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Introduction Middle East Geospatial Forum 2016
Since its first ever implementation to offer better, advanced and more organised citizen services a few decades ago, the Middle East has come a long way in terms of the use and applicability of geospatial technology. The last decade has especially been the ‘decade of transformation’ as the rapid advancements in the field saw new applications being developed, which were readily adopted by user organisations in the region in order to make their services smarter and citizen centric. Today, the Middle East region is one of the most advanced users of geospatial technology with most user organisations deploying these technologies at one level of the other. ...More
GRASF 2016
Thinking about Quality of Life and Smartness, cannot be accomplished without spatial thinking, spatial development, spatial databases, spatial structures, spatial standards, spatial applications, spatial navigation, spatial city planning and spatial smart maps. Dubai Municipality Organizes and hosts the annual event to provide the Geospatial and GI-Science Middle East community, the opportunity to share Geo-knowledge, experiences, exchange research work results, developments and best practices that are tailored to the region, besides considering the aspects of international advent of GIS and Remote Sensing.
GS TECH-ADDING VALUE TO MAJOR ONGOING PROJECTS
Speakers
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Prof. Orhan Altan
1st President of ISPRS
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Prof. Georg Gartner
International Cartographic Association
Austria -
Prof. Martin Breunig
Chair of Geoinformatics
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Germany -
Prof. Mulhim Al-Doori
Professor of Computer Science
School of Engineering
American University in Dubai
UAE -
Dr. Adnan El Nasan
Chair and Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
American University in Dubai
UAE -
Paul Kuper
Research Associate
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Germany -
Sisi Zlatanova
Associate Professor, 3D Geoinformation
Architecture and the Built Environment
Department of Urbanism,TU Delft
The Netherands -
Hussein Harahsheh
General Manager
Global Scan Technologies
Dubai
UAE -
Prashanth Marpu
Assistant Professor - Water and Environmental Engineering
Program Masdar Institute Abu Dhabi
UAE -
Dr. Mohamed MR Mostafa
President Navmatica ME Dubai, UAE
Programme Schedule Training Programme Middle East Geospatial Business Leaders' Summit
Theme
Smart Technologies, Smart Cities, Smarter Lives
The world class cities of today are evolving at an extraordinary pace and rapidly transforming themselves into global centres of excellence. These cities aim at bringing together technological innovation, sustainable development and enhanced citizen centric services to create smarter living. A number of cities in the Middle East have adopted a unique approach to transform ...
Reasons to Attend
