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WEDNESDAY 10 FEBRUARY

1600 – 1900          REGISTRATION

1800 – 1900          WELCOME RECEPTION

THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY


0800 – 1800          REGISTRATION AND POSTER PLACEMENT

0830 – 0845          WELCOME AND OFFICIAL OPENING
                            Sir Jack Brabham and Lady Brabham

    
0845 – 1015        PLENARY SESSION ONE
                            Sponsored by Roche

                            Theme:  The Economics and Utilisation of Home Based Therapies 
                            Chair:  Prof. David Johnson   
  
0845 – 0930          Economics of home-based dialysis therapies
                            Speaker:  Prof. Alan Cass

0930 – 1015          Strategies to improve utilisation of Peritoneal Dialysis in Australia and New Zealand
                            Speaker:  Dr Fiona Brown

1015 – 1035          MORNING TEA


1035 - 1200         CONCURRENT SESSION ONE
 

Home Haemodialysis – Room 1
Sponsored by Fresenius

Theme: The Home Haemodialysis Prescription
Chairs:  Dr Jim Petrie
            Assoc. Prof. Charles George


1035 – 1055          Basic Home Dialysis Prescription
                            Speaker:  Dr Peter Hollett 

1055 – 1115          Home HD prescriptions – what to do with anticoagulation
                            Speaker:  Dr Ashley Irish   
 
1115 – 1135          Designer prescriptions in home haemodialysis 
                            Speaker:  Dr Mark Marshall

1135 – 1200          Panel Discussion & Questions

Home Haemodialysis – Room 2
Sponsored by Gambro

Theme:  Convective Therapies - the Future
Chair:  Assoc. Prof. Tim Mathew

1035 – 1055          Maximising Convective Clearance - Opportunities in the Home
                            Speaker:  Dr Carolyn van Eps
                              
1055 – 1115          Optimising Convective Clearance using the Emerging Gambro Technology
                            Speaker:  Dr Ingrid Ledebo

1115 – 1135          Optimising Convective Clearance using the Emerging Fresenius Technology
                            Speaker:  Dr Feidhlim Woods

1135 – 1200          Panel Discussion and Questions

Peritoneal Dialysis - Room 3
Sponsored by Baxter

Theme:  Reducing Infections and Maximising Clearances in PD
Chair:  Dr Murty Mantha 

1035 – 1055          Reducing Infectious Complications in PD
                            Speaker:  Dr Kate Wiggins

1055 – 1115         Optimising solute and fluid clearance in PD 
                           Speaker:  Assoc. Prof. Johan Rosman

1115 – 1130         Optimising phosphate clearance in PD
                           Speaker:  Dr Sunil Badve

1135 – 1200          Panel Discussion & Questions

1200 – 1300          LUNCH

1300 – 1400          POSTER SESSIONS


1400 – 1540       PLENARY SESSION TWO
                            Sponsored by Shire


                            Theme: Clinical Trials Update
                            Chair:  Dr Carolyn van Eps
    
1400 – 1445          Latest trials in home and extended HD
                            Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Vlado Perkovic
     
1445 – 1530          Latest trials in PD
                            Speaker:  Assoc. Prof. Bruce Culleton
 
1530 – 1540          Questions

1540 – 1600          AFTERNOON TEA


1600 – 1700          FREE COMMUNICATION OF BEST POSTERS
                            Chairs: Dr Paul Snelling
                                       Denise O'Shaughnessy


                            10 minutes x 6 presentations
                            (7 minutes presentation and 3 minutes discussion)
                            Announcement of winners at Dinner 

1830                    WORKSHOP DINNER - Riverside Room (see social program)

 
FRIDAY 12 FEBRUARY

0745 – 0830          BREAKFAST SESSION 
                            KHA Sponsored Survey Results -
                            Opinions of Health Professionals working within the Renal Area
                            
Chair:  Assoc. Prof. Tim Mathew
                            Speaker:  Lydia Lauder

0830 – 0845          BREAK TEA


0845 – 1000        PLENARY SESSION THREE
                            Sponsored by Amgen

