Agenda (as of 18.11.2025)
Opening
- Welcome address (Harald Kittler)
- The AI-powered evolution of research and practice in dermatology: A look back at the past ten years (Allan C. Halpern)
Session 1: AI in clinical dermatology
- Integrating AI into clinical workflows: Where we stand and what gaps remain (Josep Malvehy)
- AI-assisted detection and early diagnosis of skin cancer (Victoria Mar)
- Scaling dermatological care with AI: Mobile applications and virtual platforms (Tobias Sangers)
- Beyond skin cancer: Applied AI support for inflammatory skin conditions (Alexander Navarini)
- Discussion with the audience
Session 2: Data, ethics and regulation
- Data quality and annotation: Building robust datasets (Philipp Tschandl)
- Inclusive AI in dermatology: Confronting bias and data gaps (Roxana Daneshjou)
- Benchmarking and Validation: Standards for evaluating AI in dermatology (Veronica Rotemberg)
- Trustworthy general-purpose AI: European and global perspectives (Matthias Samwald)
- Discussion with the audience
Session 3: Industry and innovation
- Innovation Slam
- Science Slam: Accepted conference papers
- Building bridges between different perspectives: An interactive panel discussion with clinicians, innovators and industry representatives
Session 4: Technical advances and research frontiers
- Geometric and Graph Deep Learning (TBA)
- xLSTM for LLM development (Günter Klambauer)
- Few shot, zero shot and continuous learning (Catarina Barata)
- Multimodal AI: Combining images, text and clinical data (Zongyuan Ge)
- Computational models/AI for epidemiologic questions (Nikolas Popper)
- Discussion with the audience
Closing: Bridging the gap
- The role of AI in modern medicine: The perspective of a patient and philosopher (TBA)
- Reflection machines for AI-human collaboration (Sabine Köszegi)
- Bridging imaging phenotypes and biological mechanisms (Georg Langs)
- Explainability and transparency for AI-driven Decision Making (Titus Brinker)
- The AI-powered evolution of research and practice in dermatology: A look ahead to the next ten years (Allan C. Halpern)
Networking reception