ISN Participates: Celebrating excellence and education
Throughout November, ISN leaders are bringing global kidney health into focus through participation in the USA, Romania, and Russia, and by honoring two 2025 ISN Pioneer Award winners. Whether sharing the latest research, building partnerships, or amplifying regional voices, these engagements help elevate the global conversation on equitable kidney care.
Where to find the ISN this November
American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week 2025
November 5-9, 2025 Houston, Texas
November 6, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
ISN President Marcello Tonelli will moderate and introduce the session, ‘Hypoxia-inducible factor-prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors, CVD, and hyporesponsiveness to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in ESKD’
Come visit us at the ISN and World Kidney Day booths!
November 13-15, 2025 Timisoara, Romania
November 14, 2:30-2:50 p.m. (Eastern European Time)
ISN Pioneer Award presentation
One of the meeting’s highlights will be the presentation of the ISN 2025 Pioneer Award for the Eastern & Central Europe region to Liliana Garneata (Romania). Following a recorded introduction by ISN President Marcello Tonelli, ISN Regional Board Chair Jolanta Malyszko will present the award and recognize Professor Garneata’s outstanding contributions to advancing kidney research and care in Romania.
November 13, 2:50-4:30 p.m.
ISN-BANTAO Joint Session
Speakers:
- Liliana Garneata (Romania): “Medical nutritional therapy in CKD — still has a role in the SGLT2i era?”
- Jolanta Malysxko (Poland): “Malignancy and glomerulonephritis”
- Goce Spasovski (Macedonia): “Prevention of CKD progression: A complex task of nephrological care”
- Hans Peter Marti (Norway): “Minimal change disease: Management today and tomorrow”
- Adrian Covic (Romania): TBD
ISN staff will be on site — visit us at our booth!
XX National Russian Dialysis Society Conference and XXVI International CME Course
November 14-16, 2025 Moscow, Russia
November 14, from 9:55 a.m. (Moscow Time)
ISN Pioneer Award presentation
The conference provides an opportunity to present the ISN 2025 Pioneer Award for the NIS & Russia region to Lidia Lysenko (Russia). Following a virtual introduction by Adeera Levin, chair of the ISN-ACT (Advancing Clinical Trials) Committee, Irina Bobvika will pay tribute to Professor Lysenko’s lifelong contributions to fundamental and clinical nephrology, particularly her work advancing understanding of glomerulonephritis and amyloidosis in Russia. Professor Lysenko’s scientific talk will follow.
The nomination period for the 2027 ISN Pioneer Awards will open in January 2026 — please consider nominating a worthy candidate.
