The ISN provides regular live and recorded webinars in several languages covering a range of topics relevant to the nephrology community.
Live events are open access and include interactive question and answer sessions.
Recordings are available exclusively for ISN members and ISN Academy subscribers on the ISN Academy.
- 5:00 PM CET
ISN-SFNDT Webinar: Evolution of the incidence of kidney replacement therapies in the French registry and other registries around the world: factors and opportunities
EnglishFrançais This session will examine the evolution of kidney replacement therapy (KRT) incidence in France and compare it with trends from international registries. It will explore demographic, clinical, and systemic factors influencing KRT initiation and highlight variations across regions. The...
- 2 PM CET
ISN-IPNA Webinar: Peritoneal dialysis in children with acute kidney injury in less well resourced settings – Experience from Ibadan, Nigeria
Worldwide acute kidney injury (AKI) is common among children and may be more common in low resource settings. Common causes of AKI in Nigeria include malaria and sepsis. Challenges with the management of AKI in less well-resourced settings include...
- 3 PM CET
ISN Newly Independent States and Russia Regional Board Webinar: Could your region be a CKDu hotspot? Identifying and Understanding the Epidemic
This webinar will introduce the problem of CKDu, a form of chronic kidney disease primarily affecting young men in rural agricultural communities, with no identifiable link to common causes of CKD. We aim to bring together the leading experts...
- 8 AM CET
ISN North and East Asia Regional Board Webinar: Transforming CKD Care: Integrating SGLT2 Inhibitors, nsMRAs, and GLP1Ras
In recent years, the therapeutic landscape of CKD has transformed profoundly. Once considered a condition with limited treatment options beyond renin-angiotensin system inhibition and dialysis, CKD management has now entered an era characterized by multiple evidence-based pharmacologic interventions with...
- 1 a.m. CET
CCFP-ISN Lecture Series On Nephrology: Diabetes and CKD
This session will explore the critical intersection between diabetes and kidney health, emphasizing early detection and management of diabetic kidney disease. Participants will learn about the pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy, emerging diagnostic approaches, and treatment modalities. The seminar will...
- 11 AM CET
ISN Eastern and Central Europe Regional Board Webinar: Rare and inherited kidney diseases in the region
The webinar will address critical aspects of rare diseases. Despite growing awareness, significant disparities remain in the availability and application of advanced diagnostic tools across several countries in the region. The early and accurate identification of rare diseases has...
- 3:00 PM CET
ISN Webinar: Complement Inhibitors in Native C3G: Patient Identification, Treatment Initiation, and Monitoring
English普通话日本語 This webinar will explore the role of complement inhibitors in both native and recurrent C3G. It will discuss patient identification, treatment initiation and monitoring in both types of patients. The webinar will conclude by highlighting ongoing challenges and unmet needs in C3G Learning objectives: Discuss the role of...
- 1 PM CET
ISN-ASON Webinar: Diagnosing and Managing Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Nephrotoxicity and GFR Assessment: Insights from ASON Position Statements
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have transformed cancer therapy but pose unique challenges for nephrologists due to their potential nephrotoxic effects. This ISN webinar will explore real-world case presentations on ICI-related kidney injury, drawing upon the latest guidance from the...
- 5 PM CET
ISN KHPWG Webinar: Physical Examination of Arteriovenous Access: from inspection to clinical decision
This webinar will offer a practical, step-by-step approach to the physical examination of arteriovenous (AV) access in hemodialysis patients. Participants will learn how to systematically assess AV fistulas and grafts through inspection, palpation, and auscultation, integrating clinical findings into...
- 2 PM CET
ISN-IPNA Webinar: Chronic Dialysis in Children in Low Resource Settings
Chronic dialysis in children presents unique challenges in resource-limited settings, where pediatric-specific infrastructures, supplies, and trained personnel are often scarce. Centers catering to pediatric patients rely on adapted adult equipment, improvised protocols, and locally developed solutions to sustain lifesaving...
- 12:00 PM CET
ISN Oceania and South East Asia Regional Board Webinar: Global Perspectives and Regional Priorities – Tackling CKDu in Asia-Pacific
This session will open with a global overview of CKDu—its burden, evidence gaps, and strategic priorities—presented by leaders from the ISN i3C Network and the Clinical Research Program. Their insights, grounded in the latest systematic review, will set the...
