Monday, March 3, 1997 Planery Sessions Session F : Al-Majlis Conference Room Chairperson Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Buainain, Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture 07:30a.m. - 08:20 a.m. Remote Sensing Today and Tomorrow: Applications in the Gulf Region Dr. Farouk El-Baz Director, Centre for Remote Sensing, Boston University Boston, USA. 08:20a.m. - 09:10 a.m. Integrated Land Administration: Institutional and Technical Challenges Dr. John MacLaughlin Professor, Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick New Brunswick, Canada. 09:10 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Transferability of the "QATAR ENTERPRISE GIS" Model: Experience in Jamaica and Vietnam Dr. Jerry C. Coiner Remote Sensing and Information Systems Co. Hawaii, USA. 10:00a.m. - 10:30a.m. Tea/Coffee Break Session G: Al-Majlis Conference Room Chairperson Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Buainain, Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture 10:30a.m. - 11:20 a.m. Building National Spatial Data Infrastructures: Roles and Responsibilities Nancy Tosta Director of Forecasting and Growth Strategy, Puget Sound Regional Council Seattle, Washington, USA. 11:20 a.m.. - 12:10 a.m. Using GIS in Real Estate Transactions Dr. Abdulrahman H. Al-Husaini CEO, Al Masfaq Company Limited Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 12:10 a.m. - 01:00 p.m. GIS and Qatar's Physical Development Plan (PDP) - Blueprint for the Future Ahmed Al-Dowsari Assistant Undersecretary, Planning Department, Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture Doha, State of Qatar. Monday, March 3, 1997 Concurrent Sessions Session H - Digital Orthophotography: Al-Majlis Conference Room Chairperson Abdulla Zaid Al-Taleb, Director of Information & Computer Department, QGPC. 04:00 p.m. - 06:00 p.m Digital Orthophotography - Principles, Project Design Issues, Utility, Accuracy, Economics John H. Michael, Senior Project Manager, InterMap Technologies, Ottawa, Canada. This mini-workshop on digital orthophotography will cover the following: - Application of digital orthophoto within a GIS and the utility of image data sets. - Mapping specifications as they apply to digital orthophoto. - Implications of digital elevation model (DEM) compilation for accuracy. - Scanning issues and map updating from digital orthophoto. - Economics of orthophotography. The relationship between accuracy, resolution, and cost. Session I - GIS Case Studies: Al-Rayyan Room Chairperson Dr. Ahmed Hamad Al-Mohannadi, Director of Computer Department, Ministry of Interior. 04:00 p.m. - 04:30 p.m. The Use of GIS by National Survey Authority, Sultanate of Oman Abdallah Bin Ibrahim Al-Balushi, Staff Officer, Auto Carto, NSA, Oman. 04:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. Implementing GIS in Lebanon - A Case Study Jacques Ekmekji, Director of GIS Services, Khatib & Alami, Beirut, Lebanon. 05:00 p.m. - 05:30 p.m. Qatar's Land Information Centre - We Made The Difference Qassim Al-Ghanim, Head of The Centre for GIS, former Asst. Head of LIC, Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture, State of Qatar. 05:30 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. Fostering Cooperation in Government - GIS Initiatives Lead the Way Abdalla Al-Kuwari and Alnoor Ladak, The Centre for GIS - State of Qatar Session J - GIS in Utilities / Surveying: Al-Basir Room Chairperson Lt. Hazaa Al-Hajri, Head of GIS Unit, Computer Department, Ministry of Interior. 04:00 p.m. - 04:30 p.m. Utilities Management in Egypt Governerates - A Unique Experience Dr. Sayyed Badr Al-Sayyed Ali, Head of Greater Cairo Utility Data Centre. 04:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. Non-Technical Aspects Hampering Implementation of GIS in Developing Countries Colonel Khalifa Mohamed Thani Al-Romaithi, Director of Military Surveying, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 05:00 p.m. - 05:30 p.m. GIS Implementation at Jordan Department of Lands & Survey Mahmoud Amer, Director of Computer and Information Centre, Department of Lands and Survey, Amman, Jordan. 05:30 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. High and Low Roads to GIS Development Bijan Azad, Cadastre Automation Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Lebanon. Session K - GIS Technology: Al-Nakheel Room Chairperson Jassim Al-Mansoori, Director of MIS Centre, Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture. 04:00 p.m. - 04:30 p.m. GISnet - Qatar's Ring of Power Satinath Sarkar, The Centre for Geographic Information Systems, State of Qatar. 04:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. From Data to Information: The Role of Spatial Data Query Rolf Becker, Technical Director, MAPS Geosystems, Sharjah, UAE. 05:00 p.m. - 05:30 p.m. GIS Data Organisation for Non-Computer Experts Abdulla Gareeb and Steven Byrne, Town Planning Department, Al-Ain, UAE. 05:30 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. The Future of High Resolution Imagery from Space Has Arrived Adrian W. Zevenbergen, Director International Business Development, Space Imaging EOSAT. Netherlands.   CONTENTS NEXT PAGE