2ND TRENDS AND INNOVATIONS IN MEDICAL LABORATORIESCONFERENCE

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  • Fairmont Riyadh
  • May 6-7-8, 2025
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PRESIDENT OF HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES

Dear Esteemed Colleagues and Guests,

Welcome to the 2nd Trends and Innovations in Medical Laboratories Conference 2025! It is with
immense pleasure that I extend my warmest greetings to all of you, on behalf of the Laboratory
Operation Center at Health Support Services Centre. This year, we gather from May 6th to 8th, 2025,
for an event that promises to be transformative for our field.

As we stand at the crossroads of innovation and healthcare, this conference aims to illuminate the
path forward for medical laboratories across the country. Over the next three days, we will explore
groundbreaking advancements that are reshaping our practices and enhancing patient care.
From the latest trends in diagnostic testing to the integration of automation and artificial
intelligence, our agenda is rich with content designed to inspire and educate.

Dr. Maram Bint Abdelmohsen Al-Otaiby
CEO of Health Support Services Center
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جائزة شخصية العام في المختبرات الطبية – الإصدار الثاني

Medical Laboratory Person of the Year Prize – 2nd Edition

In the ever-evolving landscape of medical laboratory science, where innovation and trends intersect, we are excited to announce the second edition of the Medical Laboratory Person of the Year Prize. This prestigious award will be presented at the upcoming 2nd Trends & Innovations in Medical Laboratories 2025 Conference, scheduled for May 6-8, 2025.

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Schedule

CONFERENCE AGENDA

2nd Trends And Innovations In Medical Laboratories Conference

  • Day 1 Opening Ceremony - May 6 - 2025
  • Day 1 - Workshops / May 6 - 2025
  • Day 2 - May 7 - 2025
  • Day 3 - May 8 - 2025

Reception

  • 6:45 PM – 7:00 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Saudi National Anthem

  • 7:00PM – 7:03 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Holy Quran

  • 7:03 PM – 7:05 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Welcome Speech And Conference Opening

  • 7:05 PM – 7:9 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Visual Presentation

  • 7:9 PM – 7:11 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Speech by the Executive General Director of Laboratory Operation Center - HSSC

  • 7:11 PM – 7:16 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Speech By His Excellency The Minister Of Health

  • 7:16 PM – 7:22 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Academic Partner’s Award (Majmaah University)

  • 7:22 PM – 7:26 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Honoring Dr.Saleh Alghamdi رحمه الله

  • 7:26 PM – 7:29 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Honoring Dr. Talib BaNasser رحمه الله

  • 7:29 PM – 7:32 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Lifetime Achievement Award

  • 7:32 PM – 7:40 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Person Of The Year Awards

  • 7:40 PM – 7:47 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Signing Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs)

  • 7:47 PM – 8:02 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Driving the next wave of innovation in research: The power of public-private-academic partnerships.

  • 8:02 PM – 8:15 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Workshop 1 Clinical Laboratory Accreditation and Compliance

Topic 1: aabb and CAP Accreditation, Competition or Integration

  • 9:00 AM – 9:40 AM
  • Makkah - Dammam - PH

Topic 2: Bridging National and International Accreditation: A Comparative Perspective on CBAHI’s Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Standards

  • 9:40 AM – 10:20 AM
  • Makkah - Dammam - PH

Topic 3: Navigating ISO15189: A Pathway to Quality and Accuracy in Medical Laboratories

  • 10:20 AM – 11:00 AM
  • Makkah - Dammam - PH

Workshop 2

Trends in Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
  • Makkah - Dammam - PH

Workshop 3

Lab Specialists Beyond the Bench: Redefining Roles, Driving Vision 2030, and Leading Healthcare Transformation

  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
  • Makkah - Dammam - PH

Lunch Break & prayer

  • 11:00 PM – 12:00 PM
  • Makkah - Dammam - PH

Workshop 4

Digital Pathology: Regulatory affairs & Global Experience

  • 01:00 PM – 03:00 PM
  • Makkah - Dammam - PH

Workshop 5

Topic 1: Bioinformatics / Genetics

  • 01:00 PM – 03:00 PM
  • Makkah - Dammam - PH

Topic 2: Development of a Custom Pipeline and Variant Database for Clinical Whole Exome Sequencing Reporting in a Local Population

  • 01:00 PM – 03:00 PM
  • Makkah - Dammam - PH

Workshop 6

Topic 1: Leadership in Clinical Laboratory

  • 01:00 PM – 03:00 PM
  • Makkah - Dammam - PH

Topic 2: Enhancing Laboratory Performance Through Coaching and Talent Mappings

  • 01:00 PM – 03:00 PM
  • Makkah - Dammam - PH

Workshop 7

Medical Laboratories’ Procurement and Supply Chain

  • 04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
  • Makkah - Dammam - PH

Openening Ceremony

  • 07:00 PM
  • Makkah - Dammam - PH

CANCER, NEW Multidisciplinary approach in solving OLD Problems

Topic 1: CAR-T cells in action: success stories and future directions

  • 9:20 AM – 9:40 AM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Topic 2: Advances and challenges in flowcytometry: From research to clinical applications 

  • 9:40 AM – 10:00 AM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Topic 3: New strategies in CAR T cell production

  • 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Panel Discussion

  • 10:20 AM – 10:50 AM
  • Marasem Ballroom

The Future of Pathology: AI and Beyond

Topic 1: Computational Pathology and the Precision Oncology Jigsaw Puzzle

  • 10:50 AM – 11:10 AM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Topic 2: Promoting Personalised Cancer Care: the application of AI to multi-modal data

  • 11:10 AM – 11:30 AM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Topic 3: Harnessing AI and multiplexed immunostaining to predict relapse in Cancer

  • 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Panel Discussion

  • 11:50 AM – 12:20 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Lunch / prayer break

  • 12:20 PM – 1:20 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Governance and policy in Healthcare: Enablers or Barriers to Innovation

Topic 1: Balancing Innovation and Compliance: Insights from A Regulatory Journey Toward Modern Laboratory Excellence.

