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	Dialysis adequacy in 2007: do we need new indicators based on middle molecules removal?		Should we incorporate biomarkers of LV mass and function and extracellular fluid volume in the clinical management of ESRD patients?
Prof R. Vanholder Professor of Medicine at the University of Ghent, Belgium, Associate Head of the Nephrology Division of the Ghent University Hospital Ghent, Belgium		Prof C. Zoccali Unità di Nefrologia, Dialisi, Trapianto e Ipertensione OO.RR and CNR Istituto di Biomedicina Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Clinica e Fisiopatologia delle Malattie Renali e dell'Ipertensione Reggio Calabria, Italy

	Are inflammation markers useful indicators for monitoring haemodialysis adequacy?
Prof C.Wanner Bayerische-Julius-Maximilans University Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology Würzburg, Germany

	Blood pressure lowering vs selection of antihypertensive agents in CKD: still a dilemma		The endothelium as a treatment target in CKD
Dr L.M. Ruilope Hypertension Unit Hospital 12 de Octubre Madrid, Spain		Prof D. Fliser Dept. of Nephrology Hannover Medical School Hannover, Germany

	ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II antagonists and renal disease progression: from clinical trials to sound metaanalysis
Prof. F. Locatelli Dipartimento Nefro-Urologico Ospedale "A. Manzoni" Lecco, Italy

How to assess...GFR/proteinuria

Prof P. Houillier
INSERM U652, Georges Pompidou Hospital
Paris Decartes University
Paris, France

The spectrum of renal abnormalities in the metabolic syndrome

New therapeutic approaches to obesity (cannabinoid receptor blockers)

Prof Eberhard Ritz
Dept. Internal Medicine
Division Nephrology
Heidelberg, Germany

Prof Stephan Rössner
Obesity Unit
Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden

A genetic view of Nephrosis

Effects of plasma on podocytes: more questions than answers

Prof Corinne Antignac
Inserum U574 and Department of Genetics
Hopital Necker - Enfants Malades
Paris, France

Prof Peter Mathieson
Academic Renal Unit
Southmead Hospital, University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom

	Chronic Allograft Nephropathy: a new look at an old problem		New markers of Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
Dr D. Serón Nephrology Department Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge Barcelona, Spain		Dr H.P. Marti Division of Nephrology and Hypertension University of Bern Bern, Switzerland

	Calcineurin inhibitors: minimisation or elimination?
Dr Yves Vanrenterghem Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation University Hospital Gasthuisberg Leuven, Belgium

Iron and the kidney: the lipocalin story

New aspects of the feedback regulation of erythropoietin

Prof J. Barasch
Department of Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, NY, USA

Prof K.-U. Eckardt
Chief Nephrology and Hypertension Section
University Hospital Erlangen
Erlangen, Germany

Vasoactive peptides and angiogenesis: from bench to bedside

Pathophysiology and consequences of renal phosphate leaks

Prof. P. Corvol
Service de Médecine vasculaire
Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou
Paris, France

Dr. D. Priè
Department of Physiology, Inserm U811
Hôpital Necker
Paris, France

	Evidence for the relevance of Angiotensin II type 2 receptors in man: therapeutic consequences		Innate and acquired immunity in hypertensive target organ damage
Prof A.H. Jan Danser Department of Pahrmacology Erasmus MC Rotterdam Rotterdam, The Netherlands		Dr Dominik N. Müller Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine Berlin, Germany

	Renoprotection: is it blood pressure or proteinuria that matters?
Dr. P. Ruggenenti Renal Research Department Mario Negri Institute Bergamo, Italy

Acute Renal Failure: a literature review of non-dialytic aspects

Acute Renal Failure in 2005-2006

Prof Norbert Lameire
Renal Division
Department of Medicine
University Hospital Ghent
Ghent, Belgium

Prof Eric Rondeau
Service de Nephrologie A
Hopital Tenon
Paris, France

	Acute Renal Failure in sepsis from pathophysiology to therapy		Acute Kidney Injury and critical illness: cause or consequence?
Prof C. Ronco Dept of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation S. Bortolo Hospital Vicenza, Italy		Prof R.L. Mehta Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology University of California San Diego Medical Center San Diego, CA, USA

	Haemodynamic management of Acute Renal Failure
Dr W. van Biesen Dept of Nephrology University Hospital Ghent Ghent, Belgium

Role of the adducin genes in human essential hypertension and in the progression of renal failure

WNK kinases and hypertension: ion transport and beyond

Prof G. Bianchi
School of Nephrology, Univ. Vita Salute San Raffaele,
Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Hypertension, San Raffaele Hospital
Milan, Italy

Prof X. Jeunemaitre
INSERM Unit 772, Collège de France,
Faculté de Médecine Paris-Descartes,
Paris, France

Observational studies: limitations and strengths

The first results from COSMOS (Current Management of Secondary hyperparathyroidism: a Multicentre Observational Study from 19 European Countries)

Prof R. Wolfe
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health
Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Prof J. Cannata-Andia
Servicio de Metabolismo Oseo y Mineral
Instituto “Reina Sofía” de Investigación, Hospital Central de Asturias
Oviedo, Spain

KDIGO: need and applicability of Global Guidelines

Prof G. Eknoyan
Renal Section, Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA

Prof L. De Nicola
Chair of Nephrology
Second University of Naples
Naples, Italy


Prof K. Tuttle Research Department The Heart Institute and Sacred Heart Medical Center Spokane, WA, USA	Prof R.G. Nelson Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch National Institutes of Health Phoenix, AZ, USA

New NKF-USA KDOQI guidelines: diabetes in chronic kidney disease

Posttransplant Lymphomas

Should Hepatitis C virus infection after Renal Transplantation be considered as a new surrogate marker for late graft loss?

