Schedule

Time Duration Title Speaker
08:00 AM 30 Min Registration & Welcome
Session 1: Breathing Matters: Airway Disease I
Moderators: Prof. Majdi Idrees + Prof. Ashraf Alzaabi + Dr. Thuraya Zaid
08:30 AM 5 Min Welcome and Opening Remarks Dr. Thuraya Zaid
08:35 AM 20 Min ACO Unveiled: When Asthma Meets COPD Dr. Mirjana Drvenica
08:55 AM 20 Min A Comprehensive Protection Against COPD Exacerbations Dr. Rachel Kaminski
09:15 AM 10 Min Q&A (Session 1)
09:25 AM 20 Min Break
09:45 AM 75 Min Official Opening Ceremony
Session 2: Breathing Matters: Airway Disease I
Moderators: Prof. Majdi Idrees + Prof. Ashraf Alzaabi + Dr. Thuraya Zaid
11:00 AM 20 Min The Year in Review: New Insights in Asthma and COPD Dr. Rachel Kaminski
11:20 AM 20 Min Severe Asthma in 2025: Choosing the Right Biologic Dr. Bassam Mahboub
11:40 AM 10 Min Q&A (Session 2)
11:50 AM 100 Min Prayer and Lunch Break
Session 3: The Pressure Within: Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Moderators: Dr.Muneer Mahdi + Dr.Reyadh Salman
01:30 PM 20 Min Pulmonary Hypertension Redefined: Understanding The 7th World Symposium Update Dr. Nasser Al-Busaidi
01:50 PM 20 Min Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic: Bahrain Experience Dr. Aysha Ahmed
02:10 PM 20 Min Therapeutic Approaches in Group 2 to 5 Pulmonary Hypertension: What Actually Works? Dr. Hani Sabbour
02:30 PM 20 Min Targeted PH Therapy: What's Coming Next Prof. Majdy Idrees
02:50 PM 15 Min Q&A (Session 3)
03:05 PM 10 Min Coffee Break
03:15 PM 20 Min Real-world Tezspire experiences transforming patients’ Lives Dr. Bassam Mahboub
Session 4: Invisible Invaders: Pulmonary Infection
Moderators: Dr.Safa Al-Khawaja + Dr.Mohamed Makhlooq
03:35 PM 20 Min Pulmonary TB: New Guidelines, New Era Dr. Nasser Salman
03:55 PM 20 Min Surgical Management of Pulmonary Infections Dr. Ghassan Al-Faqawi
04:15 PM 20 Min Fungal Foes: New Threats, New Diagnostics Dr. Rawan Al Agha
04:35 PM 15 Min Q&A (Session 4)
Recap & Closing of the Day
Time Duration Title Speaker
02:00 PM 60 Min Thoracic Emergency Imaging workshop Dr. Jalila Adnan
PARALLEL INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUMS
03:35 PM 20 Min Be Lung Aware: Optimizing Referral Pathway for Better Survival Outcomes Dr. Reyadh Salman
04:10 PM 20 Min Aiming Higher in Asthma: The Power of Triple Therapy Dr. Naser Al-Busaidi
Time Duration Title Speaker
08:00 AM 30 Min Registration & Welcome
Session 1: Breathing Matters: Airway Disease II
Moderators: Dr.Bassam Mahboub + Dr.Nasser Al-Busaidi
08:30 AM 20 Min Catching COPD Before it Catch You Dr. Amit Panjwani
08:50 AM 20 Min The Power of Three in One: Transforming COPD Outcome Dr.Mansoor Hameed
09:10 AM 20 Min Eosinophils & More Dr. Abdulrahman Almadani
09:30 AM 20 Min CRSWNP: What the Pulmonologists Should Know Dr. Tasabeeh Abduljabbar
09:50 AM 10 Min Q&A (Session 1)
10:00 AM 20 Min Nucala Beyond Clinical Remission Moderator: Dr. Muneer Mahdi
Dr. Mansoor Hameed
10:20 AM 10 Min Break
Session 2: Scars of Breath: Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
Moderators: Dr.Naser Behbehani + Dr.Salih Gabani
10:30 AM 20 Min IPF: Where Do We Stand? Dr. Alya Aldoseri
10:50 AM 20 Min Antifibrotics for All? Expanding Indications Dr. Hussain Redha
11:10 AM 20 Min The Breaking Ground in Pulmonary Fibrosis: The Fibroneer Trials Dr. Sughra Alawi
11:30 AM 10 Min Q&A (Session 2)
10:00 AM 20 Min Managing IPF with Nintedanib in Different Disease Severity Dr. Naser Salman
12:00 PM 90 Min Prayer Time & Lunch Break
Session 3: The Fragile Lung: ICU Pulmonology
Moderators: Dr.Sana AlKhawaja + Dr.Mohamed Abdul Ghaffar
01:30 PM 20 Min Navigating the Storm: Modern Strategies in ARDS Management Dr. Sara Radhi
01:50 PM 20 Min From Crisis to Cure: The ECMO Journey Dr. Safa Al Taitoon
02:10 PM 15 Min Q&A (Session 3)
Session 4: Pediatric Pulmonary
Moderators: Dr. Osama Abdul Karim + Dr. Ali Ibrahim
02:25 PM 20 Min Chronic Cough in Children Dr. Hesham Alekri
02:45 PM 20 Min Beyond Symptom Management: New Disease Modifiers in Cystic Fibrosis Dr. Husain Baqer
03:05 PM 10 Min Q&A (Session 4)
03:15 PM 15 Min Break
Session 5: Lung on Fire: Cases That Teach
Moderators: Dr. Muneer Mahdi + Dr. Jalila Adnan + Dr. Nisha Chandran
03:30 PM 20 Min When the Lungs Speak in White Dr. Mohammed Radha
03:50 PM 20 Min When Classic Signs Deceive Dr. Hussain Merza
04:10 PM 20 Min A Barrage in the Chest: The Mystery of the Cannonballs Dr. Ahmed Radhi
04:30 PM 15 Min Q&A (Session 5)
04:45 PM 15 Min Recommendations & Closing
Time Duration Title Speaker
10:00 AM 60 Min Make your Patient Breath Better: Basic Mechanical Ventilation Workshop Dr. Fatema Abbas / Ms. Narjis Sabt
02:00 PM 60 Min Spirometry Workshop: From Technique to Interpretation Dr. Mirjana Drvenica / Mr. Hussain AlKhatam
PARALLEL INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUMS
03:10 PM 20 Min Deep Dive into PPF Management: Role of Nintedanib Dr. Mohamed Makhlooq

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