The Hong Kong Society of Nephrology organizes academic activities as well as sponsors full members to attend international nephrology meetings.

Applications for sponsorship to attend local or overseas conferences should be submitted to:
Dr. Lorraine Kwan (Membership Affairs: sponsorship and scholarship)
c/o Department of Medicine, Tung Wah Hospital, 12 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
for processing at least 28 days before the commencement date of the conference.  

An application form should be filled up and submitted with the application.
Please click here for the nomination procedures and selection criteria for sponsorship to attend conferences/meetings.

Email address for sponsorship application is
HKSN's email : sponsorship@hksn.org
or Dr. Lorraine Kwan's email : kpy472@ha.org.hk

• Important Conferences and Meetings

  ISN Frontiers Meetings

  Annual Dialysis Conference

  Nephrology Course, Harvard Medical School

  Asian Pacific Congress of Nephrology

  International Congress of the ISHD

  Congress of ISPD

  Asian Pacific Chapter Meeting of ISPD

  World Congress of Nephrology

  ERA-EDTA Congress

  American Transplant Congress

  International Congress of The Transplantation Society (TTS)

  ASN Board Review Course

  Congress of the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT)

  Annual Congress of the Chinese Society of Nephrology

  ASN Kidney Week

  Congress of the Asian Society of Transplantation (CAST)

  International Congress of Chinese Nephrologists (ICCN)

  International Congress on Nutrition and Metabolism in Renal Disease

  Asia Pacific AKI CRRT Congress

• Archives of Congress & Meetings

  (organized or co-organized by HKSN)

  2016

  2015

  2014

  2013

  2012

  2011

  • Update and Challenges on management of DM in CKD: Use of Insulin in Diabetic Patients at High Risk of developing Hypoglycemia
    	Speaker:	Prof Hannele Yki-Jarvinen
    	Date:	July 11, 2016 (Monday)
    	Venue:	Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, TST
    HKSHI Annual Scientific Meeting 2016: Paired Kidney Exchange Symposium
    	Speaker:	Prof Kim Dae Joong, Prof Paolo Ferrari
    	Date:	July 9, 2016 (Saturday)
    	Venue:	Rm 205(B) Hospital Authority Building
    Scientific Symposium on HD
    	Speaker:	Dr. Jennifer Flythe (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
    	Date:	July 7, 2016 (Thursday)
    	Venue:	Royal Plaza Hotel

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     Past Events

    Annual Scientific Meeting
    	Date:	October 7, 2015
    	Venue:	Queen Elizabeth Hospital
    PD Symposium: Global Challenges in PD – From Evidence to Optimizing Clinical Practice
    	Speaker:	Dr Mark Robert Lambie (Consultant Nephrologist, University Hospital of North Staffordshire)
    	Date:	October 14, 2015 (Wednesday)
    	Venue:	Grand Ballroom, Royal Plaza Hotel
    How can Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrition improve Clinical Treatment and improve Quality of Life of our Patients?
    	Speaker:	Prof. Dr. Med. Wilfred-Johannes Druml (Medical University of Vienna, Austria)
    	Date:	October 27, 2015
    	Venue:	Eaton Hotel
    New Insights in Managing Phosphorous in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
    	Speaker:	Dr Donald A. Molony (University of Texas Houston Medical School, USA)
    	Date:	November 23, 2015 (Monday)
    	Venue:	The Mira Hong Kong
    How to get a Highly Sensitized Patient a chance? From the Perspective of Histocompatibility
    	Speaker:	Dr Chee Loong Saw (HLA Laboratory, McGill University Health Centre, Canada)
    	Date:	December 17, 2015 (Thursday)
    	Venue:	Queen Elizabeth Hospital

