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Joanne M Bargman
Professor Julian Savulescu
Associate Professor Matthias Kretzler
Awards
Post Graduate Course in Nephrology, 14 - 15 August 2006
Preliminary Program for Wednesday, 16 August 2006
Preliminary Program for Thursday, 17 August 2006
Preliminary Program for Friday, 18 August 2006

Joanne M Bargman MD FRCPC

Dr Bargman received her MD cum laude from the University of Toronto, and completed postdoctoral studies in Melbourne, Australia and Stanford University. She is Director of the Peritoneal Dialysis Unit and co-director of the Renal-Rheumatology Lupus Clinic at the University Health Network in Toronto.

Professor Julian Savulescu B.Med.Sci., M.B., B.S., M.A., Ph.D.

Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford
Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Director of the Program on Ethics and the New Biosciences in the James Martin 21^st Century School

Professor Savulescu is engaged in research, education and stimulating open public discussion around the ethical issues which arise in every day life and which are related to the changes in society, particularly those related to technological advancement. He has worked broadly in the ethics of science and medicine and his main current research interests are the ethics of the new biosciences: cloning, stem cells, genetics, artificial reproduction and neuroscience.

Previously, he was Editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics, the highest impact factor journal in medical and applied ethics. He was Director of the Ethics of Genetics Unit at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. He was also Director of the Bioethics Program at the Centre for the Study of Health and Society at the University of Melbourne and the Chair of the Department of Human Services, Victoria, Ethics Committee. He was also Head of the Melbourne-Oxford Stem Cell Collaboration, devoted to examining the ethical implications of cloning and embryonic stem cell research.

Julian Savulescu is qualified in medicine, bioethics and analytic philosophy. He has published over 100 articles in journals such as the British Medical Journal, Lancet, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Bioethics, the Journal of Medical Ethics, American Journal of Bioethics, Medical Journal of Australia and Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology. He is currently director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and director of the Program on Ethics and the New Biosciences in the James Martin 21^st Century School.

Associate Professor Matthias Kretzler

Matthias Kretzler graduated from the University of Heidelberg and received his postgraduate training at the University of Michigan and Munich. He currently is an associate professor at the University of Michigan. His research is focused on the mechanism of glomerular failure and molecular diagnostics using renal biopsies.

Awards

BMS Young Investigator Award
To be eligible applicants must be at an early stage of their career, age < 40y and enrolled in a higher degree (or just submitted). Eligibility must be confirmed by the research supervisor. Abstracts can be related to basic science or clinical research. Nominated abstracts (only 1 per investigator) will be ranked and a maximum of 6 will be selected for presentation.

KHA Clinical Nephrology Award
Oral presentation, open to all registrants.

AMGEN Basic Science Award
Oral presentation. This award is to highlight good basic science research and is open to all registrants regardless of the phase of their career.

CREED Awards
Best (2) dialysis-related presentations - oral or poster. Prize is a trip to present at the Indonesian Society ASM in 2006.

Best Poster Awards
Presented to the best basic science and clinical poster. Open to all registrants.

AMGEN Rural Practitioners Award
Awarded to a rural physician.

To be considered for an award the presenter MUST be a current financial member of the ANZSN, with the exception of the CREED Awards.

Post Graduate Course in Nephrology, 14 - 15 August 2006

MONDAY, 14^th AUGUST 2006

Venue: Corryong Rooms 1&2, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre

SESSION 1: 0830-1000 Haematological Disorders and the Kidney

HUS and TTP. Associate Professor Richard Kitching

Plasma Cell Dyscrasias. Dr Andrew Wei

MORNING TEA (combined with AKTN attendees)

SESSION 2: 1030-1200 Renin-Angiotensin System

Diabetic Nephropathy. Dr Steve May

Renin Angiotensin System, ACE inhibitors and ARBs - what's new?
Professor Carol Pollock

LUNCH (combined with AKTN attendees)

SESSION 3: 1300-1430 - Transplantation

Renal Transplant Surgery. Ms Amanda Robertson

Combined Kidney Pancreas Transplantation. Dr John Kanellis

AFTERNOON TEA (combined with AKTN attendees)

SESSION 4: 1500-1630. Genetic kidney disorders

Inherited Renal Diseases: Prof Judy Savige

Genetic Disorders of the Slit Pore: Associate Professor Robyn Langham

Fabrys Disease: Dr Kathy Nicholls

COURSE DINNER (EVENT KINDLY SPONSORED BY SERVIER):
Speaker: Dr Andrew Jowett "Combining Passions - Medicine in Sport"
Team Doctor for the Socceroos and the Collingwood Magpies.
Venue: Yarra Room, Langham Hotel, Southbank

TUESDAY, 15^th AUGUST 2006

SESSION 5: 0830-1000. Molecular Technologies in Renal Disease

Molecular approaches to diagnosis. Associate Professor Matthias Kretzler

BK nephropathy. Professor Graeme Russ

MORNING TEA (combined with AKTN attendees)

SESSION 6: 1030-1145. Dialysis and Lupus

Non-infectious complications of Peritoneal Dialysis
Professor Joanne Bargman

Lupus Update. Dr Fiona Brown

LUNCH (combined with AKTN attendees)

SESSION 7: 1230-1330. Concurrent session with AKT Network
Trials - critical appraisal / Epidemiology / Meta-analysis

Combined educational session (both groups. ie AKTN group + PG course)

SESSION 8: 1330-1430 Concurrent session with AKT Network

Breakout sessions (both groups. ie AKTN group + PG course)

AFTERNOON TEA (combined with AKTN attendees)

Preliminary Program for Wednesday, 16 August 2006

Plenary Session
Matthias Kretzler - Podocytes in GN

BMS Young Investigators Award

Oral Presentations

Morning Tea

Poster Session 1

Lunch

Amgen Basic Science Award

Oral Presentations

Afternoon Tea

Poster Session 2
Clinical Poster Award

ANZSN Annual General Meeting

Welcome Reception at the Melbourne Aquarium

Preliminary Program for Thursday, 17 August 2006

Plenary Session
Julian Savulescu - Payment for Organs

Symposium 1
John Conaglen - Sexual Dysfunction
Carol Pollock - Nutrition in Renal Disease

Morning Tea

KHA Clinical Award
Oral Presentations

Lunch

Australian Evidence ANZDATA Report

Afternoon Tea

Poster Session 3
Basic Science Poster Award

Gala Dinner at the National Gallery of Victoria

Preliminary Program for Friday, 18 August 2006

Plenary Session
Joanne Bargman - To Kt/V or not to Kt/V

Symposium
Matthias Kretzler - New Diagnostics in Renal Medicine
Phil O'Connell - Chronic Allograft Nephropathy - Towards a Molecular Diagnosis

Morning Tea

Plenary Session
Alan Cass / Julian Savulescu - Priority Setting in the Allocation of Treatment

Lunch

Bootle Award Session
Mellisa Little - Investigating Cellular Therapies in the Kidney from a Developmental Perspective
Sharon Ricardo - Stem Cells in Renal Injury and Repair
Julie Campbell - Tissue-engineered Arteries and Urogenital Organs

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