DAY
ONE - SUNDAY 7 APRIL 2002
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08.30 Shuttle Buses from Hotels to University City
Hall, Sharjah
09.15
Registration and networking
OPENING
CEREMONY
10.15
Opening Ceremony - UAE National Anthem
10.20
Recitation of The Holy Qu'ran
10.25
Sharjah visual presentation
WELCOMING
REMARKS
10.35
Professor Isam Zaabalawy
Chancellor, University of Sharjah
10.45
Eng Obaid Bin Ahmed Al-Tunaiji
Member of the Executive Council
Director General, Directorate of Town Planning & Survey,
Sharjah
KEY
NOTE SPEECH - ARABIC SPEAKER
11.00
Professor Riadh Tabbara
Chairman, Centre for Development Studies and Projects
Beirut, Lebanon
11.15
H H Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Mohammed Al-Qassimi kindly inaugurates
the Exhibition
11.50
End of Opening Ceremony and Refreshments
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DAY
ONE - SUNDAY 7 APRIL 2002
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ONE - FOCUS ON SHARJAH |
CHAIR: Professor Isam Zaabalawy, Chancellor, University
of Sharjah
12.00 The Institutions of Planning in Sharjah
Eng Obaid Bin Ahmed Al-Tunaiji
Director General, Directorate of Town Planning & Survey,
Sharjah
12.15
Sharjah Transportation Story: A New Vision of The Future
Eng Naseer S Mahfood & Eng Salah bin Butti
Directorate of Town Planning, Department of Public Service
12.35 The Role of Mass Transportation in Urban Development:
A Case Study of Sharjah
Eng Sarath Yalamarty & Eng Salah bin Butti
Directorate of Town Planning & Survey, Sharjah, UAE
12.55
Impact of Regional and Demographic Characteristics on Student
Performance in the United Arab Emirates
Sameh M Kamel & A H Barnett, American University
of Sharjah
13.15
Questions and Discussion
13.30
LUNCH and Exhibition
KEY
NOTE SPEECH - INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER
CHAIR:
Professor Hooshang Amirahmadi, Rutgers University, USA
14.30
Professor Saskia Sassen
Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago,
Centennial Visiting Professor, London School of Economics
Locating Cities on Global Circuits
15.00
Questions and Discussion
15.15
Refreshments
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DAY
ONE - SUNDAY 7 APRIL 2002
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PANEL
TWO - FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING
AND MANAGEMENT
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CHAIR:
Dr Saleh Al Hathloul, Deputy Minister for Town Planning, Ministry
of Municipal and Rural Affairs, Saudi Arabia
15.30
Spatial Planning Challenges in Palestine
Dr Ali Shaat & Mr Mustafa El-Hawi
Ministry of Planning and International Co-operation
Gaza, Palestine Authority
15.50
Future Directions in Urban Development Strategies for UAE
Cities
Dr Omar A Mashabi, Urban Planning Specialist, Dubai
Municipality
16.10
Urban Development Strategy for Al-Jouf Region and its Main
Cities (Saudi Arabia)
Dr Hassan Hegab
Assistant Professor, Urban Planning, King Saud University,
Riyadh
16.30
Urban Development Process in Kuala Lumpur - Roles of Landowners
of Indigenous Land for Development Purposes
Dr Ismail Omar
Senior Researcher, Centre for Land Administration Studies
(CLAS)
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
16.50
Questions and Discussion
17.10
End of Day One
17.15
Shuttle Buses to Hotels
20.30 CONFERENCE DINNER - Habiba Ballroom
Sharjah Continental, Al Corniche Road
Tonight's
conference dinner is kindly hosted by the Directorate of Town
Planning & Survey, Sharjah
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DAY
TWO - MONDAY 8 APRIL 2002
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08.30 Shuttle Buses from Hotels to University City
Hall, Sharjah
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PANEL
THREE A - SUSTAINABILITY POLICY FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Parallel
Session
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CHAIR:
Ms Ellen Hamilton, Urban Specialist, World Bank
09.00
The Impact of Asia-Pacific on Employment, Affluence and Sustainability
in Global Cities
Dr Angus McIntosh
Partner, Director and Head of Research
King Sturge International Property Consultants
09.20
The Impact of Urban Functions on the Natural Resources: Optimising
Production and Consumption Patterns
Mr Baris Der-Petrossian, Consultant, United Nations
