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Sunday, 14 February |
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Opening session : Overview of GIS in Kuwait |
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Session Chairman :Dr. Mohamed Al-Anezi |
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09:00 – 09:15 |
Dr. Nader Al-Awadhi
Deputy Director general for Information, Kuwait
Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) |
Conference Opening Remarks |
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09:15 - 10:00 |
Keynote Speaker :
Dr. Hamdy El-Gamily
Director of Geoinformatics Centre, Kuwait Institute for
Scientific Research (KISR) |
KISR's GIS Experience
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10:00 –10:15 |
discussion |
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10:15 – 10:45 |
Break |
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Session 1 : National Spatial Data Infrastructure |
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10:45 – 1:00 |
Session Chairman : Dr. Baqer Al-Ramadan
GIS
unit supervisor, Chairman, Architectural Engineering
Department, College of Environmental Design, King Fahd
University, Saudi Arabia
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10:45 - 11:15 |
Keynote Speaker :
Dr. Jasem Al Ali
Kuwait University |
The role of National GIS centre in development |
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11:15 - 11:45 |
Keynote Speaker :
Eng. Ahmed Talaat,M.Sc.,
Managing Director and GIS Consultant, GISCON Solutions,
Germany |
SDI Principles, Components and Benefits to the Arab
Countries |
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11:45 -12:15 |
Keynote Speaker :
Dr. Khalid A. Rahman Al-Haidan
Director, GIS Directorate, Kingdom of Bahrain |
Implementation of National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)
in Kingdom of Bahrain |
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12:15 - 12:30 |
Discussion |
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12:30 – 01:00 |
Break |
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Session 2 : Urban Planning and GIS in GCC |
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01:00 – 03:00 |
Session Chairman :Dr. Jasem Al Ali
Kuwait University |
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01:00 – 01:30 |
Keynote Speaker :
Dr. Baqer Al-Ramadan
GIS
unit supervisor, Chairman, Architectural Engineering
Department, College of Environmental Design, King Fahd
University, Saudi Arabia |
Future view of GIS education in GCC |
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01:30 – 01:50 |
Dr. Ayman Al-Mahmoud
Public Authority for Housing Welfare Planning
Department, Kuwait |
Urban planning using GIS/RS technologies |
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01:50 – 02:10 |
Dr. Mustapha Ben Hamouche
Associate Professor, University of Bahrain. |
The digital city: urban planning and GIS |
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02:10 – 02:30 |
Eng. Abdhur Rahman Al-Hamidi
STARME, Saudi Arabia |
Map production |
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02:30 – 02:50 |
Eng. Salah Naqi
STARME, Saudi Arabia |
Co-Ordination of WORK ( WOC ) |
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02:50 – 03:00 |
Discussion |
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03:00 |
Lunch |
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Monday, 15 February |
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Session 3 : GIS and Water Resources Management |
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09.00 – 11.00 |
Session Chairman :Dr. Hussein Harahsheh
General Manager, Global Scan Technologies, UAE |
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09:00 – 09:30 |
Keynote Speaker :
Dr. Islam Abu El-Magd
National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
(NARSS), Egypt |
Geospatial Information Science and Technology for Water
Resources Management in Arid Region |
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09:30 – 09:50 |
Mr. Ismail Syed Shamsuddin
STARME, Saudi Arabia |
Water/Sewage distribution network Management through
GIS |
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09:50 – 10:10 |
Dr. Amr Fadlelmawla
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, KISR |
Risk based ground water Protection scheme |
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10:10 – 10:30 |
Mohammad Dashti
University of South Australia |
Interferometric SAR (InSAR) |
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10:30 – 10:45 |
Discussion |
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10.45 – 11.00 |
Break |
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Session 4 : GIS Modeling, LBS and Crisis Management |
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11.00 – 01.00 |
Session Chairman :Dr. Khalid A. Rahman Al-Haidan
Director, GIS Directorate, Kingdom of Bahrain |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
Keynote Speaker :
Dr. ElSayed Hermas
National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
(NARSS), Egypt |
Modeling the mutual interaction between the channel
movement processes and the human activities on the
surface of the alluvial fan of Wadi Feiran using the
integration of remote sensing imagery and GIS |
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11:30 – 11:50 |
Yongping Zhao
et al.
Kuwait Institute for Scientific research (KISR) |
3D and virtual reality GIS model for disaster response
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11:50 – 12:10 |
Eng.
Islam Hamdy EL-Gamily
GIS Specialist in the GIS-Unit,
Information Center, NTRA (National Telecom Regulatory
Authority), Egypt |
Wireless mobile field-based GIS science and technology
for crisis management process: A case study of a fire
event, Cairo, Egypt |
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12:10 – 12:30 |
Taimoor Fayaz
, Intergraph |
Crisis Management using GIS |
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12:30 – 12:45 |
Discussion |
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12.45 – 01.00 |
Break |
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Session 5 : Oceanography and Oil Spill Monitoring |
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01.00 – 03.00 |
Session Chairman :Dr. Islam Abu El-Magd
National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
(NARSS), Egypt |
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01:00 – 01:30 |
Keynote Speaker :
Dr. Thamer Alrashidi
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton,
UK |
Impact of local drivers on the seawater temperature of
Kuwait Bay |
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01:30 – 01:50 |
Peter
Petrov
ROPME,
Kuwait |
Geospatial technology in oil spill monitoring of the
ROPME sea area: Real time remote sensing observations
and GIS validation |
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01:50 – 02:10 |
Mohammad Dashti
University of South Australia |
Interferometric SAR (InSAR) |
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02:10 – 02:30 |
Dr. Hussein Harahsheh
General Manager, Global Scan Technologies, UAE |
Geospatial Technology for Oil Spill detection and
monitoring |
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02:30 – 02:45 |
Discussion |
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02:45 –
03:00 |
Closing Ceremony |
Conference outcome and recommendations and closing
remarks (Chairman of the Conference) |
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03:00 |
Lunch |