08:30 - 09:00 | Registration and Poster Set Up |
09:00 - 09.30 | Welcome Address by Dr. Aiman Mahmood Erbad (Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies), Welcome Address by Prof. Asmaa Ali Al-Thani (Vice President for Medical and Health Sciences), Dr. Hamad Al Romaihi (MOPH),
Dr. Rebecca Cox (Deputy Chair of ISIRV) |
09:30 - 17:15 | Cross Cutting Respiratory Viruses |
09:30 - 10:15 | Global and Regional Impact of Respiratory Viruses - Dr. Pasi Penttinen, Gulf CDC, Saudi Arabia |
10:15 - 10:45 | Ice Breaker Session |
10:45 - 11:15 | Morning Tea |
11:15 - 12:00 | Global Surveillance of Respiratory Viruses with Focus on EMRO Region - Dr. Amal Barakat, WHO EMRO |
12:00 - 12:45 | Clinical Presentation and Diagnostic Tools for Respiratory Virus Infections - Dr. Peter Coyle, Hamad Medical Corporation and Qatar University, Qatar, Queen's University, Belfast, UK |
12:45 - 13:15 | Treatment of Severe Human Respiratory Disease - Dr. Ali Hssain, Hamad General Hospital, Qatar |
13:15 - 14:15 | Lunch |
14:15 - 15:00 | Correlates of Protection and Immunological Assays for Respiratory Viruses - Dr. Emanuele Montomoli, University of Siena, and VisMederi, Italy |
15:00 - 15:45 | Environmental Surveillance for Viruses - Dr. Khaled A. Mahmoud, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar |
15:45 - 16:15 | Afternoon Tea |
16:15 - 16:45 | Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry in Biomedicine -Dr. Kayvon Modjarrad, Pfizer, USA |
16:45 - 17:15 | Panel Discussion:
- Dr. Emanuele Montomoli, University of Siena
- VisMederi, Italy
- Dr. Kayvon Modjarrad, Pfizer, USA
- Dr. Hassan Zarakat, Roche, UK
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