SCHEDULE
Three days of science, learning and exchange.
BTC Schedule
A three-day scientific program of lectures, panels, and interactive sessions, designed to bridge the latest research with everyday clinical practice.
| Time | Duration | Title | Speaker |
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| 08:00 AM | 60 Min | Registration & Morning Coffee | |
| Airway Disease: Asthma Beyond Control Moderators: Dr. Thuraya Zaid, Dr. Mona Hassan Al Langawi |
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| 09:00 AM | 20 Min | Building a Severe Asthma Service in Bahrain: Our Experience | Dr. Mohamed Makhlooq |
| 09:20 AM | 20 Min | T2-Low Asthma: The Unmet Therapeutic Gap | TBA |
| 09:40 AM | 20 Min | Coffee Break | |
| 10:00 AM | 60 Min | Opening Ceremony | |
| 11:00 AM | 20 Min | Biologics in Severe Asthma: Switching vs Optimization | Prof. David Jackson |
| 11:20 AM | 20 Min | Asthma Remission: Is It a Real Target? | Dr. Yathreb Al Aali |
| 11:40 AM | 25 Min | Q&A | |
| 12:05 PM | 25 Min | Industrial Symposium: Redesigning Time: A new Era in Uncontrolled Asthma Management (Sponsored by GSK) | Prof. David Jackson |
| 12:30 PM | 60 Min | Lunch Break | |
| New Era in Pulmonary Hypertension Moderators: Dr. Naser Albusaidi, Dr. Naser Salman, Dr. Muneer Mahdi |
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| 01:30 PM | 20 Min | Pulmonary Hypertension: Year in Review 2026 | Prof. Abdullah Al Dalaan |
| 01:50 PM | 20 Min | Sotatercept and Novel PAH Therapies | Dr. Hani Sabbour |
| 02:10 PM | 20 Min | PH-ILD: Treatment Boundaries | Prof. Majdy Idrees |
| 02:30 PM | 20 Min | Right-Sided Heart Failure: The Forgotten Chamber | Dr. Aysha Ahmed |
| 02:50 PM | 10 Min | Q&A | |
| 03:00 PM | 10 Min | Coffee Break | |
| 03:10 PM | 20 Min | Industrial Symposium 2 | |
| Pediatric Pulmonary (Parallel) Moderators: Dr. Nader Aldewani, Dr. Hesham Alekri |
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| 03:30 PM | 20 Min | Wheeze Wise: A Modern Guide to Acute Pediatric Asthma | Dr. Ali Ebrahim |
| 03:50 PM | 20 Min | Small Airways, Big Challenges: Advances in Pediatric Bronchiectasis | Dr. Husain Al Satrawi |
| 04:10 PM | 20 Min | When Little Ones Can't Sleep: Advances in Pediatric Sleep Disorders | Dr. Osama Abdulkarim |
| 04:30 PM | 10 Min | Q&A | |
| 04:40 PM | 5 Min | Recap of the Day | |
| Sleep Medicine (Main) Moderators: Dr. Amen El Sheikh, Dr. Alyah Ebrahim, Dr. Sayed Mohamed Al Saffar |
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| 03:30 PM | 20 Min | Beyond the AHI: Phenotyping Obstructive Sleep Apnea for Personalized Care | Dr. Ahmed Bahammam |
| 03:50 PM | 20 Min | Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome: Underdiagnosed Disease | Dr. Reyadh Salman |
| 04:10 PM | 20 Min | The Sleeping Brain: Unmasking Neurological Sleep Disorders | Dr. Mohamed Binfalah |
| 04:30 PM | 10 Min | Q&A | |
| 04:40 PM | 5 Min | Recap of the Day | |
| Time | Duration | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 AM | 30 Min | Registration & Morning Coffee | |
| COPD: New Concepts and Emerging Paradigms Moderators: Dr. Bassam Mahboob, Dr. Abdulrahman Almadani, Dr. Mirjana Drvenica |
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| 08:30 AM | 20 Min | COPD 2026: The Year in Review — What Has Changed? | Dr. Mansoor Hameed |
| 08:50 AM | 20 Min | Personalizing Inhaled Therapy in COPD | Dr. Saif Al Mubaishi |
