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Conference Academic Partners
Conference Highlights
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More than 25 Academic Speakers Confirmed
The 12th International Conference features faculty from leading institutions. View our growing list of speakers here. As always,
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Bazaar
From handicrafts to clothing to books--bringing Iraqi and international vendors to you.
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Dedicated Women's Wing Programming
A dynamic series of sessions and social opportunities dedicated to elevating women’s voices and participation in health, leadership,
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Engaging Young Leaders
From Career Guidance, to peer to peer networking, and the tough discussions on mental health, the 12th International Conference will include
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Technology & Innovations Track
From AI in diagnostics to digital health, medical devices, and ethical tech design, this track brings together entrepreneurs, engineers, and
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Conference Highlights +
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More than 25 Academic Speakers Confirmed
The 12th International Conference features faculty from leading institutions. View our growing list of speakers here. As always,
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Bazaar
From handicrafts to clothing to books--bringing Iraqi and international vendors to you.
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Dedicated Women's Wing Programming
A dynamic series of sessions and social opportunities dedicated to elevating women’s voices and participation in health, leadership,
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Engaging Young Leaders
From Career Guidance, to peer to peer networking, and the tough discussions on mental health, the 12th International Conference will include
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Technology & Innovations Track
From AI in diagnostics to digital health, medical devices, and ethical tech design, this track brings together entrepreneurs, engineers, and
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Conference Program +
Conference Program +
Imamia Medics International (IMI) is pleased to invite you to attend its 12th International Conference in its new venue: Karbala, Iraq. The conference is being held as in-person meeting on Thursday 25th December to 28 December 2025, in Karbala, with optional ziyarat & sightseeing packages covering 22 December through 1 January, 2026.
The conference will cover all aspects of medicine and allied specialties including dentistry, nursing, pharmacy and others. The conference also includes many special events, including parallel sessions for the Women's Wing, Youth Wing, Technology Innovations, Pharmaceutical, Nursing and Dental Wings. It will attract attendees from civil society and health policy organizations, as well as government officials, health professionals, medical researchers, intellectuals, and scholars.
The conference has been designed to engage all; we encourage you to attend with your family. Under the umbrella of IMI's Academic Council, the Karbala Conference Scientific Committee and Programming teams are currently reviewing invited topics and abstracts from prospective speakers from all around the world. The call for abstracts and topics is still open. Please submit your topic and abstracts via email to academiccounciljmi@gmail.com.
Program Faculty & Speakers +
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Dr. Hayder H. Alabeidi |
| Health and Medical Education in Attaba Husainia | |
| President of Authority | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Ibrahim Saeed Gaata |
| University of Warith Alanbiyaa, Iraq | |
| President | |
| Qualification: * |
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Dr. Azra Raza |
| Columbia University | |
| Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine, Clinical Director of the Evans Foundation MDS Center | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Naweed I. Syed |
| Creative Destruction Lab and the Peak Scholar, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary | |
| Professor and Chief Scientist | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Ali Abdel Saadoun |
| College of Medicine University of Warith Alanbiyaa, Iraq | |
| Dean | |
| Qualification: * |
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Prof. Mohammad Saeed Abdulzahra al Nasiri |
| Internal Medicine University of Kufa College of Medicine | |
| Former Dean & Professor | |
| Qualification: MBBS, MCPS |
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Dr. Osama Khadum |
| Iraq | |
| Orthopaedic Surgeon, Disaster Medicine Expert & Health Management Specialist | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Amer Ghabish Altaie |
