- Program at a Glance
- Friday, 21 November
- Saturday, 22 November
- Parallel Pediatric Track
- Sunday, 23 November
ESR Vasculitis Day | ||
15:30 – 16:00 | Behçet’s Disease: Navigating the Many Faces of a Complex Disorder | Dr. Ibrahim Almaghlouth |
16:00 – 16:30 | SAIDs (Systemic AutoInflammatory Diseases) in Focus: When the Innate Immune System Goes Rogue | Dr. David Saadoun |
16:30 – 17:00 | Giant Cell Arteritis: Evolving Paradigms in Diagnosis and Treatment | Dr. Aladdin Mohammad |
17:00 – 17:15 | Q&A | |
17:15 – 17:30 | Coffee Break | |
17:30 – 18:00 | The Invisible Inflammation: Uncovering CNS Vasculitis & Cryoglobulinemia | Dr. David Saadoun |
18:00 – 18:30 | MRI in CNS Small Vessel Vasculitis and Mimics | Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad |
18:30 – 19:00 | ANCA Vasculitis in 2025: Evolving Evidence and Emerging Therapies | Dr. Aladdin Mohammad |
19:00 – 19:15 | Q&A | |
19:15 – 19:45 | Industry Symposium | |
Main Conference Day 1
07:30 – 15:00 | Registration | |
08:30 – 09:50 | Session 1: CAR T & Artificial Intelligence | |
08:30 – 08:50 | Keynote Lecture: Adopting New Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trends to Reshape Rheumatology Practice | Dr. Thomas Hügle |
08:50 – 09:20 | Making Sense of CAR T in Autoimmune Conditions | Dr. Chris Wincup |
09:20 – 09:40 | CAR T in Lupus – UAE Experience | Dr. Tahir Khan |
09:40 – 09:50 | Q&A & Certificates | |
09:50- 10:10 | Opening Ceremony | |
10:10 – 10:40 | Industry Symposium | |
10:40 – 10:55 | Coffee Break | |
10:55 – 12:25 | Session 2: What is New . WIN | |
10:55 – 11:20 | Everything you Need to Know About GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and SGLT-2 Inhibitors | Dr. Elamin Abdelgadir |
11:20 – 11:45 | Bridging Gaps in JAKi Use Beyond Arthritis | Dr. Daniel Furst |
11:45 – 11:55 | Q&A & Certificates | |
11:55 – 12:25 | Industry Symposium | |
12:25 – 13:40 | Lunch | |
13:40 – 15:10 | Session 3: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) / Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) | |
13:40 – 14:00 | Lupus Nephris Under the Lens: What’s New? What’s Next? | Dr. Oseme Etome |
14:00 – 14:20 | Pitfalls of the 2023 ACR/EULAR Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) Classification Criteria | Prof. Munther Khamashta |
14:20 – 15:00 | Decoding Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) / Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) in Pregnancy | Dr. Oseme Etome |
15:00 – 15:10 | Q&A & Certificates | |
15:10 – 16:10 | Session 4: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) | |
15:10 – 15:35 | Cracking the Code of Difficult-to-Treat RA | Dr. Daniel Furst |
15:35 – 16:00 | Infection in Rheumatic Conditions: Use of immunomodulators in HIV infection | Dr. Aqeel Salem |
16:00 – 16:10 | Q&A & Certificates | |
16:10 – 16:40 | Industry Symposium | |
16:40 – 16:55 | Coffee Break | |
16:55 – 18:00 | Session 5: Neoplasia and Rheumatology | |
16:55 – 17:20 | Check it Out! What is New in Check Point Inhibitors in Rheumatology | Dr. Chris Wincup |
17:20 – 17:50 |
| Dr. Ahmed Zayat |
17:50 – 18:00 | Q&A & Certificates | |
16:10 – 16:40 | Industry Symposium | |
END OF DAY 3 |
07:30 – 15:00 | Registration | |
09:50 – 10:00 | Welcome Remarks | |
10:00 – 11:45 | Pediatric Session 1 | |
10:00 – 10:35 | Monogenic Lupus: Insights into Clinical and Genetic Complexity | Dr. Sulaiman Almayouf |
10:35 – 11:10 | Approach to variant of unknown significance interpretation in SLE | Dr. Adnan AlAli |
11:10 – 11:45 | Atypical Presentations of Juvenile SLE | Dr. Reem Abdawani |
11:45 – 12:00 | Coffee Break | |
12:00 – 13:45 | Pediatric Session 2 | |
12:00 – 12:35 | Vasculitis in Children: Diagnosis, Management, and Long-Term Outcomes | Dr. Buthaina Al Athba |
12:35 – 13:10 | Optimizing the Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care: An Expert Opinion | Dr. Elsadeg Sharif |
13:10 – 13:45 | Targeting the JAK–STAT Pathway in Monogenic Interferonopathies: Clinical Advances and Challenges | Dr. Shima Kamal |
12:25 – 13:40 | Lunch | |
END OF DAY |
Main Conference Day 2
07:30 – 15:00 | Registration | |
08:30 – 10:00 | Session 6: How to Treat. HOT | |
08:30 – 08:55 | Osteoporosis in Males and Young Adults | Dr. Asma Aljaberi |
08:55 – 09:20 | Sequential Therapy in Osteoporosis | Dr. Mustafa Al Izzi |
09:20 – 09:45 | Sjögren’s – Sicca Symptoms to Sjögren’s | Dr. Thomas Hügle |
09:45 – 09:55 | Q&A & Certificates | |
09:55 – 10:25 | Industry Symposium | |
10:25 – 10:45 | Coffee Break | |
10:45 – 11:45 | Session 7: How to Treat. HOT | |
10:45 – 11:10 | EULAR /PReS recommendation for the management of Still’s disease | Dr. Fatemah Baron |
11:10 – 11:35 | Connective Tissue Disease-associated Interstitial Lung Disease (CTD-ILD) | |
11:35 – 11:45 | Q&A & Certificates | |
11:45 – 12:15 | Industry Symposium | |
12:15 – 13:20 | Lunch | |
13:20 – 14:35 | Session 8: Metabolic Diseases | |
13:40 – 14:00 | Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia – To Treat or Not to Treat. A Debate | Dr. Francis Kynaston-Pearson Dr. Elhadi Eltayeb Abbas |
14:00 – 14:25 | DMARDs Induced Hepatic Stress: Navigating fatty liver disease and Hepatitis B,C infection | Dr. Saeed AlMarzooqi |
14:25 – 14:35 | Q&A & Certificates | |
14:35 – 14:50 | Coffee Break | |
14:50 – 15:50 | Session 9: Spondyloarthritis (SpA) | |
14:50 – 15:15 | Through the Eye of Inflammation: Uveitis in Rheumatology Practice | Dr. Aniruddha Agarwal |
15:15 – 15:40 | The Art and Science of Rheumatology: Bridging Evidence and Experience in D2T SpA | Dr. Asal Adnan |
15:40 – 15:50 | Q&A & Certificates | |
15:40 – 15:50 | CLOSING |
*Disclaimer: Preliminary Agenda as of 29 September 2025, subject to potential modifications without prior notification.