Friday, October 5, 2018
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:15 | Welcome (doors open & registration start at 8:00) | |
| 09:30 | Glomerulonephritis Subtopics: Primary glomerular diseases, C3-nephropathy, MGRS (monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance) | Jack Wetzels |
| 10:15 | Chronic Kidney Disease | Kai-Uwe Eckardt |
| 11:00 | Speaker's Corner – Break | |
| 11:30 | Bone and Mineral Disease Subtopics: FGF23, Novel Calcimimetics, Vitamin D Repletion | Adrian Covic |
| 12:15 | Renal Anemia Subtopics: ESA and Iron Therapy – Standard-of-Care, IV Iron in ND-CKD, IV Iron in HD, HIF Stabilisers, Newer Iron Management Strategies | Iain Macdougall |
| 13:00 | Speaker's Corner – Lunch Break | |
| 14:00 | Hypertension Subtopics: Blood Pressure Targets, Community Outreach, Renal Denervation & Devices, Primary Aldosteronism, Hypertension & Pregnancy | Ton Rabelink |
| 14:45 | Cardiovascular Disease Subtopics: CV mortality, risk factors & biomarkers in CKD, Volume & BP control in CKD, Lipids, inflammation & other CV risk factors | Danilo Fliser |
| 15:30 | Speaker's Corner – Break | |
| 16:00 | Acute Kidney Injury | Patrick Murray |
| 16:45 | Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Subtopics: ANCA-associated Vasculitis, Anti-GBM Disease, Lupus Nephritis | Charles Pusey |
| 17:30 | Symposium: Challenges in diagnosing and managing thrombotic microangiopathies* | Zoltán Prohászka Romana Ryšavá Chair: Laszlo Wagner |
| 18:15 | Welcome Reception | |
| * industry-sponsored |
Saturday, October 6, 2018
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | Symposium: Advancing comorbidities management in CKD via improvement of potassium control and anemia treatment* | Markus van der Giet Iain Macdougall Chair: Kai-Uwe Eckardt |
| 09:15 | Short Break | |
| 09:30 | Peritoneal Dialysis Subtopics: Infection Control, Technical Issues, Cardiovascular Disease | An De Vriese |
| 10:15 | Genetic Diseases Subtopics: Next generation sequencing in kidney disorders, Novel pathways in congenital kidney disorders, Polycystic kidney disease, New technologies to investigate genetic disorders | Olivier Devuyst |
| 11:00 | Speaker's Corner – Break | |
| 11:30 | Diabetic Nephropathy Subtopics: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology & Treatment of Diabetic Kidney Disease | Hiddo Lambers Heerspink |
| 12:15 | Hemodialysis | Denis Fouque |
| 13:00 | Speaker's Corner – Lunch Break - ePoster Awards | |
| 14:00 | Hot Topic: Hepatitis C Subtopics: When/How to screen for HCV infection in CKD patients? Who/When to treat CKD patients for HCV infection? Prevention of HCV infection in HD units, Best treatment(s) of HCV-associated glomerulonephritis ? | Michel Jadoul |
| 14:45 | Transplantation Subtopics: Epidemiology of Kidney Transplantation, Donor Selection, Basics of Alloimmunity, The Sensitized Patient, Strategies to Improve Long Term Outcomes | Rainer Oberbauer |
| 15:30 | Speaker's Corner – End of Congress | |
| * industry-sponsored |
