ANZSN Annual Scientific Meeting Online Program
30th August – 1st September
Monday, 30th August 2021 |
| 0900-0930 Platform Orientation & Exhibition Open |
| 0930-0955 ICEBREAKER DELEGATE NETWORKING |
| 1000 – 1115 PLENARY #1 Chair: Neil Boudville, ANZSN President |
| 1000-1015 Opening Address Neil Boudville, President, ANZSN ![]() |
| 1015-1115 Plenary Speaker PODOCYTE LIPIDS AND FATTY KIDNEY DISEASE Dr Alessia Fornoni, USA ![]() |
| 1115-1145 Refreshment & Exhibition Break |
| 1145-1315 CONCURRENT SESSION #1 | ||||
| TIME | ETHICAL DECISION MAKING IN NEPHROLOGY Chair: Cathie Lane |
TOM BARBOUR MEMORIAL SESSION Chair: Nigel Toussaint |
BASIC SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM AKI – CKD & BACK AGAIN Chair: Jean Tan |
IMMUNITY & INFLAMMATION Chair: Poh-Yi Gan |
| 1145-1215 | ETHICS OF RISK ACCEPTANCE IN LIVING KIDNEY DONATION – WHO SHOULD DECIDE? Dominique Martin |
INTRODUCTION Nigel Toussaint |
TUBULAR ENERGY METABOLISM IN THE AKI-CKD SPECTRUM Samir Parikh, USA |
IMMUNITY AND INFLAMMATION IN THE KIDNEY Menna Clatworthy, UK |
| 1215-1245 | END OF LIFE DECISION MAKING: BALANCING PATIENT AUTONOMY AND DIALYSIS WITHDRAWAL Kathryn Ducharlet |
KIDNEY INJURY IN C3 GLOMERULOPATHY Matthew Pickering |
RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN ACUTELY ILL PATIENTS Emily See |
THE SECRET LIFE OF NEUTROPHILS: TRACKING NEUTROPHILS IN INFLAMMATION, INFECTION AND CANCER USING INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY Tatyana Chtanova |
| 1245-1315 |
ETHICAL ISSUES IN END STAGE RENAL DISEASE FROM THE BIRTH OF DIALYSIS TO COVID-19 |
TOWARDS PERSONALIZED MEDICINE IN IgA NEPHROPATHY Sean Barbour, CAN |
INFLAMMATION AND CELL DEATH IN ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY David Nikolic-Paterson |
MINERAL BEHAVING BADLY Edward Smith |
| 1315-1340 Refreshment & Exhibition Break |
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| 1340- 1550 PLENARY #2 YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD Chair: Richard Kitching |
| BASIC SCIENCE |
| INABILITY TO INCREASE FATTY ACID OXIDATION WORSENS ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY AND IMPACTS THE BENEFIT OF METFORMIN Geoffrey Harley |
| ADOPTIVE TOLEROGENIC DENDRITIC CELL THERAPY PROTECTS AGAINST RENAL ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION INJURY Jennifer Li |
| TARGETING CD47 PROTECTS AGAINST CARDIORENAL SYNDROME Katie Trinh |
| ROLE OF DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE (DDR) SIGNALLING IN AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE (ADPKD) Jennifer Zhang |
| CLINICAL SCIENCE |
| MACHINE LEARNING IMPROVES UPON CLINICIANS’ PREDICTION OF END-STAGE KIDNEY FAILURE Daniel Christiadi |
| CAN PODOCYTE NUMBER AND DENSITY PREDICT THE RESPONSE TO THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY FSGS? Natasha De Zoysa |
| LESSONS FROM A 10-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Jonathan Ling |
| TRIMETHOPRIM–SULFAMETHOXAZOLE PHARMACOKINETIC EVAULATION IN ADULT KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECEIPIENTS Carla Scuderi |
| 1550-1615 Refreshment & Exhibition Break |
| 1745 ASM Program Day 1 Concludes |
| 1745-1845 2021 ANZSN Annual General Meeting All members welcome |
Tuesday, 31st August 2021 |
| 0900 Platform & Exhibition Open |
| 0930-0955 ICEBREAKER DELEGATE NETWORKING |
| 1000 – 1100 PLENARY #3 Chair: Natasha Rogers |
| 0955-1000 Welcome |
| 1000-1100 Plenary Speaker NAD+ AND RENAL STRESS DEFENSE – BENCH TO BEDSIDE Samir Parikh, USA ![]() |
| 1100-1130 Refreshment & Exhibition Break |
| 1130-1300 CONCURRENT SESSION #3 | ||||
| TIME | APSN SYMPOSIUM Chair: Muh Geot Wong |
PAEDIATRIC SYMPOSIUM FROM GENETICS TO GENE THERAPY Chair: Stephen Alexander |
