Program
required WELCOME AND OPENING ADDRESS
Alexander Navarini, Basel, Switzerland (EDF President)
Salon 4 Saisons
required PLENARY GUEST LECTURES 1
Chairpersons: Alexander Navarini, Basel Switzerland / Miklós Sárdy, Budapest, Hungary
Salon 4 Saisons
required 3D-printed human skin substitutes: From robotic ‘SkinFactory’ to real patients
Agnes Klar, Zurich, Switzerland
required War dermatology: Skin disease, trauma and public health challenges in conflict settings
Valeska Padovese, Mater Dei, Malta
required UPDATE FROM SISTER SOCIETES
Chairpersons: Nick Reynolds, Newcastle, UK / Josep Malvehy, Barcelona, Spain
required EADV
Branka Marinovic, Zagreb, Croatia
required ESDR
Curdin Conrad, Lausanne, Switzerland
required SSF
Michel Gilliet, Lausanne, Switzerland
required UEMS
Daiva Jasaitiene, Panevezys, Lithuania
required ILDS
Henry Lim, Detroit, USA
required EADO
Josep Malvehy, Barcelona, Spain
required IUSTI-Europe
George-Sorin Tiplica, Bucharest, Romania
required WELCOME GATHERING AT THE HOTEL MAJESTIC
Restaurant
required 1) INTERACTIVE FORUM: TEACHING
Salon 4 Saisons
required Welcome and introduction
Chairpersons: Kaisa Tasanen-Määttä, Oulu, Finland / Ana-Maria Forsea, Bucharest, Romania
required How to teach clinical dermoscopy in 2027: Structure, patterns, pitfalls
Aimilios Lallas, Thessaloniki, Greece
required From Atlases to AI and Augmented Intelligence: How will we teach and practice dermatology in 2030
Art Papier, Rochester NY, USA
required From moulages to multimedia: How dermatology teaching has transformed over a century
Michael Geiges, Zurich, Switzerland
required Teaching classical dermatology: Foundations, occlusion, Unna boot and topical therapy
Cord Sunderkötter, Berlin, Germany
required Round Table
All speakers from this session
local_cafe Coffee Break
Salon Gris, Vert, Or
required 2) INTERACTIVE FORUM: MIXED BAG
Salon 4 Saisons
required Welcome and introduction
Chairpersons: Charlotta Enerbäck, Linköping, Sweden / Alexander Stratigos, Athens, Greece
required Precision autoantibody profiling in blistering and immune skin disease
Enno Schmidt, Luebeck, Germany
required Skin microbiome diagnostics: Clinical relevance in inflammatory skin disease
John Common, Newcastle, UK
required The TikTok dermatology effect: How social media shapes presentation, misdiagnosis and patient expectations
Natalia Jiménez, Madrid, Spain
required Diagnostic decision pathways: How to make the right call in complex skin conditions
Véronique del Marmol, Bruxelles, Belgium
required Digital pathology: From glass to insight
László Fónyad, Budapest, Hungary
required Plastic surgery: Lymphatic Reconstructive surgery in primary and secondary lymphedema
Nicole Lindenblatt, Zurich, Switzerland
restaurant_menu Lunch
Salon Gris, Vert, Or, Restaurant
required 3) INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM
Chairpersons: Antonio Costanzo, Milan, Italy / Alexander Enk, Heidelberg, Germany
Salon 4 Saisons
required 4) COMMISSIONS AND DISCUSSION GROUPS
(open to all members, corporate partners and guests)
Salon 4 Saisons
required EDF European guidelines development and updates
Alexander Nast, Berlin, Germany
required Cyberderm / Erasmus project, update
Vahid Djamei, Zurich, Switzerland
Martine Bagot, Paris, France
required Physician Scientist Fellowship Program
Michel Gilliet, Lausanne, Switzerland
local_cafe Coffee Break
Salon Gris, Vert, Or
required PLENARY GUEST LECTURES 2
Chairpersons: Michael Schön, Göttingen, Germany / Marie Aleth Richard, Marseille, France
Salon 4 Saisons
required “Ozempic” face and beyond: The truth about GLP-1 agonists from skin to metabolism
Roberta Vasconcelos-Berg, Basel, Switzerland
Alex Miras, London, UK
required Longevity dermatology: Skin aging, regeneration and the future of human appearance
Tamar Nijsten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
required Discussion
All speakers from this session
required GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Salon 4 Saisons
required PRO MERITIS AWARD 2027
restaurant_menu NETWORK DINNER
local_cafe Breakfast
required Departure
Thank you for coming and attending our EDF Annual Meeting this year in Montreux!
