Day 1 | Thursday, October 29, 2026
Healthy Aging
Hall A: Al Majlis — Morning
| Time | Session / Presentation | Speaker / Faculty | Moderator |
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| 08:00–09:00 |
Registration & Networking |
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Abdulla Al Sulaiti |
| 09:00–09:30 |
Official Inauguration Ceremony |
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| 09:30–09:55 |
KEYNOTE I
Transforming Care for Older People: Living Longer and Better Through Innovation |
Prof. Jugdeep Dhesi |
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| 09:55–10:00 |
Procession Exit and Transition |
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| 10:00–10:25 |
KEYNOTE II
Leading Before Aging: How a Young Qatar Can Set the Standard for Healthspan |
Dr. Hilal Lashuel |
Dr. Maryam Yousuf H.M. Alobaidli |
| 10:25–10:50 |
Tracking What Matters: Longitudinal Cohorts and the Post-2030 Global Health Agenda |
Dr. Jotheeswaran A. Thiyagarajan |
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| 10:50–11:00 |
DISCUSSION AND Q&A |
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| 11:00–11:25 |
Coffee Break • Networking |
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| 11:25–11:30 |
Movement for Life — Let’s Move Together Guided stretch and movement break |
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| 11:30–11:55 |
From Longevity Science to Clinical Practice: Building the Discipline of Longevity Medicine |
Prof. Dominik Thor |
Abdelnasser Y. Awad Elzouki |
| 11:55–12:20 |
Preventive Longevity Medicine in Practice: From Risk Detection to Preserving Function and Healthspan |
Dr. Lisbeth Mendez |
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| 12:20–12:45 |
Epigenetic Clocks and Healthy Aging: Insights from Progeroid Syndromes and Longevity Interventions |
Dr. Nady El Hajj |
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| 12:45–13:00 |
DISCUSSION AND Q&A |
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| 13:00–13:45 |
Lunch & Networking |
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Hall A: Al Majlis — Afternoon
| Time | Session / Presentation | Speaker / Faculty | Moderator |
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| 13:45–14:10 |
Healthy Aging in the GCC: Building Age-Friendly Systems for Independence and Dignity |
Dr. Salwa Abdulla Alsuwaidi |
Dr. Jorge Luis Passarelli |
| 14:10–14:35 |
Personalized Longevity Medicine: Integrating Brain Health, Prevention and Function |
Prof. Luiza Spiru |
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| 14:35–15:00 |
Precision Nutrition for Healthy Aging: From Genomics and Microbiome to Personalized Longevity |
Dr. Annalisa Terranegra |
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| 15:00–15:05 |
Movement for Life — Let’s Move Together Guided stretch and movement break |
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| 15:05–15:30 |
Dermogeriatrics and Functional Longevity: Skin Health as a Window to Systemic Disease |
Dr. Sara Al-Khawaga |
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| 15:30–15:55 |
Advancing Alzheimer’s Care: From Early Diagnosis to Treatment |
Dr. Mohammad Al Hatou |
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| 15:55–16:15 |
DISCUSSION AND Q&A |
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| 16:15–16:30 |
Coffee Break |
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| 16:30–17:45 |
SIGNATURE ACUTE CARE BLOCK |
| 16:30–16:50 |
Discharge Begins at Admission: Acute-Care Pathways for Functional Recovery and Safe Transition |
Dr. Mohamed Khalil |
Dr. Arturo Vilches Moraga |
| 16:50–17:10 |
Falls, Syncope and Sudden Functional Decline in Older Adults: A Practical Acute-Care Approach |
Dr. Zubair Anwer |
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| 17:10–17:30 |
Stroke in Older Adults: From Acute Management to Functional Recovery and Healthy Aging |
Dr. Saadat Kamran |
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| 17:30–17:45 |
DISCUSSION AND Q&A |
Faculty |
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Sheraton Poster Display Area
| 17:00–18:00 |
Poster Evaluation and Networking — Session 1 |
Scientific Planning Committee |
Hall B: Al Rayyan
| Time | Session / Presentation | Speaker / Faculty | Moderator |
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| 11:45–12:45 |
WORKSHOP
From Molecule to Community: Integrating Gerontology and Geriatrics Education for Healthy Aging |
Dr. Hashim Missawi & Dr. Samah Hassan Hajjar |
Dr. Shafi Hashmath Ulla Khan |
| 12:45–13:45 |
Lunch |
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| 13:45–15:15 |
WORKSHOP
The Geriatric Emergency Toolkit: Rapid Assessment of Delirium, Frailty, Falls, Mobility and Functional Decline |
Dr. Kawa Ghaforaziz Amin |
Dr. Sameer Acharath Valappil |
| 15:15–15:30 |
Coffee Break |
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| 15:30–16:00 |
FOCUSED SESSION
Closing the Secondary Fracture Prevention Gap in India: Developing a Resource-Adapted Fracture Liaison Service |
Dr. Lakshmi Nagendra |
Dr. Ahmad Amedeo Qasem |
| 16:00–16:30 |
FOCUSED SESSION
From Acute Illness to Functional Recovery: Integrated Geriatric Care Across Hospital, Rehabilitation and Home |
Dr. Amanj Hassan Ahmad |
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Hall C: Salwa 1
| Time | Session / Presentation | Speaker / Faculty | Moderator |