- 5 PM CEST
ISN-KDIGO Webinar: Maintaining Kidney Health and Preventing CKD
The ISN-KDIGO Webinar on Maintaining Kidney Health and Preventing CKD will present some of the content and conclusions from the KDIGO Controversies Conference on the same topic. Learning objectives: Understand the adverse outcomes of people with kidney disease before reaching the...
- 3 PM CEST
ISN Middle East Regional Board webinar: Non-Immunosuppressive treatment for IgA Nephropathy – bridging the gap between knowledge and practice
Non-immunosuppressive management of IgA nephropathy has evolved significantly over the past decades. Early strategies—including omega-3 fatty acids, antiplatelet agents, statins, Chinese herbal medicines, and tonsillectomy—produced inconsistent results. The introduction of renin-angiotensin system blockers (ACE inhibitors and ARBs) became a...
- 2 PM CEST
ISN Webinar: Challenges in implementing PD preferred/first policies across the globe
Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) offers a cost-effective, patient-centered alternative to in-center hemodialysis, yet its adoption remains limited globally. This ISN webinar explores the complex challenges of implementing and sustaining PD-preferred or PD-first policies through contrasting global experiences. Drawing on real-world...
- 2 PM CEST
ISN Renal Pathology Working Group Webinar: Update on Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance
The aim is to bring together international members from the Renal Pathology Working Group to share their expertise through interesting clinical cases that explore the latest advances in kidney diseases associated with monoclonal gammopathies. The scientific program will feature...
- 5:00 PM CEST
ISN Webinar: Understanding C3G: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Therapeutic Approaches
English普通话日本語 This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of C3G. Experts will discuss the pathophysiology of C3G and explore the role of the alternative pathway. Attendees will gain insights into the diagnosis of C3G, including the differential diagnosis. Speakers will...
- 10 AM CEST
ISN Webinar: Interpreting the Evidence – Network meta-analysis
Network meta-analyses are powerful tools, used to compare multiple interventions simultaneously, through direct and indirect evidence. Providing clearer insights into ranking of intervention based on effectiveness. As part of the Interpreting the Evidence Series, this session will walk participants through...
- 2 PM CEST
ISN-IPNA Webinar: The many faces of complement-related kidney disease – a low resource perspective
A 12-year-old girl was referred with a 1-week history of fever, oligo-anuria, generalized edema, and shock with purpura, hematemesis and melena. Recurrent episodes of malaria in the past. Laboratory evaluation: severe azotemia, hyperkalemia, anemia (Hb 6.2 g/dL) and thrombocytopenia...
- 4 PM CEST
ISN Webinar: Optimizing RAASi therapy in clinical practice: A case-based discussion
This webinar will offer a comprehensive look at the Optimization of RAASi Therapy toolkit. Developed as part of the ISN-led cardio-kidney-metabolic initiative, this project brings together nephrologists and cardiologists to identify existing gaps concerning therapy targets, optimal management, and...
- 2 PM CEST
ISN-TTS Webinar: Evaluation and management of high-risk living kidney donors
Kidney transplantation (KT) is the best treatment for kidney failure. The outcomes of kidney transplants from living donors are better than those from deceased donors, leading to an increase in transplant numbers in many areas where there are fewer...
- 3 PM CEST
ISN Webinar: Innovative trial designs and generalizability in clinical research
This webinar is a preparatory module for the Clinical Trials Pre-Course at WCN’26. This webinar will address two main areas of discussion: novel trial designs and generalizability. Sub-topics will include issues related to sex, gender, age, and what we...
- 3 PM CEST
ISN-TTS Webinar: Tips to submit a successful Sister Centers Programs application
Are you looking to transform kidney care at your health center? Are you looking to build and enhance your center’s renal or transplantation services with support and guidance from an experienced center? Obtaining funding via the ISN Sister Renal...
- 12 PM CEST
ISN-Cochrane Webinar: Interventions for idiopathic steroid‐resistant nephrotic syndrome in children
A subset of children presenting with nephrotic syndrome do not respond to steroids <4 weeks (average 12%) and is termed steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS). This is an updated Cochrane systematic review of randomised controlled trials of interventions for idiopathic...
