ERA-EDTA

European Council for Accreditation in CME in Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation (ECANDT of the ERA-EDTA accredited by the European Accreditation Council for CME - EACCME).

Chair-person:	R. Coppo (Italy)
Secretary:	L.M. De Francisco (Spain)
Members:	J. Floege (Germany)
	R. Vanholder (Belgium)
	A. Wiecek (Poland)
	C. Zoccali (Italy)
	J. Cannata-Andia, ERA-EDTA President (Spain)

 

CME Courses Coordinators:
Basic Science and Clinical Nephrology:	R. Coppo (Italy) and P. Ronco (France).
Chronic Renal Failure, Hypertension and Clinical Epidemiology:	C. Zoccali (Italy) and G. London (France).
Dialysis:	R. Vanholder (Belgium) S. Davies (UK) and C. Wanner (Germany).
Transplantation:	C. Ponticelli (Italy), A. Torres (Spain) and K. Olgaard (Denmark).
Collaboration with ISN for courses in Eastern Europe:	N. Lameire (Belgium), A. Covic (Romania).

ERA-EDTA Coordinator: R. Coppo (Italy)

 

Course Scientific Committee: T Cook (London), P Maxwell (London), C Pusey (London)

 

Administrative contact: A Jagpal (a.jagpal@imperial.ac.uk)

 

The AIM of the meeting will be for practising renal physicians to engage with cutting-edge science. The meeting will be held in an Oxford College which will provide an ideal setting for interaction between the participants and the opportunity for informal discussions with the lecturers. The meeting will focus on three topics, each of which will be the subject of a half day workshop with four lectures. In addition there will be a keynote lecture at the opening of the meeting.

1. Genetic insights into renal structure, function and disease

2. Vascular and glomerular inflammation – insights into aetiology and treatment

3. Repair and regeneration in renal disease

Number of Participants: 75

PLACES ARE LIMITED – PLEASE BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

REGISTRATION DEADLINE - 22 JUNE 2007

REGISTRATION FEE – £300 or 440 euros

DISCOUNT FOR TRAINEES

(£250 or 365 euros for trainees if registration form is received by 15 June –proof of trainee status will be required)

The registration fee covers all meals and accommodation

 

REGISTRATION FORM

 

 

 

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

(Provisional)

 

WEDNESDAY 11 JULY
Afternoon	Participants arrive
5.00pm	Welcome followed by
	Keynote lecture:
	“Pathogenesis and treatment of amyloidosis”
	Mark Pepys FRS (London, UK)
7.30pm	Dinner in Hall

THURSDAY 12 JULY
Session 1:	Genetic insights into renal structure, function and disease
Chair:	Patrick Maxwell
8.30-9.15am	Adult polycystic kidney disease
	Richard Sandford (Cambridge, UK)
9.15-10.00am	The genetics of haemolytic uraemic syndrome and mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis
	Matthew Pickering (London, UK)
10.00-10.30am	Coffee
10.30-11.15am	Hereditary nephrotic syndrome
	Corinne Antignac (Paris, France)
11.15-12.00 noon	The potential of genetic studies in renal disease
	Tim Aitman (London, UK)
12.00-12.30pm	Round table discussion
12.30-2.00pm	Lunch in Hall
Session 2:	Vascular and glomerular inflammation – insights into aetiology and treatment
Chair:	Charles Pusey
2.00-2.45pm	The podocyte and glomerular injury
	Susan Quaggin (Toronto, Canada)
2.45-3.30pm	The role of macrophages in renal inflammation
	Andy Rees (Aberdeen, UK)
3.30-4.00pm	Tea
4.00-4.45pm	The role of Fc receptors in autoimmune disease
	Ken Smith (Cambridge, UK)
4.45-5.45pm	Pathogenesis of ANCA-associated vasculitis
	Caroline Savage (Birmingham, UK)
5.45-6.15pm	Round table discussion
7.00pm	Dinner in Hall

FRIDAY 13 JULY
Session 3:	Repair and regeneration in renal disease
Chair:	Terry Cook
8.30-9.15am	Angiogenesis and capillary repair in the glomerulus
	Jurgen Floege (Aachen, Germany)
9.15-10.00am	Resolution of renal fibrosis
	Agnes Fogo (Nashville, USA)
10.00-10.30am	Coffee
10.30-11.15am	Growth factors in renal fibrosis
	Roel Goldschmeding (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
11.15-12.00 noon	Stem cells in renal repair and regeneration
	Richard Poulsom (London, UK)
12.00-12.30pm	Round table discussion
12.30-2.00pm	Lunch in Hall
End of meeting