Invited Speakers

Prof. Dr. med. Khusru Asadullah

Khusru Asadullah, based in Berlin, DE, is currently a Professor of Medicine at Charité, bringing experience from previous roles at Dermatological Practice and Consulting. Khusru Asadullah holds a 1986 - 1992 MD in Immunology and Dermatology @ Charité Medical School.
Specialist in Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Specialist Immunologist (DGfI), Teaching as an associate professor at the Skin Clinic of the Charité, work in dermatologist’s offices in Berlin and Potsdam.
Research

• psoriasis, neurodermatitis, skin tumors
  
• translational, personalised and individualised medicine
  
• biomarkers
  
• drug development
  
• inflammation
  
• immune reactions, cytokines
  

Prof. dr. Matilda Bylaite-Bučinskienė, M.D., Ph.D.

A professor of Dermatovenereology at Vilnius University Centre of Dermatovenereology, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Since 2007 was a Chairwoman of the Centre of Dermatovenereology Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos for 10 years.
Since 2006 she was a President of Lithuanian Association of Dermatovenereologists was for 15 years.
Since 2008 initiated and continuously coordinating the Euromelanoma Day Campaign in Lithuania.
An organizer or National and international conferences, congresses and seminars. She was a president together with prof. dr. Claus Grabe and organized two EADO Congresses in Vilnius - 10th EADO Congress in 2014 and the 16Th EADO as Virtual Congress in 2020.
She is a board member of the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO), Lithuanian Association of Dermatovenereologists, and a member of the European Dermatology Forum (EDF).
She was a board member and an executive committee member of the European Academy of Dermatoloy and Venereology (EADV), and the Baltic Association of Dermatovenereologists (BADV), a Lithuanian representative and board member for UEMS Section of Dermato-Venereology.
Her main interest is oncodermatology, dermatosurgery, laser therapy, aesthetic dermatology as well as autoimmune, inflammatory and rare dermatoses.

Helle Järv

Specialist in clinical microbiology 2017 to date. Responsible for diagnostics in clinical microbiology in laboratory SYNLAB Estonia, Tallinn. Main interests are in clinical mycology and clinical parasitology.
Education and training Graduated as Master of Science from Tartu University, Estonia in 1995. Trained of medical mycology and parasitology in laboratories of Turku University Hospital and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland, from 1999-2000. Taken the course of medical mycology in Institute of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Utrecht, The Netherlands in 2001. Completed PhD student programme at the Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Department of Botany, Chair of Mycology, University of Tartu, Estonia from 2011-2013. Has been working as laboratory specialist in Tartu University Hospital from 1999-2017. Author of several publications focused on rare pathogens and laboratory methods for susceptibility testing.
Personal information: Born in 30.11.1971. Married, three children.

Rūta Gancevičienė

Assoc. Prof. Dr Rūta Gancevičienė graduated Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine (Lithuania), and since 1999, she has been a practicing doctor dermatovenerologist.
In 2006 defended her doctoral thesis on the topic "Neuropeptides, inflammation and acne: an immunohistochemical study”. Clinical work is accompanied as a lecturer of the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University, a doctor of sciences, an assoc. professor giving lectures for students, residents, and doctors-trainees.
Rūta Gancevičienė - is the former Head of the Polyclinic of the Vilnius University Hospital, Santaros Clinics, Dermatovenerology Center.
For more than 15 years, the clinical work is complemented by the practicing in laser and aesthetic dermatology.
The symbiosis of clinical and scientific work inspired the establishment of a Clinic of General and Aesthetic dermatology “CLINIC IN”, of which she is still the head of the clinic. Internships in universities and private clinics in USA and Germany, Ukraine; specialised laser and aesthetic medicine courses in the USA, Italy, Israel, France, Germany, Slovenia. The doctor is the author/co-author of many scientific articles/works, organiser and speaker of international and national scientific seminars, conferences and congresses. For more than 15 years, her work as a doctor was accompanied by the hosting of medical programs on television.
Currently, social activities include:
President of the Lithuanian Society of Dermatovenereologists (LADV);
Member of the Board of the European Association of Dermatovenereologists (EADV);
Member of the board of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), representative of Lithuania;
Member of the European Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation (EHSF).
Fields of scientific interest: skin sebaceous gland, pathogenesis of diseases related to sebaceous gland, skin neuroendocrinology and immunology, as well as skin ageing and aesthetic and laser medicine.

