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ITI 6th Arab GIS Conference
Arab Map 2005
12-13 September 2005, Marriott Hotel, Cairo
‘Towards improved Governance and a better Environment’
Arab Map 2005 Agenda 

  Monday, 12 September 2005
Time
08:00 - 09:30 Registration

 

 

 

 

 

 

09:30 – 12:00

Keynote Speech
Local Agenda Agenda 21- International examples of participatory local governance for sustainable urban development
Bowdin King, Campaign Coordinator – ICLEI (Zimbabwe)

Plenary Session
Mapping from Space
Gottfried Konecny, Prof. in University of Hannover (Germany)

The Changing Role of Mapping Agencies in the framework of the new information Soceity; KSA Experience
Lt. Genera-l Morayyea Al-Shahrani, Chairman of Military Surveying Authority (KSA)

Emerging Technologies in Remote Sensing and GIS
Scot Smith, Prof. in University of Florida (USA)

The Role & vision of MCIT in the establishment of land information system in Egypt
W. kamel, Hesham ElDeeb, Hoda Baraka – MCIT (Egypt)

The Role of the general organization of remote sensing in Syria in modern technology transfer and establishment and future trends in Syria
Mohamed Rukieh, General Director of General Organization of Remote Sensing (Syria)

12:00 – 12:30 Coffee Break

 

 

 

 

12:30 - 14:00

Session I: Management at Local Government Level
Application of the OGC specifications WMS and WFS for e-government
Dietrich Schroeder (Germany) - invited paper

Crop Area Estimation in the West Bank, Palestine Using Satellite Remote Sensing
Ahmed Rafaat (Palestine)

Integrated Use of remote sensing and geographical information systems to detect the spatial variability of water quality in Temsah Lake
Noha Donia (Egypt)

Futuristic Smart Transportation
Germin El Gohary (Egypt)

GIS Based Planning of Infrastructure in new Towns
Mark Brussel (The Netherlands), Ahmed Abdel Shakour (Egypt)


GIS As a Decision Tool For Urban and Regional Planning
Ahmed Ouf, Yasser El- Manadili, Ibrahim Badawi (Egypt)

  Parallel Session

 

 

 

 

 

12:30 – 14:30

Session II: Regulation at the National Level
Land registration in the context of the E-Government
Mostafa Radwan (The Netherlands) - invited paper

Greater Cairo Utlity Data Center
Mostafa Farahat (Egypt) - invited paper

The National Center For Planning State Land Uses (NCPSLU) And The Realization Of An Egyptian National Spatial Decision Support System
Omar Al-Shawadfy (Egypt)

Using GIS in Electricity Networks; The role of the Canal company for electricity distribution in e-Government
Safwat Abou El Fetouh (Egypt)

A geographically distributed approach for a national early warning system for disaster mitigation using open source
software
Fernando Arbe (Peru), Vincenzo Puliatti, Alejandro Barrios (Italy)


Graduated color analysis of digital surface models in GIS environment

Fahmy Asal (Egypt)

14:30 - 16:00 Quality Standards Presentation
16:00 - 17:00 Lunch
 

  Tuesday, 13 September 2005
Time
10:00 - 12:30

Session III: Coordinating at Global and Regional Level
Master of Science Degree in Applied Geosciences and GIS
Mohamed Aziz, Abdullah A-Zamel (Kuwait) - Invited Paper

Using of Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing to Environmental Monitoring
Moutaz Dalati, Advisor to the General Director of General Organization of Remote Sensing (Syria)

Modeling Lebanese Sea Coast Water Quality using TELEMAC and GIS
Mohamed Awad, Mohamed Khawlie (Lebanon)

Information Management System for Egypt Mine Action
Adel Rashwan (Egypt)

Utilization of Multi-dates LANDSAT_TM Data to Detect and Quantify the Environmental Damages in the Southeastern Region of Kuwait from 1990 to 1991
Hamdy El-Gamily (Kuwait)

Using Remote Sensing to detect Changes of Land use in Egypt for the Last Three Decades
Nagy Yakoub (Egypt)

