Sunday, March 2, 1997 Planery Sessions Session A: Al-Majlis Conference Room Chairperson Mohamed Al-Hajri, Head of Drainage Division, Civil EngineeringDepartment Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture. 09:00a.m. - 09:30 a.m. Opening Address H.E. Ali Bin Saeed Al-Khayarin, Minister of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture. H.E. Ali Bin Saad Al-Kuwari, Undersecretary, Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture. H.E. Dr. Eng. Abdulqader H. Koshak, Secretary General of OICC 09:30a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Keynote Address I - "GIS 2000 - A personal View" Jack Dangermond, President of Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) 10:15a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Keynote Address II - "GIS in Qatar - An integral part of the infrastructure" Sheikh Ahmed Bin Hamad Al-Thani 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Special Presentations a) "A one act drama will entertain the audience by presenting a typical day in the life of senior managers and how they solve problems using GIS tools and databases. Managers will access distributed databases in real time over a fibre optic network and solve hypothetical problems.The scenario will highlight the benefits of working as a team to access and integrate each other's information in real-time to solve real problems." b) How high school students at Qatar's high schools solved their own bus routing problems using GIS - a true story. GIS City - Applications Demonstrations: Salwa room 12:00 noon - 01:00 p.m. Opening Ceremony GIS City - Applications Demonstrations H.E. Ali Bin Saeed Al-Khayarin, Minister of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture Sunday, March 2, 1997 Concurrent Sessions Session B - Global Positioning Systems: Al-Majlis Conference Room Chairperson Dr. Nasser Mohamed Ma'arifiya, Director of Strategic Planning & Development Department, Q-Tel. 04:00 p.m. - 04:30 p.m. GPS Basics & Status of GPS in Qatar Charles Chamberlain, President, Chamberlain Consulting, Ottawa, Canada. Alistair Strachan, Assistant Head of Mapping & Positioning Services, The Centre for GIS, State of Qatar. 04:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. A Network of Real-Time Reference Stations for a Major Engineering Project Dr. Werner Daxinger, Leica AG, Switzerland.   05:00 p.m. - 05:30 p.m. Establishment of Absolute ITRF/WGS84 Coordinates in Dubai Mohammed Abdulla Al-Zaffin, Head of Survey Section, Dubai Municipality. 05:30 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. Real Time Applications of GPS Paul Manson, European Mapping & GIS Marketing Manager, Trimble Navigation Europe Limited, UK. Session C - GIS in Environmental Management/ GIS Markets: Al-Rayyan Room Chairperson Khalid Ghanem Al-Ali, Director of Environment Department, Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture. 04:00 p.m. - 04:30 p.m. Global GIS Markets Hugh O'Donnell, Managing Director, Geomatics, SHL Visions Solutions, Ottawa, Canada. 04:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. GIS for Health and Environment Dr. Noor-Amin Noorani, The Centre for GIS, State of Qatar. 05:00 p.m. - 05:30 p.m. GIS and Environmental Management in the Sultanate of Oman Ms. Hanifa Bint Mohammed Al-Kharousy, Head of GIS, Ministry of Regional Municipalities & Environment Dr. Chris Parker, Mr. Mohammed Ash-Shu'ayli, Dr. Robert Whitcombe 05:30 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. Towards a GIS-Based Environmental Information System for Kuwait Dr. Abdul Nabi Al-Ghadban, Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research, Kuwait. Session D - GIS in Utilities and Transportation: Al-Basir Room Chairperson Dr. Ali Abdulla Al-Merri, Director of Programs and Projects Department, Ministry of Electricity & Water. 04:00 p.m. - 04:30 p.m. Kuwait Infrastructure Maintenance Management System (KIMMS) Abdulaziz Al-Kulaib, Chief Engineer, Maintenance Administration, Ministry of Public Works, Kuwait Robert E. Baumgardner, KIMMS Project Engineer, ITX Technologies. 05:00 p.m. - 05:30 p.m. An Integrated Approach to Highway Management; Qatar's GIS Based Solution Saleh Al-Sulaiti, Head of Roads Division, Civil Engineering Department, State of Qatar 05:30 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. Electric Utilities and Corporate GIS: The Case of Lebanon Faris Sayegh, Manager Design & Development, GIS Services, Khatib & Alami, Beirut, Lebanon. Session E - GIS in Resource Management / Urban Planning: Al-Nakheel Room Chairperson Salah Ghanem Al-Ali, Head of Budget & Planning Section, Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture 04:00 p.m. - 04:30 p.m. Using GIS in the Petroleum Industry William N. Wally, Senior Research Associate, Chevron Petroleum Technology Co.,Texas, USA 04:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. GIS Implementation in the Ministry of Water Resources in Oman Hussain Jama Ismail Bait-Ishaq, Ministry of Water Resources, Sultanate of Oman. 05:00 p.m. - 05:30 p.m. Dynamic Planning Using GIS: The Kuwait Experience Waleed Khalifa Al-Jassim, Manager, Kuwait Master Plan, Kuwait. 05:30 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. Impact of Gulf War on Long-Term Physical Development Plan for Jordan Fairouz M.M. Masoud, Director of Regional Planning, Municipality of Greater Amman, Jordan.   CONTENTS NEXT PAGE