EADV Symposium scientific programme

Each year, the EADV Scientific Programming Committee develops a dynamic 3-day agenda that connects leading experts with both emerging and experienced specialists through a diverse, carefully curated range of sessions.

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

On behalf of the Scientific Programming Committee, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2026 EADV Symposium in Athens, Greece.

This year’s scientific programme will highlight the most recent advances in dermatology across a wide range of clinical areas, featuring more than 25 sessions and over 100 distinguished speakers. The opening day will include two keynote lectures: “From novel mechanisms of ageing to new therapeutic interventions” presented by Nektarios Tavernarakis, Professor of Molecular Systems Biology at the Medical School of the University of Crete, and “Beauty and dermatology practices in Ancient Greece” presented by Lydia Trakatelli, from the Acropolis Museum in Athens.

The program is organized into three thematic tracks, each offering a distinct educational format:

Track One will focus on in depth “Focus on” sessions, dedicated this year to Hair Disorders and Pediatric Dermatology.
Track Two will present “What’s New” sessions, covering recent developments in bullous diseases, atopic dermatitis, acne, skin cancer, and sexually transmitted infections. The joint session with IUSTI on the final day will be a particular highlight.
Track Three will offer interactive, case based learning through quiz style sessions, allowing participants to test their diagnostic and clinical reasoning skills in dermoscopy, trichoscopy, aesthetics, inflammatory dermatoses, and additional areas. The popular “Local residents quiz the international faculty” session will once again challenge experts with complex clinical scenarios prepared by dermatology residents.

Authors who submitted highest rated abstracts will have the opportunity to present their work during the Free Communications sessions.

We look forward to welcoming everyone to Athens.

Scientific Programming Committee:

Lidia Rudnicka (Chair of the SPC), Rolland Gyulai, Christina Has, Paola Pasquali, Eli Sprecher, Thrasyvoulos Tzellos

Session types

Sessions of different formats will cover the most important topics in dermatology and venereology. Subjects will be treated with different approaches and from different perspectives depending on the type and structure of the session.

Plenary sessions ↓

Plenary lectures are EADV showcase sessions and include keynote lectures delivered by eminent scientists and doctors.

What's new ↓

These sessions will enable participants to update their knowledge on a specific topic and hear about the most relevant and recent developments, guidelines and practical knowledge from the past year. The talks will summarize summarise the current understanding of the subject, followed by an update on the most recent novelties with their impact on clinical practice.

Focus on ↓

These sessions aim to provide comprehensive, in-depth coverage of a specific dermatology topic. The talks will be included in sessions on pathophysiology / epidemiology, clinical challenges, or practical aspects of disease management and will provide the latest cutting-edge information.

Interactive clinical cases ↓

These lectures focus on a specific disease and include basic information about epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, management and prognosis.

The target audience of these sessions is young dermatology trainees and residents, as well as dermatologists who want to refresh their basic knowledge on specific topics.

The topic of each presentation should be developed from clinical cases and include clinical photographs. The main objective is to provide the audience clues for differential diagnosis and disease management in their daily practice.

Each presentation is supposed to be interactive, with multiple-choice question made to the audience in accordance with the subjects treated in the talks. Each speaker will be asked to include 2-3 questions by “data” along with the different answers’ options.

Free communications ↓

Authors of the most highly-ranked abstracts assessed by a selected panel of abstract reviewers are invited to a provide a 10-minute oral presentation.

Programme at a glance

Thursday, 7 May 2026

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	14:00 – 15:30	15:45 – 17:15	17:30 – 18:30
TRIANTI HALL	Technical innovations	Bullous diseases	Plenary session
BANQUETING HALL	Focus on hair disorders: Non-cicatricial alopecia	Focus on hair disorders: Cicatricial alopecia
SKALKOTAS HALL	Free Communications	Free Communications

Friday, 8 May 2026

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	09:00 – 10:30	10:45 – 12:15	14:00 – 15:30	15:45 – 17:15
TRIANTI HALL	Atopic dermatitis	Overlapping dermatological diseases	Acne	Keratinocytic skin cancer
BANQUETING HALL	Dermoscopy	Aesthetic dermatology	Clinical pathological correlation	The hot seat: Local residents quiz the international faculty
SKALKOTAS HALL	Focus on folliculitis	Focus on nail disorders	Focus on paediatric dermatology: Neonatal	Focus on paediatric dermatology: Emergencies

Saturday, 9 May 2026

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	09:00 – 10:30	10:45 – 12:15	12:30 – 14:00
TRIANTI HALL	Trichoscopy	Tumours	Inflammatory diseases
BANQUETING HALL	Focus on paediatric dermatology: Through the ages	Focus on paediatric dermatology: Therapeutics	Paediatric dermatology: test yourself
SKALKOTAS HALL	Naevi and melanoma	Prevention of STI	Joint EADV-IUSTI-EU session on venereology