Scientific program
Three days at session level. Times are local to the venue. Sunday's industry advisory boards are organized by the supporting companies and are not accredited education, which is stated on every one of them.
- Dates
- November 13 to 15, 2026
- Sessions
- 16
- Tracks
- 6
Day 1
Friday, November 13
Registration opens in the afternoon. The meeting opens with a single plenary before the welcome reception.
- 18:00
Registration desk open
Badge collection and materials.
Grande Lakes foyer - 17:45
S1.1
Opening plenary: rare dermatologic disease in general practice
Where diagnostic delay happens, what the referral pattern looks like, and what this meeting sets out to change.
Abrar A. QureshiGrand BallroomAdd to calendar: Opening plenary: rare dermatologic disease in general practice, 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM - 20:30
Welcome reception
Open to all registered attendees and exhibiting partners.
Lakeside terrace
Day 2
Saturday, November 14
Twelve sessions across the meeting's clinical scope, morning and afternoon. Exhibit hall open throughout. Gala dinner in the evening.
- 08:00
Registration and breakfast
Exhibit hall opens at 07:00.
Exhibit hall - 08:10
Welcome and course overview
Abrar A. QureshiGrand Ballroom - 08:50
S2.1
Porphyrias: recognition, testing and modern management
Cutaneous presentations, which assay answers which question, and where treatment has moved.
Speaker to be announcedGrand BallroomAdd to calendar: Porphyrias: recognition, testing and modern management, 8:10 AM to 8:50 AM - 09:30
S2.2
Autoimmune blistering diseases: diagnosis and first-line therapy
Direct immunofluorescence, serology, and sequencing treatment in pemphigus and pemphigoid.
Speaker to be announcedGrand BallroomAdd to calendar: Autoimmune blistering diseases: diagnosis and first-line therapy, 8:50 AM to 9:30 AM - 10:05
S2.3
Cutaneous lupus erythematosus across subtypes
Discoid, subacute and tumid disease, and when cutaneous findings change systemic workup.
Speaker to be announcedGrand BallroomAdd to calendar: Cutaneous lupus erythematosus across subtypes, 9:30 AM to 10:05 AM - 10:35
Break, exhibit hall
Exhibit hall - 11:10
S2.4
Dermatomyositis: skin-predominant disease and malignancy screening
Myositis-specific antibodies, amyopathic presentations, and the screening interval question.
Speaker to be announcedGrand BallroomAdd to calendar: Dermatomyositis: skin-predominant disease and malignancy screening, 10:35 AM to 11:10 AM - 11:45
S2.5
Scleroderma and morphea: staging skin involvement
Localised versus systemic disease, and what the skin score is actually measuring.
Speaker to be announcedGrand BallroomAdd to calendar: Scleroderma and morphea: staging skin involvement, 11:10 AM to 11:45 AM - 12:20
S2.6
Mast cell disorders: cutaneous mastocytosis and its systemic overlap
Tryptase interpretation, when to biopsy marrow, and managing mediator symptoms.
Speaker to be announcedGrand BallroomAdd to calendar: Mast cell disorders: cutaneous mastocytosis and its systemic overlap, 11:45 AM to 12:20 PM - 13:30
Lunch, exhibit hall
Exhibit hall - 14:05
S2.7
Generalized pustular psoriasis: flare management and interleukin-36 blockade
Distinguishing GPP from plaque disease under pressure, and the current therapeutic pathway.
Speaker to be announcedGrand BallroomAdd to calendar: Generalized pustular psoriasis: flare management and interleukin-36 blockade, 1:30 PM to 2:05 PM - 14:40
S2.8
Hidradenitis suppurativa: staging, surgery and biologic sequencing
Where medical therapy stops, where surgical planning starts, and how to run both together.
Speaker to be announcedGrand BallroomAdd to calendar: Hidradenitis suppurativa: staging, surgery and biologic sequencing, 2:05 PM to 2:40 PM - 15:10
S2.9
Alopecia areata: severity assessment and JAK inhibition in practice
Selecting patients, monitoring, and setting expectations on regrowth timelines.
Speaker to be announcedGrand BallroomAdd to calendar: Alopecia areata: severity assessment and JAK inhibition in practice, 2:40 PM to 3:10 PM - 15:35
Coffee break, exhibit hall
Exhibit hall - 16:05
S2.10
Vitiligo: repigmentation strategy and maintenance
Topical and phototherapy combinations, stability assessment, and relapse prevention.
Speaker to be announcedGrand BallroomAdd to calendar: Vitiligo: repigmentation strategy and maintenance, 3:35 PM to 4:05 PM - 16:40
S2.11
Pediatric rare skin disease: the first presentation
Genodermatoses that reach general dermatology first, and how to route them.
Speaker to be announcedGrand BallroomAdd to calendar: Pediatric rare skin disease: the first presentation, 4:05 PM to 4:40 PM - 17:30
S2.12
Panel: precision medicine and emerging therapeutics in rare dermatologic disease
Genotype-directed treatment, biomarker selection, and what is realistically close to clinic.
Abrar A. QureshiGrand BallroomAdd to calendar: Panel: precision medicine and emerging therapeutics in rare dermatologic disease, 4:40 PM to 5:30 PM - 22:00
Gala dinner
Seated dinner for registered attendees and exhibiting partners.
Grande Lakes ballroom
Day 3
Sunday, November 15
One accredited symposium, followed by industry-organized advisory boards. The advisory boards are not accredited education and are labelled as such throughout.
- 09:00
S3.1
Breakfast symposium: shortening the diagnostic interval
Case-based review of the referral patterns that delay diagnosis in rare dermatologic disease.
Speaker to be announcedGrand BallroomAdd to calendar: Breakfast symposium: shortening the diagnostic interval, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM - 10:45
S3.2
Industry advisory board, morning session
Convened and organized by the supporting company. Attendance is by invitation from the organizing company.
Speaker to be announcedSalon ANon-CME, industry-organizedAdd to calendar: Industry advisory board, morning session, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM - 12:15
S3.3
Industry advisory board, midday session
Convened and organized by the supporting company. Attendance is by invitation from the organizing company.
Speaker to be announcedSalon BNon-CME, industry-organizedAdd to calendar: Industry advisory board, midday session, 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM - 12:30
Conference close
Grand Ballroom
