PRECISION MEDICINE
AND THE FUTURE
OF GENOMICS
PMFG SUMMIT 2025

Registration & Networking Breakfast

OPENING PLENARY LECTURE

The Future of Precision Medicine
Speaker: Stephen Kingsmore, President and CEO of Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, USA.
Member of the Board of Governors, Sidra Medicine, Qatar

Set The Stage Leaders Panel

Chair: Khalid Fakhro

Keynote Lectures on Advancing Genomic Medicine

Special Keynote Lecture 1:
From the Human Genome Project to the Realization of Genomic Medicine

Speaker: Eric Green, Director, National Human Genome Research Institut, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA

Special Keynote Lecture 2

Speaker: Tawfeg Ben Omran, Division Chief of Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Sidra Medicine, Qatar

Tech Spotlight – 1

Tech Spotlight – 2

SESSION 2: Keynote Lectures

SESSION 3: Accelerating Genomic Medicine Through Advanced Technologies

Industry Sponsored talk

Speaker: Molly He, CEO and Co-founded, Element Biosciences, USA

Standard Talk

Speaker: Patricia Maguire, Director, University College London Institute for Discovery, Ireland

Standard Talk

Industry Sponsored talk

SESSION 4: Advancing Research Capacity: Qatar’s Roadmap to Impact- Track 1

Local Institution QPHI

Speaker: Wadha Al-Muftah, Director of Qatar Genome, Qatar Precision Health Institute, Qatar

Local Institution HMC

Speaker: Jassim Al-Suwaidi, Chief of Scientific, Academic and Faculty Affairs, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

SESSION 5: Building Trust: Regulation and the Responsible Use of Technology and Genomic Data

Panel Opening Talk

Speaker: Ma’n Zawati, Research Director, Centre of Genomics and Policy, McGill University, Canada

Panel Discussion: Balancing Progress and Protection in Genomic Medicine

Chair: Ma’n Zawati, Research Director, Centre of Genomics and Policy, McGill University, Canada

Selected Abstract- Travel Award Winner-1

Selected Abstract- Travel Award Winner-2

AI, Big Data & Future Trends

Speaker: Olivier Elemento, Director, Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, USA

Registration & Networking Breakfast

SESSION 1: Morning Forum

Sidra’s Medicine Translational Research Breakthroughs

Speakers:
Khalid Fakhro, Chief Research Officer, Sidra Medicine, Qatar.
Ibrahim Janahi, Chief Medical Officer, Sidra Medicine, Qatar.
Chair: Ziyad Hijazi

Sidra Clinical Research Talk-1

Sidra Clinical Research Talk-2

SESSION 2: OPENING PLENARY LECTURE

Building a Precision Medicine Ecosystem

Speaker:
Ed Liu, President Emeritus and Honorary Fellow, Jackson Laboratory, USA

The CEO Panel

Chaired by: Dr. Iyabo Tinubu-Karch, Chief Executive Officer, Sidra Medicine, Qatar

SESSION 3: N-of-1 Therapies: Precision at the Single Patient Level

Special Keynote Lecture

Speaker:
Kiran Musunuru,Director, Penn Cardiovascular Institute’s Genetic and Epigenetic Origins of Disease Program, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Special Keynote Lecture

Speaker:
Hakon Hakonarson, Director, Center for Applied Genomics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA

Special Keynote Lecture

Session talk

Session talk

AstraZeneca Sponsored Panel
New Beginnings: Rewriting the story for infants with rare diseases in our region

Speakers:
Abdulrazaq Al-Jazairi,Deputy Executive Director, Research & Innovation, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Saudi Arabia.
Stephen Kingsmore, President and CEO of Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, USA.
Khalid Fakhro, Chief Research Officer, Sidra Medicine, Qatar.
Maha Zaki, Head of Clinical Genetics Department at National Research Centre, Egypt
Chair: Ammira Akil

SESSION 3: Genomics Through the Patient’s Eyes: A Personal Perspective

Patient Experience talk

Panel Discussion: How Can We Balance Ethics, Emotions, and Expectations in Family-Centered Genomic Care?

Selected Abstract- Travel Award Winner-3

Advancing Research Capacity: Qatar’s Roadmap to Impact- Track 2

Local Institution talk

Local Institution talk

Local Institution talk

SESSION 4: Global Clinical trials in Rare Disease Therapies

Session Opening Lecture

Speaker: Carlo Giaquinto,President of Penta Foundation, Italy

Standard Talk

Speaker: Mohamed Abdelbaki, Director, Neuro-Oncology Program. Washington University, USA

Closing Remarks of Day 2

Registration & Networking Breakfast

SESSION 1: Morning Forum

OPENING PLENARY LECTURE
Population Genomics: From Discovery to Impact

Speaker: Patrick Tan, Senior Vice-Dean for Research, Duke-NUS Medical School & Executive Director of Precision Health Research Singapore (PRECISE), Singapore
Chair: Manolis Dermitzakis

SESSION 2: Global and Regional Expert Insights on Large Scale Genomic Studies

Special Keynote Lecture

Speaker: David Bick, Principal Clinician, Newborn Genomes Programme, Genomics England, UK
Chair: Hakon Hakonarson

Special Keynote Lecture

Speaker: Ambroise Wonkam, Director, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, USA.
Chair: Hakon Hakonarson

Special Keynote Lecture

Special Lecture/ GCC Speaker 1

Special Lecture/ GCC Speaker 2

Special Lecture/ GCC Speaker 3

Panel Discussion: Can Regional Genomic Initiatives Influence Global Health Priorities?

Chair: Sonia Davila

SESSION 3: Population-Scale Long-Read Sequencing for Next-Gen Therapeutics

Tech Talk on long Reads

Tech Talk on long Reads

Tech Talk on long Reads

SESSION 4: Industry Sponsored Panel

Sponsored Panel Discussion

Flash Talks

Flash Talks

Flash Talks

SESSION-5: Debate

TBD

CLOSING PLENNARY LECTURE

Speaker: Manolis Dermitzakis, President, Qatar Precision Health Institute, Qatar

Reflections: The Takeaways

Speaker: Khalid Fakhro, Chief Research Officer, Sidra Medicine, Qatar

PMFG 2026 Announcement

Speaker: Ammira & Sonia

AWARDING CEREMONY-2