Rajka 2025 Melbourne motto:
History, Memory, and Retelling

Keynote and Invited speakers

  • Katrina ABUABARA, USA
  • Sébastien BARBAROT, France
  • Rebecca BASSETT, Australia
  • Eung Ho CHOI, South Korea
  • John COMMON, UK
  • Sandipan DHAR, India
  • Carsten FLOHR, UK
  • Cindy MA, Australia
  • Marlys FASSETT, USA
  • Amir LATIFF, Malaysia
  • JiHyun LEE, South Korea
  • Adrian LOWE, Australia
  • Wei LI, China
  • Laura MacKAY, Australia
  • Laurent MISERY, France
  • Erereoghor OTROFANOWEI, Nigeria
  • Amy S. PALLER, USA
  • Murlidhar RAJAGOPALAN, India
  • Peter SCHMID-GRENDELMEIER, Switzerland
  • Alain TAÏEB, France
  • Kim THOMAS, UK
  • Claudia TRAIDL-HOFFMANN, Germany
  • Fang WANG, China
  • Andreas WOLLENBERG, Germany
  • Margitta WORM, Germany
  • Xu YAO, China

Program

Please note all timings are based on Melbourne time zone.
Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEDT) – UTC+11

Friday, October 24th, 2025 — PaCeCAD
PATIENT-CENTERED CARE IN ATOPIC DERMATITIS SESSIONS

08:30 P1. Misinformation in Atopic Dermatitis and Digital Tools to address it
Chair: Jean-François STALDER, France / Fanny SENTENAC, France
08:30
The concept of Patient Centred Approach in chronic skin disease (PCA)

Jean-François STALDER, France

08:35
Tackling misinformation in social media: the example of Topical Corticosteroid Withdrawal (TSW)

Mikael ALSTERHOLM, Sweden

08:45
Dr Tiktok will see you now: The impact of social media on dermatology practice and patient perceptions

Alpana MOHTA, India

08:55
Disrupted Skin, Disrupted Trust: The Consequences of Social Media on Dermatology Patients and Practitioners

Hanof AHMED, Qatar

09:05
What should we expect from Large Language Model Chat bots in therapeutic education: uses, expected benefits, risks?

Pranvera SULEJMANI, USA

09:15 RT
Round Table: New communication tools in therapeutic education
Challenges, contributions, and limitations (Results of a survey on the role of AI in the management of AD)

All speakers
+ Kelly BARTA (ITSAN), USA
+ Kristin BELLENSON (NEA), USA

 
10:00 Refreshment Break 30 min.
 
10:30 P2. Atopic Dermatitis, Global Health Perspectives Worldwide
Chair: Fahafahantsoa RABENJA RAPELANORO, Madagascar / Tina MESARIČ, Slovenia
10:30
Australia compared to the Rest of the World

John SU, Australia

10:50
Eczema Support Australia: role and place of a patient advocacy group in the Australian patient journey

Melanie FUNK, Australia

11:00 RT
Round Table: Participants from other regions of the world
Given the particularities of each country, what is the common ground that would allow us to joint our efforts towards the same goal? Perhaps better acces to the right medicines? What are the 3 main stakes in terms of needs, tools and care?

All speakers
+ Masaki FUTAMURA, Japan
+ Ellis HON, Hong-Kong, China
+ Kin Fon LEONG, Malaysia
+ Rachel OGOLA, Kenya
+ Tammi SHIPOWICK, Canada
+ Yong Kwang TAY, Singapore

11:45
Closure

Jean-François STALDER, including closing remarks by ISAD President Alain TAÏEB

 
11:50 Lunch break 01h00
 

Friday, October 24th, 2025 — Symposium
#day1

12:55 Welcome Addresses
Chair: John C. SU, Australia
12:55
Acknowledgement of Country: Indigenous Welcome
13:00
Centenial of Georg RAJKA birth

