Program: main session

Rajka 2024 Doha motto:
Global Perspectives on Atopic Dermatitis:
Uniting for a better Care

Keynote speakers

  • Rayana BOU HAKA, WHO, Qatar
  • Thomas BIEBER, Switzerland
  • Mark HOON, NIH Bethesda, USA
  • Carsten FLOHR, UK
  • Uwe GIELER, Germany
  • Emma GUTTMAN-YASSKI, USA
  • Kenji KABASHIMA, Japan
  • Brian KIM, USA
  • Shawn KWATRA, USA
  • Wei LI, China
  • Georg STINGL, Austria
  • Claudia TRAIDL-HOFFMANN, Germany
  • Sabine WERNER, Switzerland

Program

Please note all sessions are based on Doha, Qatar time zone.
Arabia Standard Time (AST) – UTC+3

Thursday, October 24th, 2024 — Pre-meeting
PATIENT-CENTERED CARE IN ATOPIC DERMATITIS (PaCeCAD)

09:00
12:00
➜ CHECK THE PRE MEETING PROGRAM & INFORMATION HERE + REGISTER
 

Thursday, October 24th, 2024 — Symposium
UNITING FOR BETTER CARE

13:00 Welcome addresses
13:00
Welcome to Doha

Martin STEINHOFF, Qatar

13:05
Welcome to Doha

Rayana BOU HAKA (WHO), Qatar

13:15
ISAD President address

Alain TAÏEB, France

13:20
Introduction into History of ISAD and Rajka meetings

Johannes RING, Germany

13:28
Welcome

Suzanne RAJKA, Norway

 
13:30 Fundamental mechanisms of Pruritus in AD (45 min)
Conference Keynote Lecture
13:30
Speaker Introduction

Martin STEINHOFF, Qatar

13:30 KL1
Keynote lecture: Pruritus research: present and future

Mark HOON (NIH), USA

14:15 S1. Pathophysiology of Atopic Dermatitis – Barrier and Epidermis (90 min)
Chairs: Alan IRVINE, Ireland / Ameen ALAWADHI, UAE / John C. SU, Australia
14:15 KL2
Keynote lecture: New aspects in the role of the epidermis in skin biology

Sabine WERNER, Switzerland

14:45 OL1
short communication #370, selected in the call for abstract submissions
15:00 OL2
short communication #435, selected in the call for abstract submissions
15:15 OL3
short communication #324, selected in the call for abstract submissions
15:30 OL4
short communication #459, selected in the call for abstract submissions
 
15:45 PS1 Poster presentations session 1
45 min Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
 
16:30 S2. Innate Immunity dysregulation (90 min)
Chairs: Georges NEMER, Qatar / Aysha AL-MALKI, Qatar
Standard session with free communications
16:30 KL3
Keynote lecture: Cytokine based circuits and innate immunity in atopic dermatitis

Kenji KABASHIMA, Japan

17:00 OL5
short communication #445, selected in the call for abstract submissions
17:15 OL6
short communication #419, selected in the call for abstract submissions
17:30 S3. What’s New (65 min)
Chairs: Mohammed AL OTAIBI, Kuwait / Peter SCHMID-GRENDELMEIER, Switzerland / Delphine STAUMONT-SALLE, France
Sponsors’ session
17:30 SL1
Title to be confirmed

Speaker from Pfizer

17:50 SL2
Title to be confirmed

Speaker from Sanofi

18:05 SL3
Title to be confirmed

Speaker from Abbvie

18:20 SL4
Title to be confirmed

Speaker from Lilly

 
18:35 Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
19:30 Welcome reception (open to all attendants)
Sheraton Hotel Garden
22:30 Presentation of ILDS awards by Alain TAÏEB
Sheraton Hotel Garden
 

Friday, October 25th, 2024
Mechanisms and fundamental aspects of Atopic Dermatitis

08:30 S4. Primary Prevention and Comorbidities (60 min)
Chairs: Peter SCHMID-GRENDELMEIER, Switzerland / Fatima Ahmed ALBREIKI, UAE / Lin MA, China
Standard session with free communications
08:30 KL4
Keynote lecture: Does atopic dermatitis cause food allergy and what can we do about it?

Carsten FLOHR, UK

09:00 OL7
short communication #296, selected in the call for abstract submissions
09:15 OL8
short communication #317, selected in the call for abstract submissions
 
09:30 PS2 Poster presentations session 2
30 min Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
 
10:00 S5. Adaptive Immunity dysregulation (60 min)
Chairs: Thomas BIEBER, Switzerland / Yousef BINAMER, Saudi Arabia / Fareed AHMAD, Qatar
Standard session with free communications
10:00 KL5
Keynote lecture: New molecular and cellular players in the immunopathogenesis of AD

Georg STINGL, Austria

10:30 OL9
short communication #433, selected in the call for abstract submissions
10:45 OL10
short communication #413, selected in the call for abstract submissions
11:00 OL11
short communication #300, selected in the call for abstract submissions
 
11:15 Prayer time (60 min)
Location: follow signs and program book.
12:15 45 min Lunch break & Visit Exhibits
 