  • Annual Scientific Meeting
    	Date:	October 12, 2014
    	Venue:	Kowloon Shangri-la Hotel
    Addressing Diabetes Challenges in Renal Patients
    	Speakers:	Prof Bernard Charbonnel (University of Nantes, France); Dr Wing-Yee SO (PWH, HK)
    	Date:	October 23, 2014
    	Venue:	Mira Hotel
    Renal Commissioned Training 2014/15: Infection Control in Renal Dialysis & Transplant Unit
    	Speakers:	Prof David Calfee (Weill Cornell Medical College, USA); Prof Chiu-Ching Huang (Chinese Medical University Hospital, Taiwan); Prof Paul Anatharajah Tambyah (National University of Singapore, Singapore); local speakers
    	Date:	January 17 – 18, 2015
    	Venue:	HAHO
    PD Symposium - Combination for Success - Optimizing and Individualizing APD
    	Speaker:	Prof Joanne Bargman (University of Toronto, Canada)
    	Date:	January 22, 2015
    	Venue:	Royal Plaza Hotel
    Obesity related hypertension and chronic kidney disease
    	Speaker:	Prof Andrzej Wiecek (President of ERA-EDTA & LKEC Visiting Professor of CUHK; Medical University of Silesia, Poland)
    	Date:	February 4, 2015
    	Venue:	Lecture Theatre, 2/F, Lui Che Woo Clinical Sciences Building, PWH
    	Detail	Link
    Hormonal abnormalities in patients with CKD
    	Speaker:	Prof Andrzej Wiecek (President of ERA-EDTA & LKEC Visiting Professor of CUHK; Medical University of Silesia, Poland)
    	Date:	February 6, 2015
    	Venue:	Lecture Theatre, G/F, A Block, QEH
    	Detail	Link
    Management of Post-Transplant Malignancies
    	Speaker:	Dr. Wolfgang Arns (Director of Transplant Programme Cologne General Hospital, Cologne, Germany)
    	Date:	April 8, 2015 (Wed)
    	Venue:	Lecture Theatre, G/F, A Block, QEH
    Why move from Standard Solutions to UltraLow GDP Solutions?
    	Speaker:	Prof. David Johnson (Director of Renal Medicine, Prince Alexandra Hospital; Director of Renal Services, Southern Health District, Australia)
    	Date:	April 28, 2015 (Tues)
    	Venue:	Junior Ballroom I-III, Level 3, Royal Plaza Hotel
    De novo DSA and ABMR - Begin at the Beginning to Prevent the End
    	Speaker:	Prof. Peter Nickerson (Professor of Internal Medicine and Immunology, Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Medicine, Flynn Family Chair in Renal Transplantation, University of Manitoba)
    	Date:	June 8, 2015
    	Venue:	Pearl Ballroom, 2/F, Eaton Hotel
    New Therapeutic Strategies: The renal hemodynamic effect of SGLT2 inhibition
    	Speaker:	Prof Carol Pollock (University of Sydney, Australia)
    	Date:	June 22, 2015
    	Venue:	Island Shangri-La Hotel
    A Sharing of Best Practices : The Current State of Deceased Donor Organ Allocation in the U.S.
    Organized by Hong Kong Society for Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics
    	Speaker:	Dr Sam Ho (The Gift of Life Michigan Hospital, USA)
    	Date:	June 25, 2015
    	Venue:	QEH

    East meets West Symposium 2015 (HKSN co-host a session)
    	Speakers:	Dr Risa Ozaki, Prof Gianfranco Parati, Prof Matthew Weir
    	Date:	October 4, 2015
    	Time:	15:05 – 16:25
    	(N.B. Registration fee required. HKSN full & associate members receive discount. For details, please visit http://www.hkido.cuhk.edu.hk/SymposiumsWorkshops/EMWSymposium2015/WelcomeMessage.aspx)

    Optimizing BP management: BP Variability & its impact on CKD patients
    	Speakers:	Prof Gianfranco Parati (St Luca Hospital, Milan, Italy)
    	Date:	October 5, 2015 (Monday)
    	Venue:	Bowen Room, 7/F, Conrad Hotel, Admiralty

    PD Symposium: Global Challenges in PD – From Evidence to Optimizing Clinical Practice
    	Speakers:	Dr Mark Robert Lambie (Consultant Nephrologist, University Hospital of North Staffordshire)
    	Date:	October 14, 2015 (Wednesday)
    	Venue:	Grand Ballroom, Royal Plaza Hotel
    How can Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrition improve Clinical Treatment and improve Quality of Life of our Patients?
    	Speaker:	Prof. Dr. Med. Wilfred-Johannes Druml (Medical University of Vienna, Austria)
    	Date:	October 27, 2015
    	Venue:	Eaton Hotel

