7th EUROD Winter Meeting - Save the Date!

The 7th EUROD WInter Meeting will be held in Leuven, Belgium 17.-19. January 2024.

This next edition, new elements has been added to this 3-day event, which will include a practical hands-on session, a Clinical Hot Topics session, a satellite symposium on Rare renal diseases, our Research Forum with contemporary experimental and clinical research in the field of CKD-MBD, and a full-day CME. 

Check out the preliminary program below!

PROGRAM: 7th EUROD WINTER MEETING JANUARY 2024

*** Wednesday, Jan 17, 2024 ***

13:30 – 15:10 Young Investigator Workshop: Bone biopsy – from theory to practice

• Session A: Bone Biopsy Hands-on, with a demonstration of equipment and technique
• Session B: Review of Basic Histomorphometry, looking at the typical patterns of renal osteodystrophy with a bone pathologist
• Session C: How to set it up, discussing what is needed to create a bone biopsy service (resources, equipment, expertize…)

15:40 – 18:00: Clinical Hot Topics 

• Calcium supplementation in CKD - a European consensus
• Dual-Energy x-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) vs Radiofrequency Echographic Multi Spectrometry (REMS): differences and advantages
• Bone biomarkers: a glimpse in the future
• Novel and sequential pharmacological approaches in osteoporosis: how to apply in CKD

*** Thursday, Jan 18, 2024 ***

11:00 – 12:30: Satellite symposium – bone fragility in rare renal diseases

• Throw me a bone: alkali in distal renal tubular acidosis
• Bone impairment in nephropathic cystinosis
• X-Linked Hypophosphatemia

13:30 – 18:00: Research Forum

• Part 1 - Invited mini-lectures and free communications
• Coffee break and Guided poster tour
• Part 2 - Invited mini-lectures and free communications

*** Friday, Jan 19, 2024 ***

11:00 – 17:00: CME – Inflammation and CKD (–MBD)

11:00 – 12:20: Part 1: Pathogenesis of inflammation in CKD

• The essentials of sterile inflammation in CKD
• Gut dysbiosis as a cause of inflammation in CKD

13:30 – 15:00: Part 2: Consequences of inflammation in CKD

• Inflammation and Vascular calcification
• Inflammation and bone loss: lessons from osteoimmunology and osteomicrobiology
• Inflammation and kidney disease progression
• EPO resistance in CKD: inflammation and beyond 

16:50 – 17:30: Part 3: Targeting inflammation in CKD

• Nutritional and pharmacological treatment options to tackle inflammation in CKD

Mark your calendar - and keep an eye on this space, as well as the official ERA CME overview for updated information.