Improving utility operation and maintenance through the use of GIS
Mark Brussel (The Netherlands), Amr Ali (Egypt)

12:30 - 13:00 Coffee Break
 
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13:00 - 15:00

Session IV: Knowledge for All
Planning And Supporting GIS Based E-learning Courses In Arab Countries
Mostafa Baraka (Egypt) -invited paper

Web enabled Enterprise GIS
Manal Ashamlan (UAE)

Location Based traffic management in Integrated Mobile Satellite Network
Ashraf Abdalla (Sudan), Mahmoud Ismail (Malysia)

Usability in Practice: User Interface Assessment of LBS for emergency Medical care emphasizing Mobile GIS
Amr Osman (Sudan)

Government-Academic Scientific Collaboration In e-Government Based Multi-Scale GIS For Land Uses
Omar Al-Shawadfy, Osama Gad, Moustafa Baraka (Egypt)

14:30 - 16:00 Globe Telecom Presentation
16:00 - 16:30 Closing & Recommendations
16:30 - 17:30

Lunch

 
Tuesday, 13 September 2005
Workshops
Time
09:30 - 11:00 Workshop III
E-Learning & GIS
Speaker: Dr. Salah Eldin Elnagar, Prof. Faculty of Agriculture – Cairo University
11:00 - 12:30 Workshop II
Local participatory Decision Making using GIS
Speaker: Bowdin King, Campaign Coordinator - ICLEI (Zimbabwe)
Coordinator: Shawki El-Ghazali, Prof. Cairo University (Egypt)
12:00 - 12:30 Coffee Break
13:00 - 15:00

Workshop III
Speaker: Paolo Cavallini, Manager, Faunalia, Environmental Consultants, PhD (Italy)
Coordinator:Ibrahim Shaker, Prof. Ain Shams University (Egypt)

 

Tuesday, 13 September 2005
Poster Show

Time
12:30 - 14:30 A GIS Model to Support Urban form Regulations
Shaimaa Magdy, Mohamed El Barmelgy, Hesham Aref, Mohamed Nada (Egypt)

Location Commerce Triangle
Amr Ali, Eman El-amir (Egypt)

Building a Raster to Vector Application with Some GIS Capabilities
Nagy Yakoub, Ahmed Negm (Egypt)


National Spatial Data Infrastructure in Egypt
Sherif El-Ghazali (Egypt)

Zonation and identification of the environmental sensitivity degree of Gilan province shorelines on southern part of Caspian sea
Razieh Mosadeghi, Nematollah Khorasani, Afshin Danehkar, Ali Salajegheh, Reza Varasteh (Iran)

Investigation on variation of Mangrove forest density with using aerial photographs in 1/40000 and 1/20000 scales with Landsat ETM image in a 30-year period in ??Qeshm Island within Persian Gulf
M. Hajjarian, M. Zobeiri, A. Danekar (Iran)

Environmental Ranking of Ecological Sensitivity of Gilan Province Coastlines on southern part of Caspian sea
Razieh Mosadeghi, Nematollah Khorasani, Afshin Danehkar, Ali Salajegheh, Mohammad Reza Moradi (Iran)

Investigation on quantitative alternation in the Mangrove forest with using aerial photographs in 1/40000 scale and Landsat ETM image in a 30-year period in Gheshm Island within Persian Gulf
M. Hajjarian, M. Zobeiri , A. Danekar (Iran)

 
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Sponsors

 

Quality Standards Information Technology

Globe Telecom
 

Supporting Organizations


International Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing
 
International  Council for Local Environmental Initiatives

National Authority for Remote Sensing & Space Sciences, Egypt

Egyptian Survey Authority

GORS

General Organization of Remote Sensing, Syria
 
 
 
Related Events
 
12-14 December, 2005
KUWAIT
 
14-16 November, 2005
QATAR
 


Keynote Speakers

 

Important Dates

  • Abstracts Submission: 1st July 2005
  • Paper Acceptance: 15th July 2005
  • Paper Submission: 1st August 2005
  • Early Registration: 1st August 2005
  • Workshop Proposals : 15th July 2005
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