On a two-year schedule, the ISBS has held international symposia in Miami, Cardiff, Philadelphia, Besançon, San Francisco, Liège, Milwaukee, Stresa, Sendai, Cincinatti, Zurich, Boston, Jerusalem, Hamburg, Philadelphia and Seoul.

The ISBS regards intervention and the standardization of techniques and instrumentation the prime importance and in addition to its symposia holds regular regional workshops on these topics.

Official Journal of the ISBS is SKIN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY a journal published by Blackwell Publishing, and edited by Jørgen Serup, M.D.