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AGENDA
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Day 1: Friday 15 November 2024
Opening
09:00 - 09:30 Opening Remarks
Diet and Nutrition
Chairperson: Dr. Wafaa Ayesh
09:30 - 09:50 Fueling the body: unraveling the mysteries of nutrition and metabolism
Speaker: Dr. Wafaa Ayesh
09:50 - 10:10 Effect of diet on the PCSK9
Speaker: Dr. Haydar A. Hasan
10:10 - 10:30 Maternal dietary patterns, obesogenicity, and inflammatory cytokines interrelationships
Speaker: Dr. Mona Hashim
10:30 - 11:00 Break
Obesity and Diabetes
Chairperson: Prof. Salah Abusnana
11:00 - 11:25 Management challenges of obesity and its metabolic complications
Speaker: Prof. Salah Abusnana
11:25 - 11:50 Beyond weight loss: the metabolic benefits of bariatric surgery
Speaker: Dr. Mohammed Al-Hadad
11:50 - 12:15 Diabetes, its all in the fat?
Speaker: Dr. Sara Suliman
12:15 - 12:40 Subtypes of type 2 diabetes
Speaker: Prof. Riad Bayoumi
12:40 - 01:00
Beckman Coulter diabetes diagnostics solutions: discover diabetes mellitus early and live healthily
Speaker: Dr. Ahmed Shehata
01:00 - 02:30 Lunch Break & Prayer
Metabolic Liver Diseases
Chairperson: Prof. Mohamad Miqdady
02:30 - 02:55 Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC)
Speaker: Prof. Mohamad Miqdady
02:55 - 03:15 Bile acids metabolism in health and disease
Speaker: Prof. M. Azzam Kayasseh
Precision Medicine and Metabolism
Chairperson: Dr. Anwar Baban
03:15 - 03:40 Precision medicine approach in the management of metabolic conditions
Speaker: Dr. Anwar Baban
03:40 - 04:05 Pharmacogenomics: utilizing metabolism variations in personalized prescribing
Speaker: Dr. Ravi Sharma
04:05 - 04:30 Break
Neurological Disorders and Mental Health
Chairperson: Prof. Brahim Tabarki Melaiki
04:30 - 04:50 How a single vitamin can save the brain and the body
Speaker: Prof. Brahim Tabarki Melaiki
04:50 - 05:10
Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation: clinical, radiological, and genetic insights, and future perspectives
Speaker: Dr. Chloé Angelini
05:10 - 05:30 Neurometabolic diseases presenting with movements disorders
Speaker: Prof. Jean-Luc Houeto
05:30 - 05:50 Novel blood based biomarkers for the diagnosis and early detection of Alzheimer disease
Speaker: Prof. Laila Abdel Wareth
05:50 - 06:10 Understanding the interplay between metabolism and mental health
Speaker: Dr. Hamid Aldeen Alhaj
Day 2: Saturday 16 November 2024
Cardiovascular Health and Lipid Disorders
Chairperson: Prof. Hassan El-Tamimi
08:30 - 08:55 The burden of dyslipidemia in cardiovascular diseases: the role of statin, PCSK9i, and beyond
Speaker: Prof. Hassan El-Tamimi
08:55 - 09:20 Metabolic causes of cardiomyopathies
Speaker: Dr. Anwar Baban
09:20 - 09:45 The effect of stem cell therapy on metabolism in various cardiac diseases
Speaker: Dr. Yahya Kiwan
09:45 - 10:10 The role of insulin resistance in cardiovascular disease
Speaker: Dr. Sara El Ghandour
10:10 - 10:35 Risk prediction of cardiovascular diseases in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients
using artificial intelligence and machine learning
Speaker: Prof. Riad Bayoumi
10:35 - 11:00 Break
Metabolisms of Aging and Rejuvenation
Chairperson: Prof. Mahir Al-Hilali
11:00 - 11:25 Genetic, epigenetic, and metabolic changes in aging cells
Speaker: Prof. Mahir Al-Hilali
11:25 - 11:50 Vitamins, supplements, and macronutrients for health maintenance and rejuvenation
Speaker: Dr. Hasan Al Ogaily
11:50 - 12:15 The role of stem cells in aging and rejuvenation
Speaker: Dr. Yahya Kiwan
12:15 - 12:40 The impact of glucose spikes and impaired carbohydrate metabolism on health and aging
Speaker: Dr. Ali Abdelhafeez
12:40 - 01:05 The impact of fasting on aging and rejuvenation
Speaker: Dr. Sabah Ali
01:05 - 02:00 Lunch Break
Microbiome and Metagenomics
Chairperson: Prof. M. Azzam Kayasseh
02:00 - 02:25 Advanced novel metabolic microbiome based tools
Speaker: Prof. M. Azzam Kayasseh
02:25 - 02:50 Gut microbiome: the unrecognized endocrine organ
Speaker: Prof. Mahir Al-Hilali
02:50 - 03:15 The role microbiome metabolism in the development and management of Cancer
Speaker: Dr. Mahmood Al Mashhadani
03:15 - 03:40 Precision nutrition and the microbiome
Speaker: Ms. Farah Hillou
03:40 - 04:00 Discussion
04:00 - 04:30 Break
Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Mitochondrial Disorders
Chairperson: Prof. Ayman El-Hattab
04:30 - 04:50 Citrulline and arginine in treating nitric oxide deficiency in mitochondrial disorders
Speaker: Prof. Ayman El-Hattab
04:50 - 05:10 Update on diagnosis and management of mucopolysaccharidosis
Speaker: Prof. Tawfeg Ben-Omran
05:10 - 05:30 Updates on management of long chain fatty acid oxidation disorders
Speaker: Dr. Mohammed Almannai
Impact of Environment and Lifestyle
05:30 - 05:50 Metabolic makeover: transforming your health through lifestyle changes
Speaker: Dr. Noor Naji
05:50 - 06:10 Nature and nurture: unveiling the environmental impacts on metabolic pathways
Speaker: Dr. Rania Al Dweik
06:10 - 06:20 Certificate distribution and closing remarks
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