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| Opening Ceremony |
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Video Address by Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
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| Special Plenary Session (Session Chairs: Imran IQBAL (SUPARCO), Lorant CZARAN (UNOOSA)) |
| Keynote - UNISPACE+50 and the importance of space technologies for water and development related SDGs - Lorant CZARAN, UNOOSA, Austria |
| Keynote - Global Surface Water - The where and when of inland and coastal waters - Andreas BRINK, European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), Italy |
| Keynote - Earth Observations in support of the SDG monitoring frameworks - Douglas CRIPE, GEO Secretariat, Swithzerland |
| Keynote - African Association of Remote Sensing of Environment (AARSE) - Promoting effective utilisation of Earth Observation Systems for Africa's Development - Kamal LABBASSI, Secretary General, AARSE, Morocco |
| Plenary Session 1 - Space Applications for Water Security and Risk Management (Moderator: Faisal KARIM, SUPARCO, Chair: Yun CHEN, CSIRO Australia
Co-chair: Yaoming MA, ITP/CAS China) |
| Keynote Address - Shahbaz KHAN, UNESCO, Indonesia |
| Identifying River Bank Erosion Hot Spots and Mapping River Discharge Data using Geo-spatial Technologies - Zahir ALI, SUPARCO, Pakistan |
| Use of Space Technology to Water Resources Management in Syria - Marwan KOUDMANI, Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development Society, Syria |
| Space Applications for Water and Disaster Management - Serbia Space Strategy 2018-2024 - Milan MIJOVIC, Serbian office for Space sciences, research and development, Serbia |
| Geospatial Technologies for Flood Hazard Assessment in Pakistan - Muhammad FAROOQ, SUPARCO, Pakistan |
| Introduction and Interactive Ideas Session |
| United Nations/PSIPW Space and Water Portal - Nina KICKINGER, UNOOSA, Austria |
| Plenary Session 2 - Geospatial Information in Water Resource Management (cont.) - (Moderator: Jahanzeb MALIK, SUPARCO, Chair: Shahbaz KHAN, UNESCO, Indonesia, Co-chair: Yinsheng ZHANG, ITP/CAS China) |
| Keynote - Monitoring, Detecting Surface Water Using Remote Sensing - Yun CHEN, CSIRO, Australia |
| Assessing Water Ecosystem Services and their Dependency on Land use changes with Google Earth Engine and ArcSWAT: A case study of the Azov Sea Basin - Sara PRUCKNER, Central European University, Austria |
| UNESCO World Water Quality Portal: Water Quality Monitoring Using Satellite Data -Sarantuyaa ZANDARYAA, UNESCO, France |
| Improving Land Surface Model simulations via advancements in parameterizations and assimilations of satellite-retrieved estimates - Jahanzeb MALIK, SUPARCO, Pakistan |
| Murgh-O-Mahi Cube Satellite for Water Resource Management - Muhammad-Hassaan SHEIKH, British Columbia Institute of Technology Satellite Launch Program, Canada |
| Sustainable use of irrigation water in arid areas of East-Africa - Ambrose OTACHI, Jinja Engineering Company, Uganda |
| Plenary Session 2 - Geospatial Information in Water Resource Management (cont.) - (Moderator: Jahanzeb MALIK, SUPARCO, Chair: Sarantuyaa ZANDARYAA, UNESCO, France, Co-chair: Victor LAGUTOV, CEU Hungary) |
| Discovery of Groundwater Reserves - Mohamed Ahmed TARABZOUNI, KACST, Saudi Arabia |
| Improving Water Management in Punjab (Pakistan) Barani areas through use of geospatial technologies - Arifa LODHI, SUPARCO and Muhammad KAMRAN, ABAD, Pakistan |
| Flash Floods due to Urbanization - Sumaira ZAFAR, Institute of Space Technology (IST), Pakistan |
| Application of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imagery for Disaster Management - Muhammad Maisam RAZA, SUPARCO, Pakistan |
| Spatio-temporal analysis of changes in rainfall regime using long term satellite based rainfall data in the Sudano Sahelian zone of Nigeria - Muhammad USMAN, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Special Administrative Region of China |
| Iranian Experiences on using of satellite images and energy balance based algorithms in estimating the actual Evapotranspiration - Karimi NEAMAT, Water Research Institute, Iran |
| Annual run-off estimation of Kunhar River using Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques - Muhammad JAWAD, SUPARCO, Pakistan |
| Improved Water Resources Management Using Geospatial Data and Remote Sensing Techniques (Case Study - AL Azraq Area) - Nivin HASAN and Awni KHASAWNEH, Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre, Jordan |
| Validation of TRMM satellite data with rain gauge data in Sindh province, Pakistan Muhammad Usman KHAN, SUPARCO, Pakistan |
| Space Technology for Water Management - Pramod GAUTAM, Disaster Management Division, Nepal |
| Spatio-temporal water quality assessment of River Ravi over and surrounding of Lahore district - Muhammad LUQMAN, Ammad BAIG, Samiullah KHAN - University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Designing Rapid Response Mapping System for Flood Monitoring and Damage Assessment using Geospatial Technologies - Muhammad ALI, SUPARCO, Pakistan |
| Optimization of water resources using conjunctive management approach for surface and groundwater - Rabia TABASSUM, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST), Pakistan |
| Plenary Session 3 - Using Space Technologies to Address Water Challenges in Mountain Regions - (Moderator: Suhaib BIN FARHAN, SUPARCOChair: Douglas CRIPE, GEO Secretariat, Co-chair: Mohamed Ahmed TARABZOUNI, KACST, Saudi Arabia) |
