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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
| 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
11.30 – 11.50 | Land use suitability analysis in New Town of Hashtgerd, Iran, Using GIS F. Nourian, Iran
11.50 – 12.10 | Case study of GIS applications in Municipality, Bahrain M. N. Al Shaikh, Bahrain
12.10 – 12.30 | GIS for Site Planning of Mosques and Islamic Centers Dr. G. Bakiri, University of Bahrain
12.30 – 12.50 | GIS for Urban Management, Muharraq Governorate Case Study Nabeel Abu Fateh, Bahrain
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
| 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
| 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
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
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
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
10.00 – 10.20 | Overview of the Global MAP Project (GMP):The Environmental Prospectives Seema A. Al Lengawi, Bahrain
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
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
12.00 – 12.20 | GIS & Environmental Parameters in Construction field or Metadata in GIS and Middle East. M.S. Atia, Canada
12.20 – 12.40 | UNEP Experience in Environmental Information System (EIS) and the Prospective for West Asia Dr.Adel F. Abdulqader, UNEP, Rowa
12.40 – 13.00 | The Impact of National GIS Steering Committee on Nationalisation of Project & Personnel Hussain A. Al Sayegh, Qatar
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
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
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
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
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
| 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