The 16th interregional conference "Dermatovenereology of Siberia: from science to practice" took place in Novosibirsk, Russia on March 15 and 16, 2012. Some 300 clinicians from Russia and neighboring states attended to 4 sessions with about 50 talks given. The yearly A.A. Bogolepov award was bestowed on prof. I.O. Malova (Irkutsk) and E.A. Kruk (Tomsk) by the conference chairperson, leader of Siberian dermatologists, prof. S.G. Lykova.