General session – Room 1

09.00-09.15

Opening Ceremony

09.15-10:45

Vascular access: state of the art (four presentations on key topics, e.g. access epidemiology, AVF, grafts, catheters, surveillance, all with literature updates of articles published in 2023-2025)

10:45-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-12:15

The central venous catheter (four presentations: 1. the right catheter for the right patient, 2. infections, 3. thrombosis, 4. How long can we keep a non-tunneled hemodialysis catheter in place)

12:15-13:00

Poster session discussion in the Poster Area

13:00-14:00

Lunch Break and Industry Symposia (13:10-13:50 - 40 minutes)

14:00-15:00

Young Committee session 1. Basics of vascular access

15:00-16:00

Young Committee session 2. Building the interdisciplinary team in your unit

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-17:30

Vascular access planning

17:30-18:00

Mini lectures

18.00-19:30

Welcome reception

Room 2 Session

11:15-12:15

Basic research in vascular access (with literature updates of articles published in 2023-2025)

12:15-13:00

Poster session discussion in the Poster Area

13:00-14:00

Lunch Break and Industry Symposia (13:10-13:50 - 40 minutes)

14:00-15:00

Gender differences in hemodialysis access

15:00-16:00

Video session: dialysis access creation

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-17:45

Clinical trials

Room 3 Session

11:15-12:15

Dialysis access and the cardiovascular system

12:15-13:00

Poster session discussion in the Poster Area

13:00-14:00

Lunch Break and Industry Symposia (13:10-13:50 - 40 minutes)

14:00-15:00

Tissue engineering in vascular access

15:00-16:00

Peritoneal dialysis access

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-17:45

Topic TBD

General session – Room 1

09:00 – 09:40

Keynote lecture

09:40 – 10:00

VAS Awards

10:00 – 10:45

VAS-VASA-JSDA cooperation session
Discrepancies in vascular access clinical practices: why?
Legislation for new devices in different countries

10:45-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-12:15

The non-maturing access

12:15-13:00

Salvage of failing access
Endovascular salvage
Hybrid surgery salvage

13:00-14:00

Lunch Break and Industry Symposia (13:10-13:50 - 40 minutes)

14:00-14:45

Vascular access in fragile patients (elderly, diabetes, heart failure, patient perspective)

14:45-15:30

Ultrasound in vascular access

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:00

Best abstracts

17:00-18:00

VAS General Assembly

Room 2 Session

10:15 – 10:45

Ultrasound guided cannulation, pros and cons

10:45-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-12:15

Catheter locks

12:15-13:00

Management of the bleeding access post-dialysis

13:00-14:00

Lunch Break and Industry Symposia (13:10-13:50 - 40 minutes)

14:00-14:45

Monitoring and surveillance

14:45-15:30

Management of inadequate access flow during dialysis

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:00

Nursing of vascular access: patient education and empowerment

17:00-18:00

VAS General Assembly

Room 3 Session

10:15 – 10:45

Clinical problem solving in vascular access 1 – Case analysis (7 min each + discussion 3 min)

• Vascular access related hand ischemia
• High Flow AV access
• Stents versus drug coated ballons for outflow complications
• vein obstruction/occlusion
• The bleeding access
• …

10:45-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-12:15

Clinical problem solving in vascular access 2 – Case analysis (7 min each + discussion 3 min)

• Endo-AV fistula malfunction or complications
• Decision on vascular access ligation after kidney transplantation
• AV fistula maturation problems
• Indication to early cannulation graft placement
• Difficult removal of cuffed catheters
• …

12:15-13:00

Endo-AV fistula: first generation devices and new developments

13:00-14:00

Lunch Break and Industry Symposia (13:10-13:50 - 40 minutes)

14:00-14:45

AV fistula, surgical issues

14:45-15:30

Video session: management of dialysis access complications

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:00

Innovation in vascular access

17:00-18:00

VAS General Assembly

General session – Room 1

09:00 – 09:40

Keynote lecture

09:40 – 10:00

VAS Awards (two awards with 7 minutes presentations form the awardee?)

10:00 – 10:45

Round table - Answers to patients’ questions on vascular access.

10:45-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-12:15

Vascular access grafts. Should we use less or more?

12:15-13:00

Vascular access for home hemodialysis and new devices in vascular access

13:00-13:15

Awards ceremony for best abstracts

13:15-13:30

Presentation of the VAS2027 Congress and final remarks