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SSDV Congress
August 26–28, 2026
Messe Zürich

Highlights 2026

Highlights of the Scientific Programme 2026

Join the SSDV Congress in Zurich for an outstanding educational and learning experience for dermatologists and venereologists. Immerse yourself in the latest research findings, science, and innovation.

Lectures (The title of the lectures may be modified)


Reinhard Dummer (CH)

KEY NOTE LECTURE
Development of melanoma treatment

Thomas Kündig (CH)

KEY NOTE LECTURE
Specificity vs. Selectivity of therapeutic molecules

Christoffer Gebhardt (DE)

KEY NOTE LECTURE
Personalisation in Skin Cancer Therapy: Progress, Challenges and Future Perspectives

Günter Burg (CH)

KEY NOTE LECTURE
Canvas, oil and paint in dermatology

Christian Surber (CH)

KEY NOTE LECTURE
Therapeutic Molecules: how to reach the target

Lara Valeska Maul-Duwendag (CH)

KEY NOTE LECTURE
Skin cancer screening and digital dermatology

Michael Geiges (CH)

KEY NOTE LECTURE
From Mercury, Arsenic and Tar to Modern Therapeutic Molecules: A Journey through the History of Innovation in Dermatology.

Bettina Schlagenhauff (CH)

HONORARY LECTURE
Actinic keratoses – overtreated or still underestimated?

Peter Schmid-Grendelmeier (CH)

HONORARY LECTURE
Skin allergies: from molecular insights and global perspectives

Daniel Hohl (CH)

HONORARY LECTURE
Skin Memories

Thomas Krieg (DE)

HONORARY LECTURE
New therapeutic approaches to fibrotic skin diseases

Monika Hess Schmid(CH)

LECTURE
Evidence, Innovation and Responsibility in Aesthetic Dermatology

Ahmad Jalili (CH), Michael Mühlstädt (CH)

LECTURE
TARDOC – what we have learnt so far

Jan Dernic (CH)

LECTURE
Computational protein design in human therapy



Workshops

FREE COMMUNICATIONS

TELEDERMATOLOGY

TRICHOLOGY

DERMATOALLERGOLOGY

LASER

DERMATOSURGERY

ESTHETIC DERMATOLOGY (SGEDS)

DERMATOPATHOLOGY

DERMATOONCOLOGY

RADIOTHERAPY

PSYCHODERMATOLOGY

SWISS YOUNG DERMATOLGISTS (SYD)