitMohan Speaker mohan.sumit@gmail.comUnited States
• Kidney International Reports in Focus: Annual Highlights
  SumitMohan Speaker mohan.sumit@gmail.comUnited States
• Celebrating Excellence: Best Reviewer Awards Presentation
  BradRovin Speaker rovin.1@osu.eduUnited States
• Presentation of Basic Science Awards (Early Career Researcher Awards)
  BERNHARDDUMOULIN Speaker bernhard.dumoulin@gmail.comUnited States
• Presentation of Clinical Science Awards (Early Career Researcher Awards)
  Louis-CharlesDesbiens Speaker louischarles.desbiens@gmail.comCanada
• ISN-KI Fellows: Where Are They Now?
  GermaineWong Speaker germaine.wong@health.nsw.gov.auAustralia

• Introduction
• Proposition Speech 1
  UgochiOnu Speaker ugochionu2008@gmail.comNigeria
• Opposition Speech 1
  HirakuTsujimoto Speaker hira_to_ber3598@yahoo.co.jpJapan
• Rebuttal and Proposition Speech 2
  I-RuChen Speaker angiogenesisbody@gmail.comTaiwan
• Rebuttal and Opposition Speech 2
  Milagros MelissaFlores Fonseca Speaker flores1984md@yahoo.comMexico
• Audience Participation And Questions From Judges
  KenjiMatsui Judge kematsui@gmail.comUnited States

  NihalBashir Judge nmustafabashir@hotmail.comUnited Arab Emirates
• Voting and Summary
• Announcement of Winner and Prize Presentation

• Supporting Patients in Choosing Peritoneal Dialysis as a Treatment Option
  RajnishMehrotra Speaker rmehrotr@uw.eduUnited States
• Person-centered Multidimensional Support for Patients on Home Dialysis
  RachaelWalker Speaker Rachael.walker@auckland.ac.nzNew Zealand
• Peritoneal Dialysis for Older Adults With Kidney Failure
  EdwinaBrown Speaker e.a.brown@imperial.ac.ukUnited Kingdom
• Hybrid Dialysis Models for Long-term Kidney Replacement Therapy
  YasuhikoIto Speaker yasuito57@gmail.comJapan
• Q&A

• Advances in the Diagnosis and Detection of CKD
  LuxiaZhang Speaker zhanglx@bjmu.edu.cnChina
• Advances in Understanding the Impact of Sex on Kidney Health and Disease
  KateStevens Speaker kate.stevens@glasgow.ac.ukUnited Kingdom
• Advances in CKD Therapeutics in the Context of Complex Disease Interactions
  AndrejSkoberne Speaker andrej.b.skoberne@gmail.comSlovenia
• Q&A

• Emerging Treatments for Pediatric Nephrotic Syndrome
  KoichiNAKANISHI Speaker knakanis@cs.u-ryukyu.ac.jpJapan
• Therapies for Nephrotic Syndrome: Short‑Term Impact, Long‑Term Promise
  Identify opportunities to integrate short‑term treatment gains with long‑term management strategies
  RulanParekh Speaker rulan.parekh@wchospital.caCanada
• What Clinicians Should Know About Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibodies in Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome
  Eugene Yu HinChan Speaker genegene.chan@gmail.comHong Kong, China
• Q&A

• Mandatory Reporting of Suspicious Transplant-related Cases
  Maria AmaliaMatamoros Speaker amalia.matamoros@gmail.comCosta Rica
• Incentives to Reduce Organ Shortage
  KhalidaBulhan - Soki Speaker drkbsoki@gmail.comKenya
• Addressing Inequities to Prevent Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism
  LiliaCervantes Speaker Lilia.Cervantes@cuanschutz.eduUnited States
• Q&A

• Why Implementation Science Matters in Acute Kidney Care
  YuvaramReddy Speaker yuvaram.reddy@pennmedicine.upenn.eduUnited States
• What Is the Acute Disease Quality Initiative (ADQI) and Why Do We Need ADQI XXXV?
  MarliesOstermann Speaker m.ostermann@nhs.netUnited Kingdom
• What Did We Learn From ADQI XXXV?
  OleksaRewa Speaker rewa@ualberta.caCanada
• Q&A

• Global Snapshot of Pregnancy-associated Acute Kidney Injury: Results From the 2025 Global Survey
  KatherineClark Speaker katherine.clark@kcl.ac.ukUnited Kingdom
• Improving Pregnancy-related Kidney Disease Diagnosis
  RashaShemies Speaker rashasamir@mans.edu.egEgypt
• Emerging Strategies for CKD Care During Pregnancy
  DIVYABAJPAI Speaker divyaa24@gmail.comIndia
• Implementing Simple, Scalable, Co-designed Solutions for Kidney Health in Policy and Practice
  StephenMutiso Speaker stephenmutiso@gmail.comKenya
• Q&A

• Using Causal Inference to Study Gender Gaps in Transplant Access
  JessicaHarding Speaker jessica.harding@emory.eduUnited States
• Pragmatic Medicine: Learning From the Indian Experience
  Shyam BihariBansal Speaker drshyambansal@gmail.comIndia
• Helping Patients Manage Medications and Complex Health Systems
  GermaineWong Speaker germaine.wong@health.nsw.gov.auAustralia
• Reducing the Environmental Footprint in Transplantation
  IvoLaranjinha Speaker ivolaranjinha@gmail.comPortugal
• Q&A

• Dialysis Membranes and Patient Survival
  AbeMasanori Speaker abe.masanori@nihon-u.ac.jpJapan
• Sex-specific Outcomes and Prognosis in Dialysis Care
  SaoriNishio Speaker saorin@med.hokudai.ac.jpJapan
• Practical Aspects of Preserving the Peritoneal Dialysis Membrane
  Ana Elizabeth Figueiredo Speaker anaef@pucrs.brBrazil

• The ISN Role in Humanitarian Kidney Care
  AliAbu-Alfa Speaker abualfa@aub.edu.lbLebanon
• Disaster Preparedness in Kidney Care: Pitfalls and Solutions
  SerhanTuglular Speaker serhantuglular@yahoo.comTurkey
• Earthquake Disaster: Lessons Learnt from Japan
  KeiFukami Speaker fukami@med.kurume-u.ac.jpJapan
• Resilient Kidney Care: Adaptation and Recovery After a Disaster
  SabineKaram Speaker sabinejkaram@gmail.comUnited States
• Q&A