Scientific Programme 2026
Wednesday, 26th August 2026
08.30 – 12.15
Messe Zürich, Room 5, K3, Level 3
SSDV Board Meeting
Chair: Olivier Gaide
Starting from 12.30
Registration
13.00 -13.30
Messe Zürich, ROOM 2, Quickspace, Hall 5
Satellite 1: From Global Consensus to Daily Practice: Melasma, PIH and Photoprotection
13.30 – 13.40
Break
13.40-13.45
Messe Zürich, Room 1, Hall 7, Level 3
Welcome Address
Thomas Kündig (Zurich, Switzerland)
Chair: Olivier Gaide
13.45-14.15 / Opening Lecture
Messe Zürich, Room 1, Hall 7, Level 3
From Mercury, Arsenic and Tar to Modern Therapeutic Molecules: A Journey through the History of Innovation in Dermatology.
Michael L. Geiges (Kloten, Switzerland)
Chairs: Olivier Gaide, Thomas Kündig
14.15 – 14.45 / Key Note Lecture
Messe Zürich, Room 1, Hall 7, Level 3
Computational protein design in human therapy
Jan Dernic (Zürich, Switzerland)
Chair: Martin Pačesa
14.45 – 15.15 / Key Note Lecture
Messe Zürich, Room 1, Hall 7, Level 3
Specificity vs. Selectivity of therapeutic molecules
Thomas Kündig (Zürich, Switzerland)
Chair: Olivier Gaide
15.15 – 15.45
Poster Viewing / Coffee break
15.45 – 16.15 / Key Note Lecture
Messe Zürich, Room 1, Hall 7, Level 3
Personalisation in Skin Cancer Therapy: Progress, Challenges and Future Perspectives
Christoffer Gebhardt (Hamburg, Germany)
Chair: Reinhard Dummer
16.15 – 16.45 / Honorary Lecture
Messe Zürich, Room 1, Hall 7, Level 3
Skin allergies: from molecular insights and global perspectives
Peter-Schmid-Grendelmeier (Zurich/Davos, Switzerland)
Chair: Karin Hartmann
16.45 – 17.00
Coffee break
17.00 – 17.30 / Honorary Lecture
Messe Zürich, Room 1, Hall 7, Level 3
Actinic keratoses – overtreated or still underestimated?
Bettina Schlagenhauff (Küssnacht am Rigi, Switzerland)
Chair: Michael Geiges
17.30 – 17.40
Coffee break / Credits
17.40- 18.10
Messe Zürich, ROOM 2, Quickspace, Hall 5
SATELLITE 2: The new era of treatment decision in psoriasis starts now
Ahmad Jalili (Buochs, Switzerland)
Julia Tatjana Maul (Zürich, Switzerland)
Andreas Pinter (Frankfurt, Germany)
Chair: Julia Tatjana Maul
Takeda
17.40 – 18.10
Messe Zürich, ROOM 3, Quickspace, Hall 5
Satellite 3: Oldies still Goldies? From Urea to small molecules
Thomas Kündig (Zürich, Switzerland)
Peter Schmid.-Grendelmeier (Zürich, Switzerland)
Chair: Thomas Kündig
PERMAMED
18.15 – 18.45: Presentation
Messe Zürich, Room 1, Hall 7, Level 3
HSG Analysis of the SSDV survey on health care services in dermatology
Introdcution
Olivier Gaide (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Results and Key figures
Luca Berg (HSG St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Questions and Answers ()
Chair: Olivier Gaide
19.00-22.00
Dinner SSDV Committee @Giesserei (by Invitation only))
19.00-21.00
Apéro Swiss Young Dermatologists SYD, @Amboss Rampe