Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Egyptian Society of Nephrology and Transplantation Board, I have great pleasure to welcome you to the 39th ESNT Annual Congress and the 18th Transplantation Chapter Conference organized in Cairo the pearl of Middle East and Africa .The theme of this year’s meeting is :“ Updates in Nephrology Care”Optimum patient care involves multidisciplinary approach involving Intensivists, Urology and Vascular Surgeons, Nursing Staff, Renal Dietitian and above all good family support. The present Congress is a continuum of activities that have started with our Great Founder professors and extended for 39 years without interruption. A panel of dedicated scientific committee members has worked hard to accomplish the task of covering various fields from prevention to different management modalities of in the rapidly advancing Nephrology field. The feedback of last year meetings enlightened us in selecting the topics. Efforts have been made to acquire various CME accreditations for this event. We are privileged to have Eminent International and Arab guest speakers are enriching our program.