Scientific Program
A detailed schedule of all sessions, workshops, and lectures
Download the Scientific Programme (PDF) 13.5 MB08:30 — 09:55
Sepsis 2026 Practice-Changing: Insights You Can't Ignore
AI in Sepsis Management: Early Detection and Treatment
Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Guidelines in 2026: What's New and Why?
Neonatal Sepsis: Fighting Infection in The First Days of Life
10:45 — 11:50
The AI Health Continuum: New Avenues for AI in Infectious Diseases
AI Transforming Healthcare in Saudi Arabia
Digital Healthcare Ecosystems
AI In infectious diseases Surveillance
13:00 — 14:30
Plumbing the Depths – The Hidden World of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Infections: Typing to Therapy
Community-acquired Pneumonia: Know Your Enemies, Treat Them Well
PID Controversies: Antibiotic Dilemma in Respiratory Tract Infection
Milk Matters: Brucella Risk and Practical Approach in Management
14:50 — 16:00
Hot Topics in PID with Young SPIDS Café
Is There an ECHO in Here? Stewardship of TTEs for Bacteremia
Bronchoscopy Diagnosis for Infectious Disease
Are Inhaled Antibiotics Useful for Prevention or Treatment of Pneumonia
Are Intrathecal and Intravitreous Antimicrobials Useful?
Young SPIDS Café
Flash Card
Not the Consult I Expected This Afternoon: Panic vs Calm
16:10 — 17:00
Hot Topics in PID with Young SPIDS Café
State of Art: Pneumococcal Vaccine Update
Bwodouh Podcast
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
Lessons from Recent Global Outbreaks (Hantavirus/Ebola/Dengue)
The Paradox of Progress: Why Pertussis Still Matters in 2026
10:15 — 11:50
Cutting-Edge Diagnostics in Pediatrics
AI-Assisted Diagnosis of Pediatric Infections
Metagenomic Sequencing for Unknown Infections
Moving from Culture to Rapid Molecular Diagnostics in ID
Tips and Tricks for PID Imaging Interpretation
12:00 — 12:10
Cutting-Edge Diagnostics in Pediatrics
Not the Consult I Expected Last Night: Panic vs Calm
13:00 — 13:40
SPIDS Week Contest
SPIDS Week Contest
13:40 — 15:25
Infection in Immunocompromised Candidacy: Hard Lines or Gray Zones?
Challenging Consults in Clinical Immunocompromised (Meet the Expert)
Approaches to C.diff Prevention Management and Treatment in the Immunocompromised Host
Little Patients, Big Challenges: Tackling Infection in SCD
One Battle After Another: But Basidiobolomycosis Persists
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
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
Leading the Charge: Advancing Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship, One Child at a Time
10:05 — 10:15
Antimicrobial Stewardship Across the Continuum of Pediatric Care
Not the Consult I Expected This Morning: Panic vs Calm
10:15 — 11:50
Old Foes, New Strategies in Tropical Diseases
Advances in Pediatric Malaria Prevention, Control and Management
Leishmaniasis in the Middle East: New Diagnostics and Treatment
Salmonellosis Treatment Conundrums – Not Always Black & White
State of Art: Capitalizing on Every Opportunity to Protect Children from Influenza
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)
State of the Art: RSV Prevention Strategies
14:30 — 15:15
Off the Beaten Path: SPIDS Fashion Show
Spore Wars: New Antimicrobial in the Pipeline
New World Screwworm
Novel Assays and Biomarkers in Infectious Disease Detection
