Scientific programme, JDP 2016
From Tuesday 6 to Saturday 10 December 2016, the congress unfolded 181 sessions: continuing medical education courses, forums, oral communications, hands-on workshops, plenary sessions and satellite symposia.
The congress ran for five days, from Tuesday 6 to Saturday 10 December 2016, at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. The first day was given over to pre-congress workshops and opening forums; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday followed at full pace; the closing morning came on Saturday.
Five days, five highlights
| Day | Sessions | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 6 December | 12 | Surgery and photodermatology workshops, psychodermatology, General Practitioners’ Forum, evening forum on skin problems |
| Wednesday 7 December | 59 | FMC courses and oral communications, satellite symposia, special session on black and darker skin types |
| Thursday 8 December | 54 | Plenary session “Caring for generations Y and Z”, interventional dermatology meetings, FORUM 14 — Objectifs Peau |
| Friday 9 December | 55 | ACTUS plenary, Nurses’ Day, international session, poster sessions |
| Saturday 10 December | 1 | The Saturday morning “What’s new” |
The formats of the congress
The strength of the JDP lies in the variety of formats, designed for private practitioners and hospital dermatologists alike, as well as residents and allied health professionals:
- 89 continuing medical education courses (FMC): interactive sessions built around clinical situations, management strategies and therapeutic updates;
- 26 forums: open exchange with experts, on everyday practice topics as well as the specialty’s major projects;
- 25 satellite symposia: proposed by industry partners alongside the scientific programme;
- 18 oral communication sessions: work presented by French and French-speaking teams;
- 13 workshops: dermatological surgery, photodermatology, confocal microscopy, doctor-patient communication;
- 5 special sessions: black and darker skin types, interventional dermatology, microscopy, hot topics, international session;
- 2 plenary sessions and 2 poster sessions, plus the Saturday morning “What’s new”.
An interactive programme
The interactive programme with its search engine let every participant build a personal route: search by keyword, speaker or theme, bookmark sessions, reach the linked e-posters and export the programme. The same tool opened the details of each session, with times and abstracts.
The content remains available: browse the recorded sessions and e-posters, and prepare for the next edition through the call for FMC sessions for JDP 2017.
Focus: FORUM 14 — Objectifs Peau
Among the notable moments of Thursday afternoon, the Objectifs Peau forum presented progress on the major epidemiological study of skin disease prevalence led by French dermatology. Read the full FORUM 14 page.
For any question about times, rooms or access arrangements, the congress secretariat is at your service: see the Contacts page.