The JSN/KDIGO Joint Symposium at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Nephrology will take place on Friday, June 9th in Yokohama, Japan. The theme of the session is Symptoms and QOL in CKD Patients.

Moderators:

• Masaaki Nakayama, St. Luke’s International Hospital
• Kunitoshi Iseki, HSR Nakamura Clinic

Speakers:

• 1．Introduction: QOL of CKD Patients in Japan
  Masaaki Nakayama (St. Luke’s International Hospital)
• 2．Controversies Conference Report: Symptom-Based Complications in Dialysis
  Kunitoshi Iseki (HSR Nakamura Clinic)
• 3．Symptom Burden in CKD Patients
  James Burton (University of Leicester, UK）
• 4．SONG-HD and Core Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Fatigue
  Angela Ju (University of Sydney, Australia）
• 5．Quantification of HR-Hope and its Relationship with Medical and Psychological
  Manifestations in Advanced CKD and Dialysis
  Noriaki Kurita (Fukushima Medical School Hospital）