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
2 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
Jean Hamburger Award
MarcelloTonelli Moderator cello@ucalgary.caCanada
MasaomiNangaku Moderator mnangaku@m.u-tokyo.ac.jpJapan
SunitaBavanandan Moderator sbavanandan@gmail.comMalaysia
KazutoshiMori Speaker mori.kazutoshi.8r@kyoto-u.ac.jpJapan
TakashiKadowaki Speaker t-kadowaki@toranomon.kkr.or.jpJapan
  • Welcome and ISN Presidential Address
    MarcelloTonelli Speaker cello@ucalgary.caCanada
  • Jean Hamburger Award Presentation
  • Welcome Speech by JSN President
    MasaomiNangaku Speaker mnangaku@m.u-tokyo.ac.jpJapan
  • Welcome Speech by APSN President
    XueqingYu Speaker yuxueqing@gdph.org.cnChina
  • Dynamics of the Function and Regulation of the Endoplasmic Reticulum
    KazutoshiMori Speaker mori.kazutoshi.8r@kyoto-u.ac.jpJapan
  • ISN Film Event Winner Presentation
Main Hall
3:45 p.m.
4:45 p.m.
DavidWheeler Moderator d.wheeler@ucl.ac.ukUnited Kingdom
KatherineTuttle Moderator Katherine.Tuttle@providence.orgUnited States
  • REMODEL Trial Overview: Framework and Key Outcomes
    PetterBjornstad Speaker pettermb@uw.eduUnited 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 david.cherney@uhn.on.caCanada
  • Aldosterone Blockade for Health Improvement Evaluation in End-stage Renal Disease Trial
    (ACHIEVE)
    MichaelWalsh Speaker lastwalsh1975@gmail.comCanada
  • 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 julien.hogan2@aphp.frFrance
  • Q&A Session
Main Hall

29 March 2026

Time Session
9:25 a.m.
10:55 a.m.
AdeeraLevin Moderator alevin@providencehealth.bc.caCanada
Andrea Viecelli Moderator andrea.viecelli@usz.chSwitzerland
RobertoPecoits-Filho Moderator roberto.pecoits@arborresearch.orgUnited States
  • RESOLVE Trial: Sodium Concentration in Dialysis Populations — a Global Cluster Randomized Study
    MegJardine Speaker meg.jardine@sydney.edu.auAustralia
  • Q&A
  • Key Aspects of the VOICE Clinical Trial on Anemia in Dialysis Patients
    ShuchiAnand Speaker sanand2@stanford.eduUnited States
  • Q&A
  • TEACH-PD Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial: Targeted Education ApproaCH to improve Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes
    JosephineChow Speaker Josephine.Chow@health.nsw.gov.auAustralia
  • Q&A
  • The Renal Life Cycle: Development, Maturity, and Decline
    HiddoLambers Heerspink Speaker H.J.Lambers.Heerspink@umcg.nlNetherlands
  • Q&A
  • 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
    Joint Presentation
    Selvin Sundar RajMani Speaker selvinsr@gmail.comIndia
    SuceenaAlexander Speaker suceena@gmail.comIndia
  • Q&A
  • ASPIRE Trial: Aspirin Use in Dialysis Patients in China
    XueqingYu Speaker yuxueqing@gdph.org.cnChina
  • Q&A
Main Hall
11:35 a.m.
12:35 p.m.
Bywaters Award
AkiraNishiyama Moderator nishiyama.akira@kagawa-u.ac.jpJapan
LizLightstone Moderator l.lightstone@imperial.ac.ukUnited Kingdom
Sydney Tang Moderator scwtang@hku.hkHong Kong, China
PaolaRomagnani Speaker paola.romagnani@unifi.itItaly
  • Bywaters Award Presentation
  • Knowns and Unknowns
    PaolaRomagnani Speaker paola.romagnani@unifi.itItaly
Main Hall
2:10 p.m.
3:10 p.m.
In IgA Nephropathy
HeatherReich Moderator Heather.Reich@uhn.caCanada
Sydney Tang Moderator scwtang@hku.hkHong Kong, China
YusukeSuzuki Moderator yusuke@juntendo.ac.jpJapan
  • 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 H.J.Lambers.Heerspink@umcg.nlNetherlands
  • 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 yxb7829@163.comChina
  • Efficacy and Safety of Iptacopan in Patients With IgA Nephropathy (IgAN): Final 24-month Results From the Phase III APPLAUSE-IgAN Study
    VladoPerkovic Speaker vlado.perkovic@unsw.edu.auAustralia
  • Q&A
Main Hall
3:50 p.m.
4:50 p.m.
  • SUMOylation of Podocin Reverses the Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease
    PedroGeraldes Speaker Pedro.Geraldes@USherbrooke.caCanada
  • SUMOylation Activates β-Catenin and Contributes to Kidney Fibrosis
    ZhengDong Speaker zdong@augusta.eduUnited States
Main Hall

