Key note speakers of the Fifth Sharjah Urban Planning Symposium include (see summary of keynote speeches):

• Professor Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago, US

• Professor Riadh Tabbara, Centre for Development Studies, Lebanon

Selected international speakers of the Fifth Sharjah Urban Planning Symposium include (see abstracts):

• Dr Saleh Al-Hathloul, Deputy Minister for Town Planning, Saudi Arabia

• Professor Hooshang Amirahmadi, Rutgers University, US

• Angus McIntosh, Partner and Head of Research, King Sturge International, London, UK

• Dr Ali Shaat, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Planning and International
  Cooperation, Palestine Authority

• Dr Omar Mashabi, Urban Planning Consultant, Dubai Municipality, UAE

• Professor Stanley McGreal, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland

• Professor Ahmed Salah Ouf, University of Cairo, Egypt

• Professor Seow-Eng Ong, National University of Singapore

• Associate Professor Sim Loo Lee, National University of Singapore

• Dr Ismail Omar, Technical University of Malyasia

• Vincent Renard, CNRS - ADEF, Ecole Politechnique de Paris, France

• Stephen Brown, Head of Research, RICS Foundation, London, UK

• Ludek Sykora , Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic