What is the Maple Leaf Plaza?
Besides the scientific program, posters, industry showcase and symposia, make sure to visit the Maple Leaf Plaza on the congress platform. With a nod to the original destination of WCN’21 in Montreal, Canada, here you will discover extra congress activities in which to take part, and a wealth of valuable information presented in different and interactive formats.
- Collect your congress bag and be among the first to have access to valuable new publications
- Watch the finalists and the winners of the 2021 ISN Community Film Event
- Visit our galleries; the outgoing leaders-, awards- and ISN @ Work galleries highlighting our people, achievements and special projects
- If you have missed it in your inbox, catch up on the latest congress news and more with the WCN Daily broadcast
- Find out about the ISN membership and ISN Journals
- Explore our ISN member societies and organizations in the Global Nephrology Village
- On the social media wall, see how all enjoyed the congress and posted on our social media channels
- Take part in a WCN quiz that will encourage you to explore and challenge your knowledge
Maple Leaf Plaza is supported by Otsuka
Delegates (including industry delegates) may be able to view who is visiting the industry showcase in real-time. They will only be able to view the information made public in the profile.
Participants may opt-in to allow ISN to share their full registration details with companies of booths they visit in the Industry Showcase or with companies organizing an industry symposia they have viewed. These will include First Name, Surname, Email Address, Affiliation and Gender. Industry may use these details to contact the delegate. Industry will not be allowed to use the details in your public congress profile to contact you outside of WCN without your approval.
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WCN Speakers and poster presenters may request that no audio or visual recording (even with no publication purpose) are taken of their presentations or posters, particularly in the case of unpublished data. Such presentations (or slides) and posters will clearly labelled with “NO COPY/ NO POST”
Promoting inclusiveness and for your convenience, all recorded presentations have English subtitles included, made possible by AstraZeneca and Janssen. Plenary lectures are available with French subtitles too.
What do I need to access the platform?
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CME Accreditation and Certificate of Attendance
The ISN World Congress of Nephrology, 15/04/2021-19/04/2021 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 18 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Each participant can only receive the number of credits he/she is entitled to according to his/her actual participation at the event once he/she has completed the feedback form. Cf. criteria 9 and 23 of UEMS 2016.20.
Please find below the breakdown of ECMEC®s per day:
April 15, 2021 – 6.00
April 16, 2021 – 2.00
April 17, 2021 – 3.00
April 18, 2021 – 3.00
April 19, 2021 – 4.00
European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.The EACCME® awards ECMEC®s on the basis of 1 ECMEC® for one hour of CME with a maximum of 8 ECMEC®s per day. Cf. Chapter X of UEMS 2016.20.
Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM . Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognized by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
All face-to-face conferences or courses, and all synchronous online conferences or courses (such as live webcasts and live webinars that allow participants to ask questions to the faculty), held outside of Canada can be reported as accredited group learning activities under Section 1 of the MOC Program if they are developed by a university, academy, college, academic institution or physician organization or are eligible under a CPD/MOC recognition agreement.
To download your CME Certificate of Attendance:
- Please login to your WCN’21 Portal, here
- Click on the “My CME Certificate” button
- Complete a feedback survey to access your certificate. This is mandatory and required by EACCME®.
- Once completed you will be able to download your certificate
Language and Translation
The official language of the Congress is English. Presentations will be delivered in English. Plenary lectures are available with French subtitles too.
For all frequently asked questions please see our page here. If your question is not there feel free to reach out to our team!
Scam warning – unauthorized third-party providers
- Only register for WCN’21 via our secure registration portal.
- The ISN has been made aware that several unofficial organizations offer registration and other services related to WCN’21. Please note that only the official WCN partners listed on this website are authorized to provide these services. You are strongly advised not to transmit confidential or payment details to sites that advertise the World Nephrology Congress or World Congress on Nephrology. ISN is not associated with these congresses. Please contact registrationswcn@theisn.org if you have any doubts or concerns.
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