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EUROD Winter Meeting 2024 - Save the Date!

Save the Date for the 7th EUROD Winter Meeting in Leuven, Belgium! Have a look at the preliminary program!

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.

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