| Keynote - Glacier Volume in Upper Indus River Basin - Solid Storage of Pakistan Water - Yinsheng ZHANG, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Trans-boundary hydro-ecological and spatio-temporal characterization of large water - Athar HUSSAIN, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology |
| Satellite topographic mapping: a key space technology for sustainable water resources monitoring and management Basuti BOLO, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana |
| Space Based Assessment of Glacier Fluctuation in the Hunza Basin, Western Karakoram Pakistan - Muhammad Ateeq QURESHI, SUPARCO, Pakistan |
| Monitoring of glaciers and modeling of future melt-water availability in snow- and glacier-fed basin of North Pakistan - Suhaib Bin FARHAN, SUPARCO, Pakistan |
| Assessment of watershed modeling using ArcSWAT and SPHY, A case study from a High-Altitude Glacierized Catchment Hunza - Syeda Saleha ALI, Institute of Space Technology (IST) |
| Posters Exhibition and Lightning Talks Session |
| Space-borne inventory of existing sinkholes and detection of alike-occurring areas in the Siberian permafrost region - Alice BOURDET, France |
| Application of remote sensing and GIS for urban flood risk assessment: the case of lower Don River - Anastasia KVASHA, Russia |
| Water related problems in Afghanistan - Mohammad Hamed AMIRI, Iran |
| Remote sensing and GIS based land use land cover change. A case study from the Bostanlik District, Uzbekistan - Mukhiddin JULIEV, Uzbekistan |
| Some recommendations for monitoring the level of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers based on the GNSS - Erkin MIRMAKHMUDOV, Uzbekistan |
| Evaluation of Uremia lake bathymetry using remotely sensing data - Sara SHESHANGOSHT, Iran |
| Use of MODIS-based standard vegetation index (SVI) for monitoring drought in the Tunisian drylands - Bouajila ESSIFI, Tunisia |
| Plenary Session 4 - Capacity Building and Cooperation Initiatives - (Moderator: Muhammad IQBAL, SUPARCO Chair: Athar HUSSAIN, COMSATS Co-chair: Bouajila ESSIFI, Tunisia) |
| Keynote - The Possible Impact of Black Carbon on the Recent Changes of Water Cycle Pattern over the Third Pole - Aiqing XU, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
| The ARCSSTEE PGD program and the GMES Project: the Journey so Far - Oladosu OLAKUNLE, African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology, Nigeria |
| Role of Universities in Capacity Building on Application of Satellite Technologies - Viktor LAGUTOV, ISEPEI Project, Central European University, Hungary |
| Role of Academic Institutions regarding Application of Remote Sensing Data for Water Management: Bangladesh Perspective - Ahmed PARVEZ, Green University of Bangladesh, Bangladesh |
| Equal Space Right - Chetanath NEUPANE, Xavier International college, Kalopul Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Review of current status of space application for water management in developing countries and the potential development in Sudan - Hanadi ABDALLA, University of Khartoum Space Research Centre, Sudan |
| Plenary Session 5: Case Studies - Presentations(Moderator: Zahir ALI, SUPARCO, Chair: Abed ALATAWAY, PSIPW Saudi Arabia, Co-chair: Andreas BRINK, European Commission, JRC) |
| Keynote - Tools and Services for the Humanitarian Community for Groundwater Exploration and Water Management - Lorenz WENDT, University of Salzburg, Germany |
| Microplastics as Environmental Stressor and Threat to Human and Sea Life - Funmilola OLUWAFEMI, Ropo-Afolabi OLBIYI, National Space Research And Development Agency, NASRDA, Nigeria |
| Satellite data and GIS to help water development and management - Geraint BURROWS, Groundwater Relief, United Kingdom |
| Influence of hydrological fluctuations on vegetation and avifauna species composition, abundance and diversity in the Bahi Swamp Wetlands Central Tanzania - Geofrey SOKA, College of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism, Sokoine University, Tanzania |
| Spectral and Meteorological based Indices for Drought Monitoring: A Case Study in the Sulaimaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan Region - Ayad AL-QURAISHI, University of Kufa, Iraq |
| Soil and Water Conservation Needs Assessment using Geospatial Techniques: A case Study of Potohar Region of Pakistan - Muhammad IQBAL, SUPARCO, Pakistan |
| GIS based identification of water borne diseases - Hina ARIF, PDMA, Pakistan |
| Surveillance and analysis for causes of water pollution in groundwater - Shahid IQBAL, University of Punjab, Pakistan |
| Delineation of groundwater recharge potential sites in Lahore using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques - Bilal ASLAM, SUPARCO, Pakistan |
| Remote Sensing applications in agricultural water management in central Russia - Elisaveta KHAZIEVA, Russia |
| Economizing Water Resources Using Geo-spatial Technology Based Solutions in Pakistan - Faisal KARIM, SUPARCO, Pakistan |
| Impact of Change in Depth to Groundwater on Vegetation Cover - A Case Study for Portion of Upper Thal Doab, Punjab-Pakistan - Syed Saad ALI, SUPARCO, Pakistan |
| Application of geospatial technologies to assist groundwater exploration in Thar desert - Muhammad Badar MUNIR, SUPARCO, Pakistan |
| Crop water productivity under climate forcing and irrigation strategy in the irrigated zone of Doukkala, Morocco - Kamal LABASSI, AARSE, Morocco |
| Demonstration of the Data Cube - Yun CHEN, CSIRO, Australia |