Members' Corner
Welcome to the Members’ Corner, your dedicated area on the ILDS website providing ILDS Members with important information regarding your membership, including any important deadlines you need to be aware of.
We make contact with the President and Organisational Liaison of active ILDS Members providing regular updates but please do check this page regularly to ensure you have not missed anything.
We hope you find this page useful. Should you have any questions regarding your membership, please do get in touch with the ILDS Membership Officer: membership@ilds.org
Important Dates
Important Updates
New ILDS Bylaws
At the ILDS Board meeting in September, the new ILDS ByLaws were approved and implemented with immediate effect to support the revised Articles approved by ILDS Members at the General Meeting of the Assembly of Delegates in July 2023. Please do familiarise yourself with them. Should you have any questions regarding their content and how they might affect your Society, please contact membership@ilds.org and we would be happy to help.
Membership renewal
On 30 November 2024, the President and Organisational Liaison of all active member organisations will be contacted by email with a unique link to complete a membership renewal form by 31 December 2024. The form asks for updates to the Society’s officers and membership figures as well as the name of a Representative to attend General Meetings in accordance with Clause 9 of the ILDS Articles.
IMPORTANT: Please do ensure you complete the form in full. It is essential we have the most up to date names and email addresses to enable important communications to reach you and any actions requested are completed in time. For Member Societies, it is alo important for us to have your fee paying membership numbers in order to ensure your invoice is raised accordingly and you are allocated the correct number of votes at General Meetings.
Membership Fees
In accordance with ILDS ByLaws, the Membership Fees will be changing for 2024. The new structure calculates your fees based on your class of membership and your country’s income level. Check your country’s income level according to the World Bank website here. We will calculate the fees for you based on information provided in your renewal form (where applicable) and your invoice will be sent out early January 2024. However, if you have any questions, please contact membership@ilds.org
Certificate of Appreciation Awards
Nominations for the member-exclusive Certificate of Appreciation Awards 2024 opened on 6 December 2023. This is your opportunity for your members to be considered for global recognition of their outstanding work in either international leadership or humanitarian dermatology. You can find more information about the Awards here. Presidents and Organisational Liaisons should check their inbox for the unique link to submit nominations on behalf of their Society. Deadline for submission: 29 February 2024.
DermLink Grants
Our Foundation, the IFD, launched the call for applications for the 2024 DermLink Grants on 15 December 2023. This is a fantastic annual grants programme available exclusively to ILDS Member, Affiliated and Observer Society members that provides support for you to undertake or support one-off projects and initiatives to improve the treatment of patients with skin disease in under-served parts of the world. Find out more here. Deadline for applications: 29 February 2024
Share your international events with other members
As part of our ongoing commitment to you, the ILDS would be delighted to share details of ILDS Member Societies' upcoming events, conferences or webinars via our newsletter and on our website.
Member Societies MUST ensure that:
- their membership is in good standing with membership dues paid
- the event is in relation to the world of dermatology
- and is accessible to international delegates/attendees.
If your event does not meet the above conditions, we may not be able to publish on our channels.
To submit a request, please click here.
Contact updates
It is essential that the ILDS hold the up-to-date details of all officers in your Society including their email address to ensure that essential and time-sensitive information is received. If you would like to update the ILDS with a change of officers or email addresses, please click here.
ILDS Member Initiatives Directory 2023
Thank you to those who contributed to the ILDS Member Initiatives Directory. This publication is launched to coincide with the 25th World Congress of Dermatology held from 3-8 July 2023 in Singapore. The aim of the Congress is to promote the science and practice of dermatology, by providing a platform for specialists from around the world to showcase new knowledge, exchange clinical experiences and scientific research, and build professional and personal networks and collaborations.
This Directory contributes to that aim by sharing a broad range of approaches from ILDS Member Societies across a range of themes:
- The future of dermatology: threats and opportunities
- Access to dermatologic health and medical skin treatment and care
- Training and education
- Global volunteerism: Addressing the challenges in global and national skin health
- The future of dermatology as a discipline