2022 AACC
Middle East
A partnership between AACC and Life Dx.
✓ Mobile Health
✓ Molecular Diagnostics
✓ Point-of-care
✓ Mass Spectrometry
✓ Next-Generation Sequencing
✓ Automation
Delivering the latest scientific advances in all disciplines pertinent to the field of laboratory medicine. Leaders in laboratory science and management from countries throughout the region including United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, Cyprus, and the entire African continent will be invited to participate. Attendees will include laboratory directors and managers, government officials, and representatives of the diagnostics industry.
DAY 1
Saturday
November 5, 2022
09:30 – 10:00
Opening and Welcome
@ Main Hall
Opening and Welcome
Mark J. Golden, FASAE, CAE | CEO, AACC
Hosam Fouad, MHA, BSc | CEO, Life Dx
Plenary: Machine Learning in Lab: Opening Opportunities for Laboratory Stewardship
↪ Machine Learning in Lab: Opening Opportunities for Laboratory Stewardship
10:30 - 12:15
@ Main Hall
Session 1: Everyday Testing Challenges in Laboratory Medicine
↪ Dealing with Everyday Testing Emergencies: Examples and Practical Solutions
↪ Impact of Preanalytical Phase in Laboratory Medicine
↪ COVID-19 Testing: Challenges We Faced, and Lessons We Learned
12:00 – 12:15
Panel Discussion
↪ Panel Discussion
12:15 – 13:45
Industry Workshops, Exposition, and Lunchbreak
(Exhibit Area)
Industry Workshops, Exposition, and Lunchbreak
DAY 1
Saturday
November 5, 2022
13:45 – 15:30
@ Main Hall
Session 2: Laboratory Management and Quality Assurance
↪ Establishing Local Accreditation Standards: An Egyptian Experience
↪ Lifecycle of a Mass Spectrometry Test: From Development to Discontinuation
↪ Development, Implementation, and Validation of Moving Averages in a Hospital-Based Laboratory
15:15 – 15:30
Panel Discussion
↪ Panel Discussion
15:30 – 16:00
Exposition Continued and Break
(Coffee available for attendees in exhibit area)
Exposition Continued and Break
DAY 1
Saturday
November 5, 2022
16:00 – 17:45
@ Main Hall
Session 3: Advances in Noncommunicable Disease and Biomarkers
↪ Interpretation Toolkit for Hemoglobin A1c Testing
↪ Alzheimer’s Biomarker Testing Improves Clinical Management: Findings from the IMPACT-AD Study
↪ Retrospective Analysis of the Antibody Prevalence in Epilepsy and Encephalopathy (APE2) Score to Triage Autoimmune Encephalopathy Profile Use
17:30 - 17:45
Panel Discussion
↪ Panel Discussion
DAY 2
Sunday
November 6, 2022
10:00 – 11:00
PLENARY
@ Main Hall
Plenary: Providing Value Beyond Values: The Role of the Clinical Biochemist as a Consultant and a Coach
A Laboratorian’s Perspective: Mark A. Cervinski, PhD, DABCC
A Clinician’s Perspective: Mondy Abdel Hamid Hammad, MSc, MD
Moderator: Samia H. Sobki MBBS, MSc, FRCPath. President of the Saudi Society of Clinical Chemistry (SSCC). EX- Head Clinical Chemistry Prince Sultan Military Medical City. KSA.
11:00 – 14:15
@ Main Hall
Session 4: Big Data and Machine Learning in Clinical Laboratories
↪ A Path to Sharing and Integrating Traceable, Clinical Laboratory Data
↪ Clinical Decision Support Software
↪ The State of Interoperability and External Laboratory Results
12:30 – 12:45
Panel Discussion
↪ Panel Discussion
12:45 – 14:15
Industry Workshops, Exposition, and Lunchbreak
Industry Workshops, Exposition, and Lunchbreak
DAY 2
Sunday
November 6, 2022
14:15 – 16:30
@ Main Hall
Session 5: Emerging Biomarkers and Technologies: The Future of Lab Medicine
↪ Updates to Biomarkers and Equations in the Assessment of Kidney Injury and Disease
↪ Future Sample Matrixes: Oral Fluid and Breath Testing for Cancer Screening
↪ Proteoforms and Their Expanding Role in Laboratory Medicine
15:45 – 16:00
Panel Discussion
↪ Panel Discussion
16:00 – 16:30
Exposition continued and Break
(Coffee available for attendees in exhibit area)
Exposition Continued and Break
DAY 2
Sunday
November 6, 2022
16:30 – 18:30
@ Main Hall
Session 6: Women and Children’s Health
Moderator: Samia H. Sobki MBBS, MSc, FRCPath. President of the Saudi Society of Clinical Chemistry (SSCC). EX- Head Clinical Chemistry Prince Sultan Military Medical City. KSA.
↪ NIPT in the Middle East: Is it the Nexgen Marker?
↪ Newborn Screening Programs in the Middle East: Current Successes and Future Opportunities
↪ Pediatric Reference Intervals: CALIPER and Beyond
18:00 – 18:15
Panel Discussion
↪ Panel Discussion
18:15 – 18:30
Closing Comments
@ Main Hall
Closing Comments
Location
VENUE
Grand Hyatt Dubai
Dubai, UAE
Get to the Venue
TAXI
Grand Hyatt Dubai.
BUS / METRO
Grand Hyatt Dubai.
WALK
Grand Hyatt Dubai.
Grand Hyatt Dubai
All reservations received via the online link will be considered guaranteed by individual guests.