Suzanne RAJKA, Norway

13:05
Welcome to Melbourne

John C. SU, Australia

13:10
President address

Alain TAÏEB, France

13:25
Welcome to Australia

Adriene LEE, Australia

13:30
Reporting from pre meeting

Roberto TAKAOKA, Brazil

 
13:50 S1 Innate and Adaptive Immunity*
Chairs: Magdalena TRZECIAK, Poland / Anne Rosemary HALBERT, Australia
13:50 KL1
T helper 2 (Th2) cells in atopic dermatitis – learning from Inborn Errors of Immunity

Cindy MA, Australia

14:15 IL1
AD presentations in Inborn Errors of Immunity

Amir Hamzah ABDUL LATIFF, Malaysia

14:30 IL2
Can Peripheral T cell immunophenotypes in AD be useful to predict systemic treatment response?

Margitta WORM, Germany

14:50 OL1
#1081

CP

 
15:05 S2 Regulation of T Cell Immunity & Systemic Immunity and Immune Crosstalk
Chairs: Dirk-Jan HIJNEN, The Netherlands / Jason FOK, Australia
15:05 KL2
Skin-Resident Lymphocyte diversity and function - implications for AD

Laura MACKAY, Australia

15:30 IL3
Basophils: A Paradigm of Skin Neuroimmune crosstalk

Fang WANG, China

15:50 OL2
#1089

DL

16:05 OL3
#1002

SC

16:20 OL4
#1011

WJ

 
16:35 PS1 Poster presentation session 130 min. Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
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17:05 S3 Skin Barrier and Phenotypes
Chairs: Kyu Han KIM, South Korea / Linda MARTIN, Australia
17:05 KL3
Skin barrier research in atopic dermattis in the era of biologics

Eung Ho CHOI, South Korea

17:30 IL4
Clinical and molecular heterogeneities of atopic dermatitis

Wei LI, China

17:55 OL5
#1068

SW

 
19:00 Welcome Reception @ Carlton Gardens, Melbourne Gallery in the Melbourne Museum 02h00
 

Saturday, October 25th, 2025 — Symposium
#day2

08:00 Welcome
 
08:30 S4 Georg RAJKA Centennial session
Chairs: Alain TAÏEB, France / John C. SU, Australia
08:30 KL4
100 years from the birth of Georg Rajka – atopic dermatitis over a century

Alain TAÏEB, France

08:55 IL5
Remembering the 1988 International Symposium on Atopic Dermatitis in Oslo, Norway

Roberto TAKAOKA, Brazil

09:10 IL6
Towards personalised therapy and potential disease modification

Peter SCHMID-GRENDELMEIER, Switzerland

09:35 IL7
New systemic therapies for AD

Amy S. PALLER, United States of America

 
10:00 PS2 Poster presentation session 230 min. Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
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10:30 S5 Epidemiology and Outcome Research
Chairs: Peter SCHMID-GRENDELMEIER, Switzerland / Shyamali DHARMAGE, Australia
10:30 KL5
Primary prevention of atopic dermatitis

Carsten FLOHR, United Kingdom

10:50 IL8
Skin lipids in the development of atopic dermatitis and food allergy

Adrian LOWE, Australia

11:10 IL9
Running remote eczema trials - opportunities and risks

Kim S. THOMAS, United Kingdom

11:30 OL6
#1116

SW

11:45 OL7
#1013

ZL

 
12:00 Lunch "Skin Matters" with GlobalSkin and GADA 01h30
 
13:30 S6 Itch and Prurigo*
Chair: Diana Jane PURVIS, Australia
13:30 KL6
Georg RAJKA: contributions to understanding AD, prurigo, and itch

Laurent MISERY, France

13:40 IL10
Itch and pain in atopic dermatitis and prurigo nodularis

Laurent MISERY, France

14:05 IL11
Known and novel regulators of itch cytokine IL-31 in type 2 disease

Marlys FASSETT, United States of America

14:30 OL8
#1038

PKK

 
15:00 PS3 Poster presentation session 330 min. Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
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15:30 S7 Potential Novel Pathways
Chairs: Yoko KATAOKA, Japan / Fang WANG, China
15:30 OL9
#1050

GP

15:45 OL10
#1099

HA

 
16:00 S8 What's New from the Industry
Chairs: Chia-Yu CHU, Taiwan, China / George Andrew VARIGOS
16:00 SL1
Achieving minimal disease activity with JAK inhibition in atopic dermatitis (AbbVie)

Gayle Loraine ROSS, Australia

16:15 SL2
Lilly’s Commitment to Dermatology

Wiliam ROMERO GALLARDO, United Kingdom

16:20 SL3
DELTA TEEN Phase 3 Trial for Delgocitinib Cream, a non steroidal pan-JAK inhibitor, Demonstrates Efficacy and Safety in Adolescents with Moderate to Severe Chronic Hand Eczema

Teodora FESTINI, Germany

 
19:30 President’s Dinner @ Arts Centre Melbourne
Local Organizing Committee Cultural invitation with Peter C. DOHERTY 02h00
 

Sunday, October 26th, 2025 — Symposium
#day3

08:00 Welcome
 
08:30 S9 Exposome and Microbiome
Chairs: Lin MA, China / Pablo FERNANDEZ-PEÑAS, Australia
08:30 KL7
Skin metagenomics and metatranscriptomics to advance atopic dermatitis research

John COMMON, Singapore

08:50 IL12
Skin environmental and microbial crosstalk in AD pathogenesis

Xu YAO, China

09:10 IL13
Predict to prevent - Harnessing the Skin microbiome to transform atopic dermatitis care

Claudia TRAIDL-HOFFMANN, Germany

09:30 OL11
#1091

WZ

09:45 OL12
#1065

WK

 
10:00 PS4 Poster presentation session 430 min. Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
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10:30 S10 Systemic and New Therapies for Atopic Dermatitis
Chairs: Yong Kwang TAY, Singapore / Li-Chuen WONG, Australia
10:30 KL8
Cannabinoids in atopic dermatitis - exploring new treatment horizons

JiHyun LEE, South Korea

10:55 OL13
#1177

AW

11:10 OL14
#1071

HY

11:25 OL15
#1141

WZ

11:40 OL16
#1146

JY

 
12:00 Lunch (guest: William BARTON) 01h00
 
13:00 S11 Complications and Comorbidities of Atopic Dermatitis
Chairs: Roberto TAKAOKA, Brazil / Dedee MURRELL, Australia
13:00 KL9
Infectious complications and comorbidities of AD

Andreas WOLLENBERG, Germany

13:25 IL15
Disease-specific comorbidities in Atopic Dermatitis

Katrina ABUABARA, United States of America

13:45 OL17
#1109

YX

14:00 OL18
#1092

LUI

14:15 OL19
#1128

CC

 
14:30 S12 Pediatric AD and Comparative Dermatology
Chairs: Ellis HON, Hong Kong, China / Anousha YAZDABADI, Australia
14:30 KL10
Managing children with moderate-to-severe AD & complications of therapy

Sébastien BARBAROT, France

14:55 IL16
Paediatric AD - syndromes and mimickers

Sandipan DHAR, India

15:15 IL17
Atopic Disease in Veterinary Practice

Rebecca BASSETT, Australia

15:35 OL20
#1144

JZ

 
15:50 PS5 Poster presentation session 530 min. Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
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16:20 S13 Atopic Dermatitis in Diverse Skin Types
Chairs: Kin Fon LEONG, Malaysia / Lena LY, Australia
16:20 KL11
AD in Africa: advancing research, care, and equity in diverse skin types

Erereoghor OTROFANOWEI, Nigeria

16:40 OL21
#1129

GEM

16:55 OL22
#1043

LC

17:10 OL23
#1083

FR

 
17:25 Closing Ceremony
17:25
Best poster/presentation awards, local best posters

John C. SU, Australia

17:35
Next Rajka Symposium 2026: Beijing, China

Lin MA, China

17:40
Closing remarks

Alain TAÏEB, France

 
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Endorsements

The 15th Georg RAJKA International Symposium on Atopic Dermatitis (ISAD) Melbourne 2025 is endorsed by the Australiasian College of Dermatology, its members can benefit from a discount on the registration fees.

➜ Check the other institutions endorsing the meeting and ask them for the discount code if you are a member