PRE-CONGRESS MEETINGS

Topic and highlights Contact

Diabetes and the Kidney
Jointly organised by the International Diabetes Federation and ISN
Organisers: W. A. Scherbaum (Düsseldorf, Germany)
R. Atkins (Clayton, Victoria, Australia)
E. Ritz (Heidelberg, Germany)
• Molecular mechanisms of proteinuria
• Proteinuria as a nephrotoxin
• Anaemia in diabetic nephropathy
Date: June 5-7, 2003
www.diabetes-kidney2003.de

 Prof. W. A. Scherbaum
German Diabetes Centre
Auf’m Hennekamp 65
D-40225 Düsseldorf
Tel: +49 211 3382 201
Fax: +49 211 3369 103
E-mail: Scherbaum@ddfi.uni-duesseldorf.de

ISN Forefront Meeting
Immunology in renal diseases
Organisers: M. Goldman (Brussels, Belgium)
                U. Kunzendorf (Kiel, Germany)
• Basic immunology
• Immunological mechanisms in autoimmune diseases, glomerulonephritis and after transplantation
• New immunotherapeutic strategies
• Immunological tolerance
• Immunoregulation by T cell subsets
June 2-5, 2003 – Hotel Döllnsee-Schorfheide, Groß Dölln
(60 km north of Berlin), Germany
www.uni-kiel.de/Nephrologie/ForefrontMeeting

Deadline for abstracts: March 15th 2003

 B. Ueberle
Division of Nephrology
Schittenhelmstr. 12
D-24105 Kiel
Tel.: +49 431 597 1336
Fax: +49 431 597 1337
E-mail: ueberle@nephro.uni-kiel.de
Symposium on the Renal Replacement Therapy Registries
June 8th, 2003, 9:00 - 13:00
International Congress Centre Berlin, Room 7
Jointly organized by the International Federation of Renal Registries (IFRR) and the European Renal Association (ERA-EDTA)
Organizers: F.P. Schena (Bari, Italy)
                J.D. Briggs (Glasgow, UK)
Topics
• Mortality rate from country to country in the Renal Registries.
• Development of the European Renal Registry
www.ifrr.net		 Contact: Prof. F.P. Schena
E-mail: fp.schena@nephro.uniba.it
Symposium on the Renal Biopsy Registries
June 8th, 2003, 11:00 - 14:00
International Congress Centre Berlin, Room 4/5
Organizers: F.P. Schena (Bari, Italy)
                R. Atkins (Clayton, Victoria, Australia)
Topics
• Management of the Renal Biopsy Registries
• Data from the Registries
www.irrb.net
 Contact: Prof. F.P. Schena
E-mail: fp.schena@nephro.uniba.it