  • 1:20 PM – 1:45 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Topic 2: From Governance to Compliance: A Safe Journey in Assessing Policy Risks in Healthcare setting

  • 01:45 PM – 02:10 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Panel Discussion

  • 02:10 PM – 02:50 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

30 minutes coffee & prayer

Automation, In & Out Of The Lab Testing Methods

Topic 1: Achieving Sustainability Through Automation

  • 3:20 PM – 3:40 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Topic 2: National Implementation of a Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) Program: A Regulatory Framework for Quality, Training, and Stakeholder Engagement

  • 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Topic 3: Is Laboratory Automation = Efficiency?

  • 4:00 PM – 4:20 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Topic 4: An Optimized Model of Laboratory Operations: Lab hub and Spoke model

  • 04:20 PM – 04:40 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Panel Discussion

  • 04:40 PM – 05:10 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Speakers Recognition Session

  • 05:10 PM – 05:20 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Disease Management: Innovation and Medical Value Parameters

  • 08:30 AM – 09:00 AM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Advances In Diagnosing The DNA Architectural Changes

Topic 1: From Code to Chromatin: How AI is Reshaping Genomic Research

  • 9:00 AM – 9:20 AM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Topic 2: Genomics and Precision Medicine

  • 9:20 AM – 9:40 AM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Topic 3: Genetic Counseling for Structural Variants: Navigating Uncertainty in the Era of Advanced Genomic Diagnostics

  • 09:40 AM – 10:00 AM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Panel Discussion

  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
  • Marasem Ballroom

The Impact of Microbes On Human Health

Topic 1: Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases and Biosecurity

  • 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Topic 2: The Future of Biosafety: Innovations in Risk Mitigation and Laboratory Security.

  • 10:50 AM – 11:10 AM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Topic 3: Antimicrobial Resistance

  • 11:10 AM – 11:30 AM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Panel Discussion Topic : Protecting Public Health: Addressing Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases, Biosafety and Biosecurity Challenges, and Antimicrobial Resistance

  • 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Lunch / prayer break 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

NextGen Lab Workforce: Preparing for the Skills of Tomorrow

Topic 1: Bridging the Gaps: assessing the Competency of Laboratory Science Graduates in Hospital Settings

  • 01:00 PM – 01:20 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Topic 2: Empowering Laboratory Professionals: Achieving Continuous Growth through Learning Outcomes. 

  • 01:20 PM – 01:40 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Topic 3: From Classroom to Work Field: Adapting to Real-World Laboratory Environments

  • 01:40 PM – 02:00 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Panel Discussion

  • 02:00 PM – 02:30 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

30 minutes coffee & prayer

5 Student Researchers (5 min talk)

  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

5 Researchers (5 min talk)

  • 03:30 PM – 04:00 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

Closing Ceremony

  • 04:00 PM – 05:00 PM
  • Marasem Ballroom

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2nd Trends And Innovations In Medical Laboratories Conference

workshop 1

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Clinical Laboratory Accreditation and Compliance

1- aabb and CAP Accreditation, Competition or Integration

2- Bridging National and International Accreditation: A Comparative Perspective on CBAHI’s Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Standards

3- Navigating ISO15189: A Pathway to Quality and Accuracy in Medical Laboratories

Moderator

  • Dr. Ismail Bhaksh

SPEAKER

  • Jasem Albasri
  • Abdulaziz Aljohani
  • Mohammed Alghamdi
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workshop 2

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Trends in Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine

Moderator

  • Dr. Manal Abudawood

SPEAKER

  • Dr. Meena Sakharkar
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workshop 3

09:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Lab Specialists Beyond the Bench: Redefining Roles, Driving Vision 2030, and Leading Healthcare Transformation

Moderator

  • Dr. Manal Abudawood

SPEAKER

  • Dr. Bander Sulaiman
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workshop 4

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Digital Pathology: Regulatory Affairs & Global Experience

SPEAKER

  • Mr. Abdulmohsan Faisal Alotaibi
  • Dr. Abdulaziz Abdullah Al Ajlan
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workshop 5

01:00 PM - 03:00 PM

1- Bioinformatics / Genetics

2- Development of a Custom Pipeline and Variant Database for Clinical Whole Exome Sequencing Reporting in a Local Population

Moderator

  • Dr. Manar Samman

SPEAKER

  • Dr. Naif Almontashiri
  • Dr. Mohammed Bamajboor
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workshop 6

01:00 PM - 03:00 PM

1- Leadership in Clinical Laboratory

2- Enhancing Laboratory Performance Through Coaching and Talent Mappings

Moderator

  • Prof. Khalid Alharbi

SPEAKER

  • Dr. Nashat Nafouri (60 min)
  • Dr. Nami Aljehani (60 min)
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workshop 7

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Medical Laboratories’ Procurement and Supply Chain

SPEAKER

  • Dr. Khalil Softa
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2nd Trends And Innovations In Medical Laboratories Conference
  • Fairmont Riyadh
  • May 6-7-8, 2025
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