09.40
Local Government Policy Improvement for Sustainable Urban
Development Based on Indicators
Ms Antoaneta Yoveva, Architect & Urban Planner
Director of Sustainable World Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria
10.00
Mainstreaming Sustainability for Effective Urban Planning
Miss Victoria Hands
Sustainable Regeneration Policy Analyst,
PASTILLE, London Borough of Southwark, UK
10.20
Questions and Discussion
10.40
Refreshments
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DAY
TWO - MONDAY 8 APRIL 2002
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PANEL
THREE B - SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN FOR URBAN DEVEL
Parallel
Session
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CHAIR:
Dr Ahmed M Salah Ouf, Professor of Urban Design, Department
of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University
09.00
Innovative Technology for Planning and Building Low Cost Housing
Prof Mufid Samarai
Director, Central Laboratories, University of Sharjah
09.20
The Future is Green: Cultural Sustainability in Modern Urban
Development
Mr Nasser Golzari, Oxford Brookes University / NG Architects,
London, UK
9.40
Streetscape Urban Development: Alexandria Sea Front Development
Evaluation
Dr Mootaz Farid
Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University
10.00
The Changing Morphology of Gulf Cities in the Age of Globalisation:
The Case of Bahrain
Dr Mustapha Ben Hamouche
Assistant Professor, Bahrain University, Bahrain
10.20
Alternative Residential Development Away from Urban Centres
Maher Omar, Abdallah Shanableh & Mufid A Samarai
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Sharjah
10.40
Questions and Discussion
11.00
Refreshments
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DAY
TWO - MONDAY 8 APRIL 2002
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PANEL
FOUR A - CULTURAL PLANNING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Parallel
Session
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CHAIR:
Mr Baris Der-Petrossian, Consultant, United Nations
11.00
Transformations in the Historic District of Dubai: Some Preliminary
Observations
Dr Eng Razan Malhis
Dept for Urban Planning, University of Aleppo, Syria
11.20
Urban Heritage Conservation as a Knowledge Base for Cultural
Planning
Dr Ahmed M Salah Ouf
Professor of Urban Design, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University
11.40
Mosque as a Center for Community Development
Dr Khosrow Movahed
Researcher, Besat Education Center, Shiraz, Iran
12.00
The Middle Eastern City & Globalization:Can Heritage Tourism
be a Catalyst for Revival?
Dr Djamel Boussaa
Lecturer, College of Engineering, UAE University
12.20
The Preservation of the Architectural and Urban Character
of Greater Cairo - Heliopolis Case Study
Ms Amani El Dwakhly, Assistant Professor, Cairo University
12.40
Constantine: A Strategically Located Algerian Historic City
Dr Rabah Boudebaba
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Sharjah
13.00
Questions and Discussion
13.20
LUNCH and Exhibition
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DAY
TWO - MONDAY 8 APRIL 2002
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PANEL
FOUR B - TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES TO ASSIST URBAN PLANNING
Parallel
Session
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CHAIR:
Professor Mufid Samarai, Director, Central Laboratories, University
of Sharjah
11.20
An Outlook for The Future of Urban Planning in Cyberspace
Dr Mostafa M El Araby
Associate Professor, Dept. of Architecture, UAE University
11.40
Internet Tools for Better Planning in the Gulf
Dr Amer A Moustafa
Associate Professor, American University of Sharjah
12.00
Questions and Discussion
12.20
The Principle of Transport Modelling
Mrs Payman Saied
American University of Sharjah
12.40
New Advances in Traffic Assignment and Signal Control
Dr Akmal Abdelfatah
Assistant Professor, American University of Sharjah
13.00
Questions and Discussion
13.20
LUNCH and Exhibition
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DAY
TWO - MONDAY 8 APRIL 2002
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PANEL
FIVE - EMERGING GLOBAL CITIES
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CHAIR:
Mr Steven Brown, Director of Research, RICS Foundation
14.
