Kidney Week 2026 Educational Session Suggestions

On behalf of the Kidney Week 2026 Education Committee, we are soliciting proposals for kidney pathology-focused 2-hour educational sessions at the KW26 meeting in Denver. Topics can range from basic/clinical science to clinical practice to translational topics. Suggestions received by the deadline (December 10 2025) will be curated and selections submitted to the KW26 Education Committee for consideration. Selections not used for KW26 will be archived for consideration at future meetings Please include the following information:

1. RPS member submitters name
2. Session title
3. Description of session
4. Lecture title + faculty speaker #1 + expertise (PMID)
5. Lecture title + faculty speaker #2 + expertise (PMID)
6. Lecture title + faculty speaker #3 + expertise (PMID)
7. Lecture title + faculty speaker #4 + expertise (PMID)
8. Please keep faculty diversity in mind (gender, race, institution, geographic location, etc)

Submit your proposals here

Distinguished renal pathologist Dr. Michael Kashgarian died peacefully at home in Hamden, CT on June 28, 2025 at the age of 91.  A founding member of the Renal Pathology Club (which would become the RPS), he was a past President of the RPS, recipient of the Jacob Churg Distinguished Achievement Award and the Robert Heptinstall Lifetime Achievement Award, and mentor to many RPS members. Please see his obituary here

ESP Webinar Series on AI and Electron Microscopy

Invitation to register for Part 1

The European Society of Pathology (ESP) is constantly striving to increase the array of offered educational opportunities in Pathology. Among others, we provide courses, workshops, on demand online material, the best pathology congress, Fellowships, and of course free online webinars.

We are excited to announce a new series of ESP webinars, this one in collaboration with the ESP Working Group on Electron Microscopy. This webinar series will be on the application of the Artificial Intelligence to Electron Microscopy.

We are pleased to invite you to register for the 1st webinar of this series, which is scheduled for 28 October 2025 at 15:00-16:00 CET.

The subject of this webinar will be “Active learning of GBM thickness estimation: a step towards precision nephrology”.

The speakers for this webinar will be Prof. Gianandrea Pasquinelli, IT and Dr Nico Curti, IT.

The webinar will be moderated by Prof. Renate Kain, AT, Dr Valentina Papa, IT, and Prof. Giovanna Cenacchi, IT.

This webinar, like all the others, will be recorded and made available to ESP members via the ESP Educational Platform.

Registration is free of charge and available via this LINK

Please note that there are plenty more ESP activities open for registration now, including today’s ESP webinar on clinical trials!

To see the list of our upcoming Events, visit the respective page of the ESP website.