Program 2027 – Paris

DAY 1
Thursday June 17, 2027

08:00 - 08:30
Registration and Morning Coffee
08:30 - 09:00
Welcome to Paris &
Opening of the 7th International Keloid Symposium

Time

Speaker

Title

Session 1
09:00 - 10:30
Chair: Michael H Tirgan, MD
Co-Chair: Jean-David Bouaziz, MD, PhD
Setting the Scene: Basic Understanding of Keloid Disorder

10:15 – 10:30

Panel Discussion and Q/A

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee Break

Session 2
10:45 - 12:30

Chair:
Co-Chair:

Genetic and Translational Biomarkers
12:15 - 12:30

Panel Discussion and Q/A

12:30-13:30

Lunch Break

Special Session
12:45 - 13:15
Keloid Research Foundation
Challenges and Opportunities
Session 3
13:30 - 15:30

Chair:
Co-Chair:

Overall Strategy for Management of Keloid Patients

15:15 – 15:30

Panel Discussion and Q/A

15:30 – 15:45

Coffee Break

Session 4

15:45 – 17:30

Chair:
Co-Chair: 

Keloid Tumor Board - Case Presentations
17:15 - 17:30
Panel Discussion and Q/A
Reception
17:30 - 19:00
Everyone is Invited

DAY 2
Friday June 18, 2027

08:30 - 09:00
Registration and Morning Coffee

Time

Speaker

Title

Session 1
09:00 - 10:30
Chair:
Co-Chair:
Non-Surgical Approaches to Keloidal Lesions - Session 1

10:15 -10 :30

Panel Discussion and Q/A

10:30-10:45

Coffee Break

Session 2
10:45 - 12:30
Chair: Co-Chair:
Non-Surgical Management of Keloidal Lesions - Session 2

12:15 – 12:30

Panel Discussion and Q/A

12:30-13:30

Lunch Break

Special Session
12:45 - 13:15
Keloid Research Foundation
Current Controversies
Session 3
13:30 - 15:30
Chair:Jonathan Tsao, MD
Co-Chair:
Surgery and Radiation Therapy for Treatment of Keloid Lesions: Indications, Techniques, and Challenges

Jonathan Tsao, MD

Adjuvant Radiotherapy and Surgical Treatment of Keloids

15:15 – 15:30

Panel Discussion and Q/A

15:30 – 15:45

Coffee Break

Session 4

15:45 – 17:30

Chair:
Co-Chair:

Keloid Tumor Board: Real Patients, Real Decisions

17:15 - 17:30
Panel Discussion and Q/A
Reception
17:30 - 19:00
Everyone is Invited

DAY 3
Saturday June 19, 2027

08:30 - 09:00

Registration and Morning Coffee

Time

Speaker

Title

Session 1
09:00 - 10:30
Chair: Dan Deng, MD, PhD
Co-Chair: Michael Tirgan, MD

Keloid Disorder in the Pediatric Population: Early Recognition and Management

10:15 – 10:30

Panel Discussion and Q/A

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee Break

Session 2
10:45 - 12:30
Chair: Michael Tirgan, MD Co-Chair: Jonathan Tsao, MD

Molecular Insights and Clinical Impact: The Promise of Translational Research in Keloid Disorder

Special Session

10:45 – 11:15

Dorothy Supp, PhD

The Annual Mark Fear, PhD International Visiting Professorship and Lecture in Keloid Pathogenesis

Special Session

11:15 – 11:45

The Annual Jouni Uitto, MD, PhD International Visiting Professorship and Lecture in Molecular Dermatology
Special Session

11:45 – 12:30

12:30-13:30
Lunch Break
Special Session
12:45 – 13:15
Keloid Research Foundation
Future Perspectives
Session 3
13:30 – 15:30
Chair:
Co-Chair:
Beyond the Scalpel: Advances in Non-Surgical Treatment of Keloids
15:15 – 15:30
Panel Discussion and Q/A
15:30 – 15:45
Coffee Break
Session 4
15:45 – 17:30
Chair:
Co-Chair:
Abstract Presentations
17:00 – 17:15
Panel Discussion and Q/A
17:15 – 17:30

Closing Remarks

Reception
17:30 – 19:00

Everyone is Invited