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1 Program EARN 22 CME CREDITS from Saudi Commission for Health Specialties Organized by: In Collaboration with: International Council of Nurses

2 DAY 1 Wednesday 1 November 2017 Pre-Congress Symposia/Workshops 12:00 17:00 13:00 14:30 13:00 13:45 Public health impact 13:00 13:30 of Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines 13:45 14:10 Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in Adolescence 13:30 14:00 and Adults: Facts and Evidence of Prevention 14:00 14:30 HALL B HALL C HALL E Workshop 1 Immunization for Bacterial Infections Pfizer 14:10 14:30 Panel Discussion 14:30 15:00 Workshop 2 Immunization GSK Inc Synflorix Updates PCV Local Health Economics PCV Surveillance Global Experience Workshop 3 laboratory Standards Haya Altuwalah (KUW) & Wadha Alfouzan (KUW) How Viral Load Assay Performance Translates into Clinical Outcome (Part 1) Sten Westgard (UK) How Viral Load Assay Performance Translates into Clinical Outcome (Part 2) Sten Westgard (UK) 15:00 16:30 Workshop 4 Infection Prevention and Control Ahmad Hakawi Workshop 5 Research Made Easy Ali Omrani Workshop 3 laboratory Standards Haya Altuwalah (KUW) & Wadha Alfouzan (KUW) Workshop 6 Basic Immunology Workshop 7 Basic Clinical Sahar Althawadi & Nermin Kamal Hasan (BAH) 15:00 15:30 15:30 16:00 Risk Assessment In Infection Control: Practical Points To Go Basel Molaeb Products Evaluation: What to Buy and How? Maha Alawi Research Question, PubMed and Endnote Reem Almaghrabi Interventional Studies Basem Raddadi UKNEQAS Introduction and Innate Immunity Point of care testing in Nermin Kamal Hasan (BAH) Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis and respiratory infections Sahar Althawadi 16:00 16:30 From Policy To Practice: A Guide For Implementation Majid Alshamrani 16:30 17:00 Observational Studies Reem Almaghrabi UKAS Quality Management and Accreditation Bridge to Long-lasting Responses Automation in Maysoon Mutabagani

3 DAY 1 Wednesday 1 November 2017 Pre-Congress Symposia/Workshops HALL B HALL C HALL E 17:00 18:30 Workshop 4 Infection Prevention and Control Ahmad Hakawi Workshop 5 Research Made Easy Ali Omrani Workshop 3 laboratory Standards Haya Altuwalah (KUW)& Wadha Alfouzan (KUW) Workshop 6 Basic Immunology Workshop 8 Antimicrobial Pharmacy Abdullah Almohaizie 17:00-17:30 17:30-18:00 Stakeholders In Focus: How To Get Infection Control In Top Of C-Suite Agenda? Hanan Balkhy Root Cause Analysis In Infection Control: How To Add Quality To Infection Control Business? Elias Tannous (UAE) Bias and Confounding Basem Raddadi Statistics Made Simple Ali Omrani UKNEQAS Adaptive Effector Populations Regulations for antimicrobial approval and prescribing Abdullah Almohaizie Outpatient Prescribing and Antimicrobial Resistance Hiba Alruwaisan 18:00-18:30 Pharmacodynamics/ kinetics considerations in antimicrobial prescribing Rania Lababedi (UAE)

4 DAY 2 Thursday 2 November :30 08:00 Session-I 08:00 08:30 08:30 09:00 09:00 09:30 09:30 10:15 Antimicrobial Pipelines Huda Bukharie /Manaf Alqahtani (BAH) Will Antibiotics Work In The Future? Fred Tenover Cutting Edge Immunology: Potential Translations From Basic Science to Clinical Therapy? Future Agents For Resistant Gram Negative Rods Ali Omrani Opening Ceremony 10:15 11:00 11:00 11:25 HIV in the MENA Region Joumanah Hermez (WHO) HALL B Session-II HIV Public Health & Immunization Posters Viewing & Batool Ali / Nizar Bahabri Amal Almaani (OMA)/ Adel Alsayyad (BAH) Eradication Goals: Why Not Achieved Thomas Cherian (WHO) HALL C Advances in Eiman Mukaddas (KUW)/ Ali Somaily Molecular Diagnosis of Antimicrobial Resistance Fred Tenover Sepsis Symposium By GLOBAL SEPSIS ALLIANCE Salman Abdulaziz (UAE)/ Awadh Alomari The Burden of Sepsis on Healthcare System Salman Abdulaziz (UAE) 11:25 11:50 Successes in Preventing HIV Transmission Abdulrahman Alrajhi Immunization Programs in the Gulf Countries Jalila Elsayyed (BAH) Mussab al Saleh (KUW) The New Tool of Digital PCR Amro Kabbara (LEB) WHO Call: Sepsis, A Global Health Priority 11:50 12:15 The Future Of Antiretroviral Therapy Emilio Fumero (SPA) Preparedness Plans For Disaster From Infectious Agents: Gulf Situation Ali Albarrak Will Serology Be Obsolete in Diagnosis of Acute Infections? Tim Wreghitt (UK) Sepsis Battle: Beat It! Husain Alawadhi (UAE) 12:15-13:00 GSK Inc Pfizer Roche Diagnostics BD 13:00 14:00 Lunch Break