| 09:10 AM | 20 Min | Biologics in COPD: From Hope to Clinical Reality | Prof. Alberto Papi |
| 09:30 AM | 20 Min | COPD and Comorbidities: The Usual Suspects | Dr. Amit Panjwani |
| 09:50 AM | 10 Min | Q&A | |
| 10:00 AM | 20 Min | Industrial Symposium 1 | |
| 10:20 AM | 10 Min | Coffee Break | |
| The New Frontiers in ILD: Diagnosis, Progression and Innovation Moderators: Dr. Saleh Gabbani, Dr. Naser Behbehani, Dr. Alya Aldoseri |
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| 10:30 AM | 20 Min | Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis: When to Treat | Dr. Sughra Alawi |
| 10:50 AM | 20 Min | Cryobiopsy in ILD: Changing the Diagnostic Pathway | TBA |
| 11:10 AM | 20 Min | The AI Revolution in ILD: Hype, Hope or Reality? | Dr. Shehab Aldeen |
| 11:30 AM | 20 Min | Industrial Symposium 2 | |
| 11:50 AM | 10 Min | Q&A | |
| 12:00 PM | 90 Min | Lunch Break | |
| Lung Transplant (Main) Moderators: Dr. Said J. A. Isse, Dr. Safa Al Taitoon, Dr. Habib Abdulnabi |
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| 01:30 PM | 20 Min | Lung Transplantation: Indications & Outcomes | Dr. Fadi Hamed |
| 01:50 PM | 20 Min | Timing of Referral: Are We Still Late? | Dr. Hussain Redha |
| 02:10 PM | 20 Min | Beyond the Transplant: Managing Complications and Optimizing Long-Term Survival | Dr. Mohammad Ghanbar |
| 02:30 PM | 10 Min | Q&A | |
| 02:40 PM | 15 Min | Coffee Break | |
| Respiratory Infections: Local Data, Global Challenges (Parallel) Moderators: Dr. Rawan Al Agha, Dr. Sana Alkhawaja, Dr. Adel Bedawi |
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| 01:30 PM | 20 Min | Tuberculosis in Bahrain: Where Are We Now, and What Comes Next? | Dr. Afaf Merza |
| 01:50 PM | 20 Min | HAP in the Era of Antimicrobial Resistance: What Has Changed? | Dr. Safa AlKhawaja |
| 02:10 PM | 20 Min | Know Your Enemy: Decoding the Respiratory Antibiogram | Dr. Nermin Kamal |
| 02:30 PM | 10 Min | Q&A | |
| 02:40 PM | 15 Min | Coffee Break | |
| Lung On Fire Moderators: Dr. Muneer Mahdi, Dr. Jalila Adnan, Dr. Sayed Ali Almahari |
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| 02:55 PM | 20 Min | TBA | |
| 03:15 PM | 20 Min | TBA | |
| 03:35 PM | 20 Min | TBA | |
| 03:55 PM | 20 Min | TBA | |
| 04:15 PM | 10 Min | Q&A | |
| 04:25 PM | 15 Min | Recap & Closing Ceremony | |
| Time | Duration | Title | Speaker |
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| 08:00 AM | 30 Min | [All Rooms] Registration | |
| 08:30 AM | 240 Min | [Room 1 – Track 1] ICU & Critical Care Workshop: Mechanical Ventilator Masterclass from Basic to Rescue Strategies | Dr. Sara Radhi Dr. Hussain Alkhatam Ms. Narjis Sabt RT. Noor Alzahra Hasan |
| 08:30 AM | 240 Min | [Room 2 – Track 2] Thoracic Radiology: High Yield Thoracic Imaging Workshop: Avoiding Missed Diagnosis | Dr. Jalila Adnan |
| 08:30 AM | 240 Min | [Room 3 – Track 3] Pediatric Pulmonology: Pediatric PFTs: Making Sense of the Numbers | Dr. Osama Abdulkarim Dr. Husain Al Satrawi Dr. Hesham Alekri RT. Noor Alzahra Hasan RT. Zahra Abdulamir |
| 12:30 PM | 60 Min | [All Rooms] Break / Lunch Break | |
| 01:30 PM | 150 Min | [Room 1 – Track 4] Interventional Pulmonology: Thoracic U/S, Bronchoscope | Dr. Abdulrahman Almadani |
| 01:30 PM | 150 Min | [Room 2 – Track 5] Primary Care & Respiratory Medicine: Pediatric Asthma Management in Primary Care: A Practical Clinical Approach | Dr. Fatima Aljurdabi Dr. Hesham Alekri |
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