Dear Patient Leaders:

I am President of the International Alliance of Dermatology Patient Organizations and wish to personally invite you to attend GlobalSkin 2019 in Milano this coming June.

As the leader of an organization that supports people living with a dermatological disease, I share and understand the challenges that you face in doing the important work you do each and every day.  Our diseases may be different, but by virtue of them involving the skin, our challenges are extremely similar. We all work to inform and support patients and families; cooperate with researchers and scientific societies; advocate with health regulators; and communicate with industry.

You are not alone in the work that you do. Join our global network of dermatology patient leaders where you will benefit from support, learning opportunities, and connecting with other patient leaders and dermatology stakeholders. Our organization welcomes all skin conditions ranging from high to low prevalence, including rare diseases.

The GlobalSkin 2019 Conference allows us all to learn from each other, as well as from other experts. We will provide you with tools and strategies you can use once we are all back at our desks. I have also personally found that while attending the conference – over meals and between sessions – the conversations that we have and the connections we make last long after the conference has concluded and are extremely valuable. Consider this…often someone else may have encountered a similar challenge that you now face and may share with you a solution that worked.

I invite you to be part of something bigger – come be inspired and re-energized and bring back a message of hope and encouragement to your patients.

I look forward to meeting you personally at Globalskin 2019.