Hall A & B:
08.30 – 09.00 am
Plenary 1: Tropical Skin Diseases in Children
Prof. Jayamini Seneviratne (Sri Lanka)

09.00 – 09.30 am
Plenary 2: Skin NTDs at a Crossroads to 2030: Midway Reflections and Future Directions
Prof. Rie R Yotsu (USA)

09.30 – 10.00 am
Plenary 3: Chronic Lymphoedema
Dr. Clair Fuller (UK)

10.00 – 10.30 am
Morning Tea

10.30 am – 12.00 pm
Hall A: Symposium 1: Leprosy
10.30 – 10.50 am
Early Diagnosis of Leprosy
Prof. Anura Rambukkana (UK)

10.50 – 11.10 am
Childhood Leprosy
Dr. Saba Lambert (Ethiopia)

11.10 – 11.30 am
Leprosy Reactions
Dr. Stephen Walker (UK)

11.30 – 11.50 am
Leprosy Therapeutics
TBC

11.50 am – 12.00 pm
Discussion

Hall B: Symposium 2: Leishmaniasis
10.30 – 10.50 am
Clinical Features of Leishmaniasis
Dr. Marcellus Fischer (Germany)

10.50 – 11.10 am
Laboratory Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis
Prof. Shalindra Ranasinghe (Sri Lanka)

11.10 – 11.30 am
Post Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis
Dr. V. Ramesh (India)

11.30 – 11.50 am
Treatment Challenges in CL
Dr. Niraj Parajuli (Nepal)

11.50 am– 12.00 pm
Discussion

12.00 am – 01.00 pm
Lunch

01.00 – 01.45 pm
Quiz on Tropical Dermatology
Dr. N Thamilvannan and Dr. Deepani Munidasa (Sri Lanka)

01.45 – 03.15 pm
Hall A: Symposium 3: Fungal Infections – Superficial & Deep
01.45 – 02.05 pm
Challenges in Managing Tinea Capitis
Dr. Manjunath Shenoi (India)

02.05 – 02.25 pm: Onychomycosis
Dr. Dieter Reinel (Germany)

02.25 – 02.45 pm
Recalcitrant Dermatophytosis – A Clinician’s Perspective
Dr. Ananta Khurana (India)

02.45 – 03.05 pm
Systemic Mycosis seen in Brazil – Dermatologist’s Perspective,
Dr. Marcia Ramos-e-Silva (Brazil)

03.05 – 03.15 pm
Discussion

Hall B: Symposium 4: Pigmentary Disorders
01.45 – 02.05 pm
Hypopigmented Skin Lesions in the Tropics
Prof. Prasad Kumarasinghe (Australia)

02.05 – 02.25 pm
Vitiligo
Dr. Johannes Dayrit (Philippines)

02.25 – 02.45 pm
Acquired Dermal Hypermelanosis & Lichen Planus Pigmentosus – Management Update
Prof. Sendil Kumaran (India)

02.45 – 03.05 pm
Melasma – Treatment Pearls
Prof. Chee Leok Goh (Singapore)

03.05 – 03.15 pm
Discussion

03.15 – 03.45 pm
Evening Tea

Hall A: Potpourri 1
03.45 – 04.00 pm
Cutaneous Microbiome and Tropical Skin Infections
Dr. Anupam Das (India)

04.00 – 04.15 pm
Cultural Dermatology
Dr. Janaka Akarawita (Sri Lanka)

04.15 – 04.30 pm
Management of Chromoblastomycosis – Sri Lankan Experience
Dr. V. Abeywickrama (Sri Lanka)

04.30 – 04.45 pm
Regional Differences in Bullous Dermatoses
Dr. Rüdiger Panzer (Germany)

04.45 – 05.00 pm
TBC

05.00 – 05.10 pm
Discussion

Hall B: Potpourri 2
03.45 – 04.00 pm
Use of Biologics in the Tropics
Dr. Sharnika Abeykeerthi (UK)

04.00 – 04.15 pm
Tropical Infections Mimicking STIs
Prof. Christoph Bendick (Germany)

04.15 – 04.30 pm
Wounds Around the World
Dr. Sabrina Fehrmann (Germany)

04.30 – 04.45 pm
Hypopigmented Mycosis Fungoides
Prof. Usma Rajar (Pakistan)

04.45 – 05.00 pm
Skin Cancers in Tropics
Dr. Mohammed Saiful Islam Bhuiyan (Bangladesh)

05.00 – 05.10 pm
Discussion

07.00 pm
Sri Lankan Night