Confirmed Speaker

WCTP 2025 Confirmed speakers

• Carson Bruns, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
• Aaron Deter-Wolf, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, USA

 

Tattoo-related allergies & immunotoxicology

• Steffen Schubert, IVDK, Germany
• Katherina Siewert, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Germany
• Santiago Gonzalez, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Switzerland

 

Laser removal

• Aneta Sczerkowska-Dobosz, Poland
• Valerio Fabio Pedrelli, Laserplast, Italy
• Mila Poelhekken, Tattoo Clinic Alrijne Hospital, the Netherlands
• Giuseppe Scarcella, Hospital G. Fracastoro Verona, Italy
• Katarzyna Karpienko, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
• Giorgia Ciufolini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

 

Tattoo ink toxicology: in-vivo/in-vitro studies & biodistribution

• Matthias Bartneck; Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Germany (online presentation)
• Ines Schreiver, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Germany
• Marianne Vitipon, CEA, Grenoble, France
• Lena Panse, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Germany

 

Manufacturer compliance & REACH

• Ralf Michel, Deep Colours!, Germany
• Michael Dirks, THE 3 PYLONS GmbH, Germany

 

Chemical analysis & market surveillance: Part 1

• Urs Hauri, Kanton Basel-Stadt, Kantonales Laboratorium, Switzerland
• Birgit Gutsche, CVUA Karlsruhe, Germany
• Marco Famele, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italian National Institute of Health), Rome, Italy
• John Swierk, Binghamton University, USA

 

Chemical analysis & market surveillance: Part 2

• Beatrice Battistini and Beatrice Bocca, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italian National Institute of Health), Italy
• Lea Tobergte, University of Münster, Germany
• Carina Wolf, Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Münster, Germany
• Ann-Cathrin Voss, CTL GmbH Bielefeld, Germany
• Peter Laux, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Germany

 

Epidemiology

• Signe Clemmensen, University of Southern Denmark, Institute of Public Health, Denmark
• Milena Foerster, International Agency for Research on Cancer
• Joey J.P. Karregat, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Rachel D. McCarty, International Agency for Research on Cancer
• Tingting Mo, International Agency for Research on Cancer

 

Clinical insights of tattoo complications

• Sebastiaan van der Bent, Alrijne Hospital, Leiden, the Netherlands
• Christa De Cuyper, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge Hospital, Belgium
• Jørgen Serup, Bispebjerg Hospital, the Tattoo Clinic, Denmark

 

Psychology and technical aspects of Permanent Makeup

• Rita Molinaro, LILT Treviso (Lega Italiana Lotta ai Tumori), Italy
• Stacie Becker, University of Central Florida, Alliance of Medical Tattooing, USA
• Paola Gateño, Fempo Foundation, Spain and Chile
• Walter Liszewski, Feinberg School of Medicine - Northwestern University, USA
• Adam Daly, Dublin City University, Ireland
• Lucy Thompson, The Nipple Innovation Project, United Kingdom

 

Tattoo apprenticeship and hygiene training

• Marion Thill, Hair Beauty Tattoo Guild, Luxembourg
• Patrizia Maurizi, Emilia Romagna Region Health Department, Bologna, Italy
• Jens Bergström, Tattoo and Piercing Education, Sweden