Day 1 Nov 28, Friday Registration: 8am onwards Workshops 9.00 am to 12.30 pm Workshop 1. Non Cultured Epidermal Cell Suspension Preparation and its modification Workshop 2. Hair follicle cell suspension preparation and combination methods Workshop 3 How to set up basic lab for pigment cell research Lunch : 1 pm to 2 pm Inauguration: 2.00 pm to 2.15 pm Session 1: Vitiligo : Basic Science Chairs: Prof T Lotti, Dr R Gokhale 2.20 pm to 2.40 pm Dissecting the functional network across keratinocytes, melanocytes and microbiota of skin in vitiligo Dr Rajesh S. Gokhale 2.40 pm to 3.00 pm Genomic changes in vitiligo: causal effect or the after effect Dr. Vivek Natarajan 3.00 pm to 3.20 pm A candidate gene approach for understanding the complex genetics of vitiligo Dr R Begum 3.20 pm to 3.40 pm Mosaicism in Vitiligo- A new dimension to current concepts. Dr Dr Ratnam Attili 3.40 pm to 4.00 pm Genetic background of vitiligo: Foreground of auto-immunity?
Session 2. Vitiligo : Epidemiology and classification Chairs: Prof BB Mahajan, Prof KJPS Puri 4.00 pm to 4.15 pm Newer Classification of vitiligo Dr Khalid Ezzedine (France) 4.15 pm to 4.30 pm Acral Vitiligo- A distinct pattern Dr S Attili 4.30 pm to 4.45 pm Segmental vitiligo and mosaicism in vitiligo Dr N Sarma Epidemiology and of Beyond consensus Session 3 Vitiligo : Stability issues Chairs: Dr A Valia, Dr G Singh 5.00 pm to 5.15 pm How can we assess the Dr Benzekri Laila (Morroco) Clinical and histological studies 5.15 pm to 5.30 pm Dr Koushik Lahiri what is not 5.30 pm to 5.45pm Is lesional stability more relevant than disease stability for surgical intervention in vitiligo? A multi-centric study? Dr I Majid Session 4: Pigmentation Research Chairs: Prof D Mathur, Prof V Shankar 5.45pm to 6.05 pm Skin Color Evaluation Dr M Verschoore (France) 6.05pm to 6.20 pm Periocular pigmentation Dr M Chatterjee 6.20 pm to 6.35 pm Management of melasma: where is the evidence Dr S Panda 6.35pm to 6.50 pm Pigmentary demarcation lines: where do we stand? Dr S Malakar Dinner: 8 pm onwards
Saturday, 29 th Nov 2014 Session 5 Vitiligo : Clinical aspects Chairs: Prof B Laila, Prof Samia Esmat 8.15 am to 8.30 am Depigmentation therapies in vitiligo Dr D M Thappa 8.30 am to 8.45 am Basic science and translational research that led to the development of bfgf peptide to treat vitiligo Dr A Ramaiah 8.45 am to 9.00 am Topical treatments in vitiligo: An overview Dr V K Sharma 9.00am to 9.20 am Prevention of relapses in vitiligo lesions Dr T Passeron (France) 9.20 am to 9.30 am Targeted UVB phototherapy in vitiligo: comparison study between once weekly and twice weekly treatment regimens Dr I Majid Session 6 Vitiligo : Repigmentation Strategies Chairs: Dr SD Mehta, Prof Tag Anbar 9.30 am to 9.45 am Failure to repigment: why, and what to do Dr Igor Korobko (Russia) 9.45 am to 10.00 am How to improve the marginal repigmentation: Updated review Yvon Gauthier (France) 10.00 am to 10.20 am Alfamelanotide and Phototherapy: Current concepts Dr I Hamzavi (USA) 10.20 am to 10.40 am How to deal with difficult to treat areas? Dr T Passeron (France)
