The Fourth educational course "STI and Reproductive Health" of International school of Herpetic Infection. Genital herpes and other STI" was completed in Moscow, on October 19, 2011. The course, organized by postgraduate faculty of N.F. Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Medical Institute, was attended by over 100 clinicians of Moscow region, providing them with 15 extensive lectures in 2 workshop sessions.

The First Forum "Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology: A Synthesis of Science and Practice" succeeded in Moscow on October 11 and 12, 2011. The Forum was organized by Moscow Healthcare Department under the auspices of National Alliance of Dermatovenereologists and Cosmetologists. Two plenary sessions, 8 workshops, 14 satellite symposia, round-table talks and masterclasses provided more than 100 lectures and presentations for about 900 healthcare specialists from Moscow and other regions of Russia.

The largest free project of distance learning for dermatologists has been completed in Russia on July 31, 2011. For 107 days, 1845 dermatologists from 89 locations of Russia and CIS attended to the first interactive television course on Dermatoscopy and Diagnosis of Skin Cancers. The nation-wide e-learning course is a joint effort of Russian Dermoscopy Society and Interregional Society of Teledermatology. Online post-test evaluation of course audience is ongoing at http://tv.dermatology.ru/test

The interdiscplinary conference "Actual questions of dermatovenereology and cosmetology" took place in Sochi, Russia, on June 16, 2011. The conference added to the programe of the Forum "Medicine of today and tomorrow" 3 breakout sessions and a videoconference on STI.

Interdisciplinary conference "Current issues in oncodermatology, cosmetology and dermatovenereology" gathered over 100 clinicians from Kaliningrad region on May 30, 2011. Workshop on skin cancer diagnosis and prevention included keynote lectures by leading oncologists and dermatologists from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad.

The two-day, all-Russian, interdisciplinary videoconference has connected 32 major cities of Russia on March 10 and 11, 2011. A set of lectures on mycoses, acne, rosacea and facial dermatoses, skin infections and local pain incited hours-long discussion with more than 1200 dermatologists, cosmetologists and aestheticians, clinical pharmacologists, neurologists, certified pharmacy workers and industry representatives from all regions of Russia and several CIS countries.