Prof Gerhard Opelz
Department of Transplantation Immunology
University of Heidelber
Heidelberg, Germany

Prof Josè M. Morales
Renal Transplant Unit, Nephrology Department
Hospital 12 de Octubre
Madrid, Spain

	Kaposi sarcoma and solid tumors		Polyoma BK virus infection
Dr G. Grandaliano Department of Emergency and Transplantation University of Bari Bari, Italy		Dr F. Ginevri Nephrology Unit Istituto G. Gaslini Genova, Italy

	What’s wrong with correlation analysis? nothing! unless…		Confounding. stratification and multivariate analysis made simple
Dr. F. Dekker Afdeling Klinische Epidemiology LUMC Leiden, The Netherlands		Dr. K.J. Jager ERA-EDTA Registry - Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

	Bias in nephrological studies : what it is and how to deal with it.
Prof C. Zoccali Unità di Nefrologia, Dialisi, Trapianto e Ipertensione OO.RR and CNR Istituto di Biomedicina Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Clinica e Fisiopatologia delle Malattie Renali e dell'Ipertensione Reggio Calabria, Italy

Human renal tract malformations: unravelling the genes

Strategies for early diagnosis and care

Prof A. Woolf
Nephro-Urology Unit
UCL Institute of Child Health
London, United Kingdom

Prof E. Girardin
Unité Néphrologie-Métabolism Pédiatrique
Hôpital des Enfants
Geneve, Switzerland

Central and Eastern Europe: the challenge of an expanding renal population with an evolving disease pattern

Dr Yves Aigrain
AP-HP Hôpital Robert Debré
UFR Denis Diderot
Paris, France

	Transitional epidemiology and the chronic kidney disease epidemic		Western Europe: the challenge of an “older and sicker” population
Prof C. Zoccali Unità di Nefrologia, Dialisi, Trapianto e Ipertensione OO.RR and CNR Istituto di Biomedicina Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Clinica e Fisiopatologia delle Malattie Renali e dell'Ipertensione Reggio Calabria, Italy		Prof. F. Locatelli Dipartimento Nefro-Urologico Ospedale "A. Manzoni" Lecco, Italy

	Central and Eastern Europe: the challenge of an expanding renal population with an evolving disease pattern
Prof Adrian Covic Full Professor of Nephrology Dialysis and Renal Transplantation Unit “C. I. Parhon” University Hospital Iasi, Romania

Toll-like receptors as mediators of renal disease

Macrophages in sensing and modulating injury

Prof D. Schlöndorff
Direktor Medizinische Poliklinik - Innenstadt
Klinikum der Universität München
Munich, Germany

Prof J. Hughes
Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science
MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Renal progenitor cells of the adult kidney

Haematopoietic stem cells in renal tissue repair: the facts and the hope

Dr B. Bussolati
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Turin
Turin, Italy

Dr S. Florquin
Dept. of Pathology
Academic Medical Centre
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

	The immune response to HIV infection		Pathophysiology and treatment of HIV-related nephropathies
Dr L. Dorrell MRC Human Immunology Unit University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom		Dr J., Kopp Kidney Disease Section NIDKK, NIH Bethesda, USA

	Toxicity of antiretroviral drugs and immune reconstitution syndrome: the two sides of the coin
Dr E. Daugas Service de Néphrologie CHU Saint Louis Paris, France

	The impact of new cardiac imaging techniques in the renal patient		Arterial rigidity: a new surrogate marker of cardiovascular risk
Dr A.G. Jardine BHF Cardiovascular Research Centre University of Glasgow Glasgow, United Kingdom		Prof G. London Department of Nephrology Manhes Hospital Fleury-Merogis, France

	The influence of renal anaemia on the burden of cadiovascular disease
Dr I.C. Macdougall Renal Unit King's College Hospital London, UK

	Factors involved in A-V fistula survival in incident haemodialysis patients		Anastomotic strategies to improve haemodialysis access patency in non-diabetic and diabetic patients
Dr F. Malberti Department of Nephrology and Dialysis Istituti Ospetalieri Cremona Cremona, Italy		Dr K. Konner former: Medical Faculty - University of Cologne Medicine Clinic I - Hospital Merheim Cologne, Germany

	Role of clinical and genetic factors in the permeability of the peritoneal membrane		The immune response to peritonitis
Dr O. Devuyst Medical School Catholic University of Louvain Brussels, Belgium		Dr A. Douvdevani Soroka Medical Centre Ben-Gurion University Beer-Sheva, Israel

	Epithelial to mesenchymal transition of the mesothelial cell: a cause of fibrosis and angiogenesis		Impact of dialysis solutions on membrane longevity
Dr R. Selgas Servicio de Nefrologia, University Hospital La Paz Grupo de Estudios Peritoneales de Madrid IRSIN Madrid, Spain		Dr A. Fusshoeller Department of Nephrology Heinrich-Heine Univeristy of Duesseldor Duesseldorf, Germany