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Past Events

In an effort to bring valuable information and education to a wider audience, the IPC organizes and hosts various webinars,
masterclasses, and symposiums taking place at important congresses throughout the year.

Previous 2026 IPC Events

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October 8–9, 2026 | 08:00–17:30 JST
IPC MASTERCLASS | JAPAN

Program Chairs: Akimichi Morita, Japan and Seong Jin Jo, Republic of Korea

Program Faculty: Pravit Asawanonda, Thailand; Chih-Hung Lee, Taiwan; Xiao-Yong Man, China; Emi Nishida, Japan; Yukari Okubo, Japan; Andrew Pink, United Kingdom; Yayoi Tada, Japan and Peter van de Kerkhof, Netherlands

This program is for dermatologists in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific.”
Agenda
September 30, 2026 | 08:30–10:00 CEST
EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY & VENEREOLOGY (EADV) | AUSTRIA

 IPC Symposium

Program Chairs: Catherine Smith, United Kingdom and Alexander Navarini, Switzerland

Program Faculty: Curdin Conrad, Switzerland; Satveer Mahil, United Kingdom and Tamar Nijsten, Netherlands

Program Panelists: Peter van de Kerkhof, Netherlands and Dina ElDisouki, Egypt
Agenda
September 9, 2026 | 08:00–12:00 CEST
55TH ANNUAL EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGICAL RESEARCH MEETING (ESDR) | GERMANY

IPC Workshop

Program Chairs: Sara Brown, United Kingdom; Johann Gudjonsson, United States; Satveer Mahil, United Kingdom; Fernando Valenzuela, Chile and Nicole Ward, United States

Program Faculty: John Edmund Armourer Common, United Kingdom; Caroline Mann, Germany; Paola Di Meglio, United Kingdom; Chris Griffiths, United Kingdom; Claus Johansen, Germany; Anna López-Ferrer, Spain; Mari Løset, Norway; Satveer Mahil, United Kingdom; Andreas Pinter, Germany; Nick Reynolds, United Kingdom
Agenda
June 5, 2026 | 13:15 – 14:45 BRT
2026 SOCIEDAD LATINOAMERICANA DE PSORIASIS CONGRESS (SOLAPSO) | BRAZIL

IPC Partnership Symposium

Program Chairs: André Carvalho, Brazil and Maria Victoria Suarez Restrepo, Brazil

Program Faculty: Claudia de la Cruz, Chile; Cristina Echeverría, Argentina and Benjamin Hidalo Matlock, Costa Rica
Agenda
May 19, 2026 | 14:00 – 15:30 ART
XLIII REUNIÓN ANUAL DE DERMATÓLOGOS LATINOAMERICANOS (RADLA) | BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

 Partnership Symposium

Program Chairs: Carolina Ledesma, Argentina; Maria Victoria Suarez Restrepo, Brazil and Fernando Valenzuela, Chile

Program Faculty: Cristina Echeverría, Argentina; César Gonzalez, Colombia; Benjamin Hidalgo Matlock, Costa Rica and Paula Carolina Luna, Argentina
Agenda
May 13, 2026 | 08:00 – 11:30 CDT
SOCIETY FOR INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY (SID) | CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES

IPC Symposium

Program Chairs: Curdin Conrad, Switzerland and Johann Gudjonsson, United States

Program Faculty: Christopher Bunick, United States; Wilson Liao, United States; Knuth Schäkel, Germany; Shikha Singla, United States and Alex Tsoi, United States
Agenda
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May 12 – June 9, 2026 | 17:00 – 19:00 CEST
2026 VIRTUAL EUROPE MASTERCLASS | VIRTUAL

 IPC Masterclass

Program Chairs: Antonios Kolios, Switzerland; Ravi Ramessur, United Kingdom and Lone Skov, Denmark

Program Faculty: Malin Assarsson, Sweden; Jonathan Barker, United Kingdom; Jose-Manuel Carrascosa Carrillo, Spain; Cobly Evans, United States; Albert Duvetorp, Sweden; Michel Gilliet, Switzerland; Paolo Gisondi, Italy; Ingvar Ingvarsson, Iceland; Brian Kirby, Ireland; Anna López Ferrer, Spain; Mari Løset, Norway; Alexander Navarini, Switzerland; Shekhar Neema, India; Amy Paller, United States; Diamant Thaçi, Germany; Peter van de Kerkhof, Netherlands; Juul van der Reek, Netherlands; Ralph Vighi da Rosa, Brazil and Zenas Yiu, United Kingdom
Agenda
May 7 – 9, 2026
IFPA MEMBER FORUM AFRICA | NAIROBI, KENYA

Agenda
April 27, 2026 | 17:00 – 18:30 EST
PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF RHEUMATOLOGY (PANLAR) | PANAMA CITY, PANAMA

 Partnership Symposium

IPC Faculty: Claudia de la Cruz, Chile

Program Faculty: Antonio Cachafeiro Vilar, PANLAR; Juan Raúl Castro Ayarza, SOLAPSO; Monica Chapman, Psoriasis Foundation of Panama; Silvia; Fernandez Barrio, COLAPPIEL; Rodrigo Garcia Salinas, PANLAR and Martin Petrocco, COLAPPIEL
Agenda
April 16 – May 14, 2026 | 13:00-15:00 COT | 14:00-16:00 CLT | 15:00-17:00 BRT
2026 VIRTUAL LATIN AMERICA MASTERCLASS | VIRTUAL

