Key Dates

Registration opens:
Now open

Call for abstracts open:
13 January 2021

Call for abstracts close:
4 March 2021

Program Publication &
Author Notifications:

24 March 2021

Author Acceptance closes:
14 April 2021

Early Bird Registration closes:
12 May 2021

Conference:
Thursday 17 to Saturday 19 June 2021

Enquiries
Conference Managers
 

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PO Box 7345
Beaumaris VIC 3193
Email the Conference Manager
or call on 1300 941 480

Victorian COVID-19 RSA Statement - Friday, 4 June 2021

Program

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Thursday 17 June 2021

7.30am

Registration opens

8.30am - 10.00am

Session 1:Turning stumbling blocks into stepping stones

08.30am

Opening Ceremony

09.00am

Keynote speaker - Catherine DeVyre
Shift Happens: Service to patients and yourself in times of change

10.00am - 10.30am

RSA Awards

10.30am - 11.00am

Morning tea, exhibition opens and poster display

11.00am - 12.30pm

Session 2: Partnering with consumers

11.00am

Nicole Scholes-Robertson
Patient partnerships in research

11.20am

Paolo Cardelli
The consumer as a resource

11.40am

Raymond Sambo
My dial

12.00pm

Q&A

12.30pm - 1.30pm

Lunch, exhibition and poster display

1.30pm - 3.10pm

Session 3A: Concurrent session (papers)
Session 3B: Concurrent session (papers)

3.10pm - 3.40pm

Afternoon tea, exhibition and poster display

3.40pm - 5.20pm

Session 4A: Concurrent session (papers)
Session 4B: Concurrent session (papers)

5.30pm - 6.30pm

Happy Hour, within exhibition

6.30pm - 7.30pm

President's Welcome Drinks - Invitation only

Friday 18 June 2021

7.15am - 8.15am

Breakfast Workshop- Early detection of CKD in Australia - the pivotal role of nurses
Speakers – Dr Leanne Brown and Mr Graeme Turner
Sponsored by AstraZeneca 

7.30am

Registration opens

8.00am

Exhibition opens

8.30am - 10.00am

Session 5: The future of kidney treatment

08.30am

Sharon Ricardo
Regenerative medicine targeting kidney disease: The future of medicine is personal

09.00am

Fiona Donnelly
On the other side of the fence

09.30am

Myfanwy Graham
Review of cannabis medicines in kidney disease – clinical and patient safety considerations 

10.00am - 10.30am

AGM

10.30am - 11.00am

Morning tea, exhibition and poster display

11.00am - 12.00pm

Session 6: Using evidence to guide practice

11.00am

Jayson Catiwa and Dr Sradha Kotwal
REDUCCTION - an evidence implementation national project

11.30am

Peter Kerr
Dialysis Membranes – what’s the difference?

12.00pm - 1.00pm

Lunch, exhibition and poster display

1.00pm - 3.00pm

Session 7A: Concurrent session (papers)
Session 7B: Concurrent session (papers)

3.00pm - 3.30pm

Afternoon tea, exhibition and poster display

3.30pm - 5.15pm

Session 8A: Concurrent session (papers)
Session 8B: Concurrent session (papers)

7.00pm - 11.00pm

Conference Dinner
Aerial, 17 Dukes Walk, South Wharf 

Saturday 19 June 2021

7.15am

Breakfast Workshop - Introduction to Peritoneal Dialysis in the Australian Healthcare System
Speakers – Dr Surgit Tarafdar
Sponsored by Vifor Pharma 

8.30am

Registration and exhibition opens

9.00am - 10.30am

Session 9: Sharing the current knowledge

09.00am

Irene Ruderman
Update on CKD-MBD

09.30am

Annette Bezzant
Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Mellitus: An overview and update of diabetes care for renal nurses

10.00am

Kylie Hurst
Latest Highlights and Developments from the Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry
(ANZDATA)

10.30am - 11.00am

Closing ceremony: Prizes, 2022 conference launch, close

11.00am - 11.30am

Morning tea, exhibition and poster display

11.30am - 1.30pm

Workshop 1: Green Nephrology

Workshop 2: Research

Workshop 3: Supportive Care: Maintain the Momentum

Workshop 4: Prescribing Goal-directed Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)

Workshop 5: Vascular Access “Connection for life” (This workshop is not availabe for online viewers)

1.30pm - 2.00pm

Lunch, exhibition and poster display

2.00pm - 4.00pm

Workshop 1: Green Nephrology continued

Workshop 2: Research continued

Workshop 3: Supportive Care: Maintain the Momentum continued

Workshop 4: Prescribing Goal-directed Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)

2.00pm - 5.30pm

Workshop 5: Vascular Access “Connection for life” continued (This workshop is not availabe for online viewers)

Subject to change