                            Chair:  Prof. Kelvin Lynn 

0845 – 0915          Reducing the cardiovascular risk in home dialysis patients 
                            Speaker:  Assoc. Prof. Bruce Culleton 
 
0915 – 0945          Future development of dialysis – Focus on Innovation
                            Speaker:  Dr Ingrid Ledebo  

0945 - 1000           Panel Discussion & Questions   

1000 – 1030          MORNING TEA


1030 - 1200         CONCURRENT SESSION TWO:

Home Haemodialysis -   Room 1
Sponsored by Gambro

Theme: Water Quality and Water Balance
Chair:  Dr Balaji Hiremagalur

1030 – 1050          Interpretation of tests for water purity/ISO Standards
                            Speaker:  Prof. Peter Kerr 

1050 – 1110          Ultrapure Dialysis Fluid: Standard of care?
                            Speaker:  Dr Ingrid Ledebo
  
1110 – 1130          Bioimpedence as a standard of care in dialysis – Tool or toy?
                            Speaker:  Dr Feidhlim Woods

1130 – 1200          Panel Discussion & Questions

Home Haemodialysis - Room 2
Sponsored by Janssen-Cilag 

Theme:  Facilitating and Keeping People at Home
Chair:  Melanie Cawley 

1030 – 1050          The Hong Kong Experience
                             Speaker:  Dr Matthew Kwok-lung TONG 

1050 – 1110          Debate: Cognitive assessment is mandatory prior to referral for a home based therapy
                            Speakers:  Jane Nearhos / Elisabeth Hamernik

1110 – 1120          Why patients won’t listen
                            Speaker:  Jayne Stopa

1120 – 1130          Innovative ideas to support patients at home
                            Speaker:  Annerley Bates

1130 – 1200          Panel Discussion & Questions

Peritoneal Dialysis – Room 3
Sponsored by Baxter 

Theme: The Challenges of Maintaining PD
Chair:  Dr Dwarakanathan Ranganathan 

1030 – 1050          PD in the aboriginal patients at remote locations
                            Speaker:  Dr Wai Lim

1050 – 1110          Improving outcomes in Peritoneal Dialysis
                            Speaker:  Assoc. Prof. Bruce Culleton

1110 – 1130          Why PD is still going strong in New Zealand?
                            Speaker:  Prof. Kelvin Lynn

1130 – 1200          Panel Discussion & Questions

1200 – 1300          LUNCH


1300 - 1415         CONCURRENT SESSION THREE:

Home Hemodialysis - Room 1
Sponsored by Janssen-Cilag

Theme: Access
Chair:  Rosie Simmonds 

1300 – 1320          Debate: Buttonholing is the preffered method of Cannulation
                            Speakers:  Prof. Peter Kerr / Assoc. Prof John Agar

1320 – 1340          Safety risks in the home
                            Speaker:  Dr Rosemary Masterson

1340 – 1400          Dialysis surveillance of the difficult vascular access
                            Speaker:  Prof. Peter Kerr

1400 – 1415          Panel Discussion & Questions

Home Haemodialysis - Room 2
Sponsored by Fresenius

Theme: New Horizons
Chair:  Dr Steve McTaggert

1300 – 1320          Setting boundaries with patients
                            Speaker:  Jane Nearhos 

1320 – 1340          The wearable kidney
                             Speaker:  Dr Feidhlim Woods   

1340 – 1400          Sorbent and Nx Stage    
                            Speaker:  Assoc. Prof John Agar

1400 – 1415          Panel Discussion & Questions

Peritoneal Dialysis – Room 3
Sponsored by Genzyme

Theme:  Contemporary Issues in PD
Chair:  Assoc. Prof. Johan Rosman

1300 – 1320          Debate: All PD patients should be transferred to HD when they lose RRF
                            Speakers:  Prof.  Randall Faull / Prof. David Johnson 

1320 – 1340          Peritoneal dialysis access issues
                            Speaker:  Dr Murty Mantha

1340 – 1400          APD for all?
                            Speaker:  Dr Paul Snelling     

1400 – 1415          Panel Discussion & Questions

General  

1415 – 1500         Closing remarks

    
CLOSE OF MEETING


1500 – 1600         AFTERNOON TEA

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