Join leading experts from the Mayo Clinic, Rochester USA and Scandinavia for an inspiring update on the latest advances in nephrology in the heart of Copenhagen.
A unique opportunity for knowledge exchange, discussion, and networking this September

Program and Speakers

Thursday 10th September 2026

 

10.00
Welcome


10.10
ANCA Vasculites: Towards personalized medicine.

Marta Casal Moura, Mayo Clinic, USA


10.35
ANCA Vasculites: Is there a place for plasmapheresis?

Wladimir Szpirt , ISFA, Copenhagen, Denmark


11.00
Coffee


11.20
Anti-GBM: Presenting data from GOOD-Ides 2.

Professor Mårten Segelmark, Lund University, Sweden


11.45
Lupus Nephritis: Time to redefine treatment goals.

Fernando C. Fervenza, Mayo Clinic, USA


12.10
CAR-T cells therapy: Nephrotoxicity and future use for autoimmune diseases.

Sandra Herrmann, Mayo Clinic, USA


12.35
Lunch


13.30
Treatment of IgA nephropathy not based in KDIGO. 

Fernando C. Fervenza, Mayo Clinic, USA


13.55
Advanced molecular profiling of FFPE kidney biopsies.

Assistant Professor Øystein Solberg Eikrem, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway


14.20
Membranous Nephropathy: Discovery of new target antigens and what they mean.

Sanjeev Sethi, Mayo Clinic, USA


14.45
Coffee


15.15
Pregnancy and Renal Disease.

Vesna Garovic, Mayo Clinic, USA


15.45
What happens after hypertensive disorders of pregnancy?

Andrea Kattah, Mayo Clinic, USA


16.10
Nephrotoxicity of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.

Sandra Herrmann, Mayo Clinic, USA

 

Friday 11th September 2026

 

9.15
Genetics and cystic kidney diseases.

Peter Harris, Mayo Clinic, USA


9.40
Personalized approach for the treatment of kidney stone disease.

John Lieske, Mayo Clinic, USA


10.05
The neglected anion sulfate - new links between the kidney and extrarenal disease.

Felix Knauf, Mayo Clinic, USA


10.30
Coffee


11.00
CKD-associated osteoporosis; Updated clinical approach and treatment.

Professor Ditte Hansen, Herlev Hospital, Denmark and Ass. Professor Hanne S Jørgensen, Aarhus University hospital, Denmark


11.25
Role of Inflammation, Uremic Toxins and Senescence for Early Vascular Ageing in CKD.

Professor Peter Stenvinkel, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden


11.50
Future perspectives in kidney protection in diabetes.

Professor Peter Rossing, Steno Diabetes Center, Copenhagen, Denmark


12.15
Lunch


13.15
Beware the generics – cheaper but not necessarily safe! -simultaneous bioequivalence assessment of tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil in steady-state kidney transplant recipients.

Professor Anders Åsberg, Department of Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, Norway


13.40
Hypoimmune pancreatic islet transplantation in type 1 diabetes. 

Professor Hanne Scholz, Experimental Cell Transplantation Research Group, Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Norway


14.05
Coffee


14.30
The use of AI-based image analysis to improve kidney care in patients.

Andrew Rule, Mayo Clinic, USA


14.55
Artificial Intelligence in Nephrology: Current Applications and Future Directions.

Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Mayo Clinic, USA