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Luc Thomas, MD, PhD, was board certified in dermatology in 1989 at Lyon 1 University. He was trained as a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School in 1990 and 1991, and obtained his PhD degree at Lyon 1 University in 1993. He became full professor of dermatology in 1996, first class professor in dermatology in 2009, and chairman of the department of dermatology of Lyon 1 University - Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud in 2003. He obtained his board certification in clinical oncology in 2013. His main research fields include skin oncology, early diagnosis of melanoma, dermoscopy, skin surgery and nail diseases. He has published more than 400 peer-reviewed scientific articles in international journals, is the co-editor of four books published in several languages and co-author of more than 25 books. He has lectured at many international meetings, is an associate editor of Dermatology, a member of the board of the International Dermoscopy Society, a past member of the board and treasurer of the French Society of Dermatology from 2000 to 2003, and treasurer of the World Congress of Dermatology in Paris in 2002.

Dr Josep Malvehy graduated in 1992 at the Medicine University of Barcelona in Spain and obtained his diploma in Dermatology and Venereology in 1996 and the doctoral degree of the University of Barcelona in genetics and diagnostics of skin cancer in 2006. He is a consultant dermatologist at the Dermatology Department and director of the Melanoma Unit at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona since 2003. He is consultant of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York (US) since 2013 and the leader of the “Technology group” of the International Skin Imaging Collaboration Group. The main field of expertise is skin tumours with main interest in diagnosis and treatment of malignant neoplasms of the skin, non-invasive techniques of skin cancer diagnosis (dermoscopy, digital follow-up, confocal Microscopy, OCT, HD-OCT, impedanciometry, spectroscopy), genetics of melanoma, skin cancer susceptibility, skin carcinogenesis and teledermatology. He is author of more than 250 scientific publications in international journals, main editor of 3 books in diagnostics of skin cancer and author of more than 30 book chapters. Dr Josep Malvehy is or has been the main investigator of competitive research projects and principal investigator of several medical trials in diagnostics and treatment of skin cancer. He is elected member of the Royal Academy of Doctors (RAD) and board member of the World Melanoma Society, European Association of Dermato Oncology (EADO), International Dermoscopy Society (IDS), International Group of Confocal Microscopy (IGCM) and the International Teledermatology Society (ITS).

Antoine Bohuon, Co-founder & CEO @ Epiderm.co, Rennes, France Antoine is a self-taught entrepreneur who has worked in several areas before turning to the digital transformation in healthcare. Antoine created Epiderm with Dr Elisabeth Berrissoul, dermatologist to improve access to cares in dermatology. Already 11 Dermatologists around the world are working on Epiderm and more than 8,500 patient are using the service. Antoine is actually focused on « User Experience » improvement on the product. His mindset while creating new services « Move forward, make mistakes, learn, change and then repeat ».

Dr Tkaczyk is a physician-scientist with research interests in biophotonics for diagnosis and treatment of skin diseases. He graduated summa cum laude with degrees in mathematics and electrical engineering from Purdue University, where he was a Beering Presidential Scholar. He then completed a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the University of Michigan Center for Ultrafast Optical Science under the mentorship of Director Ted Norris, winning several research awards including the best paper award from the International Biomedical Optics Society at Photonics West and also first prize at the IEEE International Summer School and Symposium on Medical Devices and Biosensors. He subsequently earned an M.D. with honors from the University of Michigan Medical School and went on to do medical device design post-doctoral work in the European Union at the University of Tartu, Estonia, supported by Fulbright and Whitaker awards. This work culminated with a prize awarded by both the US Ambassador to Estonia and the Estonian Speaker of Parliament at the Estonian-American Innovation Award ceremony. He joined the faculty of the University of Tartu Medical School, where he developed a course in biomedical optics, and spearheaded an international regenerative medicine collaboration. He subsequently completed dermatology residency training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he is Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Director of the Cutaneous Imaging Clinic.

Giuseppe Argenziano is Associate Professor and Head of the Dermatology Unit at the Second University of Naples, Italy, and Coordinator of the Skin Cancer Unit at the Research Hospital “Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova IRCCS” in Reggio Emilia, Italy. His main research field is dermato-oncology, being author of numerous scientific articles and books concerning dermoscopy, a new technique improving the cliniciansdetection of benign and malignant skin tumors. As coordinator of a Skin Cancer Unit, he has established a successful tertiary, multidisciplinary, referral center particularly devoted to the diagnosis and management of patients with skin tumors. Over the past 20 years he has supervised over 100 foreign students and 40 residents in Dermatology, established scientific collaborations with more than 200 colleagues from more than 30 Nations, and organized more than 50 national and international scientific activities, courses and conferences (such as the Consensus Net Meeting on Dermoscopy and the First Congress of the International Dermoscopy Society). He is co-founder and past president of the International Dermoscopy Society; project leader for the development of a high diagnostic technology oncologic center at the Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova IRCCS in Reggio Emilia; faculty member of the Master of Science in Dermoscopy and Preventive Dermato-oncology, and the Short Course in Dermoscopy, two e-learning courses by the Medical University of Graz and by the Cardiff University, respectively; and member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Professor Argenziano has authored more than 400 full scientific articles and produced landmark primary publications and books in in the field of dermoscopy. Over the past 20 years he has been invited as speaker and/or chairman in more than 500 national and international conferences in the field of dermatology. His combined publications have received a sum total of 7198 citations with an h-index value of 44 (Scopus 01/2016).