Committees Canadian 12th IPC Organizing Committee (Montreal): Elena Torban, chair of 12th IPC, McGill University Andrey Cybulsky, McGill University Tomoko Takano, McGill University Paul Goodyer, McGill University Marie-Josee Hébert, University of Montreal Guillaume Bollée, University of Montreal Sarah Prichard, McGill University, emeritus Teresa Lavecchia, McGill University Health Center (administrative coordinator) Canadian 12th IPC Scientific Committee: Elena Torban, McGill University (Chair) Andrey Cybulsky, McGill University (co-Chair) Tomoko Takano, McGill University Paul Goodyer, McGill University Martin Bitzan, McGill University Barbara Ballermann, University of Alberta Nina Jones, University of Guelph Christopher Kennedy, University of Ottawa Shaoling Zhang, University of Montreal Teresa Lavecchia, McGill University Health Center (administrative coordinator) International 12th IPC Scientific Committee: Thomas Benzing, Director Kidney Research Center Cologne, University Hospital of Cologne, Köln, Germany Harry Holthöfer, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Lawrence B. Holzman, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA Tobias B. Huber, University of Freiburg, Germany Wilhelm Kriz, Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Peter Mathieson, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Susan E. Quaggin, Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Chicago, USA Jochen Reiser, Director department of Internal Medicine, Rush University, Chicago, USA Stuart J. Shankland, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA Karl Skorecki, Teknion, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel