Meeting

The First World Congress of Global Scar Society

October 25-28, 2018

After 10 years of meeting in Montpellier, attracting colleagues from all over the world in scar research and management, the First Global Meeting in Shanghai, held in October 25-28, 2018, was a success. More than 400 participants, mainly from China, allowed excellent scientific exchanges during 4 days.

Thank you to Professor Wei Liu for the topics concerning research, management and innovation, which were detailed.

International speakers could give outstanding lectures and passionate debates. This first meeting can be considered as a new step in developping the topic of scars, as an independant medical subject, grouping all the concerned specialities. This success allow to be ambitious for the next development.

A book, "Textbook on Scar Management" will be published by Springer at the begining of 2019. This book will be an open source book and everybody in the world will be able to download it for free.

Guidelines and recommendations will be reviewed next year by a large group of international experts. In 2 years, the meeting will be organized in Tokyo.