Sunday 12 October 2025

Saal 2

03.00 – 05.00 PM
IFSI SIG Global Day: What is important for patients?
05.00 – 05.30 PM
Break
05.30 – 05.50 PM
Opening Ceremony
05.50 – 06.10 PM
Bernhard Lecture
Andreas Kremer
06.15 – 06.40 PM
Kuraishi Lecture
Sarah Ross
06.40 – 07.05 PM
Special invited lecture
Atopic dermatitis: from the past to the future
Kilian Eyerich
07.05 – 07.30 PM
IFSI Awards
07.30
Reception

Monday 13 October 2025

Saal 2

07.00 – 08.00 AM
Satellite Symposium
08.00 – 09.00 AM
Session 1
08.00 – 08.20 AM
Spinal cord and cortex activity
Allan Basbaum
08.20 – 08.40 AM
Piezo 2: more than mechanically induced itch
Gary Lewin
08.40 – 09.00 AM
Expression of pruriceptors
Angelika Lampert
09.00 – 09.45 AM
Session 2
Young Investigator Council Session
09.45 – 10.30 AM
Break
10.30 AM – 12.30 PM
Session 3
Clinics: New treatment concepts in dermatology
10.30 - 10.50 AM
Guidelines on Itch
Elke Weisshaar
10.50 - 11.10 AM
Urticaria
Petra Staubach
11.10 - 11.30 AM
Prurigo
Sonja Ständer
11.30 - 11.50 AM
11.50 AM - 12.00 PM
Q&A
12.00 - 01.00 PM
Satellite Symposium
01.00 - 01.30 PM
Break
01.30 - 02.30 PM
Session 4
Plenary session: New drugs and treatment concepts
01.30 - 01.50 PM
Clinical trials I
NN
01.50 - 02.10 PM
Clinical trials II
NN
02.10 - 02.30 PM
Drugs For Itch: What’s Best and What’s Next
Gil Yosipovitch
02.30 - 02.50 PM
Break
02.50 - 04.10 PM
Session 5
Clinics: Unmet needs in pruritus medicine
02.50 - 03.10 PM
Neuropathic itch
Sarina Elmariah, USA
03.10 - 03.30 PM
Registry data
Mathias Augustin, Germany
03.30 - 03.50 PM
Device based physical therapies
Simon Müller, Switzerland
03.50 - 04.10 PM
Unmet needs in Atopic Dermatitis and Asthma
NN
04.10 - 04.30 PM
Break
04.30 - 05.45 PM
IFSI General Assembly
05.45 - 06.30 PM
IFSI Board Meeting
07.00 PM
Social and Dinner

Forum

07.00 – 08.00 AM
Satellite Symposium
08.45 – 09.45 AM
Session 2
Translational aspects of itch
09.45 – 10.30 AM
Break
10.30 – 12.00 AM
Session 3
Research: Pathobiology of itch
10.30 – 10.50 AM
10.50 – 11.10 AM
New proteins and receptors in itch
NN
11.10 – 11.30 AM
Neurons for itch
Jürgen Solinski
11.30 – 11.50 AM
11.50 AM – 12.00 PM
Q&A
12.00 - 01.00 PM
Satellite Symposium
01.00 - 01.30 PM
Break
02.30 - 02.50 PM
Break
02.50 - 04.10 PM
Session 5
Research: Neuroimmune mechanisms
02.50 - 03.10 PM
The basophil-neuronal axis
Fang Wang
03.10 - 03.30 PM
Eosinophils in itch
Ulrike Raap
03.30 - 03.50 PM
Epidermal innervation
Dai Hyun Kim
03.50 - 04.10 PM
Neuroimmun mechanisms in Rosacea
Martin Steinhoff
04.10 - 04.30 PM
Break
04.30 - 05.45 PM
IFSI General Assembly
05.45 - 06.30 PM
IFSI Board Meeting
07.00 PM
Social and Dinner

Tuesday 14 October 2025

Saal 2

07.00 – 08.00 AM
Satellite Symposium
08.00 – 09.00 AM
Session 1
Plenary Session
08.00 – 08.20 AM
Mark Hoon
08.20 – 08.40 AM
08.40 – 09.00 AM
09.00 – 09.45 AM
Session 2
Best of FORs
09.00 – 09.15 AM
Nurcan/ P4
PRUSEARCH
09.15 - 09.30 AM
PRUSEARCH
09.30 - 09.45 AM
Kahnert
SOMACROSS
09.45 - 10.30 AM
Break
10.30 AM - 12.00 PM
Session 3
Clinics: Role of Psychological factors
10.30 AM - 10.50 AM
Psyche and itch: new clinical and molecular findings
Eva Peters
10.50 - 11.10 AM
Patient acceptance and stigmatization in psoriasis
Adam Reich
11.10 - 11.30 AM
Placebo and nocebo effects in itch
Andrea Evers
11.30 - 11.50 AM
Itch in different age groups: Relationship with psychological factors
Christina Schut
11.50 AM - 12.00 PM
Q&A
12.00 - 01.00 PM
Satellite Symposium
01.00 - 01.30 PM
Break
01.30 - 02.30 PM
Session 4
Round table Itch and pain encoding
01.30 - 01.50 PM
Ethan Lerner
01.50 - 02.10 PM
Laurent Misery
02.10 - 02.30 PM
Martin Schmelz
02.30 - 03.30 PM
Session 5
Clinics
02.30 - 02.50 PM
CKD-aP: challenges in clinics and therapy
Jörg Latus
02.50 - 03.10 PM
Itch in malignancy
Jacek Szepietowski
03.10 - 03.30 PM
03.30 - 04.00 PM
Break
04.00 - 05.15 PM
Session 6
04.00 - 04.20 PM
Future perspectives in basic research of itch
Martin Schmelz
04.20 - 04.40 PM
Future perspectives in treatment of itch
Martin Metz
04.40 - 05.15 PM
Prizes & Closing Ceremony

Forum

07.00 – 08.00 AM
Satellite Symposium
09.00 – 09.45 AM
Session 2
09.45 – 10.30 AM
Break
10.30 – 12.00 AM
Session 3
Research: Itch mechanisms in inflammatory skin diseases
10.30 – 10.50 AM
Novel findings on IL 31
NN
10.50 – 11.10 AM
Mechanisms in autoimmune blistering diseases
NN
11.10 – 11.30 AM
Mitsutoshi Tominaga
11.30 – 11.50 AM
11.50 AM – 12.00 PM
Q&A
12.00 - 01.00 PM
Satellite Symposium
01.00 - 01.30 PM
Break
02.30 - 03.30 PM
Session 5
Global Itch
02.30 - 02.50 PM
The many faces of itch in India
Asit Mittal
02.50 - 03.10 PM
Itching in Africa
Grace Mulyowa
03.10 - 03.30 PM
Is chronic itch a public health problem? Epidemiology of chronic itch around the world.
Christian Apfelbacher