Irish Nephrology Society Annual Meeting 2026
15th - 16th May 2026
The Gibson Hotel, Dublin
About this event:
We are delighted to announce that our Annual Conference will be taking place on Friday 15 May and Saturday 16 May in the Gibson Hotel, Dublin.
Programme:
This year, we shall be hosting our SpR Study day on Friday 15th May which will run from 10:00am-15:00pm.
Attendees wishing to participate in this session must register to attend – there is no cost to attend this session.
From 17:30-19:00 on the evening of Friday 15th May, our conference officially opens and our guest speakers include: Prof. Stephen McAdoo, Consultant Nephrologist, Imperial College, London and Prof. Cormac Kennedy, TCD and St James’s Hospital Dublin.
On Saturday 16th May, we will have a full day programme, once again, our local organisers have put an excellent programme together for us to include our international speakers.
Guest speakers include:
Dr. Joel Topf, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Michigan
Dr. Samir Parikh, President, American Society of Nephrology, Professor of Medicine, University of Texas- Southwestern, Dallas
Prof. Rhys Evans, Associate Professor of Renal Medicine and Consultant Transplant Nephrologist, UCL Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Free NHS Trust, London
Prof. Aisling Courtney, Transplant Nephrologist, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast
Prof. Francis Finucane, Consultant Endocrinologist University Hospital Galway
Prof. Helen Heneghan, Consultant Bariatric Surgeon, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, University College Dublin
Prof. Charuhas Thakar, Editor-in-Chief, ASN Kidney 360, Director, Wellcome Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queens University, Belfast
Abstracts:
Our online abstract submission portal is now open!
Deadline for abstracts: 17:00 on 3rd April 2026. Attached please find our Abstract Submission Guidelines. If submitting an abstract, please ensure to read these carefully.
Sinead Kinsella Bursary: We are delighted to announce that Astellas have kindly agreed to sponsor this award for our 2026 conference. Please find application criteria below.
All applications should be sent to: info@irishnephrology.ie
Accommodation:
For those wishing to avail of accommodation, this will be on your own as the hotel do not have availability for a large group booking at this time due to an event in the 3Arena.
Conference enquiries:
Conference enquiries to info@irishnephrology.ie
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Dr. Sam Kant
Secretary INS
Prof. Donal Reddan
President INS