2010 Agenda
Take part in ISN's 50th anniversary celebrations
The main highlight of the anniversary activities will be the ISN 50 Years Panel Discussions. ISN leaders will focus on the evolution of nephrology, the disparities of kidney care provision across developed and developing countries, and the role that the ISN has played in the last 50 years, and is prepared to play in the future. The event will be disseminated by webcast through the websites of ISN's affiliated societies of nephrology.
To celebrate 50 years of achievements, ISN will also be present at congresses across the globe.
These include:
- ISN Nexus Symposium: April 15-18, 2010, Kyoto, Japan
- Forefronts: May 6-9, 2010, Kursaal Rantum, Sylt, Germany
- 15th International Congress on Nutrition and Metabolism (ICRNM): May 25-28, 2010, Lausanne, Switzerland
- The British Renal Society and Renal Association Conference: May 17-20, 2010, Manchester, UK
- Asian Pacific Congress of Nephrology: June 5-8, 2010, Seoul, Korea
- ERA-EDTA Congress: June 25-28, 2010, Munich, Germany
- ISN Nexus Symposium: June 30 - July 2, 2010, Geneva, Switzerland
- ASN Renal Week: November 16-21, 2010, Denver, USA
LIVE Webcast
- Bernardo Rodríguez-Iturbe, ISN President, Venezuela
- John Feehally, ISN President Elect, United Kingdom
- William Couser, ISN Past President, United States
- Adeera Levin, ISN Secretary General, Canada
- Philip Li, ISN Executive Committee Member, Hong Kong, China
- Saraladevi Naicker, ISN Education Committee Chair, South Africa
Program
- 12:30 – 13:00 - A 50-year Perspective on the Science of Nephrology: Advances, Milestones, Challenges
- Population science: the achievements of renal epidemiology
- Treatment evidence: clinical trials, challenges of global applicability
- 13:00 – 13:15 - Turning the World Around: ISN 50 Years Film - A Worldwide Premiere
- 13:15 – 13:45 - ISN in the Developing World: Improving Patient Care, Bridging Gaps, Providing Education
- Transferring best practice, accessible science and appropriate education around the world
- ISN future plans: the role of nephrology societies worldwide
- 13:45 – 14:00 - Closing Remarks
ISN Nexus Symposium: Kidney and Vascular System: Emerging Culprits in Pathogenesis and Advances in Therapy
April 15-18, 2010, Kyoto, Japan
This symposium will focus on the kidney and the vascular system, looking at vascular calcification, injury, regeneration, ageing and senescence among several other topics. A key goal for the meeting will be to facilitate collaborative interactions between researchers and clinicians focused on prediction, prevention, and treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease and/or Cardio Vascular Diseases.
To further promote the communications between distinguished scientists, clinicians and young nephrologists, a new session format has been introduced called the "Meet the Professor Breakfasts". These sessions will be roundtable-style discussions focusing on vascular calcification as well as oxygen biology and cardio-renal connection.
Forefronts: Induction and Resolution of Renal Inflammation
May 6-9, 2010, Kursaal Rantum, Sylt, Germany
This ISN Forefronts Symposium will gather high level researchers and nephrologists around the following issues:
- Innate Immune response: the classical players
- Resolution of inflammation
- Mediators of Inflammation
- Innate Immune response: new cellular players
- Adaptive Immune response: T Lymphocytes
- Adaptive Immune response: B Lymphocytes
- New concepts in renal autoimmune disease
ISN Forefronts Symposia focus on emerging and ground-breaking research. They gather nephrologists and active investigators from other fields to stimulate exposure to new scientific domains and review the latest developments in kidney disease. Using an interactive format, they also allow nephrologists to develop a collegial relationship with leading researchers from other disciplines.
15th International Congress on Nutrition and Metabolism (ICRNM)
May 25-28, 2010, Lausanne, Switzerland
This Congress is dedicated to disseminating the latest scientific advances in the field of nutrition and metabolism as they relate to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
The British Renal Society and Renal Association Conference
May 17-20, 2010, Manchester, UK
The British Renal Society joins forces with the Renal Association for a comprehensive forum on all aspects of kidney care and research and celebrate 60 years of the Renal Association.
Asian Pacific Congress of Nephrology
June 5-8, 2010, Seoul, Korea
With the aim of building a healthier world and bringing technological and scientific development in kidney science to the Asia-Pacific region, this congress will set out to encourage health professionals in nephrology to carry out high-quality research and better serve the global community.
ERA-EDTA Congress
June 25-28, 2010, Munich, Germany
The XLVII ERA-EDTA Congress is an opportunity for the nephrology community to raise public awareness about chronic kidney disease as a global health problem and to document and present scientific advances in the field of nephrology.
ISN Nexus Symposium: Fibrosis and the Kidney: Emerging Culprits in Pathogenesis and Advances in Therapy
June 30 - July 2, 2010, Geneva, Switzerland
This symposium is a unique opportunity for renal scientists and clinicians from around the world to learn and exchange views on the most recent advances in basic and clinical nephrology in this rapidly expanding field, including nephropathology of fibrosis, EMT and inflammatory mediators.
This second edition of the year will focus on some of the following topics:
-Study end-points, imaging fibrosis, biomarkers
-Interaction of hypoxia, nox and fibrosis
-Basic and translational aspects of EMT
-Nephropathology of fibrosis, prospects for clinical trials with anti-fibrotics and inflammatory mediators of fibrosis
-Clinical approaches to modulate fibrosis and stem cells
Renal Week 2010
November 16-21, 2010, Denver, USA
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