5 DAY 2 Thursday 2 November 2017 Session-III 14:00 14:25 14:25 14:50 14:50 15:15 HALL B HALL C Antimicrobial Resistance: Epidemiology Suliman Obaid / Esam Azhar MDR Gram Negative: The World Giuseppe Cornaglia (Italy) MDR Gram Negative: Gulf and Middle East Hosam Zowawi The Threat of Community Pathogens in the Gulf: Pneumococcus, Hemophilus, Salmonella and Gonococcus Atef Shibl Infections in Primary Health Care Qasim Aradati (BAH)/ Wasl Aladsani Point of Care Testing for Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections Samira ALjuhani Principles of Antimicrobial Prescribing in PHC Setting Heysam Tufenkeji The Challenge of Recurrent UTIs Wasl Aladsani (KUW) Oral Presentations A Wadha Alfouzan/ Mushira Enani 14:00-14:15 14:15-14:30 14:30-14:45 14:45-15:00 15:00-15:15 Nursing & Infection Control by ICN Marianne Kemer (NET)/ Maha Alawi Efficient Infection Control: Multidisciplinary Approaches and the Importance of Nursing within IPC Hanan Balkhy Healthcare-Associated Infection: Burden of Disease, Infection Control Challenges and Solutions for the MENA Region Elias Tannous (UAE) Hand Hygiene Excellence Award A New Perspective for the Region and Worldwide Perspectives Natacha Farquet (SWZ) 15:15 15:30 15:30 16:15 Session-IV 16:15 16:40 by BioMérieux Antimicrobial Stewardship Empowered by Rapid Diagnostics Christine Ginocchio Antimicrobial Resistance: Combating the Threat Muqbil Alhedaithy / Reem Aljindan Animal Role in AMR Awa Aidara-Kane (WHO) by Pfizer History of Major Achievements in Infectious Diseases Awadh Alanazi / Narmen Kamal (BAH) The Discovery of Antimicrobials Giuseppe Cornaglia (Italy) by MSD Oral Presentations B Haya Altowalah (KUW)/ Mohammed Qutub 15:45-16:00 by Nursing & Infection Control by ICN Wafa Alnasser 16:40 17:05 Antibiotic Stewardship: Not a Smooth Sail Rania Lababedi (UAE) Nucleic Acid Test Applications in Infectious Diseases Tim Wreghitt (UK) 16:00-16:15 16:15-16:30 17:05 17:30 Maneuvers to Treat GNR With Current Antibiotics Ali Omrani Immunization Thomas Cherian (WHO) 16:30-16:45 16:45 17:00 Keynote Lecture Hail Al-Abdely 18:00-18:45 Innovative Antimicrobial Discovery Techniques Jon Sayers (UK)

