Keynote Lecture:

Raman Spectroscopy: Molecular Imaging Beyond the Skin Surface

Prof. Joachim W. Fluhr, M.D., dermatologist and allergologist, is Adjunct Professor at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. His research focuses on epidermal barrier function, non-invasive skin assessment, inflammatory skin diseases, and microbiome research. His international academic work includes positions in San Francisco, Rome, Brest, Jena, and Berlin. He has authored more than 235 peer-reviewed publications, five books, and over 40 book chapters, with an H-index of 76. He is Editor-in-Chief of Skin Pharmacology and Physiology and Scientific Program Chair of ISBS.

Integrated Clinical-Computational Analysis of Facial Sagging: Exploring Possible Mechanisms Beneath the Skin Surface

Dr. Roberto Santoprete is a Research Associate and Project Leader at L’Oréal Research & Innovation. His research integrates fundamental physics and biomechanics to decode complex biological systems. His expertise spans the biomechanics of skin and underlying tissues—focusing on aging and sensory perception—to the mechanics of slender structures to control hair shape and movement, and the thin film damage to optimize the durability of cosmetic coatings on skin.

Machine Learning Tools and Applications in Skin Image Analysis

Xavier Descombes is currently a senior researcher at INRIA. He earned an engineering degree from Telecom Paris in 1989, a master’s degree in mathematics from Paris VI University in 1990, and a PhD from Telecom Paris in 1993. He completed postdoctoral research at KUL Leuven, INRIA Côte d’Azur, and the Max Planck Institute (MPI) in Leipzig.

Currently, he leads the Morpheme team, a collaborative group between INRIA, CNRS, and INSERM, focused on the analysis of biomedical images. Xavier Descombes is a pioneer in the application of the marked point process framework to image analysis, particularly for multiple object detection.

His primary research interests include image processing and artificial intelligence applied to biological images, with a special focus on histopathological images.

Optoacoustic Imaging–Guided Laser Tattoo Removal

Juan Aguirre received his M.Sc. degree in Physics from Autonomous University of Madrid in 2007 and his M.Sc. degree in Mathematical Engineering from the Complutense University of Madrid in 2011. From 2007 to 2012 he pursued his Ph.D title in the Laboratory for Molecular Imaging of the Gregorio Marañón Hospital in Madrid, doing short stays at Foundation for Research and Technology in Greece and the University of Pennsylvania in the EEUU. After obtaining his ph.D he joined the Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging (IBMI) at the Helmholtz Zentrum München with an individual Marie Curie Scholarship from the EU.

He has served as group leader of the optoacoustic mesoscopy group at IBMI for 8 years. He is now the Head of the Sensors Group and the Medical Engineering Development & Innovation Center of the Autonomous University of Madrid. His research interests include developing and applying Optoacoustic Imaging techniques to solve unmet clinical needs in dermatology.