2-Day Event | 27 & 28 March 2026

Program | Friday 27 March 2026

Moderators:          Katrien De Vusser (UZ Leuven) - Paulien Van Acker (Yperman, Ieper)

Morning

09.00 – 09.05        Welcome
09.05 – 09.50        Jonathan Barratt (Dpt of Cardiovascular Sciences, Univ. of Leicester) – Navigating the treatment landscape in IgA nephropathy
09.50 – 10.20        An De Vriese (AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge) – Oral anticoagulation in dialysis: Whom? Why? With what?
10.20 – 10.50        Hans Van Der Meersch (AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge) – A protocol for the management of osteoporosis in dialysis patients

Coffee Break

11.10 – 11.55        Fernando Fervenza (Mayo Clinic, Rochester) – Redefining the treatment goals in lupus nephritis
11.55 – 12.40        Robert Hilbrands (UZ Brussel) – CKD in obesity and type 2 diabetes: rational use of GLP-1 analogues and SGLT-2 inhibitors

Moderators:          Barbara Van den Bergh (AZ Sint-Jan Brugge) – Annick Massart (UZ Antwerpen)

Afternoon

13.30 – 14.15        Ewout Hoorn (Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam) – What’s new in electrolyte disorders?
14.15 – 15.00        John Lieske (Mayo Clinic, Rochester) – What’s new in kidney stones?
15.00 – 15.30        Dirk De Ridder (Leuvens Instituut voor Gezondheidszorgbeleid) – From electronic health records to sharing meaningful data

Coffee Break

16.00 – 17.00        Dominique Persoone (The Chocolate Line) – A personal journey - chocolate tasting
17.00 – 18.00        Spring meeting of the NBVN
18.00 – 19.00        Johan Kips (Sr Strategic Advisor to the Minister of Health and Social Affairs Frank Vandenbroucke) - Designing the future hospital landscape in Belgium

Program | Saturday 28 March 2026

Moderators:          Steven Van Laecke (UZ Gent) – Roos Pannecoeck (AZ Sint-Lucas Brugge)

Morning

09.00 – 09.05        Welcome
09.05 – 09.50        Ulrich Specks (Mayo Clinic, Rochester) – ANCA vasculitis: towards personalized medicine
09.50 – 10.20        Sofie Dhaese (AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge) – Diagnostic challenges in TMA
10.20 – 10.50        Jens Van Praet (AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge) – Infectious diseases in immunocompromised renal patients

Coffee Break

11.10 – 11.55        Monnie Wasse (Rush University Medical Center, Chicago) – Novelties in the hemodialysis vascular access
11.55 – 12.40        Emilie Cornec-Le Gall (Université de Brest) – Differential diagnosis of cystic kidney disease

Moderators:          Pieter Vermeiren (AZ Sint-Jan Brugge) – Lissa Pipeleers (UZ Brussel)

Afternoon

13.30 – 14.15        Oriol Manuel (CHUV, Lausanne) –  Management of viral infections after kidney transplantation
14.15 – 14.45        Stefaan Vandecasteele (AZ Sint-Jan Brugge) – Nephrotoxicity of antimicrobial agents
14.45 – 15.30        Kianoush Kashani (Mayo Clinic, Rochester) – Management of AKI in the ICU: Novelties in diagnosis and management

Coffee Break

16.00 – 17.00        Fernando Fervenza (Mayo Clinic, Rochester), Elisabet Van Loon (Imelda, Bonheiden), Tess Van Meerhaeghe (Hôpital Erasme, Brussel), Lyssa Van De Ginste (AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk) – Treatment of glomerular diseases: a case-based approach