Our first face-to-face management committee meeting was held between 19-21 September 2022 in Ariano Irpino-Naples in Italy.
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Meeting Program
Monday, September 19th
| 8:30 – 9.25 | Welcome Desk Chairpersons: Giovambattista Capasso (Naples) &. Robert Unwin (London) |
| 9.25 – 9.50 | Introduction to the conference : Ortensio Zecchino, President Biogem (Ariano Irpino) Giuseppe Remuzzi, Director Mario Negri Institute (Milan) Mario Crispo, President Biogem Foundation (Rome) |
| 9:50 – 10:10 | Giovambattista Capasso (Naples) CONNECT action: what has been done and what should we do |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | Lecture: Gioacchino Tedeschi (Naples) Functional and structural Brain Imaging in CKD |
| 10:40 – 11:10 | Coffee break |
| 11:10 – 11:40 | Discussions and presentations among WGs (5 different rooms) Groups and Leaders Preclinical Research: Carsten Wagner (Zurich) & Nielsen Rikke (Aarhus) Clinical Research: Annette Bruchfeld (Stockholm) & Ziad Massy (Paris) Clinical Practice : Marion Pepin (Paris) & Andrzej Wiecek (Katowice) Data management and bioinformatics: Dorothea Nitsche (London) & Stefano Sensi (Chieti) Inclusiveness and dissemination: Gaye Hafez (Istanbul) & Maria José Soler Romeo (Barcelona) |
| 11:40 – 13:00 | Chairpersons: Liliana Garneata (Bucharest) & Ivan Rychlik (Prague) Reports and discussions from WGs |
| 13:00 – 15:00 | Lunch + visit to Biogem facility |
| SESSION I | Chairpersons: Maie Bachmann (Tallin) & Sebastian Frische (Aarhus) |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Vesna Pesic (Belgrade): Animal models for cognitive impairment |
| 15:20 -15:40 | Pedro Henrique Imenez Silva (Zurich): Acid-base and cognitive function |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Ewout Hoorn (Rotterdam) : Water balance and brain disorders |
| 16.00-16.30 | Coffee break |
| SESSION II | Chairpersons: Goce Spasovski (Skopje) & Annette Bruchfeld (Stockholm) |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | Ziad Massy (Paris): Role of uremic toxins in brain dysfunction |
| 16:50 – 17:10 | Casper Franssen (Groningen): Cognitive impairment in hemodialysis patients |
| 17.10 -17.30 | Maria Jose Soler Romeo (Barcelona): Albuminuria as a risk factor of MCI. Where are we now? |
| 17:30 | Free time |
| 20:00 | Social dinner |
Tuesday, September 20th
| Chairpersons: | Carsten Wagner (Zurich) & Andrzej Wiecek (Katowice) |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Reports from leadership positions: Ana Carina Ferreira (Lisbon ): ITC grant coordinator Ewout Hoorn (Rotterdam): STSM grants coordinator Jolanta Malyszko (Warsaw): Science Communication Manager Davide Viggiano (Naples): Dissemination grant coordinator |
| 9:30 – 10:30 | Plenary Discussion: How to achieve the next GP’s goals Participants: all the members of WGs |
| Chairperson: | Andreja Figurek (Banja Luka) |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Lecture: Gianvito Martino (Milan): The physiological role of neural stem cells in the adult brain |
| 11.00 -11:30 | Coffee break |
| SESSION III | Chairpersons: Mani Laila Yasmin (Zurich) & Rroji Merita (Tirana) |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | Jolanda Malyszko (Warsaw): Cognitive impairment in Tx patients. |
| 11:50 –12:10 | Alberto Ortiz (Madrid): CKD, Klotho and the brain |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | Ana Carina Ferreira (Lisbon): Minimization of risk factors for MCI in CKD patients |
| SESSION IV | Chairpersons: Christopher Mayer (Vienna) & Giorgos Sakkas (Athens) |
| 12:30 –12:50 | Alexandre Andrade (Lisbon): Analysis of fMRI and EEG data |
| 12:50 – 13:10 | Loreto Gesualdo (Bari): Tryptophan metabolism in sepsis-induced acute kidney injury (AKI): a novel pharmacological target in kidney-brain axis |
| 13:10 – 14:30 | Lunch |
| SESSION V. | Chairpersons: Giuseppe Paolisso (Naples) & Inga Bumblyte (Vilnius) |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Carmine Zoccali (Reggio Calabria): How to measure GFR in aged patients |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Francesco Mattace-Raso (Rotterdam): Cerebral small vessel disease and cognitive decline |
| 15:10-15:30 | Marion Pepin (Paris): Cognitive testing in older patients |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Coffee break |
| SESSION VI | Chairpersons: Vazelov Evgueniy (Sofia) & Zacharia Lefteris (Athens) |
| 15:50 – 16:10 | Robert Unwin (London) – Trials and tribulations of early drug development |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Dorothea Nitsche (London): AKI and cognitive impairmentx |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | Nicole Endlich (Greifswald): How the SHIP Study can support CONNECT |
| 16:50 – 17:10 | Irene Zecchino – Michele Farisco (Ariano Irpino) Cognitive decline related to chronic kidney disease as an exclusion factor from kidney transplantation. Ethical and legal issues |
| Concluding Remarks: | Paolo Golino (Naples) CONNECT Grant Holder Finance & Legal Representative |
| Afternoon | Visit a local winery: visit, wine tasting and social dinner |
