BAD
The BPG meets each year at the Annual British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) Conference in July. The meeting consists of an Annual General Meeting followed by a symposium on a specific theme of photodermatology with invited guest speakers followed by short papers. A prize is awarded to the best presenter.
To register, please visit https://badannualmeeting.co.uk/
The BPG Annual General Meeting 2024 was held in Manchester on 4th July.
BPG Prizes 2024: The BPG prize for the best registrar oral presentation was awarded jointly to Dr Navandeep Thumber for the presentation “Characterization of demographic, clinical and photobiological features of solar urticaria: a UK multicentre cross-sectional study” and to Dr Farrah Bakr for the presentation “Normal phototests in five patients with Bloom syndrome”. The BPG prize for the best poster was awarded to Jessica McKeever for the poster “Photosensitivity diseases in children: 10 years’ experience from a tertiary photodiagnostic service”.
BSID
The BPG meets at the British Society for Investigative Dermatology (BSID) annual meeting held in the spring of each year. The meeting format comprises invited speakers and short papers.
At the annual BSID meeting in Southampton in April 2024, Prof Sean Whittaker (St Johns Institute of Dermatology, Kings College London) gave a stimulating and thought-provoking invited BPG Guest Lecture on ‘UVR and T cells’.
Please see the BSID website BSID – The British Society for Investigative Dermatology regarding the 2024 BSID meeting.