The “2nd Skin Academy and ISD Regional Conference” happening from 4-6 April 2019 which I am organizing is going to be a unique and novel initiative in Hungary. The topic will mainly be on tropical dermatology, but other topics within the framework of allergology, immunology and infectious diseases will be presented as well. Because of the positive feedback from last year’s event, the Skin Academy’s format for this year will be similar. In other words, there will be new topics, it will stay interactive, occasionally playful, and will continue to provide training, practice and development opportunities for dermatologists involved in everyday, general patient management. The programme will not be filled with exhaustive discussions on unavailable therapies for many of the participants.

At the end of each session, there will be ample time for discussion so that practical information can be shared, treatment “tricks” may be shown, and experiences can be exchanged between expert and younger colleagues. The main programme will be interrupted by sponsored symposia only once after lunch. The breaks will be long enough for refreshing conversations, meals and browsing the industrial exhibition. Parallel sessions are not included in the programme; hence the participants do not have to make difficult choices as they cannot be in two places at the same time. Only parallel sponsored symposia shall be allowed in order to reduce the division of the audience.

Tropical dermatology, the most novel segment of the programme, will not only consist of reports from our Hungarian colleagues who did a dermatology rotation in the tropical regions, but will also cover presentations by several invited dermatologists living and working in the tropics.  So, allow me to invite you on a trip around the world on Friday, 5th of April. We will visit the Philippines, India, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Nigeria, and Brazil. All presentations on April 5th will be in English, while Hungarian will be used on April 4th and 6th.  Tropical skin diseases are a significantly increasing problem throughout Europe due to migration, increasingly frequent travel into tropical countries, and international employment. Thus, training our dermatologists in this field has become opportune and timely. Our presenter-colleagues will give interactive talks and ask quiz/poll questions, so certainly you will not only see but also practice the recognition of tropical skin diseases. I would like to acknowledge the support of the International Society of Dermatology (ISD) for this part of the conference.

Moving further, we will travel to other regions as well. We will visit countries where teledermatology is necessary, i.e. the geographical distances between dermatologists and patients can be vast – the USA and Russia. We will also visit our direct neighbors – Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Romania to get some information on the treatment modalities that they routinely use.

As there will only be one allergology/immunology conference this year, some interesting topics from this field are integrated into the programme; e.g., hyposensitization, the appearance and role of hypersensitivity in certain non-allergic diseases, and emergency allergology. Likewise, the mysterious ASIA syndrome is going to be presented. It has been known only a few years, but I have had a chance to see its course and threatening nature.

Certain immunological diseases will be introduced from the perspective of translational medicine. I have asked the presenters to not only try to put everyday practical knowledge into our minds, but also to explain scientific background in detail so that our memory receives logical, structured explanations that are easy to recall later. Some important, but rare and therefore often challenging diseases will be also be discussed.

I have also launched a residents’ forum to support representation of our young colleagues. In addition, a novel workshop will pop up in the programme entitled "Treatment Tricks Roundtable Workshop" but with a limited number of participants. Prominent representatives of the Hungarian Dermatological Society will share with the audience their treatment tricks about any specific allergic, immunologic or infectious skin disease. In this workshop, cases will not only be given by the experts, but the audience members are also expected to present therapy-resistant or unresolved cases that will be analyzed by the roundtable specialists, and suggestions for management, tricks and tips therapy-wise will be presented and discussed with all the participants.

Finally, there will be important sessions for practicing dermatologists for which the Skin Academy has been dedicated at the outset: The Academy of Differential Diagnoses and the Academy of Clinical Challenges.
The conference is going to be held at the 4-star Danubius Helia Hotel, a beautiful location that meets all the needs of the Skin Academy. Due to the great interest and limited capacity of the venue, please register as soon as possible. I hope that you will find this clinically-oriented, up-to-date, informative and modern-minded dermatological conference very useful to your career and practice.

Best wishes,
Prof. Miklós Sárdy, MD, PhD

Branka Marinović
Dipankar De
Efrat Bar-Ilan
Grace Monica Ibaviosa

Jawaher Jastaneyah
Joyce C. Castillo
Manoella Freitas Santos
Müge Güler Özden

Odette Alonzo
Pauline Consuelo Velasco
Perpetua Ibekwe

Rodica Cosgarea
Svetlana Bobko
Thomas Ruzicka

Registration

Please register online. All applications should be accompanied by full payment of the registration fees. Please note that upon receiving the full amount of the registration fee, a written confirmation of registration will be sent to you.
All congress materials will be available at the registration desk at the conference venue during the congress.

Accommodation

Accommodation is available in the congress venue (Danubius Hotel Helia Conference Hotel). The accommodation is not included in the registration, request should be sent individually.

Condition of payment

By registering to the congress you are able to pay for the reserved services either by;

1.) CREDIT CARD

2.) BANK TRANSFER: a copy of the bank transfer has to be sent to Convention Budapest Ltd attached to the registration.

Bank details:
Bank: K&H Bank
Address: H-1095 Budapest, Lechner Ödön fasor 9., Hungary
Swiftcode: OKHBHUHB.
IBAN: HU26 1020 1006 6019 5559 0000 0000

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Confirmation

Confirmation and the corresponding receipt will be sent upon receiving the full payment.

Payments, cancellation, refunds

To guarantee any registration the payment of your full stay and your registration fee are required. In case of any cancellation up to 04 March, 2019, costs will be refunded less 50 EUR for administration costs. After this date payments cannot be refunded under any circumstances.