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United Nations/ Islamic Republic of Iran Regional Workshop on the Use of Space Technology for Environmental Security, Disaster Rehabilitation and Sustainable Development


Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, 8 – 12 May 2004

Final Programme



Saturday, 8 May
  • 0800 – 0915 Registration of Participants
  • 0915 – 1015 Opening Ceremony
    Chairperson: Mr. A. TALEBZADEH (Iran Space Agency)
    • Statement by President of Iran Space Agency – Mr. Hassan SHAFTI
    • Statement by UNOOSA – Mr. David STEVENS
    • Opening Statement by H.E. Minister for Communication and Information Technology – Mr. Ahmad MOTAMEDI
  • 1015 – 1045 Tea Break
  • 1045 – 1230 Keynote Presentations
    Chairperson: Mr. SAFAVI (Telecommunication Research Institute of Iran)
    Rapporteur: Mr. P. TARIKHI (Iran Space Agency)
    • Mr. Ali Mohammad NOURIAN (Iranian Meteorological Organisation) – “Disasters, Meteorology and Weather”
    • Mr. Reza ARDAKANIAN (Ministry of Energy) – “Application of Satellite Imagery in Water Resources Development”
    • Mr. Sassan SAATCHI (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA) “Applications of Remote Sensing Data for Monitoring Natural and Man-made Environmental Hazards”
    • Mr. Bernard ALLENBACH (SERTIT, France) – “The International Charter Space and Major Disasters: Bam Earthquake”
    • Mr. David STEVENS (United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs) – “The Use of Spacebased Technologies: The Role of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs”
  • 1230 – 1400 Lunch
  • 1400 – 1600 Presentation Session 1 – Sustainable Development
    Chairperson: Mr. Talal DARWISH (National Centre for Remote Sensing, National Council for Scientific Research, Lebanon)
    Rapporteur: Mr. Eltayeb Osman ADAM (Remote Sensing Authority, Sudan)
    • Mr. Abbas RAJABIFARD (Centre for SDIs and Land Administration, Department of Geomatics, University of Melbourne, Australia) – “Developing Spatial Data Infrastructure to Facilitate Data Sharing and Disaster Management”
    • Mr. N. HAJIZADEH ZAKER (National Centre for Oceanography – Ministry of Science, Research and Technology) – “Satellite Data Applications for Oceanography and Sustainable Development of Marine Environments”
    • Mr. F. BARZEGAR (NGO) – “Satellite-Data Based Studies of Natural Disasters in Iran”
    • Mr. S. MALAVIYA and Mr. Bal KRISHNA (GIS Development, India) – “Geomatics in Asia”
  • 1600 – 1630 Tea Break
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