Prof. Spyridon Gkalpakiotis

Prof. Spyridon Gkalpakiotis, PhD is a professor of dermatology and is the vice-chairman of the Dermatovenerology department of the 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University hospital Kralovske Vinohrady. He regularly publishes in domestic and international professional journals, he has more than 60 publications in pubmed and his H-index is 13. In 2010, he received a gold award at the 22nd World Congress of Dermatology in Seoul, Korea, for the best poster describing the results of his dissertation on the topic of circulating melanoma cells. At present, he specializes mainly in psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and on biologic therapy. He is a member of the Czech Dermatovenerological Society of the Czech Medical Association, American academy of dermatology and the European Academy of Dermavenerology. He has taken part in over 30 clinical trials phase I-IV.

Dr Raimonds Karls

Founder and manager of Derma Clinic Riga clinic. Director of the Postgraduate Education Residency Program of the University of Latvia. Studied medicine at Riga Stradins University and Graz Medical University. Since 1996, professional interest in dermato-oncology, dermatoscopy, laser surgery. Executive Board member of International Dermoscopy Society, EADV Board member representative of Latvia (2017-2021), member of AAD, EADO, Honorary member of several societies.

Dr Pille Konno

Dr. Pille Konno graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu (1994) and completed residency in dermatovenereology from the University of Tartu (2000). The doctor works at the Confido Medical Center in Tallinn, Estonia. At present, in addition to her clinical work, she is engaged in research in the field of teledermoscopic diagnosis of melanoma at the University of Tartu as part of her doctoral studies. The doctor has trained at the Charite Clinic in Berlin, Germany. Joseph's Clinic at the University of Tor Vergata in Bochum, Hamburg, and Rome, Italy.
Dr. Pille Konno is the President of the Estonian Society for Dermatovenereologists (ENSAS) since 2021 and a passionate organizer of Euromelanoma Estonia since 2011, was a member of the Board of EADV (2018-2021). She is a member of IUSTI Estonia and member of IDS. She is an active conference organizer in Estonia. She has been an active member of the Estonian Conference Ambassadors Club since 2016 and nominated Tallinn Conference Ambassador.
Dr.Pille Konno believes that correctly timed diagnostics and adequate cure will ensure beautiful, healthy skin and a better quality of life. The best curative results are always achieved in cooperation with the patient.

Dr Bohdan Lytvynenko

Dr. Bohdan Lytvynenko earned his medical degree in 2003 from the Ukrainian Medical and Dental Academy and received his master's degree in 2004. From 2004 to 2007, he underwent postgraduate training in dermatovenereology. From 2004 to 2009, Dr. Lytvynenko worked as an assistant professor and lecturer in the Department of Dermatovenereology at the Ukrainian Medical and Dental Academy. Since 2009, Dr. Lytvynenko has been working as an assistant professor at the Department of Dermatovenereology at Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Dr. Lytvynenko is a member of European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV), American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), International Society of Dermatology (ISD), and serves as a board member of the International Dermoscopy Society (IDS) and the European Association of Dermatooncology (EADO). Since 2011, he has been a board member of the Ukrainian Academy of Dermatovenereology (UADV - www.uadv.org.ua) and leads the young dermatologists section of this organization. Dr. Lytvynenko also serves on the editorial board of the "Dermatolog" journal, which is a local edition of "Die Dermatologie," and is a co-organizer of the Kyiv Dermatology Days.
His special fields of interest include dermatooncology, dermoscopy, teledermatology, and systemic treatment of inflammatory skin diseases. In 2016, Dr. Lytvynenko co-founded the Ukrainian national medical educational platform called the Medical Knowledge Hub (https://www.medknowhub.com/en/), which offers educational programs for advanced training in various medical fields, such as dermatology, allergology & immunology, oncology, pediatrics, and general medicine. Currently, Medical Knowledge Hub provides its services to more than 12,000 medical practitioners in Ukraine and abroad.

