The ILDS World Skin Summit brings leaders from our Member and Partner organisations together to share experiences, discuss common challenges and opportunities, and develop strategies to improve skin health worldwide.
Held every four years, midway between World Congresses of Dermatology, the Summit is a key opportunity for ILDS Members and Partners to help shape future priorities and areas of development. It provides a forum for collaboration, capacity building and developing ideas and solutions to advance global skin health.
The 4th ILDS World Skin Summit took place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 23–25 October 2025, under the theme Making Treatment Accessible and Affordable Worldwide. It brought together 162 participants from 54 countries to discuss challenges and opportunities to improve access to affordable skin health care.
The Final Report and Key Outcomes from the 2025 Summit will be published soon.
View the WSS2025 programme
Explore the programme from the 4th ILDS World Skin Summit.
With thanks to our 2025 Summit partners and sponsors
The 4th ILDS World Skin Summit was made possible with the generous support of our partners and sponsors. We thank them for supporting the Summit and our shared commitment to improving skin health worldwide.
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NAOS, the founding company of BIODERMA, INSTITUT ESTHEDERM and ETAT PUR, is proud to be partner of ILDS 2025, and to support Dermatology all over the world!
All our products are formulated using the same unique scientific approach: ECOBIOLOGY. We are committed to preserving the skin’s ecosystem and strengthening its natural mechanisms. We favor respectful or biomimetic ingredients that are naturally present in the skin.
NAOS belongs to an Organization for Altruism, a philanthropic organization helping people to fulfil their full potential: putting people at the heart of all our decisions, designing and developing truly useful products, and generous actions.
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The mission of L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty (LDB) is to pioneer sustainable and life-changing dermatological solutions for all. LDB is comprised of five iconic global brands, covering both pathology and aesthetic needs: La Roche-Posay, CeraVe, Vichy, SkinCeuticals and Skinbetter Science.
With its scientific leadership and long-term partnerships with over 310,000 healthcare professionals worldwide, LDB offers skin and haircare solutions adapted to every individual need, whatever the age, gender or origin.
LDB has been a proud partner of ILDS on different projects for over two decades, including the recent L’Oréal Act for Dermatology programme aimed at increasing access to skin health worldwide.
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Botanee Group is proud to support the upcoming 4th ILDS World Skin Summit (WSS 2025) in Cape Town through its brand, Winona, joining global experts in discussions on making treatment “Accessible and Affordable Worldwide.” This aligns with the mission of its subsidiary, Winona, to contribute to a comprehensive skin health ecosystem from China to the world.
For over a decade, Botanee Group has focused on prevalent skin concerns by leveraging local resources and expertise, diligently fulfilling its social responsibilities. This commitment has developed an innovative approach to skin health. With a global vision, Botanee is sharing these insights worldwide and looks forward to continuing its partnership with ILDS to advance skin health for all.
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Winona is proud to support the upcoming 4th ILDS World Skin Summit (WSS 2025) in Cape Town, joining global experts in discussions on making treatment “Accessible and Affordable Worldwide.” This aligns with the mission of its parent company, Botanee Group, to contribute to a comprehensive skin health ecosystem from China to the world.
For over a decade, Winona has focused on prevalent skin concerns by leveraging local resources and expertise, diligently fulfilling its social responsibilities. This commitment has developed an innovative approach to skin health. With a global vision, Winona is sharing these insights worldwide and looks forward to continuing its partnership with ILDS to advance skin health for all.
Past Summits
Find out more about the discussions, outcomes and successses of the previous summits held in 2012, 2018 and 2022.
2022 Lima, Peru
The 3rd ILDS World Skin Summit, held in 2022, attracted 119 delegates from 47 organisations representing 39 countries. The key outcomes were:
To facilitate engagement and discussion with Member Societies and include them in strategic discussions
To organise ILDS sessions at national (and regional) annual conferences of our Member Societies and partners
To organise regular online engaging education such as case studies and symposia that will be hosted by a Member Society on a rotating basis
The first ILDS World Skin Summit was held in Berlin, with these aims:
Strengthen the links between ILDS Member organisations
Share case studies and best practice
Develop global collaborations
Deliver training around the world
During the Summit, we developed a set of Grand Challenges in Global Health. This led to the Global Psoriasis Project, which is mapping the incidence and impact of psoriasis on patients around the world.
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2018 Summit Report
Learn more about the discussions and outcomes form the 2018 Summit in Vietnam
