RUSSIAN PHOTODYNAMIC ASSOCIATION
Dear Colleagues!
We invite you to participate in the
XV ALL-RUSSIAN CONGRESS WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION "PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY AND PHOTODIAGNOSTICS"
- Dates: May 21-22, 2026
- Venue: Conference Center of the "Vasilievsky Hotel", 11-13 8th Line of Vasilievsky Island, St. Petersburg
- Format: IN-PERSON + ONLINE
Link to the online broadcast (to be announced later)
Organizers:
- National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of Russia
- I.M.Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
- A.M.Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- O.K.Skobelkin State Research Center for Laser Medicine of the FMBA of Russia
- All-Russian Public Organization "Russian Photodynamic Association"
- Non-profit Organization "ADIOR CIS and Eurasia"
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION
- New photosensitizers and their delivery systems for fluorescence diagnostics and photodynamic therapy.
- Experimental aspects of fluorescence diagnostics and photodynamic therapy.
- Biomedical technologies for fluorescence diagnostics and photodynamic therapy.
- Mechanisms of interaction between immunocompetent cells and photosensitizers.
- Mechanisms of intracellular and intercellular interactions in PDT.
- Fluorescence diagnostics and navigation in surgical access.
- New equipment for fluorescence diagnostics and photodynamic therapy.
- Photodynamic therapy in combined treatment regimens.
- Photodynamic therapy in oncology.
- Photodynamic therapy in pulmonology.
- Photodynamic therapy in dermatology.
- Photodynamic therapy in cosmetology.
- Photodynamic therapy in ophthalmology.
- Photodynamic therapy in neurosurgery.
- Photodynamic therapy in gynecology.
- Photodynamic therapy in urology.
- Photodynamic therapy in orthopedics.
- Photodynamic therapy in dentistry.
- Endoscopic photodynamic therapy.
- Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy.
- Photodynamic therapy of inflammatory diseases and viral lesions.
PARTICIPANT REGISTRATION
Participant registration is open until April 30, 2026.
Congress participation is FREE OF CHARGE
You can register HERE
ABSTRACTS
Abstract submission deadline – April 6, 2026, via pdt-association@mail.ru
Abstracts should be marked:
- for oral presentation
- for publication only
- for the Young Scientists' Contest
Following the conference, a special issue of the BIOMEDICAL PHOTONICS journal, indexed in Scopus and RSCI , is planned for publication of the abstracts.
All submitted abstracts will be published.
Abstract formatting requirements:
- Language: Russian. Abstract length: no more than 1 page.
- Submissions should be in electronic format, doc file (Microsoft Word), Times New Roman font, 1.5 line spacing, font size 12.
- The text must include the title of the report, surnames and initials of all authors with the name and city of their affiliated institutions, contact email, and the following sections: objective, materials and methods, results, conclusions.
YOUNG SCIENTISTS' CONTEST
- To participate in the Young Scientists' Contest, please submit abstracts marked "for the Young Scientists' Contest".
- Young Scientists' Contest participants will give an oral presentation – 5-7 minutes.
- Winners of the Young Scientists' Contest will be awarded valuable prizes.
An equipment exhibition will be held during the conference
We invite organizations, pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers and developers of equipment and instruments, and companies working in the field of photodynamic therapy and photodiagnostics to cooperate.
KEY DATES
- Registration – until April 30, 2026
- Abstract submission – no later than April 6, 2026
- Congress Opening Ceremony – May 22, 2026
For any questions, please contact the Technical Secretary of the Organizing Committee:
- Elena Shishkina
- Phone: +7 (495) 945-86-60
- E-mail: pdt-association@mail.ru
Program of the XV All-Russian Congress
View here (to be announced later)
Sincerely,
The Congress Organizing Committee
