The history of the ISRNM

The 12th International Congress was held at the Congress Center “Pietro Abano” in Abano Terme, close to Padua and Venice, Italy from 18-22 June in 2004. Chairs of the Programme and local organizing committees were: Gianfranco Guarnieri, Annamaria Bernardini and Giuseppe Bucciante. More than 430 delegates participated at this Congress that began with a half day Pre-Congress Educational Update attended by many. Two hundred and three papers were presented (113 invited and free communications and 90 posters). Topics in the main Congress program included new hormones and inflammation, protein metabolism, exercise and nutrition to improve metabolic abnormalities, pharmacological therapy, cardiovascular complications and energy balance and body composition. Other aspects included carnitine supplementation, enteral and parenteral nutrition. During the dietitians sessions attended by over 90 dietitians, 28 papers were presented on several aspects of nutrition research and practice. The 2nd International Workshop on Skeletal Muscle Metabolism and Exercise Physiology in Chronic Renal Disease was held immediately after the ISRNM Congress. The results of the council elections were as follows: the 8th President: Denis Fouque (France), Past President: George.A Kaysen (USA), President Elect: Gianfranco Guarnieri (Italy), Secretary-Treasurer: T.Alp Ikizler (USA) and council members: Maria Chan RD (Australia), Harald Franch (USA), Nathan Levin (USA), Yoshiki Nishizawa (Japan), Peter Stenvinkel (Sweden) and Christoph Wanner (Germany)