 IPC Masterclass

Program Chairs: André Carvalho, Brazil; Renata Magalhães, Brazil and Natalia Merino, Perú

Program Faculty: Daniela Armijo, Chile; April Armstrong, United States; Jaquelini Barboza da Silva, Brazil; Romina Contreras, Paraguay; Claudia de la Cruz, Chile; Cristina Echeverría, Argentina; Maria-Angeliki Gkini, United Kingdom; Leandro Leite, Brazil; Angela Londoño, Colombia André Riberiro, Brazil; Enrique Rivas, Guatemala; Ricardo Romiti, Brazil; Fernando Valenzuela, Chile and Peter van de Kerkhof, Netherlands
Agenda
April 11 – 12, 2026
IPC NORTH AMERICA MASTERCLASS | CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES


 IPC Masterclass

Program Chairs: Amy Paller, Illinois and Linda Stein Gold, Michigan

Program Faculty: Kenneth Gordon, Wisconsin; Mio Nakamura, Michigan; Vimal Prajapati, Canada; Ronald Vender, Canada and Matthew Vesely, United States
Agenda
March 26, 2026 | 14:00-18:00 MDT

2026 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY (AAD) | DENVER, COLORADO, UNITED STATES

 IPC Symposium

Program Chairs: Alan Irvine, Ireland; Yael Anne Leshem, Israel; Amy Paller, United States and Bruce Strober, United States

Program Faculty: Killian Eyerich, Sweden; Kenneth Gordon, United States; Johann Gudjonsson, United States; Jason Hawkes, United States; Shawn G. Kwatra, United States; Yael Anne Leshem, Israel; Lev Pavlovsky, Israel and Andrew Pink, United Kingdom
Agenda
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January 30 – February 27, 2026 | 13:00 – 15:00 WAT | 14:00 – 16:00 EET
2026 VIRTUAL AFRICA AND EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN MASTERCLASS | VIRTUAL

 IPC Masterclass

Program Chairs: Mahira Hamdy El Sayed, Egypt; Marwa Amer, Egypt and Priscilla Angwenyi, Kenya

Program Faculty: María Julia Cura, Argentina; Paul Dimmock, United Kingdom; Nejib Doss, Tunisia; Dina ElDisouki, Egypt; Mona El-Kalioby, MBBCh, Egypt; Mohamed El-Komy, Egypt; Peter Foley, Australia; Paolo Gisondi, Italy; Maria-Angeliki Gkini, United Kingdom; Álvaro González-Cantero, Spain; Bryan Guevara, Philippines; Victoria Pantiño-Guillano, Philippines; Jan Hugo, Czech Republic; Julia-Tatjana Maul, Switzerland; Natalia Merino, Peru; Towhida Noor, Bangladesh; Josep Riera Monroig, Spain; Victoria Pantiño-Guillano, Philippines; Filip Rob, Czech Republic; Lily Tumalad, Philippines and Peter van de Kerkhof, Netherlands
Agenda
February 26, 2026 | 12:00 – 14:00 CET

POLISH DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONFERENCE | RZESZÓW, POLAND

 Partnership Symposium

Program Chair: Adam Reich, Poland

Program Faculty: Curdin Conrad, Switzerland; Maria-Angeliki Gkini, United Kingdom; Manuel P. Pereira, Germany; Josep Riera-Monroig, Spain and Peter van de Kerkhof, Netherlands
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Psoriasis: An Expert Global Perspective Is Now Available for Pre-Order

IPC Board Member and Treasurer Joel Gelfand, MD, MSCE, is the editor of a new textbook, Psoriasis: An Expert Global Perspective, now available for preorder from Elsevier. He worked with associate editors IPC President Bruce Strober, MD, PhD; IPC Vice President/President-Elect Claudia de la Cruz, MD; and IPC Chief Medical Officer Peter van de Kerkhof, MD, PhD. Nearly 50 authors from 20 countries contributed 30 chapters covering psoriasis from its earliest descriptions through genetics, immunology, and current therapies, with clinical images of psoriasis across diverse skin tones. All royalties support IPC.

PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY

Thursday, September 10, 2026

New Video Resource: Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)

In this video, IPC Councilor Rodrigo Garcia Salinas, MD, a rheumatologist from Argentina, explains how to recognize psoriatic arthritis early, including why joint pain, how long a patient has had psoriasis, and family history can matter more than skin severity alone. He also reviews how imaging helps catch early disease and how to choose treatment based on each patient’s joint, spine, and skin involvement.

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Friday, September 25, 2026

Take Ten Video: Bridging Psoriasis and Metabolic Comorbidities

IPC President Bruce Strober reviews the link between psoriasis and metabolic disease, drawing on findings from IPC’s recent paper in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD). He translates this growing body of evidence into five concrete priorities from the 2025 IPC Think Tank for improving cardiometabolic screening and care.

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Wednesday, September 9, 2026