Public Health Conference

10:30 | Opening remarks 
Conference Chair: Dr Ahmed Hakawi, Consultant of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Authority, Riyadh, KSA

Session 1: Health System Resilience
Moderator: Dr Ahmed Hakawi, Consultant of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Authority, Riyadh, KSA

10:45 | Panel: Pandemic preparedness, emergency response and health system resilience

Moderator: Dr Ahmed Hakawi, Consultant of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Authority – KSA

Panelist:

• Ahmed Al Khorisi, General Supervisor, Public Health Operation Center, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, KSA
• Dr Riyad Alghamdi, Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Transformation, Consultant, Saudi Public Health Authority (PHA). Public Health and Health Security Pillar Lead, Consultant, Health Sector Transformation Program (HSTP), Riyadh, KSA
• Dr Abdullah T Khojah, Associate Prof., Public Health and Family Medicine, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, KSA

Session 2: Communicable Diseases 
Moderator: Dr Ahmed Hakawi, Consultant of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Authority, Riyadh, KSA

11:45 | Emerging Infectious Diseases
Dr Sameera Al Johani, Director of Microbiology and Virology, National Guard Hospital Riyadh, KSA

12:15 | Prayer | Exhibition Visit | Lunch Break

Session 3: Preventable Diseases    
Moderators: 

• Dr Mahmoud Abdulrahman Mahmoud, Associate Professor, Public Health Department, College of Medicine, Imam Mohamed Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMISIU), President, Waey Association for Community Health, Riyadh, KSA
• Dr Mohammed bin Yahya Al-Harbi, Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Head of Central Diabetes Committee and Director of Operational Excellence, Deputyship for Therapeutic Services, Ministry of Health , Head of Scientific Committee for Diabetes, National Diabetes Center, Saudi Health Council, Riyadh, KSA

13:15 | Novel approaches to the management of chronic complications associates with Diabetes in the population
Dr Mohammed bin Yahya Al-Harbi, Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Head of Central Diabetes Committee and Director of Operational Excellence, Deputyship for Therapeutic Services, Ministry of Health, Head of Scientific Committee for Diabetes, National Diabetes Center, Saudi Health Council, Riyadh, KSA

13:45 | Haemodialysis at home is a better choice: Treatment and health outcomes
Dr Lutfi Abdullah AlKorbi, Consultant Nephrology, King Faisal Specialty Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, KSA

14:15 | Secondary prevention of chronic diseases powered by technology
Dr Jhonatan Bringas Dimitriades, Wearables and Digital Health Expert, Partner and Managing Director, JBD Healthcare, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Session 4: Health promotion
Moderator: Dr Ahmed Hakawi, Consultant of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Authority, Riyadh, KSA

14:45 | How our history informs the future: Forty years of tobacco smoking and prevention in Saudi Arabia (1980-2020)
Dr Abdullah Mayof Alanazi, Head of Smoking Cessation Programme, National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, KSA 

15:15 | Public Health System: Governance challenges
Dr Riyad Alghamdi, Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Transformation, Consultant, Saudi Public Health Authority (PHA), Public Health and Health Security Pillar Lead, Consultant, Health Sector Transformation Program (HSTP), Riyadh, KSA

Session 5: Training the next generation of Public Health professionals                        
Moderator: Dr Ahmed Hakawi, Consultant of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Authority, Riyadh, KSA

15:45 | Train the trainers: Experience in training the next generation of Public Health professionals – what are the current and near future educational requirements

• Dr Safar Battar, VRO, Former Executive Director Health Volunteer Center, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, KSA
• Dr Mahmoud Abdulrahman Mahmoud, Associate Professor, Public Health Department, College of Medicine, Imam Mohamed Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMISIU), President, Waey Association for Community Health, Riyadh, KSA

17:00 | Closing Remarks
Dr Ahmed Hakawi, Consultant of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Authority, Riyadh, KSA

17:20 | End of conference