| Authority of Health and Medical Education Iraq | |
| Chief Nursing Development Officer | |
| Qualification: PhD |
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Dr. Bagher Larijani |
| Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences | |
| Professor of Endocrinology, Director of Medical Ethics and History | |
| Qualification: MD, FACE |
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Dr. Mazin Jawad Al Khabouri |
| Ministry of Health, Oman | |
| Senior ENT Consultant & Former Consultant | |
| Qualification: MBBCh, FRCS ENT, PhD |
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Dr. Fatema Jawad |
| SIUT Editor-in-Chief - Pakistan Medical Association, Karachi | |
| Consultant Diabetologist - Journal | |
| Qualification: MBBS, MCPS (Med), FRCP (Edin) |
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Dr. Ahmed N. Rageeb |
| College of Medicine, University of Kufa - Cardiology Department, Najaf Cardiac Center, Iraq | |
| Interventional cardiologist, Head of Cardiology Department | |
| Qualification: MBChB, FICM(med), CABM(med), FICC(cardiol) |
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Dr. Syed Tasnim Raza |
| Columbia University Irving Medical Center - Cardiac Surgery Stepdown Unit USA | |
| Professor of Surgery - Medical Director | |
| Qualification: MD, FACS |
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Prof. Bassim I. Mohammad Sheibani |
| College of Medicine, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq | |
| Consultant Physician & Professor | |
| Qualification: MBChB, PhD (Medicine) |
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Dr. Jawad al-Kagani |
| Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences | |
| Professor of Endocrinology - Director of Medical Ethics and History | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Prof. Wadhah A Mahbuba |
| Najaf Cardiac Care Centre | |
| Professor and Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Syed Shabih Haider Zaidi |
| Sadiq International Virtual University, American University of Barbados, School of Medicine (Barbados) | |
| Founding Chancellor, Former Dean | |
| Qualification: MBBS, DLO, FCPS, FRCS,FICS, FACS |
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Dr. Rubina Naqvi |
| Sindh Institue of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) | |
| Professor of Nephrology | |
| Qualification: MBBS |
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Dr. Arshed A. Quyyumi |
| Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine | |
| Tenured Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Co-Director Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute | |
| Qualification: MD, FRCP, FACC |
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Dr. Wisam Hadi Mahdi |
| Iraq | |
| PhD Nurse | |
| Qualification: PhD |
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Dr. Qasim Jaffry |
| University College Hospital, Galway Clinic and Bons Secours Hospital, Galway | |
| Professor & Consultant Urological Surgeon | |
| Qualification: * |
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Dr. Ali Raza Moosvi |
| Shore Cardiology | |
| President | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Kashif Riaz |
| University of Minnesota & Language Analytics | |
| AI & Computational Linguistics Expert, Founder | |
| Qualification: PhD |
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Dr. Syed Mehdi Rizvi |
| USA - Iraq | |
| IMI Disaster Management Advisor | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Mahdi Abdulla |
| The Beale Wound Treatment & Hyperbaric Center, Montefiore | |
| Medical Director Wound Care Center Asst. Professor of Clinical Medicine | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Jamil H Kazmi |
| University of Karachi, Fatimiyah Higher Education System (FHES) | |
| Meritorious Professor, Executive Director | |
| Qualification: PhD in Geography |
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Dr. Afzal H Khan |
| Jackson Health System, Florida (USA) | |
| Medical Oncologist | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Shenaz Zaki Khaleeli |
| PharmaLeaf India Private Limited | |
| Co-Founder, CEO and Technical Services Director | |
| Qualification: M.Pharm. , Ph.D. (Pharmacology) |
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Dr. Jaffer Syed |
| Department of Medicine, McMaster University - Waterloo Regional Health Network, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | |
| Associate Clinical Professor, Chief of Cardiology & Medical Director of the Cardiac Program | |
| Qualification: MD, Med, FRCPC |
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Dr. Shahriar Heidary |
| Stanford University Medical School, San Jose, California | |
| Clinical Instructor, Private practice | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Syed Qamber F Jafri |
