ADDRESS OF WELCOME

Welcome Address

A great number of abstracts has been submitted and the Paper Selection Committee, chaired by Dr. Peter Stenvinkel, has worked hard to choose the best abstracts for presentation as oral communications or posters. Compared with previous ERA-EDTA congresses, the number of oral communications will be increased; furthermore morning and afternoon poster sessions will take place without any other para...

Welcome Address

Attention has been given to support the young researchers and nephrologists, especially those having received support through the ERA-EDTA fellowship programme. New stars are visible on the horizon which hopefully will carry nephrology in Europe forward. An extraordinary number of travel grants for young nephrologists have been made available by both Societies this year. Clinical education was ...

Emergency medicine: welcome address.

A welcome address for the new criteria.

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Fundamentals of research ethics--international and regional perspectives: welcome address.

I would like to welcome Professor Pirzada Qasim, the Vice-Chancellor of Karachi University, and all the delegates and thank you all for participating in this conference Fundamentals of Research Ethics – International and Regional Perspectives. I am especially grateful to the foreign participants , who came despite discouragement by their governments. I am confident that you will appreciate how ...