Session : Plenary & Keynote Sessions

INAUGUARATION Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah Acting Director General, Dubai Municipality Prof. V. S. Ramamurthy Secretary, Ministry of Science & Technology, INDIA Mr. Milan Konecny President, International Cartographic Association PLENARY SESSION - I GEOSPATIAL FOR ALL, ALL FOR GEOSPATIAL Prof. David Rhind Vice Chancellor, City University, London Prof. Ian Dowman ISPRS President Mr. Suresh Prabhu Member of Parliament, INDIA PLENARY SESSION - II INFRASTRUCTURE GOVERNANCE Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah Acting Director General, Dubai Municipality NATIONAL SECURITY Ms. Preetha Pulusani President, Intergraph Corporation LAND ADMINISTRATION Prof. Gotfried Konecny Institute of Photogrammetry & Geoinformation, Univ of Hanover KEYNOTE SESSION - I SATELLITE PHOTOGRAMMETRY EMERGING TRENDS Prof. Christian Heipke Institute of Photogrammetry & Geoinformation, Univ of Hanover Mr. Rich Turner Senior Product Manager, ESRI Mr. John W Allan Director, Sales & Marketing, BAE Systems Mr. Styli Camaterous Vice President, Geospatial, Bentley Systems KEYNOTE SESSION - II POSITIONING AND LOCATIONAL INTELLIGENCE Mr. George Moon Chief Technology Officer, MapInfo Corporation Mr. Michael Jones CTO, Google Earth Dr. Vanessa Lawrence DG and Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey, UK Mr. Ron Lake President & CEO , Glados USA KEYNOTE SESSIONS SPECIAL TRACK - GOVERNANCE and LAND ADMINISTRATION Mr. Salem Khamis Al Shair Director E Services, Dubai E - Government Dr. Ravi Gupta Editor-in-Chief, GIS Development Eng. Marwan Ahmad Bin Ghalita Technical Administration Director, Land Department, Government of Dubai Dr Abdel Munem Samara FIG Representative SPECIAL TRACK - GIS IN MIDDLE EAST Eng. Muhammad Alrajhi Director General of Surveying and mapping, MOMRA, Riyadh, KSA Brig. Khalifa Al Romathi Director, Military Survey Department, UAE Eng. Khalil Almaharmeh Royal Jordanian Geographic Center , Jordon SPECIAL TRACK - NATIONAL SECURITY Mr. Mark Cahart Director International Defence Programme, Leica Geosystems Maj. Ali Al Shehhi Space Reconnaissance Centre, UAE Prof. Dr. Helmut Kraenzle UAE University, UAE SPECIAL TRACK - INFRASTRUCTURE Mr. Geoff Zeiss Director Technology, Autodesk Mr. Michael Arthen Trimble GIS and Mapping