30 Report of the Emerging Global Cities Project:
Comparison of Singapore and Cities of the UAE
Dr Ali Parsa & Dr Ramin Keivani, South Bank
University
Prof Seow Eng Ong, Associate Prof Loo Lee Sim
& Mr Adeesh Agarwal, National University of Singapore
Dr Bassem Younes, University of Sharjah
15.10
Questions and Discussions
15.30
Refreshments
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DAY
TWO - MONDAY 8 APRIL 2002
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PANEL
SIX - GLOBALISATION AND CITY FUNCTIONS, SPECIALISATION,
CITY COMPETITION AND URBAN COMPLEMENTARITY
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CHAIR:
Dr Omar A Mashabi, Urban Planning Specialist, Dubai Municipality
15.45
Uneven Global Urbanisation & Mega Cities: Challenges for
a Global Urban Policy
Prof Hooshang Amirahmadi
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
16.05
Localising the Global: The Case Study of the Central Market,
Manama - Bahrain
Dr Souheil El-Masri
Dept of Civil & Architectural Engineering, University
of Bahrain
16.25
Globalisation, Real Estate and Urban Development:Building
Local Public Private Partnerships
Dr Ludek Sýkora
Lecturer, Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic
16.45
Questions and Discussion
17.15
End of Day Two
17.30
Shuttle Buses to Hotels
18.30
Shuttle Buses from Hotels to Mega Mall for Guided Tour and
shopping
20.30
Shuttle Buses from Mega Mall to Holiday International
21.00
CONFERENCE DINNER at Holiday International
Lagoon View
Tonight's
Conference Dinner is kindly sponsored by Mega Mall, Sharjah
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DAY
THREE - TUESDAY 9 APRIL 2002
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08.30
Shuttle Buses from Hotels to University City Hall, Sharjah
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PANEL
SEVEN - REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT & INVESTMENT:
IT'S ROLE IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
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CHAIR:
Dr Angus McIntosh, Partner, Director and Head of Research,
King Sturge International Property Consultants
09.00
The Role of Real Estate in Urban Development and Regeneration
Strategies
Prof Stanley McGreal
Professor of Property Research, University of Ulster, N Ireland
09.25
Using Geographic Information System to Model Real Estate Investment
Performance Based on Urban Neighbourhood Characteristics
Dr Abdul Hamid b Hj Mar Iman
Lecturer, Dept Property Management, Engineering & Geoinfo
Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
09.45
A Real Estate Strategic Model to Attract High Tertiary Sector
Offices Location
Ms Emilia Malcata Rebelo
Assistant Territorial and Environment Planning Section
Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
10.05
The Role of Real Estate Investment Funds as New Players in
Urban Growth: Lessons from the Italian Case
Mr Gastone Ave
Researcher, University of Ferrara, Italy
Strategy Advisor, Unicredito Immobiliare Uno
10.25
Questions and Discussion
10.45
Refreshments
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DAY
THREE - TUESDAY 9 APRIL 2002
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PANEL
EIGHT - ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
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CHAIR:
Prof Barry Redding, Professor of Real Estate, Faculty of the
Built Environment, South Bank University, London
11.00
Urban Land Market Reforms in Transition Countries: Neither
Marx nor Market
Ms Ellen Hamilton, R Buckley & P Ellis
Urban Specialist, World Bank
11.20
Towards a Viable Model of Urban Planning & Land Development
in Post-Socialist CEE Countries
Mr Gheorghe Petru Multescu, Architect & Urban Planner
Research Scholar, South Bank University, London, UK
11.40
New tools to manage public-private partnership for the renewal
of the cities - The case of new land policies
Ms Antonella Faggiani & Dr Ezio Micelli
Researcher, Planning Dept, University of Architecture, Venice,
Italy
12.00
Role of Institutions and Capacity Building within Czech Urban
Development Policies
Ms Dana Štumpova Mgr
Attorney, Stumpova & Partners, Prague, Czech Republic
12.20
The Role of Comparative Studies in Property and Planning Law
to Stimulate Property Investment in Middle Eastern Countries
Dr Zaid Agaileh
Research Fellow, South Bank University
12.40
Questions and Discussion
13.00
LUNCH and Exhibition
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DAY
THREE - TUESDAY 9 APRIL 2002
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PANEL
NINE - ECONOMICS OF CITY DEVLOPMENT IN THE NEW URBAN
CONTEXT
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CHAIR:
Dr Basil Al-Bustani, Economic Development Advisor to the Government
of Ras Al Khaimah
14.00
Sustainable Urban Growth in the New Economic and Demographic
Context: The Economic Conditions of Urban Recycling
Mr Vincent Renard
Senior Researcher, CNRS-ADEF, Paris, France
14.20
Regional Development in the UK: the Case of London
Dr Marc Stephens
Head of Strategy and Policy, London Development Agency
14.40
Financing Enterprise Restructuring: How to Combine Enterprise
Restructuring with Poverty Alleviation
Mr Geoffrey Hamilton
Regional Adviser, Co-ordinator of Unit for Operational Activities
15.00
Questions and Discussion
15.20
Refreshments
15.50
Best Paper Award Ceremony
16.20
Press Release and Close of Symposium
16.30 Close of the Fifth Sharjah Urban Planning Symposium
16.35
Shuttle buses to hotels
18.30
Bus from Hotels to Sahara Centre for Guided Tour and shopping
20.30
Bus from Sahara Centre to Hotels and Farewells
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