- 5 PM CEST
ISN-IPNA Webinar: Challenging communication in pediatric nephrology
Challenging communication is an integral part of caring for children with kidney disease, regardless of practice setting. While cultural, systemic, and resource contexts vary, pediatric nephrologists around the world encounter similar ethical tensions in conversations with patients and families....
- 4 PM CEST
ISN-TTS Webinar: Spinal Tuberculosis in an HIV-Positive Post-Kidney Transplant Patient Lacking Constitutional Symptoms: A Clinical Conundrum
This webinar presents a diagnostically complex case of spinal tuberculosis in a 59-year-old HIV-positive renal transplant recipient who developed chronic back pain 13 months post-transplant, without classical constitutional symptoms such as fever or weight loss. Initial TB diagnostics, including...
- 2 PM CEST
ISN-IPNA Webinar: Vascular access for chronic pediatric hemodialysis
The Guatemalan Foundation for Children with Kidney Diseases, established in 2003, created the country’s first and only comprehensive pediatric nephrology and hemodialysis program. Initially, the absence of local expertise in permanent vascular access (VA) for children led to reliance...
- 2 PM CEST
ISN-IFKF Webinar: Towards Equity: Enhancing Kidney Transplantation in low resource settings
Kidney transplantation offers the best outcomes for patients with end-stage kidney disease, yet access remains limited in many low-resource regions. This joint ISN–IFKF webinar will explore practical strategies to expand transplant services where resources are scarce. Experts will share successful...
- 4:00 PM CEST
ISN-ISRNM Webinar: Navigating a changing dietary phosphorus landscape in chronic kidney disease
Hyperphosphatemia is a central contributor to the development of chronic kidney disease–mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) and is associated with adverse outcomes in individuals with CKD. A cornerstone of its management is limiting dietary phosphorus. This webinar will explore...
- 2 PM CEST
ISN Green-K Webinar: Advances in green technologies
The healthcare sector is a significant contributor to environmental pollution, with dialysis care producing considerable waste and greenhouse gas emissions. In response to this challenge, the nephrology community is increasingly turning toward sustainable practices and green technologies to minimize...
- 2 PM CEST
ISN-IPNA Webinar: Antenatal findings of kidney disease and counselling
Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) are among the most frequently detected abnormalities during routine antenatal screening. This group of disorders encompasses a wide clinical spectrum, ranging from transient hydronephrosis to life-threatening bilateral renal dysplasia. Accurate...
- 2 PM CEST
ISN Renal Pathology Working Group webinar: Prevalent regional diseases of the world – a practical approach and challenges in diagnosis
A wide variety of medical kidney diseases occur in different regions of the world. While some diseases appear relatively universal in most areas, others appear to be prevalent in specific geographic areas affecting the local populations, depending on the...
- 4:00 PM CEST
ISN-SLANH Webinar: la carga de la enfermedad renal crónica en Latinoamérica y la agenda global de salud
La enfermedad renal crónica (ERC) cobra mayor relevancia en nuestra región porque Latinoamérica tiene la tasa de mortalidad por ERC más alta del mundo, y esta enfermedad es la segunda causa más importante de años de vida perdidos. Los...
- 3 PM CEST
ISN-ASDIN Webinar: Novel uses of POCUS in Nephrology
As Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) continues to grow throughout the world, so do the many applications. Discussing novel applications of POCUS to assess dry weight and kidney function reserve can have benefits to the greater community if they...
- 5 PM CEST
ISN-KDIGO Webinar: Women and Kidney Health: Insights from the KDIGO Controversies Conference
Sex and gender influence every aspect of kidney health — from disease risk and progression to access to care and treatment outcomes. Yet, these factors remain underrepresented in both research and clinical practice. In this joint ISN-KDIGO webinar, faculty...
- 2 PM CEST
ISN-TTS Webinar: Treatment of post-transplant recurrent FSGS in children
Up to 60% of pediatric renal transplant recipients with end‐stage renal disease due to primary focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) may develop recurrent disease. Such recurrence is associated with poor prognosis if no remission is achieved. There are different...