| Texas USA | |
| Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist | |
| Qualification: MD, F.A.C.P |
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Dr. Muthana A. Majid |
| College of Dentistry, Mustansiriyah University | |
| Director of Scholarships and Cultural Relations, Consultant Chemist, Associate Professor, | |
| Qualification: PhD Clinical Biochemistry |
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Dr. Ammar Ali Zaidi |
| National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Karachi, Pakistan | |
| Interventional Cardiologist, Assistant Professor - Stroke Interventionist | |
| Qualification: MBBS, FCPS (Cardiology) |
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Dr. Iqbal Jafri |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, JFK Medical Center, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School & Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University | |
| Medical Director, Pain Management Program, Founding Program Director ACGME Pain Medicine Fellowship, Founding Medical Director, Inpatient Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services, Clinical Professor, Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and De | |
| Qualification: MD, FAAPM&R |
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Dr. Aftab Husain |
| Urological Solutions (Private Practice) | |
| Urologist | |
| Qualification: MBBS, AMU |
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Dr. Iftekhar Bader |
| NA | |
| Pulmonologist | |
| Qualification: MD, FCCP |
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Dr. Fatima Zahra Aly |
| Department of Pathology Wake Forest University School of Medicine | |
| Professor, Director of Cytopathology and Lead Head and Neck Pathologis | |
| Qualification: MD, PhD |
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Dr. Aliasgar Esmail |
| University of Cape Town Lung Institute, Respiratory Clinic Groote Schuur Hospital. | |
| Specialist Physician & Interventional Pulmonologist, Deputy Head: Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity | |
| Qualification: MD, FCP, Cert Pulm, PhD |
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Dr. Sadiq Al-Sakini |
| Anatomic Pathology Service & The University of Auckland | |
| Histo/Cyto Pathologist & Honorary Senior Lecturer | |
| Qualification: MBChB, MSc Path. FRCPA |
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Dr. Aneel Riaz Batalvi |
| Aneel's Hair Transplant, Lahore, Pakistan | |
| Founder & Independent Hair Restoration Surgeon | |
| Qualification: M.B.B.S. |
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Dr. Abdul Razaq Musa |
| The Women’s and Children’s Hospital, South Australia | |
| Paediatric Emergency Physician | |
| Qualification: M.B.C.H.B, FRACP, DCH |
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Dr. Hadiqa Batool |
| Attending Hospitalist; Atlantic Health System/Morristown Medical Center | |
| Assistant Professor of Medicine | |
| Qualification: MD, FPHM |
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Dr. Saghir Ahmad |
| Independence Health System (Excela Health), USA | |
| Consultant Psychiatrist | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Wafaa N. Al-Hussainni |
| Ibn Sina University of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences HSP Fellow | |
| Registrar of College of Medicine | |
| Qualification: PhD (Biochemistry) |
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Mr. Adnan Sabir |
| Pharma Consulting Services, Inc (PCS) | |
| Principal Consultant and Founder | |
| Qualification: M.S., RPh |
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Dr. Fatema Thawer-Esmail |
| University of Cape Town | |
| PhD Fellow | |
| Qualification: MD, FC(Derm)SA, PhD Candidate |
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Dr. Sher Ali Hashmi |
| Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Gartnavel General and Royal Hospitals, Stobhill Hospital | |
| Ophthalmology trainee & Locum Doctor | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Mr. Haidar A N Abood Almuthaffar |
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| Qualification: Biologic therapy in severe pediatric asthma |
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Dr. Husain Shabeeh |
| King's College Hospital | |
| Consultant Cardiologist & Cardiac Electrophysiologist | |
| Qualification: BSc MBBS MRCP PhD CCDS |
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Dr. Dr. Qusay B. Al-Zajaji |
| Alhassan Metabolism, Endocrine and Diabetes Center (HMEDC), Karbala, Iraq | |
| Director & Chief | |
| Qualification: MD, DM (Med.), FICMS (Med.), CABM (Med.), MSc. (Endo.), CABM (Endo.) |
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Dr. Huma Naqvi |
| Montefiore Medical Center | |
| Director, Director Geriatric Rehabilitation, Montefiore Medical Center & Assistant Professor, The Arthur S. Abramson Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Syed Wajih Rizvi |
