Program for all days

Better Kidney Health
The Interconnected Kidney
Preserving Kidney Health
The Smart Kidney
Plenary Sessions
WCN Courses
Spotlight Sessions
Special Sessions
Global Kidney Policy Forum
Welcome Event
Topical Networking
Poster Sessions

28 March 2026

Time Session
3:45 p.m.
4:45 p.m.
MalaSachdeva Moderator United States
  • Women in Nephrology (WIN): Breaking Barriers in Kidney Health - Gender Disparities in CKD and Dialysis
    MalaSachdeva Speaker United States
  • WIN-India: The Social Construct of Organ Donation -Are Women Forced to Donate?
    PriyamvadaP S Speaker India
  • 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 Kenya
  • Q&A
313 - 314

29 March 2026

Time Session
9:25 a.m.
10:55 a.m.
Sydney Tang Moderator Hong Kong, China
  • 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
  • From Data to Discovery: Insights from ADPKD Registries Across the Asia-Pacific
    KornchanokVareesangthip Speaker Thailand
  • Genetics of Chronic Kidney Disease in East Asians
    YukaSugawara Speaker Japan
  • Q&A
303
Kent Doi Moderator Japan
  • Key Changes in AKI and AKD Definitions and Prognosis
    SamiraBell Speaker United Kingdom
  • Identifying and Preventing AKI and AKD in High-risk Scenarios
    MarliesOstermann Speaker United Kingdom
  • Clinical Management of Acute Kidney Injury and Acute Kidney Disease
    VivekanandJha Speaker India
  • Optimizing Kidney Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury and Acute Kidney Disease
    NattachaiSrisawat Speaker Thailand
  • Q&A
501 - 502
2:10 p.m.
3:10 p.m.
VicenteTorres Moderator United States
  • Introduction of the Lillian Jean Kaplan Prize for PKD & Award Presentation
    VicenteTorres Moderator United States
  • Kaplan Prize winner: Disease modifying drugs for ADPKD: a rapidly evolving field.
    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
  • Q&A
303
DinaAbdellatif Moderator Egypt
Li-LiHsiao Moderator United States
ManjushaYadla Moderator India
315
ImariMimura Moderator Japan
JuliaMader Moderator Australia
  • Modern Management of Diabetic Kidney Disease: From Early Detection to Precision Therapy
    JanakaKaralliedde Speaker United Kingdom
  • Beyond HbA1c: Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Kidney Disease Care
    JuliaMader Speaker Australia
  • Drug Development in Diabetic Kidney Disease
    PeterRossing Speaker Denmark
  • Q&A
501 - 502
3:50 p.m.
4:50 p.m.
KeizoKanasaki Moderator kkanasakidr@gmail.comJapan
  • Autoantibodies Targeting Podocyte-specific Antigens in Primary Nephrotic Syndrome
    TobiasHuber Speaker Germany
  • Insights from the Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network (NEPTUNE) and Cure Glomerulonephropathy (CureGN) groups
    AlessiaFornoni Speaker United States
  • Podocyte-directed Progression of Kidney Injury in FSGS and DKD
    John CijiangHe Speaker United States
  • Q&A
304