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| 11:45–12:10 |
FOCUSED SESSION
The 5-Minute Mobility Toolkit: Cross-Disciplinary Hip Assessment and Rapid Intervention in Geriatric Care |
Pramod Shenoy |
Dr. Esmat Swallmeh |
| 12:10–12:35 |
FOCUSED SESSION
Lifestyle, Metabolic Health and Biological Aging: Can We Slow the Aging Trajectory? |
Dr. Shaun Sabico (Virtual) |
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| 12:35–12:45 |
DISCUSSION AND Q&A |
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| 12:45–13:45 |
Lunch |
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| 13:45–14:15 |
FOCUSED SESSION
HYDROTHERABOTS: A Smart Multimodal Robotic Platform for Personalized Aquatic and Land-Based Rehabilitation |
Prof. John-John Cabibihan |
Dr. Shirmila Syamala |
| 14:15–14:45 |
FOCUSED SESSION
Unlocking Autonomy Toward Healthy Aging: Role of Organizations and Integrated Multidisciplinary Care in Supporting Assistive Technology Ecosystems |
Dr. Hassan Izzeddin Sarsak |
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| 14:45–15:15 |
Coffee Break |
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| 15:15–16:15 |
WORKSHOP
Falls Without Guesswork: Multifactorial Falls Assessment in Older Adults – A Case-Based Skills Workshop |
Dr. Irfan Muneeb and MDT |
Dr. Sanjeevkumar |
Hall D: Basir
| Time | Session / Presentation | Speaker / Faculty | Moderator |
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| 13:45–14:45 |
WORKSHOP
Protecting Function: Psychological First Aid for Older Adults |
Hussein Al-Elayan & Al-Baraa Al-Elayan |
Alaa Ahmad O Sh Festok |
| 14:45–14:50 |
Transition |
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| 14:50–15:50 |
WORKSHOP
Integrated Wound Assessment and Management Across the Aging Journey: Optimizing Function and Participation |
Sahar Lotfy Darwish & Wound Care Team |
Aisha Al-Khayarin |
| 15:50–16:05 |
Break |
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| 16:05–17:30 |
WORKSHOP
Using Statistical Process Control to Understand Variation and Improve Healthcare Quality and Outcomes in Healthy Aging |
Dr. Gautam Laxmikant Sharma |
Dr. Diaeldin Abdelgalil Mohamed Ibrahim |
Hall E: Al Nakheel — Research
| Time | Session / Presentation | Speaker / Faculty | Moderator |
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| 13:45–14:45 |
Oral Presentation Session I: Brain Health, Dementia & Aging Neurorehabilitation |
Jamsheena Hamdi & Sahar Afreen Jamshedh |
| 13:45–14:00 |
Delirium and Its Association with Short- and Long-Term Health Outcomes in Medically Admitted Patients: A Prospective Study |
Aisha Al Huraizi |
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| 14:00–14:15 |
Age-Dependent Remodeling of Mitochondrial CO₂/HCO₃⁻-Dependent Anaplerotic Pathways in the Human Brain: Translational Implications for Emergency and Neurocritical Care |
Halil Dogan |
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| 14:15–14:30 |
Mini-Cog and PHQ-2 Screening in Geriatric Dermatology: A Retrospective Study of Cognitive Impairment and Depressive Symptoms Within the Age-Friendly Mentation Framework |
Salwa Al-Maraghi |
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| 14:30–14:45 |
From Nonpharmacological Interventions to a Community Cognitive Health Club for Older Adults: A Systematic Review |
Sara Alabadi |
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| 14:45–14:50 |
Transition |
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| 14:50–15:50 |
Oral Presentation Session II: Community Care, Hospital at Home & Integrated Care |
Jamsheena Hamdi & Sahar Afreen Jamshedh |
| 14:50–15:05 |
From the Local to the Global: Hospital at Home as a Hybrid Model of Elder Care in Sudan |
Hashim Missawi |
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| 15:05–15:20 |
Transforming Geriatric Healthcare Transitions: A Hybrid Framework for Hospital-to-Home Care Continuity in India |
Nalin Kotheri |
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| 15:20–15:35 |
Hospital to Home to Healthy Aging: Building a Digitally Enabled Continuum for Recovery, Rehabilitation and Functional Longevity |
Rick Menassa |
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| 15:35–15:50 |
Supporting Hospital Bed-Day Savings Through Early Supported Discharge: A Quality Improvement Initiative |
Asmaa Mahfouz A Ibrahim & Sawsan Saeed |
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| 15:50–16:05 |
Break |
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| 16:05–17:05 |
Oral Presentation Session III: Geriatric Rehabilitation, Functional Recovery & Complex Care |
Jamsheena Hamdi & Sahar Afreen Jamshedh |
| 16:05–16:20 |
Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Case Report: Interdisciplinary Deprescribing and Dysphagia Recovery Within an Age-Friendly Health Systems Framework |
Abdalla Fadul |
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| 16:20–16:35 |
From Bedbound Dependence to Ambulation: A Case Study of Early Mobilization and Patient- and Family-Centered Rehabilitation in Severe ICU-Acquired Weakness |
Manju Mathew |
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| 16:35–16:50 |
Sarcoidosis in Older Adults: An Atypical Systemic Presentation—A Report of Two Cases |
Rim Sellami |
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| 16:50–17:05 |
Rewiring Recovery in Older Adults: From Persistent Pain to Functional Independence |
Sumayya Falke |
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