IPNA-ESPN teaching course "Pediatric nephrology: Evidence-based statements and open questions", Moscow, Russia, October 22-24, 2013.

1. Rosanna Coppo
ESPN
Secretary General
Prof. Larisa Prikhodina
IPNA-ESPN teaching course in Moscow,
October 22-24, 2013.
Web URL: http:// espn.org

2. ESPN MEMBERSHIP
ESPN has 215 active members
(146 members have combined IPNA
membership)
and more than 1000 mail addresses
from Doctors who wish to be regularly
informed about what is going on in
Pediatric Nephrology

3. 2013 Membership by countries
UK
Germany
France
Italy
Spain
Turkey
Poland
Sweden
Russia
Hungary
Belgium
The Netherlands
Greece
Portugal
total
70
68
41
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30
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4. ESPN communication &networking activity
COUNTRY
2013 newly organized mailing list
with 1020 mail addresses of
Doctors involved in
Pediatric Nephrology care.
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MAIL addresses
GERMANY
201
SERBIA
27
BELGIUM
31
ICELAND
2
PORTUGAL
22
SWISS
18
GREECE
14
NORWAY
12
FRANCE
99
ITALY
253
TURKEY
152
RUSSIA
70
POLAND 1 indirect mailing list
UK
1 indirect mailing list

5. ESPN members from other Countries
Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia-Erzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Iceland,Ireland,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Norway,
Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Switzerland,
Ukraine
Canada, Morocco, Egypt, Israel, Jordan,
Lebanon,Libya, Peru, Puerto Rico, Reunion Island,
Saudi Arabia, Sudan, USA.

6. Web URL: http:// espn.org

7. ESPN 2013 activity
New initiatives
Scientific policy
ESPN Working Groups (WG)
Aimed at facilitating a true
European network,
Pediatric Nephrology activity visibility
Collaboration with IPNA and ERA-EDTA.

8. WG structure
• a Scientific Board made up of 5 Members
(one Chairperson for 3 year service and one young member): maximum
duration of each position is 6 years.
- one member of the ESPN/ERA-EDTA Registry
- one member of the ESPN Council
- one expert in the area to liaise with ERA-EDTA
Regular Members are welcome:
Apply for one or more WGs,
It is sufficient to be ESPN member!
Web URL: http:// espn.org

9. ESPN WGs
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Transplantation
Dialysis
CKD and metabolic bone disease
Inherited kidney disorders
CAKUT/UTI/bladder dysfunction
Nephrotic syndrome
Immune mediated renal diseases

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Karlijn van Stralen
Registry Coordinator
Marjolein Bonthuis
PhD student, since April
2010
Nick Chesnaye
PhD student
Sean Senecal
data manager
Department’s research line
‘Evaluation of Health Care
and Epidemiology’
headed by Kitty Jager.

11. ESPN Educational policy
2013 Training grants :
3 x 1000 -3000 euro training grants
applications for low and high income countries
5 travel grants for Pediatric Nephrology Courses

12. ESPN Educational policy
New initiatives:
1) CME slides series available for ESPN Members
start-up: 4 CME courses held by ESPN at the ERA-EDTA 2013:
 Urinary tract infections in children and adults
 Acute renal failure in the paediatric age group: treatment and
outcome
 Diagnosis and management of osteodystrophy in children with CKD
 ERA-EDTA/ESPN Registry
2) Master Classes of Working Group in Porto 2014 will be posted
NDT-educational (ERA-EDTA website) blog on Pediatric Nephrology

13. ESPN networking policy
New initiatives: Young Generation
ESPN will join the Young Nephrology Platform (YNP) just launched
by the ERA-EDTA, linking the two websites and sharing common
activities addressed to < 40 y.o. Nephrologists
Including:
- Survey about need and hopes
- Interview
- Information exchange among young people working in the same
area.
-Coordinator Milkos Molnar email: molnar@medformol.hu

14. 2013 past meetings
• ERA-EDTA congress in Istanbul, May 18-21, 2013.
A track was dedicated to Pediatric Nephrology during the whole congress.

15. Congress venue: Alfandega congress centre
Scientific Committee
Ryszard Grenda (Chair)
Augustina Jankauskiene
Anelia Boueva
Amal Bourquia
Bruno Ranchin
Christer Holmberg
Elke Wühl
Gema Ariceta
Giovanni Montini
Jiri Dusek
Necla Buyan
Radovan Bogdanovic
Rukshana Shroff
Sverker Hansson
Local Organizing Committee
A. Caldas Afonso
Ana Carolina Cordinhã
Ana Teixeira
António Vilarinho
Diana e Silva
Helena Pinto
Joana Garcias
José Esteves
Margarida Abranches
Paula Matos

16. Scientific Program
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IPNA – ESPN Junior Class (one full-day, September 17)
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Joint meeting with the European Working Group on Psychosocial Aspects of Children with
Chronic Renal Failure (EWOPA) (September 18-19)
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ESPN master classes (ESPN Working Groups)
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ESPN – ERA/EDTA registries
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State of the art lectures (plenary sessions)
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Symposiums (Debates / Case reports; Best relevant abstract)
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Oral Communications and Poster viewing sessions
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Symposium “What’s hot – what’s new?” (September 20)

17. Join ESPN-IPNA!
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Join a Working Group
Join the Young Nephrologist
European Platform
Send a message to ESPN to tell what
you wish from this Scientific Society
Be an active partner of the Pediatric
Nephrology Network!
Web URL: http:// espn.org