Khatib & Alami Organizes GIS Day 2006 in Beirut under the Patronage of the Lebanese Prime Minister H.E.Fouad Saniora November 2006

Celebrated worldwide, GIS Day 2006 was also marked in Lebanon on November 15, 2006. K&A, being one of the pioneers that have spread GIS as a breaking-through technology ever since its birth more than a decade ago, celebrated GIS in that day as now customary in the firm’s tradition.

 

Under the patronage of the H.E. Fouad Saniora, the Lebanese Prime Minister, K&A hosted a forum titled “GIS in Humanitarian Services” at the Movenpick Hotel in Beirut. The event hosted around 200 experts who were mainly related to governmental organizations, local and international non-governmental organizations, the private sector as well as academia.

 

 In 4 hours, the audience shared integral knowledge, technology and model projects, where the event included presentations from representatives of key entities that are active in the humanitarian field. The lectures were divided into two major sessions, and included the following topics: “Using GIS for Demining” (by Mine Action Coordination Centre), “Using GIS for Supporting Field Logistics” (by UNJLC), “Using GIS for Emergency Response” (by Lebanese Red Cross), “Using GIS for Mapping Displaced Population” (by Ministry of Health), “Spatially Enabled Electronic Decision Support System for Damage Assessment and Economic Restoration” (ArabiaGIS and seeCOSM). K&A’s presentation was titled “Using GIS for War Damage Assessment”, presented by Manal El Sayyed.