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

 

09.00
Registration and breakfast


10.00
Welcome 

Chairmen: Dorthe Mørck and Bo Broberg

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

Chairmen: My Svensson and Nicholas Carlson

11.20
Anti-GBM disease - What can we learn from the  GOODIDES-02 study?

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

Chairmen: Samuel Svendsen and Bo Broberg

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

Chairmen: My Svensson and Dorthe Mørck

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

 

Chairmen: Samuel Svendsen and Cecilie Lyngsø

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

Chairmen: Iain Bressendorff and Casper Rydahl

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

Chairmen: Karin Skov and Aygen Øzbay

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

Chairmen: Nicholas Carlson and Cecilie Lyngsø

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