Session 7 : Vitiligo : State of the art Chairs: Dr D Parikh, Prof T Passeron 11.00am to 11.20am Vitiligo: What s New, What s True Prof Torello Lotti (Italy) 11.20.am to 11.40am A pathogenesis- based approach for the treatment of vitiligo Prof Tag Anbar (Egypt) 11.40 am to 12.00 pm Vitiligo research and treatment: New horizon Prof D Parsad Session 8 Vitiligo : Surgical Management (1) Chairs: Dr Y Gauthier, Dr S Malakar 12.00 pm to 12.15 pm Practical issues for cellular grafting in vitiligo Dr S Mulekar (Saudi Arabia) 12.15 pm to 12.25 pm Stem Cells: New hope in vitiligo Dr Somesh Gupta 12.25 pm to 12.40 pm Differences in acral vitiligo skin where do we stand? Can these findings improve the treatment approach? Dr Samia Esmat (Egypt) 12.40 pm to 12.50 pm Tips to improve results in NCECS Dr T Salim 12.50 pm to 1.00 pm Ultra-skin thin grafts in vitiligo Dr Ravichandran Session 9: Melasma Chairs: 2.00 pm to 2.15 pm Therapeutic targets of melasma Prof H Y Kang (S Korea) 2.15 pm to 2.30 pm Treatment of melasma based on therapeutic targets Prof K C Park (S Korea) 2.30 pm to 2.45 pm Melasma Approach Dr K Godse
Session 10 : Vitiligo Support Chairs: 3.30 pm to 3.45 pm Vitiligo CloudBank: Electronic health record and Networked biobank for expedited R&D in Vitiligo Dr Y Valle (USA) 3.45 pm to 4.00 pm United 4 Vitiligo - Science and Society Interphase Dr Lipi Thukral 4.00 pm to 4.15 pm Quality of life of 213 Moroccan Dr B Laila (Morocco) with 4.15 pm to 4.30 pm Changing social paradigms about vitligo Dr M Tulpule 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm Trip to beating the retreat ceremony at Wagah Boarder 8.00 PM onwards Dinner Sunday, 30 th Nov 2014 Award papers 8.00 am to 9.30 am Session 11: Vitiligo Research: Future perspective Chairs: Dr MB Roscher, Dr R Begum 9.30 am to 9.50 am Regulating regulatory responses in vitiligo Dr C Le Poole (USA) 9.50 am to 10.05 am Role of Dermal stem cells: a new direction to vitiligo research Dr R Kumar 10.05am to 10.20am Animal model for Vitiligo: Buffalo gives hope! Dr Vijay Pal Singh
Session 12: Pigmentation Research Chairs: Prof K C Park, Prof V K Sharma 10.30 am to 10.45 am Clinical trial research for pigmentation Dr Mukta Sachdev 10.45 am to 11.00 am The paradigm of low dose medicine: low dose cytokine and growth factors in vitiligo Dr A Perra (France) 11.00 am to 11.15 am Kit receptor tyrosine kinase and skin color Dr Takahiro Kunisada (Japan) 11.15 am to 11.30 am Emerging role of STIM1, an intracellular calcium sensor, in pigmentation Dr R Motiani Session 13 Vitiligo : Surgical Management (2) Chairs: 11.30 am to 11.45 am Non-cultured epidermal cell suspension: New method Dr V Garg 11.45 am to 12.00 pm Evolution of surgical management of vitiligo: From tissue grafts to cellular grafts Dr A Budania 12.00 pm to 12.15 pm Evaluation of needling in vitiligo Dr A J Amar 12.15 pm to 12.30pm Surgical management of pediatric vitiligo Dr D Ghia Session 14: Gems and Pearls Chair: Dr Dimple Chopra, Dr S K Malhotra 12.30 pm to 12.45 pm Dermatosurgery: Pearls and gems MB Roscher (S Africa) 12.45 pm to 1.00 pm Unconventional treatments in melasma Dr N Khunger