  • Topic Title	Speakers	Date
    HA Renal Commissioned Training 2013/14: Acute Kidney Injury	Dr A Lewington, Dr L Chawla, Dr WW Yan, Dr KC Shum, Prof CC Szeto, Dr LM Hau, Ms Helen Shiao, Dr SO So, Dr KC Hau, Dr MF Law	11-12 Jan 2014
    4th Asia Pacific Colloquium on Organ Transplantation	Prof Jeremy Chapman, Prof Philip J. O’Connell, Prof Stephen Lynch, Prof Robert M. Merion, Dr Graeme R. Russ	1-2 Mar 2014
    Asia Pacific Forum on Solid Organ Transplantation	Dr Malcolm Brown, Prof Kyu Ha Huh, Dr Dinesh Khullar, Prof Kwang Woong Lee, Dr Shuo Meng Wang, Prof Xiaodong Zhang	1 Mar 2014
    New Clinical Guidelines on Hypertension and Diabetes: the Implications for Pharmacological Treatment	Prof George Bakris	3 Apri 2014
    A New Paradigm to understand and treat Diabetic Nephropathy	Dr Ted Wu	6 Jun 2014
    Optimizing management of CKD-MBD in Vitamin D failure patients	Dr Ali K. Abu-alfa	17 Jun 2014
    Evolving Diagnosis and management strategies for atypical HUS	Dr David Mudge	19 Jun 2014
    LDL Apheresis and Lipid Management	Prof Peter Lansberg	26 Jun 2014
    Hong Kong Nutrition Workshop and Forum 2014	Prof Joel D. Kopple, Prof T. Alp Ikizler, Dr Maria Chan, Dr Siu Fai Lui, Dr Samuel Fung, Ms Wendy Ma, Ms Sandra Lo, Ms Cherry Law, Ms Hazel Choi, Ms Eva Ho	16-17 Aug 2014
    Optimizing CKD-MBD Management in Different Patient Types	Prof Daniel Coyne	1 Sep 2014
    HKSN ASM 2014	Prof Yasuhiko TOMINO, Prof Kwok Yung YUEN and local speakers	12 Oct 2014
    Addressing Diabetes Challenges in Renal Patients

  • Topic Title	Speakers	Date
    Renal Commissioned Training: Home Dialysis Therapy	Dr Christopher Chan, Dr Stanley Fan, Ms YH Chow, Ms Flora Wong, Ms Janet Li, Dr MF Lam, Dr HL Tang, Dr HS Wong, Dr WK Lo, Prof CC Szeto, Dr YW Ho, Dr CK Wong, Dr Joseph MW Lo, Dr HH Hung, Prof Philip Li, Dr Matthew KL Tong	12-13 Jan 2013
    LKEC Visiting Professorship 2012: Arterial Calcification: A potential therapeutic target in Chronic Kidney Disease	Prof David C. Wheeler	27 Feb 2013
    PD Symposium - Stay Strong on PD - Cardiovascular Aspects of Low Glucose Regimen	Dr James Sloand	18 Apr 2013
    A Systemic Approach to improve SHPT Patient Outcomes	Dr Patrick Biggar	26 Jun 2013
    Genotype-phenotype correlation, a guide to treatment in Fabry Disease	Dr Robert J. Desnick	27 Jun 2013
    Role of Complement in Renal Diseases and Evolving Strategies for aHUS Patient Management	Dr Joshua Thurman	23 Jul 2013
    Evidence, Experience and Benefits of Haemoglobin Stability through Simplified Anemia Management	Prof Roberto Minutolo	27 Sep 2013
    HKSN ASM 2013	Prof Raymond Vanholder, Prof Chi Yuan Hsu and local speakers	6 Oct 2013
    Use of mTOR Inhibitors to fulfill Unmet Needs in Renal Transplantation	Prof Franco Citterio	3 Dec 2013
    Hyperuricaemia and Gout: fr Clinical Studies to Clinical Practices	Prof Andrew Whelton	9 Dec 2013

  • Topic Title	Speakers	Date
    Optimising the Management of SHPT in patients undergoing Hemodialysis	Prof Bruce Hendry	4 Jan 2012
    HA Central Commissioned Training 2011/12: “Updates on Advanced Nephrology Practices” and “Living Donor Renal Transplantation”	Fr Mayo Clinic: Dr Nelson Leung, Dr Sanjeev Sethi, Dr John Lieske, Dr Hatem Amer, Dr Fernando Cosio, Dr Mikel Prieto Local speakers: Dr Beatrice Cheng, Dr Bonnie CH KWAN, Dr Arthur DP MAK, Ms MC LAW, Dr YW HO, Dr KH CHU, Dr KT WONG, Dr Sidney KH YIP, Dr KM CHOW, Dr John YH CHAN, Dr William LEE, Dr Desmond YAP	14-15 Jan 2012
    Significance on Microalbuminuria and Organ Protection	Professor  Hermann Haller	1 Mar 2012
    Peritoneal Dialysis Update	Prof Peter Blake, Prof Max Wu, Ms Irene Kong, Prof CC Szeto	15 Apr 2012
    Lipid Management for CKD Patients: from evidence to clinical practice	Prof R Preston Mason	19 Apr 2012
    Evidence, Experience and Benefits of Hemoglobin Stability through Simplified Anemia Management	Prof Danilo Fliser	10 May 2012
    ADA/EASD Guideline 2012: Insights for managing T2DM patients with CKD	Prof Martin Stevens	5 Jul 2012
    SHPT Management – What’s next after Vit D Failure?	Prof Daniel W Coyne	14 Sep 2012
    Review and Discussion on Antiviral Therapy and Renal Function and Telbivudine Renal Impact on the Treatment of CHB Patients	Prof Edward Gane, Prof CC Szeto	20 Sep 2012
    HKSN ASM 2012	Prof Guiseppe Remuzzi, Prof FF Hou and local speakers	7 Oct 2012
    mTOR Inhibitors Patient Management Symposium: Optimizing Renal Function with Clinical use of mTOR Inhibitor Local Experience in the use of mTOR Inhibitor	Prof Julio Pascual, Dr A Cheuk	30 Nov 2012
    Cinacalcet Efficacyand Paradigm Shift in the Treatment of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism (SHPT)	Dr Nobuhiko Joki	3 Dec 2012

