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Pre-Conference Workshop | - October 24, 2025
Day 1 | - October 25, 2025
Day 2 | - October 26, 2025

Workshop 1: Interventional Pulmonology

05:00 pm
08:00 pm
Dr. Goran Nadir Salih
Speaker
Dr. Ali Wahla
Speaker
Dr. Trilok Chand
Speaker
Prot. Grigoris Stratrakos
Speaker
Dr. Sherif Fayed
Speaker

Workshop 2: Advanced Pulmonary Function Diagnostics

05:00 pm
08:00 pm
Dr. Yasser Madani
Speaker
Mr. Niyas Moideen
Speaker
Mr. Abdalrhman Mohammed
Speaker
Registration
From: 08:00 am To: 09:00 am

SESSION 1: ASTHMA

Prof. Riyad Al Lehebi
Moderator
Prof. Bassam Mahboub
Moderator
Dr. Mansoor Hameed
Moderator
Topic: Welcome and Introduction
09:00 am
09:05 am
Topic: The Rational Behind the Updated GINA Guidelines for Asthma
09:05 am
09:25 am
Prof. David Jackson
Speaker
Topic: Asthma: Year in Review
09:25 am
09:45 am
Prof. Ian Pavord
Speaker
Topic: Biological Era: Too Soon or Too Late?
09:45 am
10:05 am
Prof. David Jackson
Speaker
10:05 am
10:20 am

Q & A SESSION

Topic: Unveiling Mechanisms: Exploring Dupilumab Effects on Airway Remodeling
10:20 am
10:40 am
Dr. Yasser Madani
Speaker
Dr. Marwan Najib
Moderator

OPENING CEREMONY AND EXHIBITION

10:40 am
11:20 am
11:20 am
11:30 am

COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 2: RESPIRATORY INFECTION

Dr. Mohammed Zeitouni
Moderator
Dr. Reyadh Salman
Moderator
Dr. Sana Almutairi
Moderator
Topic: Towards Personalised Care in Bronchiectasis: An Evolving Paradigm
11:30 am
11:50 am
Dr. Said Isse
Speaker
Topic: Tuberculosis in GCC
11:50 am
12:10 pm
Dr. Aishah Alyammahi
Speaker
Topic: Non Tuberculous Mycobacterium: Year in Review
12:10 pm
12:30 pm
Dr. Irfan Shafiq
Speaker
12:30 pm
12:45 pm

Q & A SESSION

Topic: Trikafta is a CF Breakthrough Treatment: What Will You TRI Next?
12:45 pm
01:05 pm
Dr. Majid Al Saleh Alteneiji
Speaker
01:05 pm
02:05 pm

LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 3: INTERVENTIONAL PULMONOLOGY

Dr. Ali Wahla
Moderator
Dr. Emad Korraa
Moderator
Dr. Goran Nadir Salih
Moderator
Topic: Advances in The Bronchoscopic Treatment of The Thoracic Malignancy: Current and Future Directions
02:05 pm
02:25 pm
Prof. Grigoris Stratrakos
Speaker
Topic: Bronchoscopic Cryo Biopsy and EBUS Cryo Biopsy in The Diagnosis of Thoracic Diseases: Diagnostic Yield and The Safety
02:25 pm
02:45 pm
Dr. Trilok Chand
Speaker
Topic: Interventional Pulmonology: Year in Review
02:45 pm
03:05 pm
Prof. Grigoris Stratrakos
Speaker
03:05 pm
03:25 pm

Q & A SESSION

COFFEE BREAK

03:25 pm
03:40 pm

SESSION 4: PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY

Dr. Asma Al Nuaimi
Moderator
Dr. Rania Abusamra
Moderator
Prof. Ibrahim Al Janahi
Moderator
Topic: Sleep Disorders in Children
02:05 pm
02:25 pm
Dr. Fatma Al Ahbabi
Speaker
Topic: Updates on Asthma Managing in Children
02:25 pm
02:45 pm
Dr. Andrew Ives
Speaker

Topic: Cases in ILD and Metabolic Disease
02:45 pm
03:05 pm
Dr. Shaima AlKhouri
Speaker
Topic: Updates on Vaccines and Respiratory Disease Pandemics
03:05 pm
03:25 pm
Prof. Nawal Al Kaabi
Speaker
03:25 pm
03:30 pm

Q & A SESSION

COFFEE BREAK

03:30 pm
03:45 pm

SESSION 5: PLEURAL DISEASES

Dr. Yasser Madani
Moderator
Dr. Muhammad Tufail
Moderator
Dr. Fatma Al Huraish
Moderator
Topic: New Developments in The Management of Pleural Diseases
03:40 pm
04:10 pm
Prof. Najib Rahman
Speaker
04:10 pm
04:15 pm

Q & A SESSION

Topic: Panel Disscussion: Pleural Diseases MDT
04:15 pm
04:55 pm
Dr. Maitha AlHammadi
Speaker
Dr. Yusuf Bayrak
Speaker
Dr. Taj Chowdhry
Speaker
Prof. Najib Rahman
Panelist
Dr. Mahmoud El Kaissi
Panelist
Dr. Shair Ahmed
Panelist

