Congress Programme

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Sala Mantegna
Plenary & Parallel Sessions

Mantegna Media 1
Parallel Sessions

14:00 - 14:15

25th ESPD Annual Congress Opening
Message from the ESPD President & the 25th ESPD Congress President

14:15 - 14:50
Plenary Lecture 1 - Rudolf Happle lecture - The future of genetic therapies in pediatric dermatology
Veronica Kinsler
14:50 - 14:55 Break
14:55 - 15:30 Plenary Lecture PL2 - Arnold Oranje Lecture - Skin development and changes / disorders during the first (28) days of life
Peter Höger
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00 Satellite Symposium 1 Satellite Symposium 2
17:00 - 17:10 Break
17:10 - 18:00
Parallel Session PS01: Diagnostic tools in pediatric dermatology
Parallel Session PS02: Advances in genodermatoses
17:10 - 17:30 Patch testing
TBC
Advances in EB
Peter Marinkovich
17:30 - 17:50 Rheumatologic testing
Alessandra Meneghel
Advances in epidermal differentiation disorders
Juliette Mazereeuw-Hautier
17:50 - 18:10
Computer assisted dermoscopy
Vincenzo Piccolo
Advances in ED
Holm Schneider
18:10 - 18:20 Discussion Discussion
18:20 - 18:30 Break
18:30 - 19:40 Parallel Session PS03: Hot topics
Parallel Session PS04: Pediatric dermatology emergencies
18:30 - 18:50 Hot topic in diffuse hair loss in children
Michela Starace
Cutaneous signs of systemic disease in the neonate
Iria Neri
18:50 - 19:10 New treatments in vitiligo
Mauro Picardo
Acute bullos diseases
Carmen Salavastru
19:10 - 19:30 AI in pediatric dermatology
TBC
Self-injury recognition and management
Alia Ahmed
19:30 - 19:40 Discussion Discussion
19:40 - 21:00 Networking Event


Wednesday 29 April 2026

Sala Mantegna
Plenary & Parallel Sessions

Mantegna Media 1
Parallel Sessions

08:30 - 09:05 Plenary Session PL3: Rudolf Happle Lecture - Following in the footsteps of human dermatology: The evolution of veterinary dermatology
Michela De Lucia
09:05 - 09:10 Break
09:10 - 09:45 ESPD Master's Award for 2026
Plenary Session PL4: Franck Boralevi Lecture - Beyond birthmarks: Practical management of mosaic skin disorders

Pierre Vabres
Chair:
Angela Hernandéz - Martin
09:45 - 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:25
Parallel Session PS05: Inflammatory disorders 1 (Advances in Eczema)
Parallel Session PS06: Autoinflammation and autoimmunity
10:15 - 10:35 Endophenotypes in AD
Hagen Ott
Approach to the management of resistant hidradenitis supparativa
Ellie Rashid
10:35 - 10:55 New treatment in AD
TBC
Autoinflammation in newborn
Antonio Torrelo
10:55 - 11:15 Food allergy in AD
Antonella Muraro
Clinical trajectories in Juvenile Scleroderma: Mits or reality?
Francesco Zulian
11:15 - 11:25 Discussion Discussion
11:25 - 11:35 Break
11:35 - 12:45
Parallel Session PS07: Inflammatory disorders 2 (Advances in psoriasis and beyond)
Parallel Session PS08: Advances in autoimmunity of the skin
11:35 - 11:55 Psoriasis: New treatments
Emmanuel Mahel
Morphea
TBC
11:55 - 12:15 Approach to psorisiform eruptions
Marieke Seyger
Dermatomyositis
Aleksandra Lesiak
12:15 - 12:35 Monogenetic psoriasis
Eli Sprecher
Lupus
Deniz Yucelten
12:35 - 12:45 Dicusssion Dicusssion
12:45 - 12:55 Break
12:55 - 13:55 Satellite Symposium 3
13:55 - 14:20 Break
14:20 - 15:30 Parallel Session PS09: Neoplasia Parallel Session PS10: Infections in children
14:20 - 14:40 Mycosis fungoides in children & adolescents: Really a lymphoma?
Arti Nanda
Scabies
Andrea Bassi
14:40 - 15:00 Rare tumors in children/ adolescents
Sylvie Fraitag
Bacterial infections
Martin Theiler
15:00 - 15:20 Mastocytosis
TBC
Skin Reactions from Coelenterates in children
Domenico Bonamonte
15:20 - 15:30 Discussion Discussion
15:30 - 15:40 Break
15:40 - 16:50 Parallel Session PS11: Adolescent dermatology
Parallel Session PS12: Allergy and cutaneous adverse drug reactions
15:40 - 16:00 Acne: New insights
TBC
Urticaria in children: Is it only allergic
Andaç Salman
16:00 - 16:20 Androgenetic alopecia and beyond
Bianca Maria Piraccini
Severe drug rections
TBC
16:20 - 16:40 Transgender skin modification
Anna Belloni Fortina
RIME
Lucero Noguera
16:40 - 16:50 Discussion Discussion
16:50 - 17:20 Coffee Break
17:20 - 18:20 Satellite Symposium 4 Satellite Symposium 5
18:20 - 18:30 Break
18:30 - 19:40 Parallel Session PS13: Future leaders
Chairs: Angela Hernandéz-Martin
Parallel Session PS14: Masters in Pediatric Dermatology (What's new?)
18:30 - 18:50 STIs in adolescents
Suzana Ljubojevic
18:50 - 19:10 Incontinentia pigmenti
Christine Bodemer
19:10 - 19:30 Histology and clinical correlation
TBC
19:30 - 19:40 Discussion
19:45 - 20:30

ESPD General Assembly
(ESPD members only)


Thursday 30 April 2026

Sala Mantegna
Plenary + Parallel Sessions
Mantegna Media 1
Parallel Sessions
09:00 - 09:55
Parallel Session  PS15: ESPD Trainee Presenations
Chairs: Martin Theiler
Parallel Session PS16: Free Communications I.
09:55 - 10:05 Break
10:05 - 11:15
Parallel Session  PS17:  Interventional dermatology
Parallel Session PS18: Free Communications II.

10:05 - 10:25 Laser therapy
Eulalia Baselga
10:25 - 10:45 Advances in scar revision
Ioana Pescaru 
10:45 - 11:05 Reconstructive skin surgery in children
Franco Bassetto 
11:05 - 11:15 Discussion
11:15 - 11:35 Coffee Break
11:35 - 12:10
Plenary Lecture PL5: Eva Török Lecture
TBC
12:10 - 12:25 Best Poster & Oral Presentation Awards
12:25 - 12:55

The Year in Review

13:45 - 14:00 Adjourn

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