Track 1 : Biomedical Research (Venue : Auditorium 3, Level 2)

Track 1 : Biomedical Research (Venue : Auditorium 3, Level 2)

09:00 - 09:30



09:30 - 10:00

 

Session 7:  Keynote Address (Venue : Theatre, Level 1)

H.E Abdullah Bin Khaled Al Qahtani
Minister of Health and Secretary General of Supreme Council of Health, Qatar

Dr. Moncef Slaoui,
Chairman of R&D, Glaxo Smith Kline
 

Panel Members :

Chair : Dr. Fathy Saoud,
President, Qatar Foundation

Dr. Abdelali Haoudi,
Vice President for Research, Qatar Foundation

Dr. Rabi Mohtar,
Executive Director, Qatar Energy and Environment Research Institute.

Dr. Ahmed Elmagarmid,
Executive Director, Qatar Computing Research Institute

Dr. Tidu Maini,
Executive Chairman, Qatar Science and Technology Park

Dr. Amer Al Saady,
Research Advisor, Qatar Foundation and Project Manager, Qatar National Research Fund

Dr. Mark Weichold,
Dean and CEO, Texas A&M University in Qatar

Dr. Javaid Sheikh,
Dean, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

Dr. Hatem El Karanshawy,
Dean, Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies

Dr. Gerd Nonneman,
Dean, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar

Dr. Majd Sakr,
Assistant Dean for Research and Associate Teaching Professor, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

Dr. Allyston Vanston,
Dean, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar

Dr. Everette E. Dennis,
Dean, Northwestern University in Qatar

Mr. Lord Rupert Redesdale,
Liberal Democrats Spokesperson on Environment, Energy & Agriculture, House of Lords, United Kingdom

Dr.Ruzena Bajcsy,
Director, Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Science (CITRIS)

Panel Members :

Chair : Dr. Amer Al Saady,
Research Advisor, Qatar Foundation and Project Manager, Qatar National Research Fund

Dr. Abdul Sattar Al Taie,
Executive Director, Qatar National Research Fund

Dr. Hassan Al-Derham,
Vice President for Research, Qatar University
 

Academic Scientific Publications : QScience
(Venue : Theatre, Level 1)
 

Mr. Arend Kuster,
Managing Director, Bloomsbury Publishing, Qatar Foundation

Lunch   . Research Poster Presentations . Exhibits
(Venue : Exhibition Hall 1 and 2, Ground Level)

14:30 - 16:00

Session 10: Parallel Workshops

 

Workshop 1 : Research Capacity Building: The Human Factor (Venue : Meeting Room 103, Level 1) Panel Members : Chair : Dr. Ayman Bassil, Head – Research Training & Development, Research Division Qatar Foundation Dr. Khaled Machaca, Associate Dean for Research, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar Ms. Haya Al-Ghanim, Entrepreneurship Manager and Acting Innovation Director, Qatar Science and Technology Park Dr. Mohamed Ahmedna, Associate Dean for Research, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University Dr. Asmaa Muftah Almuhannadi, Head of Scientific Research, Supreme Council of Education, Qatar

Workshop 2 : Measuring R&D Outcomes (Venue : Auditorium 1, Ground Level) Panel Members : Chair : Dr. Dirar Khoury, Director, Institutional Research, Research Division, Qatar Foundation H.E. Sheikh Hamad Bin Jabor Bin Jassim Al Thani, Director General of General Secretariat for Development Planning (GSDP) and President of Qatar Statistics Authority Prof. Michael Kahn, Consultant, South Africa Dr. Ahmad Hussein, Expert, Qatar Statistics Authority Prof. Hatem M’Henni, Consultant , Tunisia Prof. Nabiel Saleh, Consultant, Egypt

Workshop 3 : Opportunities and Challenges in regional research partnerships (Venue : Auditorium 2, Ground Level) Panel Members : Chair : Dr. Ahmed Elmagarmid, Executive Director, Qatar Computing Research Institute H.E. Ahmed Akhchichine, Minister of National Education, Higher Education, Executive Training and Scientific Research, Kingdom of Morocco Dr. Zakri Abdul Hamid, Science Advisor To The Prime Minister Of Malaysia Dr. Sir Magdi Yacoub, Co-Chairman, Qatar Heart Research Center Dr. Zahra Al Rawahi, Research Council, Sultanate of Oman Dr. Ahmad Al Shukaily, Research Council, Sultanate of Oman

Workshop 4 : Qatar Cancer Research Strategy Deliberative Event (Venue : Auditorium 3, Level 2) Panel Members : Chair : Lord Ara Darzi, Member, Supreme Council of Health, Qatar   Dr Abdelali Haoudi, Vice President for Research, Qatar Foundation Professor Bob Brown, Imperial College London

Session 11:  Parallel Workshops

 

Workshop 5 : Diabetes from the bench to the bed side (Venue : Auditorium 3, Level 2) Panel Members : Chair : Dr. Abdelali Haoudi, Vice President of Research, Qatar Foundation Dr. Philippe Mourouga Market Access Senior Director, Intercontinental Region Sanofi Dr. Chris Triggle Professor of Pharmacology, Assistant Dean for Admissions Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar Mrs. Nabeeha Kazi Managing Director, Humanitas Global Development Dr. Francesco Rubino Chief of Gastrointestinal Metabolic Surgery and Associate Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Dr Mahmoud Zirie Senior Consultant and Head of the Endocrinology Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Workshop 6 : Computing Challenges in Data: from Content Understating to Scalable Analytics (Venue : Auditorium 2, Ground Level) Panel Members : Chair : Dr. Ihab Francis Ilyas Kaldas, Principal Scientist, Qatar Computing Research Institute Dr. Christopher Ré, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, United Kingdom Dr. Lew Tucker Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Cloud Computing, Cisco Systems Dr. Sihem Amer-Yahia, Principal Scientist, Qatar Computing Research Institute Dr. Stephan Vogel, Principal Scientist, Qatar Computing Research Institute

Workshop 7 : Energy in Buildings (Venue : Auditorium 2, Ground Level) Panel Members : Co-Chair : Dr. Rabi Mohtar, Executive Director, Qatar Energy and Environment Research Institute Co-Chair : Dr. Fahhad Alharbi, Senior Scientist, Qatar Energy and Environment Research Institute Co-Chair : Dr. Yasir Mohieldeen, Scientist, Qatar Energy and Environment Research Institute Dr. Eyad Masad, Assistant Dean for Research, Texas A&M University in Qatar Dr. Mariam Al-Ali, Co-Chairperson, Material Technology Unit, Qatar University Dr. Alex Amato, Associate, Qatar Green Building Council Dr. John Bryant, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University in Qatar Dr. Saad Aljandal, Researcher, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)

Gala Dinner and Presentation of Awards
(Venue : Conference Hall, Level 2)