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
8:30 a.m.
10 a.m.
Breaking New Ground in Clinical Trials
BrendanSmyth Moderator brendanjsmyth@gmail.comAustralia
  • High Level Summary of the Two Previous Webinars
    AdeeraLevin Speaker alevin@providencehealth.bc.caCanada
  • Designing Trials for Inclusivity and Generalizability
    Andrea Viecelli Speaker andrea.viecelli@usz.chSwitzerland
  • Trials Without Borders
    RathikaKrishnasamy Speaker Rathika.Krishnasamy@health.qld.gov.auAustralia
  • Use of Novel Tools in Kidney Research
    Pedro HenriqueFranca Gois Speaker pedro.francagois@health.nsw.gov.auAustralia
  • Q&A Session
303
12:15 p.m.
1:15 p.m.
Implementation Science in Action
MichaelWalsh Moderator lastwalsh1975@gmail.comCanada
  • Practical Aspects of Implementation Science; Hands-on Studies
    Tae WonYi Speaker taewon.yi@gmail.comCanada
  • Value of Implementation Science
    RukshanaShroff Speaker Rukshana.Shroff@gosh.nhs.ukUnited Kingdom
  • Implementation Science in Digital Health: Clinical Trials Using Mobile Applications for Patient Interventions
    YusukeSakaguchi Speaker sakaguchi@kid.med.osaka-u.ac.jpJapan
  • Take Home Messages
    MegJardine Speaker meg.jardine@sydney.edu.auAustralia
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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
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.
  • Advancing the Next Wave of Therapies in Chronic Kidney Disease
    DustinLittle Speaker dustin.little@astrazeneca.comUnited States
  • Effects of Finerenone on Biomarkers: Mechanistic Insights From Proteomic Analyses in Clinical Trials
    MarioBerger Speaker mario.berger@bayer.comGermany
  • Future Directions in CRM Care: Advancing Research and Therapeutic Innovation
    AntonioGarreta Rufas Speaker antonio.garreta_rufas@boehringer-ingelheim.comGermany
  • Innovative Strategies for Clinical Trial Design in IgAN
    LokeshShah Speaker lokesh.shah@otsuka-us.comUnited States
  • Improving Outcomes in Complement-mediated Kidney Diseases
    Marianne Silkjær Nielsen Speaker Msn@compcure.orgSwitzerland
  • Advancing Mechanistic Trials through Industry–Academia Collaboration: Insights from the REMODEL Trial
    ManuelMayrdorfer Speaker mumf@novonordisk.comDenmark
  • Why? When? How? How to Maximize Patient Outcomes From the Start of Dialysis
    PeterRutherford Speaker peter.rutherford@vantive.comSwitzerland
301 - 302

30 March 2026

Time Session
9:25 a.m.
10:55 a.m.
GermaineWong Moderator germaine.wong@health.nsw.gov.auAustralia
  • 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
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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
5 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
  • 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
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