Program

Inaugural Session

Vision for a Smart Infrastructure Driven Middle East

This session will throw light from a vision perspective of taking the Middle East region to the next level of infrastructural development with the help of cutting edge Geospatial driven ICT solutions.

Plenary Keynote Sessions

‘BIM-Driven’ Infrastructural Development: Is the Middle East Prepared?

While cities like Dubai have taken giant steps towards adopting BIM as a policy mandate formed by the Government, which has realized the potentiality of adopting this as a definitive business process for developing modern and sustainable infrastructure, the question still remains whether other cities in the region are ready to take the proverbial plunge towards this modernization drive and extract the best out of this adoption. This session will feature expert opinion from various speakers within the region (representing various Governments as well as AEC Consultants and Geospatial Experts) who will throw light on the existing challenges that they are facing in this pursuit.

Integrating G-IT, BIM and ICT for Sustainable Infrastructure

BIM is a process that involves creating and using an intelligent 3D model to inform and communicate project decisions. Design, visualization, simulation, and collaboration enabled by BIM solutions provide greater clarity for all stakeholders across the project lifecycle. BIM makes it easier to achieve project and business goals. This process of analysis gains its optimal potency when it gets integrated with Geospatial Information and Technology which facilitates the development and maintenance of infrastructure assets by eliminating data redundancy, miscommunication, and costly conversion when moving through the entire project life cycle of an infrastructure including planning, design, construction, and operation. This integration gets further steam when allied technologies like mobile, cloud computing, etc., are thrown into the mix. This session will trace the importance of this proposed integration and showcase as to how it can help in getting better control on an infrastructure’s project life-cycle.

Panel Discussion

Integrating Geospatial with BIM and ICT for Optimal ROI on Infrastructure Projects

Many developed countries across the globe are taking rapid steps towards adding more teeth to their infrastructure construction initiatives by adopting BIM as a business process for similar projects purely due to reasons that revolve around having greater control throughout the project life cycle. Interestingly, Geospatial Technology finds itself in the middle of every level in a typical project life cycle – Planning, Designing, Building, and Maintenance that can successfully interact with BIM at each stage. This integration gains further prominence when complementing ICT solutions are thrown into the mix resulting in empowering the project stakeholders at every stage – right from planner to architect, to builder and moving on to the owner/operator. This kind of control effectively ensures mitigation of construction issues such as mismatches, rework, clashes and ensures efficiency in terms of improved cost, quality & time. This panel discussion will feature experts who will throw light on the importance of this integration and will focus on bringing to light the potential of achieving optimal ROI from this initiation.