Research Forum: Monday 23, Tuesday 24 July
Workshops: Wednesday 25 July

To register visit http://beatckd.org/2018-forum/

This nationwide research forum and workshops is for patients, clinicians, and researchers with an interest in conducting and implementing research to improve outcomes for people with chronic kidney disease. The forum provides a unique opportunity to hear and discuss innovative methods, high-priority research projects, and to meet potential collaborators. This will focus on research into chronic kidney disease, facilitated by infrastructure to support these activities in Australia and New Zealand including the:

• Australasian Kidney Trials Network (AKTN)
• Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA)
• Kidney Health Australia – Caring for Australasians with Renal Impairment (KHA-CARI) Guidelines
• Cochrane Kidney and Transplant

Who can attend?

This meeting is open to all health professionals working in the area of kidney disease – including nephrologists, nurses, dieticians, social workers, psychologists, physiotherapists and other disciplines - with a research interest in patients with kidney disease. This meeting is also open to consumers with CKD (patients or caregivers), policy makers and industry.

The research skills workshops are aimed at all clinical staff interested in research, and are applicable to most research areas.

Meeting Objectives

The goals of the forum are:

• To build capacity in clinical and population health research applied to CKD
• To facilitate enhanced multidisciplinary collaboration
• To promote the understanding and uptake of new methods
• To develop a shared research agenda among all relevant stakeholders, especially among patients and their caregivers

The goal of the workshops are to provide professional development in research skills.