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27 February 2002
Bahrain Society of Engineers
GIS 2002
International Conference & Exhibition
March 11-13, 2002
Manama,
Bahrain
CONFERENCE PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
| Monday - 11 March 2002 | ||
| 09.00 – 10.30 | Opening Ceremony & Tour of the Exhibition | |
| 10.30 – 11.10 | Keynote Speech
- Positioning Ordnance Survey for the New Information Economy Speaker - Dr.Vanessa Lawrence, Director General & CEO,Ordnance Survey, UK |
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| Session 1 Municipalities & Urban Planning | ||
| 11.10 – 11.30 | Integrating
GIS in Landscape Planning for Protected Areas in Saudi Arabia Dr. Abdulbaqui Mohammed Al- Taisan, Saudi Arabia |
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| 11.30 – 11.50 | Land use
suitability analysis in New Town of Hashtgerd, Iran, Using GIS F. Nourian, Iran |
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| 11.50 – 12.10 | Case study
of GIS applications in Municipality, Bahrain M. N. Al Shaikh, Bahrain |
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| 12.10 – 12.30 | GIS for Site
Planning of Mosques and Islamic Centers Dr. G. Bakiri, University of Bahrain |
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| 12.30 – 12.50 | GIS for Urban
Management, Muharraq Governorate Case Study Nabeel Abu Fateh, Bahrain |
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| 13.00 – 14.30 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 14.30 – 15.10 | Keynote Speech
- Imaging Photogrammetry, Surveying and GPS- GIS Data Collection for the
21st Century Speaker - Mr. John Allan, Executive Director, ERDAS |
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| Session 2A – GIS & Remote Sensing | Session 2B – GIS in Business | |
| 15.10 – 15.30 | GIS &
Remote Sensing in Tropical Forestry Management – A Case Study A. D.Varma, Qatar |
GIS in
Business ( Real Estates ) K. Mohiuddin, UAE |
| 15.30 – 15.50 | Remote
Sensing/GIS Technologies for Integrated Coastal Zone Planning & Strategic Assessment of a Semi Arid Coastal Area - Prof. M. El Raey, Egypt |
Business-2-
Business Location based Market Majdi Zahran, Saudi Arabia |
| 15.50 – 16.10 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 16.10 – 16.30 | High Resolution
Satellite Imagery Supporting GIS Projects A.W. Zevenbergen, U.A.E. |
Creating
a GIS based Retail Planning System for Jeddah City Dr. A. A. Murad, Saudi Arabia |
| 16.30 – 16.50 | High Resolution
Imagery- Are We Ready? T. Gangadhar Rao, India |
Business
Applications of GIS M.M. Flynn & Dr. G. Bakiri |
| 16.50 – 17.10 | The GIS,
Foundation for Utilities Engineering Tools Mahdi Yaqoob Yousef, Bahrain |
GIS in
the Real State Business Mrs. Hala Hammad, Kuwait |
| Tuesday - 12 March 2002 | ||
| 08.00 – 08.40 | Keynote Speech
– Qatar g-Government- The cornerstone of a Nation-wide e-Government Speaker -Mr. Qassim Mohammad Al Ghanim, Asst. Undersecretory, Ministry of Municipal Afffairs & Agriculture, Qatar |
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| Session 3 - Environment & Natural Resources | ||
| 08.40 – 09.00 | Application
of GIS and Remote Sensing (RS) in modeling the optimum Land Use of Kuwait
Bay Dr. M.Al Khuzamy & Dr. J.Al Ali, Kuwait |
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| 09.00 – 09.20 | The
use of Dempster –Shafer model and GIS in integration of Geoscientific
data for porphyry copper potential mapping, North of Shahr-e-Babak, Iran M. H.Tangestani & Farid Moore, Iran |
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| 09. 20 – 09.40 | RS/ GIS database
and epidemiological studies of malignant mesothelioma and asbestos in N.