30 March 2026

Time Session
9:25 a.m.
10:55 a.m.
KeiFukami Moderator fukami@med.kurume-u.ac.jpJapan
LizLightstone Moderator l.lightstone@imperial.ac.ukUnited Kingdom
  • Effect of a 12-week Intradialytic Cycling Intervention on Hemodialysis-induced Myocardial Stunning: A Multi-centre Randomized Controlled Trial
    ClaraBohm Speaker cbohm@sogh.mb.caCanada
  • Effect of Finerenone on Circulating Biomarkers: A CONFIDENCE Analysis
    MarioBerger Speaker mario.berger@bayer.comGermany
  • Effect of Simultaneous Initiation of Finerenone and Empagliflozin on Urinary Albumin-to-creatinine Ratio by Age and Sex in the CONFIDENCE Trial
    RajivAgarwal Speaker ragarwal@iu.eduUnited States
  • Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate, Systolic Blood Pressure, and Urinary Albumin-to-creatinine Ratio — Unravelling the Interplay in Combination: Findings From the CONFIDENCE Trial
    RajivAgarwal Speaker ragarwal@iu.eduUnited States
  • Lowering-Hyperuricemia Treatment on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Prospective, Multicenter, Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
    Naya Huang Speaker huangnaya@163.comChina
Main Hall
11:35 a.m.
12:35 p.m.
Schrier Award Presentation
LilyMushahar Moderator lilymushahar@gmail.comMalaysia
MotokoYanagita Moderator motoy@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jpJapan
RobertKalyesubula Moderator rkalyesubula@gmail.comUganda
AnthonyRodgers Speaker arodgers@georgeinstitute.orgAustralia
  • Schrier Award Presentation
  • The Potential of Polypills in CKD
    AnthonyRodgers Speaker arodgers@georgeinstitute.orgAustralia
Main Hall
2:10 p.m.
3:10 p.m.
AdeeraLevin Moderator alevin@providencehealth.bc.caCanada
JenniferLees Moderator jennifer.lees@glasgow.ac.ukUnited Kingdom
  • 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
Main Hall
3:50 p.m.
4:50 p.m.
  • Implementing Updated KDIGO Recommendations for CKD Anemia
    WolfgangWinkelmayer Speaker winkelma@bcm.eduUnited States
  • Why CKD Anemia Care Differs Across Regions
    SunitaBavanandan Speaker sbavanandan@gmail.comMalaysia
  • Beyond Erythropoiesis-stimulating Agents and Iron: Navigating the Future of Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease Management
    Kai-UweEckardt Speaker kai-uwe.eckardt@charite.deGermany
  • Q&A
Main Hall

31 March 2026

Time Session
9:10 a.m.
10:40 a.m.
  • Genetic Pretesting — Is More Always Better?
    RoserTorra Speaker rtorra@fundacio-puigvert.esSpain
  • The Test: Nephro-genomic Board Simulation: Variant Scientist X Genetic Nephrologist
    DanielGale Speaker d.gale@ucl.ac.ukUnited Kingdom
  • Risk Alleles and Low-penetrance Variants in Nephrology: Gaps in Evidence
    JanewitWongboonsin Speaker jwongboonsin@gmail.comThailand
  • The Patient Voice
    SusieGear Speaker susiegear@alportuk.orgUnited Kingdom
  • Q&A
Main Hall
11 a.m.
12 p.m.
AliAbu-Alfa Moderator abualfa@aub.edu.lbLebanon
KeiFukami Moderator fukami@med.kurume-u.ac.jpJapan
LilyMushahar Moderator lilymushahar@gmail.comMalaysia
  • 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
Main Hall
12:10 p.m.
1:10 p.m.
MegJardine Moderator meg.jardine@sydney.edu.auAustralia
ShuchiAnand Moderator sanand2@stanford.eduUnited States
Yuk Ming DennisLO Speaker loym@cuhk.edu.hkHong Kong, China
  • Creating Paradigm Shifts in Medical Diagnostics Using Liquid Biopsy
    Yuk Ming DennisLO Speaker loym@cuhk.edu.hkHong Kong, China
  • Congress Closing
Main Hall