Sidra Medicine presents the 6th Annual Pediatric Neuroscience Conference (PNC 2026), held jointly with the 3rd GCC Pediatric Neurology Conference, from 29 to 31 October 2026 at the Marriott Marquis City Center Doha, Qatar. The meeting is delivered in a hybrid format, with an online platform supporting up to 1,000 additional participants worldwide alongside the in-person audience.
PNC 2026 provides a platform for scientific discussion across the breadth of pediatric neuroscience: pediatric neurology, neurosurgery, neurogenetics, neuro-critical care, neuroimmunology and neuroradiology. Local, regional and international experts gather in Doha to advance understanding of the epidemiology, mechanisms and cutting-edge management of pediatric neurological disease, with a programme built around advances in diagnostic and therapeutic interventions that improve outcomes for children living with chronic neurological and neurosurgical conditions.
The conference is chaired by Dr. Husam Kayyali, MD, FAES. Confirmed faculty include Prof. Amna Al-Futaisi (Sultan Qaboos University), Dr. Robert Keating, Dr. Mohammad Al-Muhaizea, Dr. Brahim Tabarki Melaiki, Dr. Jose Hinojosa, Dr. Gilbert Vezina, Dr. Nancy Kuntz, Dr. Mohamed El Beltagy, Dr. Ángeles García-Cazorla and Dr. Ahmed Bamaga, among a faculty list of more than forty speakers and moderators drawn from the Gulf, wider Middle East, Europe and North America.
Stated learning objectives are practical and multidisciplinary: reviewing approaches to common childhood neurological disorders for non-neurologists; updating evaluation and management of pediatric neurological and neurosurgical disorders, including nursing and allied health perspectives; discussing gene therapies and ongoing clinical trials for rare neurological disorders; evaluating applications of artificial intelligence in neurology and neurosurgery; and reviewing cutting-edge research across the field. The target audience is deliberately broad — physicians, allied health professionals, nurses, pharmacists, residents, students and researchers.
The conference carries 16.25 CPD hours, and the organisers have noted that additional CME points are under review by Qatar's Department of Healthcare Professions (DHP). A three-day agenda, a scientific committee programme, an abstract track and a sponsors and partners showcase complete the event. For pediatric clinicians across the GCC, PNC 2026 is one of the region's most focused opportunities to engage with pediatric neuroscience at both clinical and research level.
