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

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Day 1

Friday, November 13

Registration opens in the afternoon. The meeting opens with a single plenary before the welcome reception.

  1. 18:00

    Registration desk open

    Badge collection and materials.

    Grande Lakes foyer
  2. 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 Ballroom
    Add to calendar: Opening plenary: rare dermatologic disease in general practice, 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM
  3. 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.

  1. 08:00

    Registration and breakfast

    Exhibit hall opens at 07:00.

    Exhibit hall
  2. 08:10

    Welcome and course overview

    Abrar A. QureshiGrand Ballroom
  3. 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 Ballroom
    Add to calendar: Porphyrias: recognition, testing and modern management, 8:10 AM to 8:50 AM
  4. 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 Ballroom
    Add to calendar: Autoimmune blistering diseases: diagnosis and first-line therapy, 8:50 AM to 9:30 AM
  5. 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 Ballroom
    Add to calendar: Cutaneous lupus erythematosus across subtypes, 9:30 AM to 10:05 AM
  6. 10:35

    Break, exhibit hall

    Exhibit hall
  7. 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 Ballroom
    Add to calendar: Dermatomyositis: skin-predominant disease and malignancy screening, 10:35 AM to 11:10 AM
  8. 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 Ballroom
    Add to calendar: Scleroderma and morphea: staging skin involvement, 11:10 AM to 11:45 AM
  9. 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 Ballroom
    Add to calendar: Mast cell disorders: cutaneous mastocytosis and its systemic overlap, 11:45 AM to 12:20 PM
  10. 13:30

    Lunch, exhibit hall

    Exhibit hall
  11. 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 Ballroom
    Add to calendar: Generalized pustular psoriasis: flare management and interleukin-36 blockade, 1:30 PM to 2:05 PM
  12. 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 Ballroom
    Add to calendar: Hidradenitis suppurativa: staging, surgery and biologic sequencing, 2:05 PM to 2:40 PM
  13. 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 Ballroom
    Add to calendar: Alopecia areata: severity assessment and JAK inhibition in practice, 2:40 PM to 3:10 PM
  14. 15:35

    Coffee break, exhibit hall

    Exhibit hall
  15. 16:05
    S2.10

    Vitiligo: repigmentation strategy and maintenance

    Topical and phototherapy combinations, stability assessment, and relapse prevention.

    Speaker to be announcedGrand Ballroom
    Add to calendar: Vitiligo: repigmentation strategy and maintenance, 3:35 PM to 4:05 PM
  16. 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 Ballroom
    Add to calendar: Pediatric rare skin disease: the first presentation, 4:05 PM to 4:40 PM
  17. 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 Ballroom
    Add to calendar: Panel: precision medicine and emerging therapeutics in rare dermatologic disease, 4:40 PM to 5:30 PM
  18. 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.

  1. 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 Ballroom
    Add to calendar: Breakfast symposium: shortening the diagnostic interval, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
  2. 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-organized
    Add to calendar: Industry advisory board, morning session, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
  3. 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-organized
    Add to calendar: Industry advisory board, midday session, 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM
  4. 12:30

    Conference close

    Grand Ballroom