2007 STEP Conference presentations

International conferences

Jonathan Craig. Presented at CARI Update session Dialysis Nephrology Transplantation Conference; 4-7 March 2007; Queenstown, New Zealand.

Jonathan Craig. How to make the results of DTAS reviews more understandable. Masterclass 2: Systematic reviews of diagnostic accuracy studies: Translating diagnostic accuracy into practice. Invited to present one of the Masterclasses at the Midyear Executive Meeting of Cochrane Review Group Co-ordinators, 16-22 April 2007; Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Jonathan Craig. 4th World Congress of Nephrology (WCN), April 20-25, 2007; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Invited by the President-elect, International Society of Nephrology (ISN) to serve as a member of the Core Scientific Program Committee responsible for developing the program for that meeting.

Les Irwig. Invited to present at the Scientific Principle and Clinical Practice on Assessment of Diagnostic Test Symposium; 2-8 September 2007; Seoul, South Korea.

National conferences

Jonathan Craig. Invited to present Finding and Managing Early CKD: Australia – The Role of Guidelines in CKD]]. International Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Summit, 27 July 2007;Sydney. (Kidney Health Australia and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN))

Jonathan Craig, Germaine Wong. Screening and Prevention of Cancer in the Transplant Population. Transplantation Society New Key Opinion Leader Meeting, Sydney, Australia from 30 July - 2 August 2007; Sydney, Australia.

Jonathan Craig. Invited as Facilitator of the Focus Group on Paediatric Trials. 3rd International Clinical Trials Symposium, 25 Sept 2007; Sydney, Australia. Outline: Clinical trials in children present special challenges - heterogenous ages and drug handling, limited commercial interest, consent by proxy (parents and caregivers), rare diseases. This focus group will summarise recent International developments which are facilitating clinical trial conduct in children, and practical aspects of recruitment, design and conduct in this challenging population group.