INTERVENTIONAL SYMPOSIUM Chair: Eddie Tan |
CLINICAL TRIAL UPDATE SYMPOSIUM Chair: Matthew Roberts |
| 1130-1200 | UPDATES ON POST INFECTIOUS GN Rosnawati Yahya |
miRNA IN KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT Jacqueline Ho, USA |
PROCEEDURAL CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION IN INTERVENTIONAL NEPHROLOGY Steve May |
CLINICAL TRIALS IN NEPHROLOGY Meg Jardine AKTN SYMPOSIUM TRIAL UPDATE |
| 1200-1230 | THERAPEUTIC TARGET FOR MITOCHONDRIA METABOLISM IN KIDNEY DISEASE Reiko Inagi |
STEROID-RESISTANT NEPHROTIC SYNDROME Hugh McCarthy |
FISTULA MATURATION AND DYSFUNCTIONAL FISTULAS: HOW TO APPROACH Catherine Wilkinson |
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| PD CATHETER INSERTION AND COMPLICATIONS David Voss |
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| 1230-1300 | SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANT REGISTRY IN ASIA (ASTREG) Curie Ahn |
GENE THERAPY FOR CYSTINOSIS Stephanie Cherqui |
FISTULA CANNULATION: TECHNIQUES AND COMPLICATIONS Liz Coroneos |
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| 1300-1330 Refreshment & Exhibition Break |
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| 1515-1615 PLENARY #4 Chair: Jaqueline Phillips |
| 1515-1615 Plenary Speaker
VASCULAR REMODELING IN HYPERTENSION AND IMMUNE MECHANISMS |
| 1615 – 1645 DELEGATE GROUP NETWORKING |
| 1645 ASM Day 2 Concludes |
Wednesday, 1st September 2021 |
| 0830 Platform & Exhibition Open |
| 0900-0930 ICEBREAKER DELEGATE NETWORKING |
| 0930- 1100 CONCURRENT SESSION #5 | ||||
| TIME | UPDATES IN NEPHROLOGY SYMPOSIUM Chair: Sradha Kotwal |
BIG DATA IN NEPHROLOGY SYMPOSIUM Chair: Karen Keung |
EQUITY & DIVERSITY SYMPOSIUM Chair: Jaquelyne Hughes |
TRANSPLANTATION UPDATE SYMPOSIUM Chair: Rathika Krishnasamy |
| 0930-1000 | COVID VACCINATION AND KIDNEY DISEASE Janine Trevillyan |
BIG DATA AND REGISTRIES – DO THEY NEED EACH OTHER? Stephen McDonald |
CONSIDER GUIDELINES Tania Huria |
LATE ALLOGRAFT REJECTIONG – WHAT TO DO Brian Nankivell |
| 1000-1030 | CARI GUIDELINES – MAKING GUIDELINES LIVING David Tunnicliffe |
HARNESSING BIOINFORMATICS IN KIDNEY Jean Yang |
HOW GOATS AND GUTS CAN MAKE YOU GLOBAL Alessia Fornoni |
KIDNEY REGROWTH AFTER DONATION Jonathan Gleadle |
| INVOLVING CONSUMERS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES Nicki Scholes-Robertson, Chandana Guha |
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| 1030-1100 |
NATIONAL BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DESIGN (ESD) OF DIALYSIS UNITS Matthew Sypek |
SPATIAL TRANSCRIPTOMIC AND THE KIDNEY Quan Nguyen |
UPDATE FROM THE EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY COMMITTEE Anna Francis |
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION Helen Pilmore |
| 1100-1130 Refreshment & Exhibition Break |
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| 1330-1500 PLENARY #5 Focus on First Nations Chair: Carol Pollock |
| REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS KIDNEY TRANSPLANT TASKFORCE Jaquelyne Hughes & Stephen McDonald |
| INDIGENOUS PATIENTS – HOW WE NEED TO DO BETTER Curtis Walker |
| RETURN TO COUNTRY STUDY Yomei Jones & Cilla Preece |
| 1500-1515 Refreshment & Exhibition Break |
| 1515-1645 PLENARY #6 Chair: David Johnson, Incoming ANZSN President Award Presentations |
| Leadership Award David Harris, NSW ![]() |
| TJ Neale Award Presentation Meg Jardine, NSW ![]() |
| Jacquot Award Paul Lawton & Karen Keung |
| 1645-1650 Changeover Break |
| 1650-1715 PLENARY #7 Chair: David Johnson, Incoming ANZSN President President’s Overview of 2021 ASM – highlights, hot topics and future directions |
| Award Presentations Handover & Closing |
| 1715 ASM Day 3 Concludes |