6 DAY 3 Friday 3 November :30 08:00, B Session-V 08:00 08:30 08:30 09:00 09:00 09:30 09:30 10:00 10:00 10:10 ESCMID Symposium Hail Al-Abdely / Jameela Alsalman (BAH) Infections Related to Therapy With Biological Agents Maurizio Sanguinetti (ITA) Antibacterial Choices in Febrile Neutropenia in the Era of Extensive Bacterial Resistance Thamer Alenazi Prophylaxis for Aspergillus in Hematology Cancer: Pros and Cons Paul Verwej (NET) Resistance Among Candida Species: A Growing Challenge Ruth Ashbee (UK) Presentation of SSMMID Best Abstracts Award 10:10 10:30 Session-VI Contemporary Infection Prevention and Control HALL B Immunology and Infectious Diseases HALL C Infections in the ICU Pediatric Infections By SPIDS 10:30 10:55 10:55 11:20 Ahmed Hakawi / Naif Alotaibi Building a Culture of IPC Safa Alkhawaja (BAH) Accountability in Compliance to IPC: Where We Draw the Line? Hanan Balkhy Mohammed Alahdal / Manaf Alqahtani (BAH) Update on Newly Described Immune Defects Saleh Almuhsen Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics in Infectious Diseases Awadh Alomari / Salman Abdulaziz (UAE) De-escalation Approach: Safe and Effective Tareq Almousawi Biomarkers for Infection: When Useful, When Not Jameela Alsalman (BAH) Sami Alhajjar / Salwa Alnuaimi (BAH) Emerging Fungal Infections in the Gulf Ibrahim Bin Hussain The Challenge of Eliminating HIV in Pediatrics Sami Alhajjar 11:20 11:45 Targeted versus whole house surveillance for HCAI Elias Tannous (UAE) Boosting Immune Response Maha Almozaini Viral Infections in the ICU Awadh Alomari Approach to Fever in Infants and Young Children Mohammed Alshehri 11:45-14:00 Friday Prayer & Lunch Break Session-VII 14:00 14:25 14:25 14:50 14:50 15:15 Safe Environment in Healthcare Facilities Dhafallah ALnakhli / Ayman Algammal Water Safety in Healthcare Facilities Suliman Aljumaah Disinfection: Do We Need New Technologies? Basel Molaeb HVAC and Risk of Transmission of Respiratory Pathogens Ahmed Hakawi Teratogenic Infections Ibrahim Bin Hussain / Jaleelah Jawad (BAH) Why We Still See Congenital Anomalies Related to Infections Amal Almaani (OMA) Diagnostic And Therapeutic Approach To Teratogenic Infection Salwa Alnuaimi (BAH) Maternal Vaccination Esam Albanyan Transplant Infectious Diseases Sara Shalhoub / Layla ALdabal (UAE) Problems With Selecting Donors: Risk of Infection Reem Almaghrabi The Growing Threat of Non- Aspergillus Mold Infections in Transplant Recipients Andreas Groll (GER) Uncommon Viruses in Transplant Recipients Basem Raddadi GCC Initiatives on AMR By GCC CENTER FOR IPC Hanan Balkhy / Safa Alkhawaja (BAH) 14:00 14:15 The GCC plan for combating AMR: moving forward Hanan Balkhy 14:15 14:30 Antimicrobial stewardship & overcoming the challenges: A success story from Bahrain Jameela Alsalman (BAH) 14:30 14:45 The National AMR plan & moving forward: the Kuwaiti experience Eiman Mokaddas (KUW) 14:45 15:00 A collaborative initiative and the steps forward for AMR in KSA Hail Al-Abdely 15:00 15:15 The Omani National AMR plan & sharing the experience Saif Alabri (OMA) 15:15 15:30 Whole Genome Sequencing: A biosafety and public health priority for the GCC countries Majed Alghuraibi

7 DAY 3 Friday 3 November :15 15:30 15:30 16:15 Session-VIII 16:15 16:40 16:40 17:05 17:05 17:30 HALL B HALL C Treatment of Infections Beyond Antimicrobials Esam Albanyan / Abdulrahman Alrajhi Exploiting Bacterial Toxins Mathew Upton (UK) Phage Therapy Mohammed Alahdal Preventing Microbial Adherence Manaf Alqahtani (BAH) Fungal Infections: The Common Ones Zakeya Bukhari / Ahmed Albarrag Superficial Fungal Infections of the Skin Walid Alajroush The Challenge Of Recurrent Mucosal Candidiasis Ruth Ashbee (UK) Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis Jaffar Altawfiq Neglected Infections Adel Alothman / Ghassan Wali Epidemiology of Neglected Infections: Why Neglected? Mohammed Alhazmi Mycetoma Hail Al-Abdely Neglected Infections During Wars: Middle East Perspective Jamal Wadi (JOR) Management of Blood Stream Infections By BioMérieux 15:30 15:40 Introduction 15:40 16:10 PCT and the Early Detection of Sepsis 16:10 16:40 Testing for Sepsis- Blood Cultures 16:40 17:10 New Approaches to Sepsis 17:10 17:30 Turn Back the Clock Case Presentation DAY 4 Saturday 4 November :30 08:00 Session-IX 08:30 09:00 09:00 09:30 09:30 10:00 10:00 10:30 Emerging Epidemic Flaviviruses Ibrahim Elziq (WHO)/Ali Albarrak The Challenge of Communicable Diseases in the MENA Region Rana Hajjeh (WHO) Dengue: A Spreading Disease Regional Perspective Abdulhakeem ALthaqafi Status on Yellow Fever, Chickungonia and Less Common Flaviviruses Saif Alabri (OMA) Session-X 10:30 11:00 11:00 11:30 A Year Review in Infectious Diseases Tareq Alazraqi / Kawthar Alomran Emerging Infections Majid Alshamrani Diagnostic Techniques Eiman Mokaddas (KUW) HALL B Zoonosis Abdulhakeem Althaqafi / Qais Haddad Crossing Species: Jumping Microbes & Risk of Epidemics Sayeh Ezzikouri (MRC) Brucella: Past, Present and Future Adel Alothman HALL C Challenging Cases Huda Bukharie / Mohammed Alhazmi Distorted Anatomy that Cannot be fixed Suad Almukhaini (OMA) Pan-Resistant Bacteria in the Blood Abeer Alshukairi 11:30 12:00 ID Therapeutics Wafa Alnasser Uncommon Zoonotic Diseases Nisreen Alsherbeeni Just Difficult! Laila Aldabal (UAE) End of Congress

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