SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

Meenhard Herlyn (Philadelphia, USA)

Molecular Understanding of Therapy Resistance in Melanoma

Julia Newton-Bishop (Leeds, UK)

Melanoma Genetics

Boris Bastian (San Fransisco, USA)

Genetic and Phenotypic Alterations Melanoma

Michael Detmar (Zurich, Switzerland) 

Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis in Melanoma

Jan Bouwes-Bavinck (Leiden, Netherlands)

Skin Cancer in the Immunosuppressed Patient

Hensin Tsao (Boston, USA)

Update on Melanoma Genetics

Alain Spatz (Villejuif, France)

Prognostic Markers

Keith T. Flaherty (Philadelphia, USA)

Targeted Therapy

Claus Garbe (Tübingen, Germany)

Adjuvant Therapy

Vernon Sondak (Tampa, USA)

Sentinel Lymph Node

Caroline Robert (Villejuif, France)

Cutaneous Side Effects of New Drugs

Axel Hauschild (Kiel, Germany)  

New Studies in Melanoma Therapy

CONFIRMED SPEAKER

TITLE

Jean-Jacques Grob (Marsaille, France)
Allan Halpern (New York, USA)

Primary Prevention and Public Education

Michael Binder (Vienna, Austria)
Harald Kittler (Vienna, Austria)

Early Recognition: Screening and Dermoscopy

Claus Garbe (Tübingen, Germany)
Jason Rivers (Vancouver, Canada)
Arthur Sober (Boston, USA)

Management of Melanocytic Nevi

Julia Newton-Bishop (Leeds, UK)
Ketty Peris (L´Aquila, Italy)

Genetics

Martin C. Mihm (Boston, USA)
Alain Spatz (Villejuif, France)
Gilles Landmann (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Pathology: Established and Evolving Concepts

Mario Santinami (Milano, Italy)
Jeffrey E. Gershenwald (Houston, USA)
Roland Kaufmann (Franfurt/Main, Germany)

Surgery

Merrick Ross (Houston, USA)
Vernon Sondak (Tampa, USA)
John F. Thomspon (Sydney, Australia)

Sentinel Lymphnode – Pros and Cons

Paul Lorigan (Manchester, UK)
Keith T. Flaherty (Philadelphia, USA)

Targeted Therapy

Michael Detmar (Zurich, Switzerland)
Peter Petzelbauer (Vienna, Austria)
Satoshi Hirakawa (Ehime, Japan)

Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis

Jürgen Becker (Würzburg, Germany)
Jürgen Bauer (Tübingen, Germany)
Boris Bastian (San Francisco, USA)

Gene Expression and Proteome Analysis

Meenhard Herlyn (Philadelphia, USA)
Hensin Tsao (Boston, USA)

Signaling Cascades

Martin Gore (London, UK)
Sanjiv S. Agarwala (Bethlehem, USA)

Chemotherapies: Which, When and Why?

Anthony Ribas (Los Angeles, USA)
Soldano Ferrone (Buffalo, USA)

Melanoma Antibody Revival

Thomas Schwarz (Kiel, Germany)
Peter Wolf (Graz, Austria)
Herbert Hönigsmann (Vienna, Austria)

Photocarcinogenesis and Sun Protection

Michael Musalek (Vienna, Austria)

Psychodermato-Oncology

Hans Peter Soyer (Queensland, Australia)
Josep Malvehy (Barcelona, Spain)
Michael Binder (Vienna, Austria)

Teledermato-Oncology

Robert Knobler (Vienna, Austria)
Reinhard Dummer (Zurich, Switzerland)

Lymphoma

Dirk Schadendorf (Mannheim, Germany)
Peter Hersey (Sydney, Australia)

Vaccination

John F. Thompson (Sydney, Australia),
Josep Malvehy (Barcelona, Spain)
Vernon Sondak (Tampa, USA)

Melanoma Centers

Marianne Berwick (Albuquerque, USA)
Jean-Francois Doré (Lyon, France)

Melanoma-Epidemiology

Markus H. Frank (Boston, USA)
Meenhard Herlyn (Philadelphia, USA)

Melanoma Stem Cells

John M. Kirkwood (Pittsburgh, USA)
Alexander M.M. Eggermont (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Axel Hauschild (Kiel, Germany)
Claus Garbe (Tübingen, Germany)

Inteferon (who should receive interferon, how much and how long)

Rolf Markus Szeimies (Regensburg, Germany)
Lasse Braathen (Switzerland)
Sonja Radakovic (Vienna, Austria)

Photodynamic Therapy

Alexander Stratigos (Athens, Greece)
Robert Strohal (Feldkirch, Austria)
Roland Kaufmann (Frankfurt/Main, Germany)

Non Melanoma Skin Cancer I –
Epidemiology and Pathophysiology

Eggert Stockfleth (Berlin, Germany)
Jan Bouwes-Bavinck (Leiden, Netherlands)

Non Melanoma Skin Cancer II –
Skin Cancer in the Immunocompromised Patient

Jason Rivers (Vancouver, Canada)
Eggert Stockfleth (Berlin, Germany)
Helmut Kerl (Graz, Austria)

Non Melanoma Skin Cancer III –
Topical Treatment

Jürgen Becker (Würzburg, Germany)
Erwin Tschachler (Vienna, Austria)
Dirk Schadendorf (Mannheim, Germany)

Rare Skin Tumors

Ash Marghoob (New York, USA)
Allan Halpern (New York, USA)
Michael Binder (Vienna, Austria)

New Diagnostic Tools

Michael Binder (Vienna, Austria)
Harald Kittler (Vienna, Austria)

Course on Dermoscopy