Key Speakers

INAUGURATION

1		Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah Acting Director General, Dubai Municipality
2		Prof. V. S. Ramamurthy Secretary, Ministry of Science & Technology, India
3		Mr. Milan Konecny President, International Cartographic Association

PLENARY SESSION I GEOSPATIAL FOR ALL – ALL FOR GEOSPATIAL

1		Title: GIS and the safety of society Prof. David Rhind Vice Chancellor, City University, London
2		Title: Geospatial for All Mr. Suresh Prabhu Member of Parliament, Government of India
3		Title: Earth Observation & Society: opportunities & challenges for all Prof. Ian Dowman President, ISPRS

PLENARY SESSION II

GOVERNANCE

1

Title : E – Government – Dubai Municipality, An Initiative Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah Acting Director General, Dubai Municipality

NATIONAL SECURITY

1

Title: Technology for a More Secure World Ms. Preetha Pulusani President (Security, Government and Infrastructure Division) Intergraph Corporation, USA

LAND ADMINISTRATION

1

Title: Land Management and Cadastre Prof. Gotfried Konecny Institute of Photogrammetry & Geoinformation, University of Hannover, Germany

INFRASTRUCTURE

1

Title: Advancing Geospatial Technology in Infrastructure Mr. Styli Camateros Vice President, Geospatial, Bentley Systems

KEYNOTE SESSION I SATELLITE PHOTOGRAMMETRY: EMERGING TRENDS

1		Title: Emerging GIS and mapping trends Prof. Christian Heipke Institute of Photogrammetry & Geoinformation, University of Hannover, Germany
2		Title: GIS - Trends driving GIS evolution in our Rapidly Changing world Mr. Rich Turner Senior Product Manager, ESRI
3		Title: Satellite Photogrammetry: Emerging Trends Dr. C. V. S. Prakash Director, Antrix Corporation
4		Title: Making 3D geospatial databases a reality Mr. John W Allan Director (Sales & Marketing), BAE Systems

KEYNOTE SESSION II POSITIONING AND LOCATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

1		Title: Technology Trends in Positioning & Locational Intelligence Mr. George Moon Chief Technology Officer, MapInfo Corporation
2		Title: 'Underpinning the Nation with Geographic information for informed decision making' Dr. Vanessa Lawrence DG & Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey, UK
3		Title: The Expanding Role of Geospatial Information Mr. Michael Jones Chief Technology Officer, Google Earth
4		Title : Spatial Data Infrastructures and the future of GIS Mr. Ron Lake President & CEO, Glados USA

Keynote Session III GIS in the Middle East

1		Title: Geo Information in Saudi Arabia Eng. Muhammad Alrajhi Director General of Surveying and mapping, MOMRA, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2		Title: Abu Dhabi Emirate Geoportal (GeoADE) Brig. Khalifa Al Romaithi Director, Military Survey Department, UAE
3		Title: Geo Spatial And GIS Data In RJGC – Jordan Eng. Khalil Almaharmeh Royal Jordanian Geographic Center, Jordan

KEYNOTES SESSIONS SPECIAL TRACKS

Governance and Land Administration

1		Mr. Salem Khamis Al Shair Director E Services, Dubai e–Government
2		Mr. Ravi Gupta Editor-in-Chief, GIS Development
3		Title: Dubai Land Registration Eng. Marwan Ahmad Bin Ghalita Technical Administration Director, Land Department, Government of Dubai
4		Title: Land Management Dr Abdel Munem Samara Director General, Department of Lands and Survey, Jordon FIG Commission 7 Representatives

National Security

1		Title: The UAE Space Reconnaissance Center: A Key Element In National Security Protection Maj. Ali Al Shehhi Space Reconnaissance Centre, UAE
2		Mr. Mark Cahart Director International Defence Programme, Leica Geosystems
3		Title: Tracking Shipping Containers with a Geospatial Information System for National Security Prof. Dr. Helmut Kraenzle UAE University, UAE

Infrastructure

1		Title: Commercial Open Source Geospatial Software & the Enterprise Geospatial Market for Infrastructure Mr. Geoff Zeiss Director Technology, Autodesk
2		Title: GIS for Infrastructure Management Ms. Amina Ali Hashem Manager (Project & Engineering –Drawing & Permits), DEWA, Dubai