     

  • 	Topic Title	Speakers	Date	Venue
    1	Targets, trends, deficiencise and excesses: how to improve outcomes for patients	Prof. Adeera Levin, University of British Columbia, Canada	10/1/2011	QEH
    2	"Body composition Monitoring - A helpful tool to optimise the management of CKD patients" and "The use of body composition monitor in peritoneal dialysis - Hong Kong experience"	Prof. John Williams, Cardiff Prof. Cheuk-Cheun Szeto, PWH	12/1/2011	Marco Polo HK Hotel
    3	Renal Commissioned Training 2010/11: "Vascular Asscess: A vital key to success in haemodialysis"	Local and International speakers	15-16/1/11	PWH
    4	Symposium on Treatment Update for Glomerular Diseases on "Prospective multienter randomize study of treatment of lupus nephritis with tacrolimus vs CTx/Asa in Chinese adults" , "Experience with tacrolimus in treating glomerular disease" , "Tacrolimus in lupus nephritis treatment, Japan experience" & "Tacrolimus treatment for glomerular diseases-case discussion"	Prof. Yu Xueqing, China Prof. Zhao Minghui, China Prof. Hitoshi Yokoyama, Japan Prof. CC Szeto, HK	5/3/2011	The Mira Hong Kong
    5	Vascular Calcificaiton in Renal Disease Key Challenges & Novel Treatment Approaches	Professor Paolo Raggi, Emory University, Atlanta	18/4/2011	Langham Place Hotel, Monkok
    6	Scientific Symposium on Biomarkers for Hepatitis Screening in Haemodialysis Patients: "the New developments of routine testing for HBV, HCV & HIV infections for haemodialysis patients" & "New biomarker with a better diagnosis and convenient means of monitoring for Hepatitis C patient"	Dr. Peng Yin, Abbott Diagnostics Division Prof. Richard Tedder, Health Protection Agency	27/4/2011	Shangri-La Hotel, Kowloon.
    7	Renal-Cardio Protection of Selective VDRA Treatment with Paricalcitol	Dr. Bruce Hendry, King's College London School of Medicine, UK	12/5/2011	Langham Place, Mongkok
    8	PD Symposium: "Optimizing the Outcome of APD Patient at Different Treatment Stages - A Denmark Experience"	Dr. Johan V Povlsen, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark	24/5/2011	Eaton Hotel
    9	Advancing Anaemia Management: Targeting Hb Stability & Simplifying Care	Prof. Simon Roger, Gosford Hoslpital, Australia	2/6/2011	QEH
    10	Aggressive LDL Lowering in Patients with CKD: Lessons from Recent Studies	Dr. David Wheeler, Royal Fee and University College Medical School, UK	5/8/2011	Sheraton HK Hotel TSH
    11	"Optimizing matching strategies for HLA and KIR in HSCT" and “The UNOS System and Update on HLA mapping in solid organ transplants"	Prof. Elaine Reed,USA Dr. Jennifer Qiuheng Zhang, USA	28/9/2011	QEH
    12	Scientific seminar for HKSN jointly organized with HKKF on “Cardiovascular risk management in Hemodialysis”	Dr. Antonio Santoro, University of Bologna , Italy Mr. Nicolas Goux, Gambro	24/10/2011	Sheraton hotel Kowloon
    13	Online Hemodiafiltration and Native Kidney Function: 20 years of Clinical Experience	Dr. Roger Greenwood	29/11/2011	The Mira HK, TST
    14	New era in the Management of Hyponatraemic Disorder with CHF, cirrhosis and SAIDH	Prof. Arthur Greenberg, Duke University	12/12/2011	Conrad Hotel, Admiralty

  Congress and symposiums that were organized or co-organized by the Hong Kong Society of Nephrology will be listed.

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