WCN 2015 Live Streaming & Twitter Feed

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ISN’s World Congress of Nephrology 2015 is just around the corner. For those not able to join us in Cape Town, South Africa this March 13-17, ISN Education is proposing two ways to follow select plenary sessions live from home.  

 

livestreamLive Streaming Sessions: 

Register and follow the following sessions live from your home computer. The Live Streaming application includes video of speakers and slides, as well as the opportunity to ask questions to the speakers!

 

 

ISNlogotwitterWCN2015Live Twitter Feed: 

 

A nephrology expert will be tweeting content live from @ISNKidneyCare at WCN’s live streaming events using the hashtag #WCNLiveStream.

Follow along on twitter, ask questions on session content and get answers from the speakers or session panel! 

 

 

WCN 2015 Live Streaming Program: 

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SESSION 1: SATURDAY 14/03: 17:30-19:00 PM (Cape Town)
Preventable AKI (Clinical science session)

Presentations:

  • Epidemiology and outcomes of AKI by Jorge Cerda, USA
  • Toxic nephropathies by Marc De Broe, Belgium
  • Need for a public health policy for the prevention of AKI by Hassan Abu Aisha, Sudan

 

SESSION 2: SUNDAY 15/03: 08:00-09:30 AM (Cape Town)
Towards new therapeutic strategies of anemia for renal patients

Presentations:

  • Hypoxia and renal disease by Masaomi Nangaku, Japan
  • Novel ESAs and HIF stabilizers by Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Germany
  • Hepcidin and iron therapy in CKD by Dorine Swinkels, The Netherlands

 

SESSION 3: MONDAY 16/03 15:45 – 17:15PM (Cape Town):
Hypertension and the metabolic syndrome: New anthropologic and patho-physiologic insights (in partnership with the ISH)

Presentations:

  • An anthropologic view of the metabolic syndrome: The back-to-Africa hypothesis by Rick Johnson, USA
  • Salt-sensitive hypertension by Brian Rayner, South Africa
  • Hypertension: A new auto-immune disease by Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe, Venezuela


  

Please reserve your spot now: space is limited to 200 visitors for each session on a first come first serve basis!

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Additional Info

  • Language:
    English
  • Contains Audio:
    No
  • Content Type:
    Presentations
  • Source:
    ISN
  • Event:
    Other events
  • Year:
    2015
  • Members Only:
    No



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