08:00    Registration, networking and coffee break
08:45    Welcome note from Maarefah Management
08:50   Welcome Note from the scientific committee of the 3rd Dubai International on Infectious Diseases and Vaccination Congress
09:00   Vaccination hesitancy: the problem and solutions
            Mussab Al Saleh, MD, MSc, Head of Communicable Disease Control Division and EPI Manager, Ministry of Health, Kuwait
09:30   Barriers to Adult and Health Care Workers Immunizations: Getting from “No!” to “Yes!
            Salah Al Awaidy Communicable Diseases Adviser in Health Affairs, Ministry of Health, Oman
10:00   Impact of Pneumococcal vaccine on children and adults
            Hossam Al-Tatari, MD, FAAP, FIDSA
10:30   Networking Coffee Break
11:00   HPV Vaccination guidelines
11:30   Interactive Panel Discussion: Implementing recommended immunizations for adolescents and adults in the region: Future plans
            Moderator:
            Nawal Al kaabi, Head of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, UAE
            Panelists:
            Idris Al Abaidani, Director, Communicable Diseases Department, Ministry of Health, Oman
            Mussab Al Saleh, MD, MSc, Head of Communicable Disease Control Division and EPI Manager, Ministry of Health, Kuwait
12:00   Friday’s Prayer and Networking Lunch Break
14:00    Interactive debate: Mono Vs Combination therapies for resistant cases
14:30    Multi-drug resistant bugs: Creating diagnostics challenge
             Eiman Mokaddas, MD, FRCPath
15:00    Which came first the antibiotic or the resistance ?
             Ghassan Ahmad Abdel Rahman Ghatash, MD
15:30    Networking Coffee break
16:00    The DICID Jeopardy Quiz: Challenge your knowledge and win prizes Moderated by key experts in the field of Infectious diseases
17:00    Closing of Conference Day One

08:30    Registration, Coffee and Networking
Moderators:
Eiman Mokaddas, MD, FRCPath
Zulfa Al Deesi, PhD

09:00    Challenges in infection prevention and control
             Najiba Abdulrazzaq, MD
09:30    Influenza burden in GCC
             Farida Alhosani, MD
10:00    Innovative diagnostics for infectious diseases
10:30    Networking coffee break
11:00    UAE National AMR Surveillance System: Where are we?
             Jens Thomsen, MPH
11:30    Candida auris: An emerging multidrug-resistant yeast
             Adnan Alatoom, M.D, PhD, ABMM, FCAP
12:00    Role of rapid diagnostics in the antimicrobial stewardship
             Anju Nabi, MD
12:30    Networking Lunch Break
13:30   Interactive Panel Discussion:Infectious Diseases in the region: Ask the Expert Epidemiological review on regional vaccine preventable diseases and epidemics
            Experts:
            Abdullah M Assiri
            Adel Salman Alsayyad
            Ahmed Hakawi

Moderators:
Ali El Galib, MBBS, FRCP, Dip HIV, DTM&H, MSc
Nezar Bahabri, MD

14:00    HIV and Co-morbidity: guidelines and best practices
             Asad Afroz Khan, MD, FRCP(C)
14:30    HIV testing in the Middle East: When and by Whom?
             Ali El Galib, MBBS, FRCP, Dip HIV, DTM&H, MSc
15:00    Unveiling the closed box: Things you don't know about HIV in the Arab World
             Nezar Bahabri

15:30    Networking Coffee Break
Moderators:
Anju Nabi, MD
Zahi Helou, MD

16:00  Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) latest guidelines
            Ashraf Al Houffi
16:30  Screening in Blood Banks: impact on infection prevention
17:00  Selected Viruses of Infection Control Importance
             Rupa Murthy Varghese
17:30   Closing remarks and end of day two