Pakistan Noor Jehan, Syed Hamidullah & Irshad Ahmad, Pakistan |
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| 09.40 – 10.00 | Integration
of Landscape Planning process and GIS to Rehabilitate Arabian Gazelles in
Protected areas of Saudi Arabia Ali O.M.Al Sulbi, Saudi Arabia |
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| 10.00 – 10.20 | Overview
of the Global MAP Project (GMP):The Environmental Prospectives Seema A. Al Lengawi, Bahrain |
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| 10.20 – 10.40 | Coffee Break | |
| 10.40 – 11.20 | Keynote Speech by Prof.Allan Brimicombe, University of East London, UK | |
| 11.20 – 11.40 | Marine Environmental
Information Systems Dr.A. J. Zainal & Fathi Burshaid, Bahrain |
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| 11.40 – 12.00 | Use of GIS
in determining relationship between Geology, Structures and Mineral Prospects,
South-western part of the Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia - Dr. M. M. Hariri, Saudi Arabia |
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| 12.00 – 12.20 | GIS &
Environmental Parameters in Construction field or Metadata in GIS and Middle
East. M.S. Atia, Canada |
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| 12.20 – 12.40 | UNEP Experience
in Environmental Information System (EIS) and the Prospective for West Asia Dr.Adel F. Abdulqader, UNEP, Rowa |
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| 12.40 – 13.00 | The Impact
of National GIS Steering Committee on Nationalisation of Project & Personnel Hussain A. Al Sayegh, Qatar |
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| 13.00 – 13.20 | Spatial
Variability of Soil Chemical Properties of the Paddy Field in Sawah Sempadan,
Malaysia S.M. Eltaib, M.S.M.Amin, M.M. Hanafi, A.R.M. Shariff & A.Wayayok, Malaysia |
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| 13.20 – 14.00 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| Session No. 4 - e- Government,Wireless & Internet | ||
| 14.00 – 14.40 | Keynote Speech
– Efficient GIS for Local Government:“Joined-up” Cities
and Regions Speaker - Dr. David Fairbairn, University of Newcastle, UK |
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| 14.40 – 15.00 | e-Solutions for Local Government - Brad Schmidt, Saudi Arabia | |
| 15.00 – 15.20 | Wireless
Networking in e-government: Maximising the Productivity of Citizen to Government
Interface Dr. G. Kostopoulos & Dr. Eduardo Rivera, UAE & USA |
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| 15.20 – 15.40 | Coffee Break | |
| 15.40 – 16.00 | Developing
an Enterprise Land Based GIS for Bahrain Dr. M.J. Breedlove, Dr. R. Sundaram & Aref A. Kareem, BCSR, Bahrain |
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| 16.00 – 16.20 | GIS and e-Government - M.M. Flynn & Dr. G. Bakiri, Bahrain | |
| 16.20 – 16.40 | Intelligent Network System, INS - I.Y.Al Hawari, Saudi Arabia | |
| 16.40 – 17.00 | Oracle & Spatial Databases - Mohammed Ojami, U.A.E. | |
| Wednesday – 13 March 2002 | ||
| 08.30 – 09.10 | Keynote
Speech - Practice and Pitfalls of a Distributed GIS for sharing large scale
data between public agencies - A Case Study in Belgium Speaker - Dr. Jean Paul DONNAY, University of Liege, Belgium |
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| Session 5A - Municipalities & Urban Planning Session | 5B - Data Policy, Education & Research | |
| 09.10 – 09.30 | Design
& implementation of an Urban GIS for city of Shiraz (Shiraz GIS) H. Ebadi & M.Taleii, Iran |
Development
of a new Program on Geographical Information System and Remote Sensing at the Arabian Gulf University Dr. M.A. Belaid, S.S. Al Jenaid & Dr.W.K.Al Zubari, Bahrain |
| 09.30 – 09.50 | Syntatic
Modelling & Analysis:A GIS Adaption and enhancement for Effective Pedestrian & Vehicular Systems Dr.A.O.Amir & Dr. D.I. Nkwenti, Saudi Arabia |
GIS Education
of the Students – Geographers at the St. Petersburg State University Dr. G.D. Kuroshev, Russia |
| 09.50 – 10.10 | Automation
of Land Registration in Bahrain Manaf Hamza, Bahrain |
Government
Geographic Information: Shall we Sell it or Hide it ? Ali E. Al Ansari, Bahrain |
| 10.10 – 10.30 | Implementation
of GIS Technology in Abu Dhabi Town Planning Department Marcin Kunka, UAE |
GIS in
Education Dr. G. Bakiri, University of Bahrain |
| 10.30 – 10.50 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| Session 6 A – Utilities (Gas/Oil) & Telecom | Session 6B - Data Policy, Education & Research | |
| 10.50 – 11.10 | GIS as
a foundation for ERP M.I Baltaji & Michael Hamilton, UAE |
Spatial
Analysis :Your Way to Information Products. M. S. Al Junaid, Saudi Aabia |
| 11.10 – 11.30 | Asset
Information Management System (AIMS) – A Framework for AM/FM/GIS Project
Implementation M.A. Al Musawa, A. Guetatti & J. Mierzejewski, UAE |
The
invisible of GIS Phenomena and Analysis R. A. El Zahrany , Saudi Arabia |
| 11.30 – 11.50 | GIS Database
for Gas Pipeline Management in Bahrain Field K. Haidan & Dr. R. Sundaram, Bahrain |
Conception
of the Geography – Geodetic Monitoring of the Earth Dr. G.D. Kuroshev, Russia |
| 11.50 – 12.10 | Pipelines
GIS : Emergency Recovery System T.K.Tarabzouni , Saudi Arabia |
Emerging
Spatial Technology Infrastructure Dr. Faisal Al Tamimi, Saudi Arabia |
| 12.10 – 12.30 | Design
of an Integrated Geographic Utilities Database Dr. F.S. Kubbara, Saudi Arabia |
Efficient
Logical Display of Electricity Distribution in Network Dr. Mansoor Al A’Ali, University of Bahrain |
| 12.30 – 12.50 | Using GIS
to Protect Lives,Assets & Operations Peter R. O’Regan, Saudi Arabia |
GIS in
Crime Analysis Major Abdulla Al Dossary, Bahrain |
| 12.50 – 13.30 | CLOSING SESSION WITH PANEL DISCUSSION | |