Precision Medicine Leadership Forum Agenda


Non-CME

Theme: Unlocking the Future of Healthcare: Personalisation through Genetics and Targeted Therapies

4 February 2025 | 11.00 - 16:00
Hall 1, Room 6

11:00

Welcome Remarks by the Chair

Dr Karolina Kobus, Chief Scientific Officer, Lifespan Group, Dubai, UAE

11:10

Panel discussion

Unlocking Precision: Harnessing Genetic Data for Personalised Treatment

Moderator: Dr Karolina Kobus

Panelist 1: Dr Hamad Yaseen Ali, Associate Professor, Genomic Medicine Health Sciences Centre, Kuwait University, Kuwait

Panelist 2: Dr Said Ismail, President, Qatar Precision Health Institute, Doha, Qatar

Panelist 3: Dr Tamara Sunbul, Medical Director, Clinical Informatics, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, KSA 

Panelist 4: Dr Manar Samman, Chairperson of Clinical Pathology Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, KSA

12:00

12:30

12:30

13:30

Headline Sponsor presentation

Lunch break

Panel discussion

Advances in Targeted Therapies

Moderator : Dr Tamara Sunbul

Panelist 1: Prof Yousef Mohammed Hawsawi, CEO, Consultant of Molecular Genetics, KFSHRC, Jeddah, KSA

Panelist 2: Dr Kinda Khalaf, Associate Dean of the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Panelist 3: Prof Mariam AlEissa, Senior Genetics Consultant; Adjunct Associate Professor, AlFaisal University, Riyadh, KSA

Panelist 4: Dr Karolina Kobus, Chief Scientific Officer, Lifespan Group, Dubai, UAE

Panelist 5: Mr Sam Amory, Managing Director, AMEA, Dedalus Healthcare Software Middle East FZ-LLC 

14:30

Sponsor presentation: Himedia

Prof Rajas Vishnu Warke, Himedia, India 

15:00

Tailoring the Future of Healthcare: Advances in Precision Medicine and Genomics are Reshaping the
GCC Medicine Landscape

Ms Reenita Das, Partner & Senior Vice President, Frost & Sullivan, Dubai, UAE

Dr Rishi Pathak, Director, Healthcare & Lifesciences, Frost & Sullivan, Dubai, UAE

15:30

16:00

Q&A/Open Forum

End