The World Congress of Nephrology 2027 (WCN'27), the flagship annual meeting of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), takes place from 1 to 4 April 2027 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
WCN brings together thousands of kidney care professionals each year to learn, exchange and advance kidney health on a global scale. The most recent congress featured around 225 global kidney experts, 67 innovative scientific sessions, delegates from 117 countries, roughly 4,500 attendees and about 1,800 submitted abstracts.
Programme and experiences
- Plenary lectures, state-of-the-art symposia and abstract sessions across clinical and basic nephrology
- WCN courses for hands-on, practical learning
- Defined programme themes covering CKD, AKI, dialysis, transplantation, glomerular disease, paediatric nephrology and kidney health in low-resource settings
- The Global Kidney Policy Forum
- Interactive sessions, networking and the ISN Community Film Event
- ISN Awards
Plenary speakers announced
- Rita Charon (USA) — founder of narrative medicine
- Kazunori Kataoka (Japan) — pioneer of polymeric nanomedicine
- Abraham Verghese (USA) — physician and author
Key dates
- Abstract submission: open — deadline 28 October 2026
- Travel grant applications: deadline 31 October 2026
- ISN Community Film Event call for films: deadline 4 November 2026
- Registration: open — early-bird deadline 13 January 2027
Who should attend
Nephrologists, transplant physicians, dialysis teams, paediatric nephrologists, internists, renal nurses and dietitians, researchers, trainees and health-policy leaders.
Individual and group registration and travel grants are available on the official WCN website. Only the ISN or its official representatives are authorised to provide services related to WCN 2027 — contact infowcn@theisn.org with any concerns.