13:00 S6. Pruritus and AD (90 min)
Chairs: Fang WANG, China / Muna AL MURRAWI, UAE / Joerg BUDDENKOTTE, Qatar
13:00 IL1
Neuroimmune circuits of pruritus in AD and therapeutic consequences

Martin STEINHOFF, Qatar

13:30 KL6
Keynote lecture: JAK-inhibitors for treatment of pruritus and prurigo

Brian KIM, USA

14:00 OL12
short communication #453, selected in the call for abstract submissions
14:15 OL13
short communication #469, selected in the call for abstract submissions
14:30 OL14
short communication #421, selected in the call for abstract submissions
14:45 OL15
short communication #468, selected in the call for abstract submissions
15:00 OL16
short communication #456, selected in the call for abstract submissions
 
15:15 PS3 Poster presentations session 3
45 min Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
 
16:00 S7. Quality of Life & Comorbidities, Epidemiology (90 min)
Chairs: Johannes RING, Germany / Mariam AL NESF, Qatar / Haya AL-MANNAI, Qatar
16:00 KL7
Keynote lecture: AD – a stress disorder? The psychodermatological aspect!

Uwe GIELER, Germany

16:30 IL2

Jacek SZEPIETOWSKI, Poland

16:45 OL17
short communication #391, selected in the call for abstract submissions
17:00 KL8
Keynote lecture: Prurigo Nodularis: from disease comorbidities to new therapeutics

Shawn KWATRA, USA

17:30 OL18
short communication #348, selected in the call for abstract submissions
17:45 OL19
short communication #441, selected in the call for abstract submissions
 
18:00 Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
 
19:00 Local Organizing Committee Cultural invitation — Katara (old cultural city) (03h00)
19:30 Qatar symphony orchestra (classical music)
Dancing with swords
20:30 President’s dinner (dinner at Marza restaurant)
Presentation of Rajka Medal by Alain TAÏEB
 

Saturday, October 26th, 2024
Global aspects and modern treatment of AD

09:00 S8. New Technologies and Atopic Dermatitis (90 min)
Chairs: Magdalena TRZECIAK, Poland / Roberto TAKAOKA, Brazil / Ayda AL-HAMMADI, Qatar
09:00 KL9
Keynote lecture: Climate change and AD

Claudia TRAIDL-HOFFMANN, Germany

09:30 IL3
Methods and devices to assess pruritus in AD

Akihiko IKOMA, Japan

09:50 OL20
short communication #444, selected in the call for abstract submissions
10:05 OL21
short communication #418, selected in the call for abstract submissions
10:20 OL22
short communication #448, selected in the call for abstract submissions
 
10:35 PS4 Poster presentations session 4
30 min Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
 
11:05 S9. Topical therapies for Atopic Dermatitis: New advances (60 min)
Chairs: Andreas WOLLENBERG, Germany / Dirk J. HIJNEN, Netherlands / Ousmane FAYE, Mali
11:05 KL10
Keynote lecture: Disease modification in atopic dermatitis: fiction or soon reality?

Thomas BIEBER, Switzerland

11:35 KL11
Keynote lecture: Topical signal transduction inhibitors

Thomas WERFEL, Germany

11:50 OL23
short communication #346, selected in the call for abstract submissions
12:05 OL24
short communication #398, selected in the call for abstract submissions
12:20 OL25
short communication #383, selected in the call for abstract submissions
 
12:35 60 min Lunch break & Visit Exhibits
 
13:35 S10. New Targeted and Systemic Therapies for Atopic Dermatitis (90 min)
Chairs: Kyu-Han KIM, South Korea / Medhat ASKAR, Qatar
13:35 KL12
Keynote lecture: Biologics in AD: an update

Wei LI, China

14:05 IL4
JAK-inhibitors for treatment of AD

Kilian EYERICH, Germany

14:25 IL5
New targeted therapies for AD

Andreas WOLLENBERG, Germany

14:45 OL26
short communication #302, selected in the call for abstract submissions
15:00 OL27
short communication #338, selected in the call for abstract submissions
15:15 OL28
short communication #425, selected in the call for abstract submissions
 
15:30 PS5 Poster presentations session 5
40 min Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
 
16:10 S11. Future treatments of AD (90 min)
Chairs: Alain TAÏEB, France / Kenji KABASHIMA, Japan / Sara AL-KHAWAGA, Qatar
16:10 KL13
Keynote lecture: Future therapy of AD: A precision medicine perspective

Emma GUTTMAN-YASSKI, USA

16:40 OL29
short communication #423, selected in the call for abstract submissions
16:55 OL30
short communication #349, selected in the call for abstract submissions
17:10 OL31
short communication #451, selected in the call for abstract submissions
17:25 OL32
short communication #442, selected in the call for abstract submissions
17:40 IL6

Diamant THACI, Germany

 
17:40 Closing ceremony (20 min)
Best poster/presentation awards, local best posters

Martin STEINHOFF, Qatar

Next Rajka Symposium: Melbourne, Australia

John C. SU, Australia

Closing remarks

Alain TAÏEB, France