The ISN on Saving Young Lives and Sustainable Kidney Care at IPNA 2025, South Africa
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20th Congress of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association, IPNA 2025
February 19-23, 2025 Cape Town, South Africa
- Thursday, February 20, from 5:15-6:35 p.m. (South Africa Standard Time)
Opening Ceremony: Plenary Lecture 1- Saving Young Lives*
Includes a talk by Brett Cullis (South Africa): “Real-world Solutions to Real-world Problems: the SYL Experience.”
- Sunday, February 23, from 12:10-1:10 p.m. (South Africa Standard Time):
IPNA-ISN Joint Mini-Symposium: “How Green Is Your Practice?”
Rukshana Shroff and Shazia Adalat (both UK) will chair the session with talks by the following speakers:
- Ana Catalina Alvarez Elias (USA), Emerging Leaders Program 2024 cohort member: “Climate Change and Its Influence on Nephron Mass”
- Aysun Karabay Bayazit (Turkey): “Sustainable Dialysis Practices”
*Saving Young Lives (SYL) is a partnership to deliver sustainable acute peritoneal dialysis for acute kidney injury. SYL comprises three primary partners: the ISN, the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD), and the IPNA.