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 PL1 - Rudolf Happle lecture - The future of genetic therapies in pediatric dermatology
Veronica Kinsler
Chair: Carlo Gelmetti
14:50 - 14:55 Break
14:55 - 15:30 Plenary Lecture PL2 - Arnold Oranje Lecture - Cutaneous developmental anomalies in neonates
Peter Höger
Chair: Giuseppe Micali

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00 Satellite Symposium 1 Satellite Symposium 2
17:00 - 17:10 Break
17:10 - 18:20
Parallel Session PS01: Advances in genodermatoses
Chairs: C. Bodemer, M. Mazzuccato
Parallel Session PS02: Pediatric dermatology emergencies
Chairs: M. Cutrone, Z. R. Csoma
17:10 - 17:30 Advances in EB
Peter Marinkovich
Cutaneous signs of systemic disease in the neonate
Iria Neri
17:30 - 17:50 Advances in epidermal differentiation disorders
Juliette Mazereeuw - Hautier
Acute bullos diseases
Carmen Salavastru
17:50 - 18:10
Advances in ED
Holm Schneider
Self-injury recognition and management
Alia Ahmed
18:10 - 18:20 Discussion Discussion
18:20 - 18:30 Break
18:30 - 19:40 Parallel Session PS03: Hot topics
Chairs: G. Pellacani, A. Ferlin
Parallel Session PS04: Pediatric dermatology emergencies
Chairs: A. Deniz Akkaya, S. Sartori
18:30 - 18:50 Hot topic in diffuse hair loss in children
Michela Starace 
Patch testing
Roberto Mazzetto
18:50 - 19:10 New treatments in vitiligo
Mauro Picardo
Rheumatologic testing
Alessandra Meneghel
19:10 - 19:30 Skin Reactions from Coelenterates in children
Domenico Bonamonte
Computer assisted dermoscopy
Vincenzo Piccolo
19:30 - 19:40 Discussion Discussion
19:40 - 21:00 Networking Welcome Cocktail in the Exhibition


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
Chair: A. Peserico

09:05 - 09:10 Break
09:10 - 09:45 ESPD Master's Award for 2026
Plenary Session PL4: Franck Boralevi Lecture - Fallacies and misconceptions in paediatric demratology in the early 21st century

Pierre Vabres
Chair:
Angela Hernandéz - Martin
09:45 - 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:05
Parallel Session PS05: Inflammatory disorders 1 (Advances in Eczema)
Chairs: G. Marseglia, U. Blume-Peytavi
Parallel Session PS06: Advances in autoimmunity of the skin
Chairs: L. Borradori, C. Prodinger
10:15 - 10:35 Endophenotypes in AD
Hagen Ott
Dermatomyositis
Aleksandara Lesiak
10:35 - 10:55 Food allergy in AD
Antonella Muraro 
Lupus
Deniz Yucelten
10:55 - 11:05 Discussion Discussion
11:25 - 11:35 Break
11:15 - 12:25
Parallel Session PS07: Inflammatory disorders 2 (Advances in psoriasis and beyond)
Chairs: S. Pasmans, V. Di Lernia
Parallel Session PS08: Autoinflammation and autoimmunity
Chairs: K. Vorcakova, C. Gouveia
11:15 - 11:35 Psoriasis: New treatments
Emmanuel Mahel
Approach to the management of resistant hidradenitis supparativa
Ellie Rashid
11:35 - 11:55 Approach to psorisiform eruptions
Marieke Seyger
Autoinflammation in newborn
Antonio Torrelo
11:55 - 12:15 Monogenetic psoriasis
Eli Sprecher
Clinical trajectories in Juvenile Scleroderma: Mits or reality?
Francesco Zulian
12:15 - 12:25 Dicusssion Dicusssion
12:25 - 12:40 Break
12:40 - 13:40 Satellite Symposium 3
13:40 - 14:05 Break
14:05 - 14:55 Parallel Session PS09: Neoplasia
Chairs: A. Biffi, E. Baselga
Parallel Session PS10: Infections in children
Chairs: D. Van Gysel, C. Gianquinto
14:05 - 14:25 Mycosis fungoides in children & adolescents: Really a lymphoma?
Arti Nanda
Scabies
Andrea Bassi
14:25 - 14:45 Rare tumors in children/ adolescents
Sylvie Fraitag
Bacterial infections
Martin Theiler
14:45 - 14:55 Discussion Discussion
14:55 - 15:05 Break
15:05 - 15:55 Parallel Session PS11: Allergy and cutaneous adverse drug reactions
Chairs: M. De Graaf, G. Piacentini
Parallel Session PS12: Adolescent dermatology
Chairs: R. Folster-Holst, A. Garolla
15:05 - 15:25 Urticaria in children: Is it only allergic
 Andaç Salman
Androgenetic alopecia and beyond
Bianca Maria Piraccini
15:25 - 15:45 RIME
Lucero Noguera
Transgender skin modification
Giovanni Frattin
15:45 - 15:55 Discussion Discussion
15:55 - 16:25 Coffee Break
16:25 - 17:25 Satellite Symposium 4 Satellite Symposium 5
17:25 - 17:35 Break
17:35 - 18:25 Parallel Session PS13: Future leaders
Chairs: Angela Hernandéz-Martin, Mary Glover
Parallel Session PS14: Masters in Pediatric Dermatology (What's new?)
Chairs: M. El Hachem, B. Marinovic
17:35 - 17:55 STIs in adolescents
Suzana Ljubojevic
17:55 - 18:15 Incontinentia pigmenti
Christine Bodemer
18:15 - 18:25 Discussion
18:30 - 19:15

ESPD General Assembly
(ESPD members only)


Thursday 30 April 2026

Sala Mantegna
Plenary + Parallel Sessions
Mantegna Media 1
Parallel Sessions
08:30 - 09:25
Parallel Session PS15: ESPD Trainee Presenations
Chairs: Martin Theiler, Claire O'Neill
Parallel Session PS16: Free Communications I.
Chairs: Carmen Salavastru, Hagen Ott
09:25 - 09:35 Break
09:35 - 10:25
Parallel Session PS17: Interventional dermatology
Chairs: S. Janmohamed, P. Dall'Igna
Parallel Session PS18: Free Communications II.
Chairs: Anna Belloni-Fortina, Maanasa Polubothu

09:35 - 09:55 Advances in scar revision
Ioana Pescaru
09:55 - 10:15 Reconstructive skin surgery in children
Franco Bassetto
10:15 - 10:25 Discussion
10:25 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:45 Satellite Symposium 6
11:45 - 11:55 Break
11:55 - 12:30
Plenary Lecture PL5: Eva Török Lecture - Evolving management of inflammatory diseases
Laurence Eichenfield
Chair: S. Zanconato
12:30 - 12:40 Best Poster & Oral Presentation Awards
12:40 - 13:10

The Year in Review

13:10 - 13:20 Adjourn

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