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April 3

 

This schedule is provisional, and will be filled in as speakers and themes are confirmed. Be sure to return to this page regularly to stay up to date with the program.

 

16:30 - 17:00 

Welcome Addresses 

        
 

Giuseppe Remuzzi, Italy

Toshio Miyata, Japan

    
       

17:00 - 17:30

Keynote Lecture 1

        
 

Chairs: Kumar Sharma, USA

        
 

Retarding renal disease progression: the ingredients of a successful story
 

Giuseppe Remuzzi, Italy

        
           

Session 1:

Newer Targets (Part 1)

      
 

Chairs: Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe, Venezuela and Steve Ledbetter, USA

17:30 - 17:50

Bone morphogenic protein (BMP)/ receptors and exosomes
 

Raghu Kalluri, Boston, USA

      

17:50 - 18:10

TGF-β for collagen deposition and fibrosis

    
 

Kumar Sharma, USA

        

18:10 - 18:15

Discussion

          
             

Session 2:

Implementation of Clinical Trials in Developing Countries

  
 

Chair: Raymond Vanholder, Belgium

18:15 - 18:35

Feasibility and hurdles of clinical studies in low-resource settings
 

Ike Okpechi, South Africa

      

18:35 - 18:55

Safety issues of clinical research

      
 

Vivekanand Jha, India

        

18:55 - 19:05

Discussion

          
             

19:05 - 20:30

Welcome and Networking Reception

    
 

 

 

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