| R-Endocrinology | |
| Chief, R-Endocrinology, Associate Professor Clinical Endocrinology, University of Medicine & Dentistry (UMDNJ) and Consultant Endocrinologist, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, NJ | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Bader Al Mustafa |
| Scientific Committee, Saudi Hypertension Management Society - World Hypertension League (WHL) | |
| Senior consultant in Family Medicine and Clinical Hyperten Secretary Generalsion, Chair | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Asad Sadiq |
| Brite Management Group | |
| Chairman of Board | |
| Qualification: DMD |
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Dr. Abolfazl Iranikhah |
| Pediatrics Gastroenterology - Tehran University of Medical Sciences | |
| Associate Professor, Former Chancellor | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Qarab Syed |
| Cleveland Clinic | |
| Chairman of Internal Medicine, Director of Cardiac Cath Lab & Director of Ambulatory Cardiology Services | |
| Qualification: MD, FACC |
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Dr. Syed Yasser Haider |
| Markham Stouffville Hospital (Canada) | |
| Senior Orthopedic Consultant Surgeon | |
| Qualification: MD, FRCSC, MBBS |
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Dr. Fareeha Bokhari |
| University of Lahore Pakistan | |
| Senior Orthodontic Dentist & Professor | |
| Qualification: BDS, FCPS |
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Dr. Zainab Hayder Zwain |
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| Resident Doctor | |
| Qualification: MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery) |
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Miss. Syeda Tatheer Zahra Shamsi |
| - | |
| Carter Brown: Independent Expert Witness Assessment and Treatment | |
| Qualification: CPsychol., AFBPsS |
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Dr. Seyed Reza Raeeskarami |
| Tehran University of Medical Sciences | |
| Professor of Pediatrics Rheumatology - Chancellor | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Mohammad Hossein Ayati |
| Tehran University of Medical Sciences | |
| Associate Professor of Traditional Medicine - Head of Faculty of Persian Medicine | |
| Qualification: MD, PhD |
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Dr. Nazli Hossin |
| Dow University of Health Sciences | |
| Prof of Gynaecology - Vice Chancellor | |
| Qualification: MBBS, MCPS, FCPS, MBE, SIMS |
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Miss. Lorrain Tyrany |
| University of Ottawa - Yorkville University | |
| Registered Psychotherapist - Part-Time Professor – Doctor of Counselling and Psychotherapy | |
| Qualification: RP |
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Dr. Hiyad Al-Husaini |
| NY Presbyterian and Montefiore health systems | |
| Board Certified Plastic Surgeon | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Murtadha AlMusafer |
| University of Basrah, Iraq | |
| Professor of Urology | |
| Qualification: MD |
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Dr. Saba Zaidi |
| Liaquat National Hospital & Medical college | |
| Assistant Professor & Consultant Neurologist | |
| Qualification: MBBS, FCPS Neurology |
Hotel +
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| City | Dates / Day | Hotel Name / Address of Accommodation | ||
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| Karbala |
22nd - 31st December, 2025 Monday - Wednesday |
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Conference Program +
Imamia Medics International (IMI) is pleased to invite you to attend its 12th International Conference in its new venue: Karbala, Iraq. The conference is being held as in-person meeting on Thursday 25th December to 28 December 2025, in Karbala, with optional ziyarat & sightseeing packages covering 22 December through 1 January, 2026.
The conference will cover all aspects of medicine and allied specialties including dentistry, nursing, pharmacy and others. The conference also includes many special events, including parallel sessions for the Women's Wing, Youth Wing, Technology Innovations, Pharmaceutical, Nursing and Dental Wings. It will attract attendees from civil society and health policy organizations, as well as government officials, health professionals, medical researchers, intellectuals, and scholars.
The conference has been designed to engage all; we encourage you to attend with your family. Under the umbrella of IMI's Academic Council, the Karbala Conference Scientific Committee and Programming teams are currently reviewing invited topics and abstracts from prospective speakers from all around the world. The call for abstracts and topics is still open. Please submit your topic and abstracts via email to academiccounciljmi@gmail.com.