Congress Schedule
| 9:00 – 12:00 | PD unit visit | |
| 14:00 – 17:00 | Pre-Congress Course: Renal Pathology |
Dialysis Economics and Health Care Policy Roundtable Meeting (by invitation only) |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Opening Ceremony | |
| 19:00 – 19:30 | Plenary Lecture 1 Global Impact of Nephropathies |
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| 19:30 – 21:00 | Welcome Reception | |
| 8:45 – 9:15 | Plenary Lecture 2: Richard Yu Endowment Fund Award Lecture Biomarkers to predict response to therapy in FSGS patients |
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| 9:15 – 10:30 | Parallel Symposium #1 Diabetic nephropathy – clinical research |
Parallel Symposium #2 IgA nephropathy – basic research |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Coffee break and exhibition | |
| 11:15 – 12:30 | Parallel Symposium #3 Lupus nephritis – clinical research |
Parallel Symposium #4 Presentation of Young Investigator Awards |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Symposium | |
| 14:00 – 15:15 | Parallel Symposium #5 Nephropathy – novel therapeutic agents |
Free paper presentation #1 Diabetic nephropathy |
| 15:15 – 16:00 | Coffee break, exhibition, and poster highlight presentation | |
| 16:00 – 17:15 | Free paper presentation #2 IgA nephropathy and acute kidney injury |
Parallel Symposium #6 Hypertensive nephropathy – basic research |
| 19:00 – 22:00 | President’s Dinner (by Invitation only) | |
| 8:45 – 9:15 | Plenary Lecture 3: Chan Woon Cheung Memorial Fund Award Lecture Deducing the decision-making process of a kidney cell |
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| 9:15 – 10:30 | Parallel Symposium #7 IgA nephropathy – clinical research |
Parallel Symposium #8 Nephropathy – genetic studies |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Coffee break and exhibition | |
| 11:15 – 12:30 | Parallel Symposium #9 Nephropathy – latest clinical trials |
Parallel Symposium #10 Diabetic nephropathy – basic research |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Symposium | |
| 14:00 – 15:15 | Parallel Symposium #11 Hypertensive nephropathy – clinical research |
Free paper presentation #3 Clinical and translational research on glomerular disease |
| 15:15 – 16:00 | Coffee break, exhibition, and poster highlight presentation | |
| 16:00 – 17:15 | Free paper presentation #4 Renal inflammation and fibrosis |
Parallel Symposium #12 Lupus nephritis – basic research |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Closing remarks | |