Amsterdam, Netherlands October, 2006
This multidisciplinary controversies conference, attended by more than 70 physicians, representing 6 continents and 25 countries, was designed to evaluate classification of chronic kidney disease (CKD) from a global public health perspective. The conference agenda included both plenary sessions and discussion groups that examined CKD classification, surveillance, public policy and associations of CKD with other chronic diseases. Based upon the meeting deliberations, recommendations were made regarding evaluation and promotion of global public health initiatives; extension of current classification systems for CKD and related chronic diseases; and identification of research questions to guide future study design and data collection.
The development and adoption of a consistent framework, pertinent to public policy arenas, clinical care and research endeavors, will permit international collaborations and scientific discoveries to be more readily applicable and easily adopted worldwide.
KDIGO – Past, Present, and Future
Presenter: Garabed Eknoyan
CKD as a Public Health Problem
Presenter: Andrew Levey
Presenter: Meguid El Nahas
CKD Surveillance - EU (Iceland Data)
Presenter: Olafur Skuli Indridason
CKD Surveillance - Latin America
Presenter: Emmanuel Burdman
Presenter: Jing Chen
Presenter: Kunitoshi Iseki
Presenter: Robert Atkins
Presenter: Jerome Rossert
GFR Reporting - United Kingdom
Presenter: Donal O’Donoghue
Albuminuria Testing: Implementation
Presenter: David Seccombe
Revisions to ICD Classifications
Presenters: Lesley Stevens and Robert Jakob
Presenter: Allan Collins
Associations of CKD with Chronic Disease
Presenter: Kai-Uwe Eckardt
WHO Chronic Disease Perspective
Presenter: Robert Jakob
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors for CKD
Presenter: Adeera Levin
Associations of CKD with Infectious Disease
Presenter: Bertrand Jaber
Associations of CKD with Cancer
Presenter: Eric Cohen
