Future of Clinical Lab Conference

10:45 | Opening remarks
                    Dr Abdullah AlJurayyan, Executive General Director, Laboratory Operation Center – Health Support Services, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, KSA 

SESSION 1: POINT OF CARE TESTING
Moderator: Dr Raef R Albugami, Deputy Executive General Director, Laboratory Operation Centre Health Support Services, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, KSA 

11:00 | Point of Care Testing and Digital Health
Dr. Laila Abdul Wareth, Executive Director, National Reference Laboratory, Abu Dhabi, UAE

11:45 | High Sensitive Troponin at the Point of Care - The Wait & Watch Game
Dr. Malak Al-Mashali, Consultant, Clinical Scientist, Head of Point of Care Testing Lab, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, KSA 

12:15 | The Impact of Quality on Bedside Testing
Jaham Shada Said, Point of Care Testing Manager, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar 

12:45 | Q&A with session speakers

13:00 | Lunch break | Exhibition visit

SESSION 2: LABORATORIES AND EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Moderator: Dr. Abdulwahab Zaid Binjomah, Head of Microbiology Department and Deputy Director, Riyadh Regional Laboratory and Blood Bank, Riyadh, KSA

14:00 | Genomic diagnostics and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogen 
Prof Alistair Darby, Co-Director for the Centre of Genomic Research, Infection Biology and Microbiomes, University of Liverpool, Manchester, UK

14:45 | Emerging and remerging pathogens: discovery, and detection and prevention of the next pandemic
Dr Abdullah Algaissi, Assistant Professor Virology, Head of Emerging and Endemic Infectious Research Unit, Medical Research Center, Jazan University, Jazan, KSA

15:15 | A Clinical Practice Algorithm for ARI: The Bahrain Experience 
Prof. Manaf Alqahtani, Chief of Diagnostics Department, Royal Medical Services, Bahrain Defence Force and Founding Head of Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical University of Bahrain, Riffa, Bahrain 

16:00 | Q&A with session speakers

SESSION 3: LAB MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY
Moderator: Dr. Malak Al-Mashali, Consultant, Clinical Scientist, Head of Point of Care Testing Lab, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, KSA

16:15 | Excellence in Laboratory Management
Dr. Saleh Mohammed Alghamdi, Health Strategy, Quality and Clinical Research Consultant, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh, KSA  

16:45 | Think Big, Start Small: Model for Improvement
Dr. Ali Omar Aljohi, Regulatory Arm Leader – Health Support Services Centre, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, KSA 

17:15 | Q&A with session speakers and closing remarks

17:45 | End of conference