This conference was organized organized by the International Dupuytren Society in cooperation with the Dupuytren Research Group , the University Medical Center Leuven, Belgium, and the Belgian Hand Group, and supported by the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand FESSH.

The conference included academic research presentations and panel discussions regarding Dupuytren disease and related conditions. The goal of the conference has beenraising awareness regarding Dupuytren disease, sharing new concepts and ideas, and promoting cooperative efforts to work for a cure.

The symposium was a gathering of researchers and clinicians with a wide spectrum of interests: cell biology, genomics, surgery, pharmacotherapy, radiotherapy, biomechanics, therapy, as they relate to Dupuytren disease and related conditions. The conference was held 16/17 May 2025 in Brussles, Belgium.

The conference was accredited by EACCME for 13.5 points, by the Belgian Hand Society for a maximum of 7.5 hours and by Pro-Kine-Q for a maximum 55 points.

Recordings of the conference:

A short overview with comments and statements recorded during this conference:
https://youtu.be/fefyxEUWEKU

Recordings of the presentations can be found here

The Brussel conference was number four in our 5-yearly series.

Previous conferences are:

2021 Oxford

The Oxford Conference was held as a series of webinars, due to Covid-19 restrictions. The recordings of those webinars can be seen here

2015 Groningen

The videos of the Groningen Conference can be seen here

The proceedings of the Groningen conference have been published as book by Springer in 2016 .

2010 Miami

The videos of the presentations can be seen here.

Results of that conference have been published in Charles Eaton, Heinrich Seegenschmiedt, Ardheshir Bayat, Giulio Gabbiani, Paul Werker, and Wolfgang Wach (Eds.) “Dupuytren’s Disease and Related Hyperproliferative Disorders” Springer, 2012 ebook.