30 March 2026

Time Session
8:10 a.m.
9:10 a.m.
BradRovin Moderator United States
PierreRonco Moderator France
  • Defining Vision and Scope
    PierreRonco Speaker France
  • Introducing Kidney International Clinical Reports Journal
    SwapnilHiremath Speaker Canada
  • Choosing the Right Nephrology Journal
    PierreRonco Speaker France
  • How Editors Assess Manuscripts
    BradRovin Speaker United States
  • Responding to Reviewer Comments
    JaiRadhakrishnan Speaker United States
  • Dealing With Statistics in Kidney Research
    GermaineWong Speaker Australia
  • From First Draft to First Author: Perspectives From a KI Editorial Fellow
    GriffithPerkins Speaker Australia
  • Panel Discussion
313 - 314
9:25 a.m.
10:55 a.m.
ReikoInagi Moderator Japan
  • Shaping the Future of Kidney Regeneration
    TakashiYokoo Speaker Japan
  • From iPS Cells to Kidneys: A Roadmap to Regeneration
    KenjiOsafune Speaker Japan
  • Breakthrough Discoveries Shaping the Future of Kidney Repair
    YunXia Speaker xia_yun@a-star.edu.sgSingapore
  • Cutting-Edge Strategies in Kidney Regeneration
    JonathanHimmelfarb Speaker United States
  • Q&A
301 - 302
AhadQayyum Panel Pakistan
BiancaDavidson Panel South Africa
HannahBeckwith Panel United Kingdom
Winston Wing ShingFung Panel Hong Kong, China
  • A Novel Automated Immunoassay for Anti-nephrin Autoantibodies Using a Mutant Nephrin Antigen
    MasayaMuto Awardee Japan
  • Targeting B Cells Upfront: Comparing Safety and Efficacy of Rituximab and Corticosteroids as a First Line Therapy in Newly Diagnosed Cases of Adult-onset Minimal Change Disease (B-ripp Study)
    PritiMeena Awardee India
  • Molecular Mechanisms of Kidney Aging: From Bench to Bedside
    TakeshiYamamoto Speaker Japan
  • Rethinking Goals of Care in Elderly Dialysis Patients
    HannahBeckwith Speaker United Kingdom
  • Providing Care for the Aging Kidney in Low-resource Settings
    AhadQayyum Speaker Pakistan
  • Synergy in Senescence: New Perspectives on Kidney Aging
    TakeshiYamamoto Speaker Japan
304
BradRovin Moderator United States
GermaineWong Moderator Australia
PierreRonco Moderator France
  • 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 and Translational Science
    NahidTabibzadeh Speaker France
  • Kidney International Reports in Focus: Annual Highlights
    JaiRadhakrishnan Speaker United States
  • Kidney International Reports in Focus: Annual Highlights
    JaiRadhakrishnan Speaker United States
  • Kidney International Reports in Focus: Annual Highlights
    JaiRadhakrishnan 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)
    Louis-CharlesDesbiens Speaker Canada
  • ISN-KI Fellows: Where Are They Now?
    GermaineWong Speaker Australia
315
2:10 p.m.
3:10 p.m.
KornchanokVareesangthip Moderator Thailand
  • Introduction
  • Proposition Speech 1
    UgochiOnu Speaker Nigeria
  • Opposition Speech 1
    HirakuTsujimoto Speaker Japan
  • Rebuttal and Proposition Speech 2
    I-RuChen Speaker Taiwan
  • Rebuttal and Opposition Speech 2
  • Audience Participation And Questions From Judges
    KenjiMatsui Judge United States
    NihalBashir Judge United Arab Emirates
  • Voting and Summary
  • Announcement of Winner and Prize Presentation
304
Ana Elizabeth Figueiredo Moderator Brazil
LilyMushahar Moderator 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 Dialysis Models for Long-term Kidney Replacement Therapy
    YasuhikoIto Speaker Japan
  • Q&A
503
AdeeraLevin Moderator alevin@providencehealth.bc.caCanada
JenniferLees Moderator United Kingdom
MidoriSakashita Moderator Japan
  • Advances in the Diagnosis and Detection of CKD
    LuxiaZhang Speaker China
  • Advances in Understanding the Impact of Sex on Kidney Health and Disease
    KateStevens Speaker United Kingdom
  • Advances in CKD Therapeutics in the Context of Complex Disease Interactions
    AndrejSkoberne Speaker Slovenia
  • Q&A
Main Hall
3:50 p.m.
4:50 p.m.
KenjiIshikura Moderator Japan
RulanParekh Moderator Canada
  • Emerging Treatments for Pediatric Nephrotic Syndrome
    KoichiNAKANISHI Speaker Japan
  • 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 Canada
  • What Clinicians Should Know About Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibodies in Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome
    Eugene Yu HinChan Speaker Hong Kong, China
  • Q&A
304
GloriaAshuntantang Moderator Cameroon
  • Mandatory Reporting of Suspicious Transplant-related Cases
    Maria AmaliaMatamoros Speaker Costa Rica
  • Incentives to Reduce Organ Shortage
    KhalidaBulhan - Soki Speaker Kenya
  • Addressing Inequities to Prevent Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism
    LiliaCervantes Speaker United States
  • Q&A
315
AnuragSingh Moderator Canada
MarliesOstermann Moderator United Kingdom
  • Why Implementation Science Matters in Acute Kidney Care
    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 From ADQI XXXV?
    OleksaRewa Speaker Canada
  • Q&A
503

31 March 2026

Time Session
9:10 a.m.
10:40 a.m.
DIVYABAJPAI Moderator India
KateBramham Moderator United Kingdom
  • Global Snapshot of Pregnancy-associated Acute Kidney Injury: Results From the 2025 Global Survey
    KatherineClark Speaker United Kingdom
  • Improving Pregnancy-related Kidney Disease Diagnosis
    RashaShemies Speaker Egypt
  • Emerging Strategies for CKD Care During Pregnancy
    DIVYABAJPAI Speaker India
  • Q&A
301 - 302
GeorginaIrish Moderator Australia
  • Using Causal Inference to Study Gender Gaps in Transplant Access
    JessicaHarding Speaker United States
  • Pragmatic Medicine: Learning From the Indian Experience
    Shyam BihariBansal Speaker India
  • Helping Patients Manage Medications and Complex Health Systems
    GermaineWong Speaker Australia
  • Reducing the Environmental Footprint in Transplantation
    IvoLaranjinha Speaker Portugal
  • Q&A
303
11 a.m.
12 p.m.
TadashiTomo Moderator Japan
  • Dialysis Membranes and Patient Survival
    AbeMasanori Speaker Japan
  • Sex-specific Outcomes and Prognosis in Dialysis Care
    SaoriNishio Speaker Japan
  • Practical Aspects of Preserving the Peritoneal Dialysis Membrane
    Ana Elizabeth Figueiredo Speaker Brazil
301 - 302
KeiFukami Moderator Japan
LilyMushahar Moderator Malaysia
SerhanTuglular Moderator Turkey
  • The ISN Role in Humanitarian Kidney Care
    AliAbu-Alfa Speaker abualfa@aub.edu.lbLebanon
  • Disaster Preparedness in Kidney Care: 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