Program

16:45 - 17:00

WELCOME AND OPENING ADDRESS

Michael Schön, Göttingen, Germany (EDF President)

Salon 4 Saisons

17:00 - 18:00

PLENARY GUEST LECTURES 1

Chairpersons: Marie Aleth Richard, Marseille, France /

Antonio Costanzo, Milan, Italy

Salon 4 Saisons

17:00 - 17:30

New insights into the mechanisms of tumor immune evasion

Thomas Tüting, Magdeburg, Germany

17:30 - 18:00

The phagosome in normal and inflamed human skin

Wolfgang Weninger, Vienna, Austria

18:00 - 19:00

UPDATE FROM SISTER SOCIETES

Chairpersons: Nick Reynolds, Newcastle, UK /

Kaisa Tasanen-Määttä, Oulu, Finland

18:00 - 18:10

EADV

Branka Marinovic, Zagreb, Croatia

18:10 - 18:20

ESDR

Curdin Conrad, Lausanne, Switzerland

18:20 - 18:30

SSF

Michel Gilliet, Lausanne, Switzerland

18:30 - 18:40

UEMS

Daiva Jasaitiene, Kaunas, Lithuania

18:40 - 18:50

EADO

Josep Malvehy, Barcelona, Spain

18:50 - 19:00

IUSTI-Europe

George-Sorin Tiplica, Bucharest, Romania

20:00

WELCOME GATHERING AT THE HOTEL MAJESTIC

Restaurant

08:15 - 10:00

1) INTERACTIVE FORUM:

Postgraduate education – what is needed and what works?

Salon 4 Saisons

08:15 - 08:20

Welcome and introduction

Chairpersons: Michael Schön, Göttingen, Germany /

​​​​​​​Ana-Maria Forsea, Bucharest, Romania

08:20 - 08:40

Developing and implementing clinical practice guidelines: Engaging the audience

Alexander Nast, Berlin, Germany

08:40 - 09:00

Artificial Intelligence in dermatology education: Opportunities and challenges

Philipp Tschandl, Vienna, Austria

09:00 - 09:20

Competence-based education for residents with entrustable professional activities

Tamara Griffiths, Manchester, UK

09:20 - 09:40

Addressing educational challenges in postgraduate dermatology training

Marie Aleth Richard, Marseille, France

09:40 - 10:00

Round Table

All speakers in this session

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Break

Salon Gris, Vert, Or

10:30 - 12:00

2) INTERACTIVE FORUM:

Treatment strategies

Salon 4 Saisons

10:30 - 10:35

Welcome and introduction

Chairpersons: Alexander Navarini, Basel, Switzerland ​​​​​​​/

Miklos Sárdy, Budapest, Hungary

10:35 - 10:55

Trained immunity and disease modification

Curdin Conrad, Lausanne, Switzerland

10:55 - 11:15

Melanoma treatments – soon at 100% long-term survival?

Christoffer Gebhardt, Hamburg, Germany

11:15 - 11:35

Healing Psoriasis

Christopher Griffiths, London, UK

11:35 - 12:00

Debate: Can we soon modulate immune reactions to oblivion?

All speakers in this session

12:00 - 13:10

3) INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM

Chairpersons: Charlotta Enerbäck, Linköping, Sweden /

Antonio Costanzo, Milan, Italy

Salon 4 Saisons

12:00 - 12:10

Pfizer

Pfizer’s Commitment to Dermatology: Transforming Care Through Breakthrough Science and Collaboration

Irene Modesto, New York, USA

12:10 - 12:20

AbbVie

Expanding Horizons in Dermatology

Cristina Sancho, Madrid, Spain

12:20 - 12:30

Apogee

Advances in Atopic Dermatitis: The Potential of Half-Life-Extended Antibodies to Reduce Treatment Burden

Katrin Lorenz-Baath, Munich, Germany

12:30 - 12:40

UCB

UCB commitment to Innovation in Dermatology for Patient impact

John Ioannou, Slough, United Kingdom

12:40 - 12:50

Takeda

Introducing Takeda: Blossoming in Dermatology (after 245 years)

Warren Winkelman, Cambridge MA, USA

12:50 - 13:00

Novartis

BTK pathway in dermatology

Bruno Cenni, Basel, Switzerland

13:00 - 13:10

Galderma

Expanding Clinical Landscape for Nemolizumab: Latest Evidence and Exploring New Indications

Anna Ryzhkova, Zug, Switzerland

13:10 - 14:15

Lunch

Salon Gris, Vert, Or, Restaurant

14:15 - 15:45

4) COMMISSIONS AND DISCUSSION GROUPS

(open to all members, corporate partners and guests)

Salon 4 Saisons

14:15 - 14:45

EDF European guidelines development and updates

Alexander Nast, Berlin, Germany

14:45 - 15:00

Genetics, networks and registries

John McGrath, London, United Kingdom

15:00 - 15:15

Erasmus project, update

Martine Bagot, Paris, France
Harald Gollnick, Magdeburg, Germany
Vahid Djamei, Zurich, Switzerland

15:15 - 15:30

Cyberderm, update

Günter Burg, Zurich, Switzerland
Alexander Navarini, Basel, Switzerland
Vahid Djamei, Zurich, Switzerland

15:30 - 15:45

Physician Scientist Fellowship Program

Michel Gilliet, Lausanne, Switzerland

15:45 - 16:15

Coffee Break

Salon Gris, Vert, Or

16:15 - 17:30

PLENARY GUEST LECTURES 2

Chairpersons: Alexander Stratigos, Athens, Greece /

Josep Malvehy, Barcelona, Spain

Salon 4 Saisons

16:15 - 16:45

Advances in Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis

Oliver Distler, Zurich, Switzerland

16:45 - 17:15

The molecular secrets of the lymphatic system

Michael Detmar, Zurich, Switzerland

17:15 - 17:30

Discussion

All speakers from this session

17:30 - 18:15

GENERAL ASSEMBLY (EDF MEMBERS ONLY)

Salon 4 Saisons

18:15 - 18:30

PRO MERITIS AWARD 2026

19:00

Networking Dinner

Meeting in the hotel lobby at 19:00

07:00 - 10:00

Breakfast


Departure


Thank you for coming and attending our EDF Annual Meeting this year in Montreux!