The Westin Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
20th to 22nd October, 2025
*Subject to minor changes.
Monday, 20th October
ERRORS MADE, LESSONS LEARNED – Moderator: Philip LeBoit (U.S.A.)
PEARLS & GEMS FROM THE EXPERTS – MORE CLUES, CLUES, CLUES – Moderator: Anjela Galan (U.S.A.)
– Neutrophils: friend or foe, from genetics to autoimmune – Marcella Saeb Lima (Mexico)
– Pearls and gems in the epidermis – Dieter Metze (Germany)
– Update on hair pathology – Catherine Stefanato (U.K.)
– Topic to be confirmed – Antonio Subtil (Canada)
– Topic to be confirmed – Mark Jacobson (U.S.A.)
CUTANEOUS SOFT TISSUE TUMOURS – AN UPDATE – Moderator: Rajiv Patel (U.S.A.)
– Mesenchymal tumours with melanocytic differentiation – Konstantinos Linos (U.S.A.)
– A practical immunohistochemical approach to superficial mesenchymal tumors – Ahmed Alomari (U.S.A.)
– Acral mesenchymal lesions: Classic and emerging entities – Carina Dehner (U.S.A.)
I.S.D.P. Executive Committee Meeting
WHAT IS NEW IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES? – Moderator: Martin Sangüeza (Bolivia)
– Intriguing infectious dermatoses – Sujay Kandpur (India)
– What’s new in fungal infections: a brief update – Alvaro Laga (U.S.A.)
– Filariasis in South-east Asia – Panitta Sitthinamsuwan (Thailand)
UPDATE ON ADVERSE CUTANEOUS DRUG REACTIONS – Moderator: Phyu Aung (U.S.A.)
– Topic to be confirmed – Christina Mitteldorf (Germany)
– Topic to be confirmed – Ana Mercedes Ciurea (U.S.A.)
– Topic to be confirmed – Penvadee Pattanaprichakul (Thailand)
SLIDE SEMINAR – Part 1 – Moderators: Joyce Lee (Singapore), Aleodor (Doru) Andea (U.S.A.)
Tuesday, 21st October
DERMATOPATHOLOGY AT THE CUTTING EDGE – Moderator: Rossitza Lazova (U.S.A.), Maxwell Fung (U.S.A.)
– New classification of alopecia – Curtis Thompson (U.S.A.)
– Topic to be confirmed – Franco Rongioletti (Italy)
– Histiocytosis – Eray Zhou (China)
– When immunosuppression meets infection: Diagnostic pitfalls in Dermatopathology – Rute Lellis (Brazil)
– The blues and reds of granulomas – Uma Nahar (India)
– Digital Pathology – Laszlo Igali (United Kingdom)
PAEDIATRIC DERMATOPATHOLOGY – Moderators: Tammie Ferringer (U.S.A.), Sylvie Fraitag (France)
– Longitudinal melanonychia – Isabelle Moulonguet (France)
– Desmosomal acantholysis – Dieter Metze (Germany)
– ALK histiocytosis – Domiique Berrebi (France)
– Mesenchymal superficial tumours – Philippe Drabent (France)
UPDATE ON XLV SYMPOSIUM OF THE I.S.D.P. – LONDON, 2026 – Catherine Stefanato (U.K.)
ORAL ABSTRACTS – Moderators: Christine Ahn (U.S.A.), Adam Botha (South Africa)
SKIN ADNEXAL NEOPLASMS – WHAT’S NEW? – Moderator: Thomas Brenn (U.S.A.)
– Lessons from near misses in the diagnosis of sweat gland tumors – Scott Bresler (U.S.A.)
– New developments in skin adnexal tumours – Cynthia Heffron (U.S.A.)
– New IHC and molecular tools for the diagnosis of skin adnexal tumours – Rosalynn Nazarian (U.S.A.)
– The spectrum of sebaceous neoplasms – Ingrid Ferreira (Belgium)
ACKERMAN LECTURE – Moderator: Wayne Grayson (South Africa)
– Martinique (Nikki) Stilwell: “Thinking Up A Hurricane”
SLIDE SEMINAR – Part 2 – Moderators: Joyce Lee (Singapore), Aleodor (Doru) Andea (U.S.A.)
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE I.S.D.P. – Chair: Aleodor (Doru) Andea (U.S.A.)
Wednesday, 22nd October
CUTANEOUS HAEMATOLYMPHOID NEOPLASMS – AN UPDATE – Moderators: Carlos Torres Cabala (U.S.A.), Jakki Junkins-Hopkins (U.S.A.)
– Non-histopathologic tools helpful in diagnosing cutaneous lymphoma – Maarten Vermeer (The Netherlands)
– Viral-induced hematolymphoid lesions – Alejandro Gru (U.S.A.)
– A practical approach to the diagnosis of cutaneous lymphoproliferations – Werner Kempf (Switzerland), Christina Mitteldorf (Germany)
– Topic to be confirmed – Jacqueline (Jakki) Junkins-Hopkins (U.S.A.)
UPDATE IN MELANOCYTIC LESIONS – Moderators: Victor Prieto (U.S.A.), Johann Schneider (South Africa)
– WHO classification overview – Aleodor (Doru) Andea (U.S.A.)
– Spitz lesions – Alessio Giubellino (U.S.A.)
– Neoadjuvant therapy – Carlos Torres Cabala (U.S.A.)
– Concept of Melanocytoma – Gerrado Cazzato (Italy)
– Nail and acral lesions – Ursula Sass (Belgium)
EMERGING STARS IN DERMATOPATHOLOGY – Moderators: Omar Sangüeza (U.S.A.)
– Topic to be confirmed – Heath Blankenship (U.S.A.)
– Topic to be confirmed – Katrice Karanfilian (U.S.A.)
– Topic to be confirmed – Cecilia Lezcano (U.S.A.)
– Topic to be confirmed Joel Lim (Singapore)
– Revisiting squamous cell carcinoma: Historical, contemporary, and future landscape – Raúl Pisano (Chile)
MULTICONTINENTAL MATCH – Moderators: Omar Sangüeza (U.S.A.), Christine Ahn (U.S.A.)