Professor Dr. med. Eduardo Nagore

Prof. Eduardo Nagore is Section Chief of the Melanoma Unit at the Department of Dermatology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, València, Spain. He is professor of Dermatology at the Universidad Católica de València.
Since 2000, he has been focused on skin cancer, particularly in melanoma.
Editor-in-chief of Actas Dermosifiliográficas (journal of the Spanish Academy of Dermatologists), Associate Editor of JEACP, and Section Editor of the International Journal of Dermatology, Dermatology, and Cancers.
Former Board member of the EADV and Scientific Programming Committee of the EADV. Principal Investigator of the center for following international research groups or consortia: GenoMEL, BioGenoMEL, Melanostrum, InterMEL.
Author or co-author of 359 papers published in peer-reviewed journals.

Professor Dr. med. Pietro Nenoff

Specialist in Laboratory Medicine
Specialist in skin and venereal diseases
Sub-specializations Allergology & Andrology
Practice: Tropical and Travel Dermatology (DDA)
Prof. Pietro Nenoff, MD labopart – Medical Laboratories (labopart - Medizinische Laboratorien)
Partnership Ekkehart Bauer, Michael Gerber, MD, Prof. Frank Bühling, MD & Prof. Pietro Nenoff, MD Laboratory Leipzig-Mölbis, Germany

Studied medicine from 1982-88 at the University of Leipzig. Since 1993 he has been a specialist in laboratory medicine. From 1992 to 2001 he was head of the mycological laboratory at the University Dermatology Clinic in Leipzig, in 1998 he became a specialist in skin and venereal diseases, in 2000 he received an additional qualification in allergology, and in 2008 he received his doctorate in andrology. 1999 habilitation/PhD (Malassezia-associated dermatoses), completed at the Dermatology Clinic of the University of Leipzig. Until 2001 senior physician at the University Dermatology Clinic in Leipzig. Since 2002 he has been a laboratory physician in private practice in Leipzig-Mölbis – since 2023 he has been a partner with DC Bauer, Dr. Gerber, Prof. Bühling (Chemnitz, Dresden, Elsterwerda). In addition, he is a permanent dermatologist in private practice in Markkleeberg/Leipzig. In 2006 he became an appointed Adjunct Professor of Dermatology at the University of Leipzig. 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2011 Supervisor and Lecturer at the Department of Dermatology (Skin Clinic), Mbarara University of Science and Health, Mbarara,
Uganda, East Africa.
2014 Acquisition of the certificate for the specialization: Tropical and Travel Dermatology (DDA... German Dermatological Academy). Deputy Head of Proficiency Testing Mycology 2 (Dermatophytes, Yeasts, Molds) and Dermatophyte Genome Detection at the Society for the Promotion of Quality Assurance in Medical Laboratories INSTAND e.V. Currently, the scientific collaboration with Dr. Shyam B.Verma, PhD, from India is in the foreground, which is about the epidemic spread of terbinafine-resistant dermatophytes of the species Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VIII (Trichophyton indotineae) in India and Europe as far as Germany.

Kathrin Niemela

Kathrin Niemela, Member of the Management and Marketing Director at FotoFinder.

Prof Daniel Richardson

Daniel is a consultant and clinical professor of sexual health & HIV medicine in Brighton, UK. He is interested in sexually transmitted infections, sexually transmitted enteric infections, antimicrobial resistance, sexual behaviour and STI/HIV prevention in men who have sex with men and other diverse groups. He has authored over 175 peer reviewed papers, is on the editorial board of the journal sexually transmitted infections, supervises PhD and MSc students and works collaboratively with the UK Health Security Agency, The University of Cambridge, University College London on research projects. In 2023, he chaired the BASHH sexually transmitted enteric infection guidelines group and is lead author on the UK health education England e-learning sexually transmitted enteric infections chapter.

Assist. Professor Māra Rone-Kupfere

Assist. Professor, MD,PhD, Dept. of Dermatovenerology, Riga Stradins University, Riga (Latvia)
Chairman of the board, Latvian Society of Dermatology and Venerology
Member of the board of the Latvian Association of Easthetic Medicine (LEMA)
Dermatologist in private Easthetic Dermatology clinic, Riga (Latvia)
Doctor Dermatologist, more than 20 years clinical experience in dermatology and in the subspecialties - dermatosurgery, aesthetic medicine and laser surgery, more than 10 years’ experience in pedagogical work.

Dr Thorsten Trotzenberg

DermLite Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at FotoFinder