This year the Home Hemodialysis Symposium was expanded to 15 sessions with invited speakers, and included two nursing sessions and one patient panel. In addition, there were a record number of abstracts. Selected abstracts filled two slide forums and one poster forum. Professor Carl M. Kjellstrand, MD, was the 2000 recipient of the Annual Award for Lifetime Achievements in Hemodialysis. This year, for the first time, an award was given for the best abstract in hemodialysis. The winner was Steven R. Ash, Lafayette, Indiana, for the abstract, “Concentrated Sodium Citrate (23%) for Catheter Lock.” Volume 4 of Hemodialysis International will be published later this year. A record number of manuscripts have been submitted.

The Symposium on Home Hemodialysis started in Baltimore 5 years ago with two sessions and has since been growing in scope. In Seattle, four years ago, there were five slide sessions and one poster session. Starting with the Symposium in Denver 3 years ago, we published the first volume of the proceedings, Home Hemodialysis International, 49 pages in length, containing 11 papers. Two years ago in Nashville, there were seven slide sessions, and the second volume of Home Hemodialysis International was expanded to 72 pages and included 14 peer-reviewed papers. Professor Vittorio Bonomini, MD, became the first winner of the Annual Award for Lifetime Achievements in Hemodialysis. Last year in Charlotte, there were 11 sessions, including nursing and patient forums. Professor Paul E. Teschan became the second recipient of the Annual Award for Lifetime Achievements in Hemodialysis. Volume 3 of Home Hemodialysis International expanded to 80 pages with 18 articles.

Two international societies related to hemodialysis were founded in San Francisco: The International Society of Hemodialysis and The Society for Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology. Both societies intend to have annual sym-posia as part of the Annual Conference on Dialysis.

Plans are underway for the 21st Annual Conference on Dialysis, to be held February 17 – 19, 2001, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 7th Symposium on Home Hemodialysis will be renamed the Symposium on Hemodialysis. We intend to expand the scope of the Symposium and add more sessions with invited speakers. We would also like to include more slide and poster sessions, so we are looking forward to the submission of abstracts related to hemodialysis.