Day 1 – Tuesday 26/05/2009

Registration (8:00- 3:00)

Opening ceremony (9:00-9:30)

Subject

Speaker                                                            

Opening

Quran

Host speech

HE Prof. Abdullah Alothman, Rector of KSU

Launching Society website

Break (9:30-10:00)

First Session: Laboratory Automation (10:00-11:30)

Session Chair

Dr. Ali Al-Shangiti

Director of Medical Laboratories

Ministry of Health, Riyadh

Experience of RMH Clinical Chemistry Lab: Automation as Strategic Solution

Dr. Rofaida Dafterdar

Head of Clinical Chemistry

Military Hospital, Riyadh

Implementing Clinical Chemistry Lab Automation System: Experience of KAMC

Dr. Waleed Altamimi

Head of Clinical Chemistry

National Guard Hospital, Riyadh

Lab automation in Haematology

Dr. Tarek Owaidah

Haematology Laboratory

King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh

Q & A

Break and Prayer (11:30-12:30)

Second Session: Laboratory Informatics (12:30-14:00)

Session Chair

Dr. Ahmed Albarrak

SAHI board member

Applications of Bioinformatics in Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Dr. Yazeed Al-Sheikh

Assistant Professor

King Saud University, Riyadh

Smart Lab: IT applications

Dr. Mohammed Maghazil

Head of Applications

King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh

Choosing a Lab System: Strategies, Risks, and Rewards.

Mr. Mark Smith

Director, Sunquest information systems company

Londong, UK

Q & A

Lunch (14:00-15:00)