PRE-CONFERENCE DAY - Wednesday​, 28 October 2026

Itqan Clinical Innovation and Simulation Center, Doha, Qatar

"Building the Future Workforce for Functional Longevity, Brain Health and Integrated Ageing Care"


Venue Structure

Venue

Capacity

Identity

Main Auditorium

300

IEA EMRO Regional Scientific Meeting

Classroom 1

50

Nursing, Dementia and Frontline Geriatric Care

Classroom 2

50

Rehabilitation, Frailty and Functional Recovery

MAIN AUDITORIUM - up to 300 PAX

IEA EMRO Regional Scientific Meeting

Time

Session

08:30 - 09:00

Registration and Networking

09:00 - 16:00

International Epidemiological Association (IEA) - EMRO Regional Scientific Meeting

10:30 - 10:45

Coffee Break

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Break

14:30 - 14:45

Coffee Break

CLASSROOM 1 - 50 PAX

Nursing, Dementia and Frontline Geriatric Care

Time

Session

Faculty

09:00 - 12:00

Advanced Geriatric Nursing: Preventing Decline, Delirium and Functional Loss

Prof. Dympna Casey

10:30 - 10:45

Coffee Break

-

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Break

-

13:00 - 16:00

Dementia Care Reimagined: Practical MDT Approaches

International and Qatar Faculty

14:30 - 14:45

Coffee Break

-

CLASSROOM 2 - 50 PAX

Rehabilitation, Frailty and Functional Recovery

09:00 - 12:00

Rehabilitation Across the Frailty Continuum: From Sarcopenia to Functional Independence

Prof. Susan Gordon

10:30 - 10:45

Coffee Break

-

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Break

-

13:00 - 16:00

CoMET Workshop: Cognitive - Motor Enriched Therapy in Acute Geriatric Care

RH Rehabilitation Team

14:30 - 14:45

Coffee Break

-


Strategic Pre-Conference Highlights

IEA EMRO Scientific Meeting

Research, epidemiology and regional collaboration

Advanced Geriatric Nursing Workshop

Frontline workforce transformation

Dementia MDT Workshop

Brain health and practical dementia care

Frailty Rehabilitation Workshop

Functional recovery and sarcopenia

CoMET Workshop

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