Scientific Program
A detailed schedule of all sessions, workshops, and lectures
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Sepsis 2026 Practice-Changing: Insights You Can't Ignore
AI in Sepsis Management: Early Detection and Treatment
Dr. Laila Alawdah
Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Guidelines in 2026: What's New and Why?
Dr. Nawaf Al-Dajani
Dr. Ibrahim Ahmad Alhelali
Dr. Muhammad A Halwani
Neonatal Sepsis: Fighting Infection in The First Days of Life
Dr. Zainab Al-Nujaimy
10:45 — 11:50
The AI Health Continuum: New Avenues for AI in Infectious Diseases
AI Transforming Healthcare in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Khalid I Alqumaizi
Digital Healthcare Ecosystems
Dr. Abdulaziz Alhmoud
AI In infectious diseases Surveillance
Dr. Suliman A Alghnam
13:00 — 14:30
Plumbing the Depths – The Hidden World of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Infections: Typing to Therapy
Dr. Tarik Alazragi
Community-acquired Pneumonia: Know Your Enemies, Treat Them Well
Dr. Alaa Aljuaid
PID Controversies: Antibiotic Dilemma in Respiratory Tract Infection
Dr. Mohammed AlAboud
Dr. Mohammed Alshahrani
Milk Matters: Brucella Risk and Practical Approach in Management
Dr. Mubarak Alshamrani
14:50 — 16:00
Hot Topics in PID with Young SPIDS Café
Is There an ECHO in Here? Stewardship of TTEs for Bacteremia
Dr. Sara Lary
Bronchoscopy Diagnosis for Infectious Disease
Dr. Saeed Omair
Are Inhaled Antibiotics Useful for Prevention or Treatment of Pneumonia
Dr. Abdulelah Algethami
Are Intrathecal and Intravitreous Antimicrobials Useful?
Dr. Abdulrahman Awil
Young SPIDS Café
Dr. Dayel Alshahrani
Dr. Mohamed Al Shehri
Flash Card
Not the Consult I Expected This Afternoon: Panic vs Calm
Dr. Nouf Alfuraydi
16:10 — 17:00
Hot Topics in PID with Young SPIDS Café
State of Art: Pneumococcal Vaccine Update
Dr. Abdulrahman ALmazrou
Bwodouh Podcast
Dr. Musaed Alharbi
08:30 — 09:55
From Global to Local: The New Face of Threats to Public Health
Hospital Outbreak Control Management: Through the Eyes of Infectious Diseases Physician
Dr. Ibrahim Asiri
Lessons from Recent Global Outbreaks (Hantavirus/Ebola/Dengue)
Dr. Majed Althagafy
The Paradox of Progress: Why Pertussis Still Matters in 2026
Dr. Mohammed ALghounaim
10:15 — 11:50
Cutting-Edge Diagnostics in Pediatrics
AI-Assisted Diagnosis of Pediatric Infections
Dr. Yahya Shabi
Metagenomic Sequencing for Unknown Infections
Prof. Ali Somali
Moving from Culture to Rapid Molecular Diagnostics in ID
Dr. Ali Hawan
Tips and Tricks for PID Imaging Interpretation
Dr. Mohammed Algathradi
12:00 — 12:10
Cutting-Edge Diagnostics in Pediatrics
Not the Consult I Expected Last Night: Panic vs Calm
Dr. Abdulrahman Alharbi
13:00 — 13:40
SPIDS Week Contest
SPIDS Week Contest
Dr. Hassan Kurdi
Dr. Muath Al Mubarak
13:40 — 15:25
Infection in Immunocompromised Candidacy: Hard Lines or Gray Zones?
Challenging Consults in Clinical Immunocompromised (Meet the Expert)
Prof.Ibrahim BinHussein
Dr. Dayel Alshahrani
Dr. Alaaa Albishri
Dr. Fatimah zabbani
Approaches to C.diff Prevention Management and Treatment in the Immunocompromised Host
Dr. Musaed Al Harbi
Little Patients, Big Challenges: Tackling Infection in SCD
Dr. Hyder Arishi
One Battle After Another: But Basidiobolomycosis Persists
Dr. Nabil Aldayhi
15:45 — 16:50
Rapid Fire Abstracts Session: "Don't Touch That" and Other Professional Advice
Featured Oral Abstracts
Year in Review: Top Infectious Diseases Journal Articles From 2025
Dr. Hilal Al Hashami
08:30 — 09:50
Antimicrobial Stewardship Across the Continuum of Pediatric Care
AI-Guided Antimicrobial Prescribing / Predicting Antimicrobial Resistance
A Day Combining the Stewardship Pager and Handshake Rounds
Dr. Raidan Alyazidi
Dr. Fatimah Aldubisi
Dr. Ali Hassan Najmi
Dr. Ahmed Saleh Albishri
Leading the Charge: Advancing Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship, One Child at a Time
Dr. Omar Alzomor
10:05 — 10:15
Antimicrobial Stewardship Across the Continuum of Pediatric Care
Not the Consult I Expected This Morning: Panic vs Calm
Dr. Rhaf Bahomeed
10:15 — 11:50
Old Foes, New Strategies in Tropical Diseases
Advances in Pediatric Malaria Prevention, Control and Management
Dr. Mohammed Daghriri
Leishmaniasis in the Middle East: New Diagnostics and Treatment
Dr. Abdulrahman Alodayani
Salmonellosis Treatment Conundrums – Not Always Black & White
Dr. Ahmed Abdoh Al-Jarie
State of Art: Capitalizing on Every Opportunity to Protect Children from Influenza
Dr. Sahar Al-Dossary
13:20 — 14:10
Learn on the Go
RED BOOK ON: Step-by-Step Education — Catch Your Breath (Exposure to TB), Revenge of the Syph (Congenital Syphilis Diagnostics and Treatment), Breaking Down Silos (Treating an HIV-exposed infant)
Dr. Eman Ghazwani
Dr. Fatin Basnawi
Dr. Khalid Alshaikhi
State of the Art: RSV Prevention Strategies
State-of-the-Art Diagnostics in ID: From Symptoms to Action - Rethinking Molecular Diagnostics in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Dr. Abdulaziz Alhazmi
14:30 — 15:15
Off the Beaten Path: SPIDS Fashion Show
Spore Wars: New Antimicrobial in the Pipeline
Dr. Ebrahim Helal Alsaadoon
New World Screwworm
Dr. Amal Alfaraj
Novel Assays and Biomarkers in Infectious Disease Detection
Dr. Roaa Abdullah Zailaie