The official ERA-EDTA Newsletter - Year 1 Issue 2

Envisioning the Future

Interview with Jorge B. Cannata-Andía,
the new ERA-EDTA President

Prof. Cannata-Andía, can you summarise the changes that occurred in the Council in Istanbul?

When I became President in Istanbul, the ERA-EDTA Council’s composition also underwent a significant change both in the Officers and in the Ordinary members.
Adrian Covic from Romania and Rosanna Coppo from Italy have been elected Secretary-Treasurer and Chairperson of the Administrative Offices respectively.

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The new Officers who started their term in Istanbul: Adrian Covic, Rosanna Coppo and Jorge B. Cannata-Andía

Glasgow 2006: a bench-to-bedside approach

A report from Prof. P. Ronco, Chairman of the Scientific Committee

The Scientific Committee has established what we feel is a strong, attractive programme for the XLIII Congress of the ERA-EDTA in Glasgow. The programme covers all aspects of Nephrology including clinical and basic Nephrology, Hypertension, Dialysis and Transplantation. It includes 3 Plenary Lectures, 28 Symposia, 15 Mini Lectures, Literature Updates in all fields of Nephrology, and Hands-on-Courses. Symposia will highlight the new trends in translational Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation.

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The Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre (ICEC), seat of the XLII ERA-EDTA Congress

Istanbul is proud to have hosted the XLII ERA-EDTA Congress

From Prof. K. Serdengecti, XLII Congress President

I am extremely pleased and proud to announce that the XLII ERA-EDTA Congress, which took place on 4-7 June 2005 against the background of an enchanting host city that offered a combination of beautiful weather, splendid scenic beauty, rich and impressive history, cultural wealth and diversity, together with a most vibrant modern soul and warmest hospitality has indeed been a great success both scientifically and socially that broke the ERA-EDTA records for abstract submission (1959) and participation (over 5800 delegates).

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PLENARY LECTURES

Epidemiologic transition: a key to understanding global health
by Ron LaPorte, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA

The long way to achieving tolerance in renal transplantation
by Fred Fändrich, Dept. of General and Thoracic Surgery, University of Kiel, Germany

A new unifying hypothesis for human hypertension
by Richard Johnson, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Introducing the QUEST Initiative

From Prof. C. Zoccali, Chairman of the ERA-EDTA Registry

The QUEST (QUality European STudies) initiative is not a research project on its own but an ambitious framework aimed at collecting data on Clinical indicators, monitor guidelines adherence and form the basis for establishing well pondered benchmarks. An important goal of the project is that of helping European investigators joining their forces to pursue common projects based on an enriched ERA-EDTA database. The task of establishing high-quality clinical databases, including major Clinical Indicators, is diffi cult because these measures pose standardization problems.

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