ISN around the world: Celebrating excellence and education at global events
ISN leaders are spotlighting global kidney health in the Middle East in November and in North and East Asia, Western Europe, and South Asia throughout December, and celebrating two 2025 ISN Pioneer Award winners.
By sharing research, building partnerships, and amplifying regional voices, these engagements help advance the global conversation on equitable kidney care.
November
19th Congress of Asian Society of Transplantation (CAST 2025)
November 26-29, 2025 Zahra, Kuwait
November 28, Time TBD (Arabian Standard Time)
A highlight of the meeting will be the presentation of the ISN 2025 Pioneer Award for the ISN Middle East region to Shahrzad Ossareh (Iran). Professor Ossareh has many roles at the Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, in Tehran, Iran, including professor of medicine, head of the Nephrology and Hemodialysis Section, and director of the Nephrology and Fellowship Program. The ceremony will include a recorded introduction by ISN President Marcello Tonelli, followed by remarks from a regional leader, celebrating Professor Ossareh’s extensive achievements.
December
December 5-7, 2025 Taipei, Taiwan
The congress will be preceded by the ISN-TSN Primer Course in Glomerular Diseases and a Saving Young Lives Workshop taking place December 3-4, 2025.
ISN staff will be on-site – visit us at our booth!
December 5, 10:30-11 a.m. Taiwan Standard Time
ISN President Marcello Tonelli, along with the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN) President Xueqing Yu and Taiwan Society of Nephrology (TSN) President Mai-Szu Wu, will provide opening remarks at the opening ceremony.
12:15-2:15 p.m. Marcello Tonelli will be one of the chairs of the Policy Forum, “Strategies to promote implementation of home-based dialysis therapy”
1:30-2:45 p.m.
ISN Past-President Masaomi Nangaku will co-chair the session, “Evolving treatment standards: Redefining renal anemia care”
December 6, 1:55-2:45 p.m.
Masaomi Nangaku will deliver the plenary lecture, “Revolution of nephrology: new therapies and digitalization”
December 7, 10.50-11 a.m.
ISN–TSN MoU Signing Ceremony
The ISN will sign a memorandum of understanding with the TSN, officially welcoming TSN as a new ISN Collective-member society
11:10 a.m.
APSN-ISN Joint Symposium: The intersection of global health, metabolism, and kidney disease
Speakers:
11:15-11:25 a.m.
Marcello Tonelli (Canada), “The global burden of chronic kidney disease and obesity: Evidence, challenges, and future directions”
11:25-11:35 a.m.
Xueging Yu (China), “Precision medicine of IgA nephropathy in the Asia-Pacific region: Challenges and future directions”
11:35-11:45 a.m.
Masaomi Nangaku (Japan), “Advancing the biology of diabetic kidney disease: Mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives”
11:45-11:55 a.m.
Sydney Tang (Hong Kong), “Tackling cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome in the Asian-Pacific region”
11:55 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
Hyeong Cheon Park (South Korea), “Sarcopenia in chronic kidney disease in the Asia-Pacific region: evidence and therapeutic perspectives”
12:05-12:15 p.m.
Mai-Szu Wu (Taiwan), “Addressing factors associated with the reduction of ESKD burden: A case study of Taiwan”
Challenges & Perspectives in Nephrology 2025
Hellenic Association of Independent Nephrologists
December 7, 2025 Athens, Greece
ISN representatives will take part in the Workshop on Home Therapies symposium:
ISN Western Europe Regional Board Chair Maria José Soler (Spain)
ISN Kidney Health Professionals Working Group Chair Ana Elizabeth Figueiredo (Brazil)
ISN Patient Liaison Advisory Group (PLAG) member Fiona Loud (UK)
“Empowering patients to get their voice heard: Shared care, PREMs & PROMs, and beyond”
7:30 p.m.
Speaker TBD, “ISN Manifesto: Driving global action with evidence and impact”
54th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Nephrology (ISNCON 2025)
December 18-21, 2025 Lucknow, India
December 18, from 6:30 p.m. (India Standard Time), ISN Pioneer Award presentation
One of the meeting’s highlights will be the presentation of the ISN 2025 Pioneer Award for the South Asia region to Amit Gupta (India) during the opening ceremony. Professor Gupta is chairman and head of the Department of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation at the Apollomedics Super Specialty Hospital in Lucknow, India. ISN President Marcello Tonelli will introduce the award via a recorded message, followed by former ISN South Asia Regional Board Chair Narayan Prasad, who will highlight Professor Gupta’s outstanding contributions to kidney care in India, especially in peritoneal dialysis.
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