SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Preliminary Programme
PLENARIES
| CONFIRMED SPEAKER | TITLE |
| 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 |
SYMPOSIA TOPICS
| 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 |