SESSION 6: RESPIRATORY THERAPY AND ALLIED HEALTH

Dr. Manjush Karthika
Moderator
Topic: Weaning of Long Term Ventilated Patients-Evidential Updates
03:45 pm
04:05 pm
Ms. Marilou Panganiban
Speaker
Topic: Personalized Mechanical Ventilation - The Way Forward
04:05 pm
04:25 pm
Mr. Afzal Mohamad Ali
Speaker
Topic: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy - Emerging Roles and Clinical Impact
04:25 pm
04:45 pm
Mr. Abdalrhman Mohammed
Speaker
04:45 pm
05:00 pm

Q & A SESSION

CLOSING REMARKS DAY 1

04:55 pm
05:10 pm
Topic: AIRSUPRA: A Paradigm Shift in Asthma Rescue
07:00 pm
07:20 pm
Dr. Muhammad Arif
Speaker
Topic: Shielding The Vulnerable in Winter
07:20 pm
07:40 pm
Dr. Rachel Kaminski
Speaker
Topic: Be Lung Aware: A Comprehensive Approach for Lung Disease Detection and Management
07:40 pm
08:00 pm
Dr. Mohamed Rafique.P
Speaker
Topic: COPD with T2: The Known and Unknowns
08:00 pm
08:20 pm
Dr. Luaie Idris
Speaker
Dr. Marwan Najib
Moderator
Topic: Achieving The Optimum Outcomes for your Asthmatic and COPD
08:20 pm
08:40 pm
Prof. Dave Singh
Speaker
Topic: Shaping The Future of IPF Management: Latest Advances from FIBRONEER-IPF
08:40 pm
09:00 pm
Prof. Luca Richeldi
Speaker

Q & A SESSION

09:00 pm
09:15 pm

GALA DINNER

09:15 pm
09:15 pm
Registration
From: 08:00 am To: 08:30 am

Workshop 3: Thoracic Ultrasound

08:30 am
09:30 am
Prof. Najib Rahman
Speaker
Dr. Yasser Madani
Speaker
Dr. Muhammad Tufail
Speaker

Workshop 4: Cystic Fibrosis

08:30 am
09:30 am
Dr. Jayachandran Panickar
Speaker
Mr. Ferdinand De Guzman
Speaker

SESSION 8: ILD

Dr. Sharina Aldhaheri
Moderator
Dr. Isabel Mira-Avendano
Moderator
Topic: Pulmonary Fibrosis Today: More Drugs, More Time, More Life
09:30 am
09:50 am
Prof. Luca Richeldi
Speaker

Q & A SESSION

09:50 am
09:55 am
09:55 am
10:40 am
Dr. Abdulmuhsen Hussein
Speaker
Dr. Mohamed Shaaban
Speaker
Dr. Isabel Mira-Avendano
Speakers
Dr. Mahmoud El Kaissi
Panelist

Panel Discussion: When The Rheumatologists Meets The Pulmonologists: Real Cases, Real Collaboration, Real Impact

SESSION 9: COPD

Dr. Saif Al Mubaihsi
Moderator
Dr. Mohammed Almoamary
Moderator
Prof. Ashraf Alzaabi
Moderator
Topic: Pro and Con Debate: Type 2 Inflammation in COPD, Is It Significant?
11:00 am
11:35 am
Prof. Ian Pavord
Speaker
Prof. Dave Singh
Speaker
Topic: COPD: Year in Review
11:35 am
12:00 pm
Prof. Dave Singh
Speaker
12:00 pm
12:15 pm

Q & A SESSION

Topic: Biologics Treatment in Severe Asthma
12:15 pm
12:35 pm
Dr. David Jackson
Speaker
12:35 pm
01:35 pm

LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 10: LUNG TRANSPLANTATION AND THORACIC SURGERY

Dr. Mona Allangawi
Moderator
Dr. Nasser Al Busaidi
Moderator

Topic: Lung Transplant Program in The UAE, Update on Current Milestones
01:35 pm
01:55 pm
Dr. Fadi Hamed
Speaker
Topic: Early and Late Complications in Lung Transplant, New Innovation in Diagnosis!
01:55 pm
02:15 pm
Prof. Rayid Abdulqawi
Speaker
Topic: Building Complex Thoracic Program in The UAE
02:15 pm
02:35 pm
Dr. Usman Ahmad
Speaker
Topic: VV ECMO as Bridge To Lung Transplant, Does it make a difference?
02:35 pm
02:55 pm
Dr. Ihab Ahmed
Speaker
02:55 pm
03:10 pm

Q & A SESSION

03:10 pm
03:25 pm

COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 11: ORAL PRESENTATIONS & ABSTRACTS

Dr. Yasser Madani
Moderator
Dr. Manjush Karthika
Moderator
Dr. Mohammed Al Houqani
Moderator
Topic: E-Cigarettes and Health Risks: Perspectives from Higher Education Students in the UAE
03:25 pm
03:35 pm
Ms. Layan Ruzieh
Speaker
Topic: Evaluating the Functional Exercise Capacity of the Staff and Students of a Higher Educational Institution in the UAE- The 6-Minute Walk Test Approach
03:35 pm
03:45 pm
Mr. Mohamed Elhassan
Speaker
Topic: Disease Burden, Treatment Patterns, and Management of Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A Multicenter Retrospective Chart Review (PATH-GCC)
03:45 pm
03:55 pm
Dr. Hani Sabbour
Speaker
03:55 pm
04:15 pm

CLOSING REMARKS DAY 2