ISSE 14

Overview

This conference aims to bring researchers from around the world to the UAE to share their research findings and address issues in sustainability research and education. The conference represents an excellent opportunity for participants to hear from researchers, academic experts, educators and practitioners about the latest developments in sustainable systems. The conference themes include the environmental, economic and social dimensions of sustainability.

Important Dates

Call for Papers

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Contact Details

For any inquiry, please contact:

Ms. Salwa Mohamed - [email protected] or [email protected].

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Track Chairs

Track: Urban and Transport Systems
Chair: Ghassan Abu-Lebdeh, AUS, UAE

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Track: Water and Environmental Systems
Chair: M. Maruf Mortula, AUS, UAE

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Track: Fundamentals of Sustainability Science
Chair: Fatin Samara, AUS, UAE

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Track: Design, Construction and the Built Environment
Chair: Adil Al-Tamimi, AUS, UAE & Serter Atabay, AUS, UAE
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Track: Sustainable Manufacturing
Chair: Ibrahim Deiab, AUS, UAE

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Track: Social and Eco System Sustainability
Chair: Fatin
Samara, AUS, UAE
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Track: Economic Transparency and Sustainable Business Practices
Chair: Fang Zhao, AUS, UAE

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Speakers

Khalid Al Huraimel, Group Chief Executive Officer, Bee'ah

Khaled Al Huraimel is the Group Chief Executive Officer of
Bee'ah. Al Huraimel oversees the company's day-to-day operations and maximizes
the efficiency of projects by ensuring close cooperation and communication
between different departments. He helps Bee'ah operate at the forefront of the
environmental industry both regionally and internationally while his strategic
planning helps strengthen the company's environmental achievements, growth and
profitability.

Before joining Bee'ah, Al Huraimel was one of the founders
and CEO of Arabian Global Investments LLC (AGI), a UAE-based investments
company founded in 2007 to invest in emerging real estate opportunities.

In 2005, Al Huraimel took on the role as Chief Operating
Officer of Dubai Waterfront at Nakheel, a large-scale project that occupies a
last undeveloped sea-facing land in Dubai that's twice the size of Hong Kong.
Being entirely responsible for the project, Al Huraimel played a key role in
its development and worked closely with the project's master planners,
consultants, major investors and developers. In his role with Nakheel, he was
responsible for launching Madinat Al Arab at the Dubai Waterfront, a
development that made Dubai history when it was sold for AED 13 billion in just
five days.

Previously, Al Huraimel held the position of Senior Manager
of Sales & Marketing at ENOC International Sales in 1998, a subsidiary of
Emirates National Oil Company where, he expanded ENOC's international sales
network to over 20 countries.

Al Huraimel holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in
Marketing from King Fahd University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as well as
an MBA from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom. He is also a
graduate from the first batch of students to study at the prestigious Dubai
Leaders Programme at Wharton Business School in Pennsylvania, USA.

Sedat KADIOĞLU, Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs in Turkey

Sedat KADIOĞLU is the Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs in Turkey; dealing with water management and international issues. He was born in 1964, Erzurum, Turkey. He has Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry Department of the Atatürk University. He initially worked as an Environmental Deputy Expert in the Ministry of Environment and subsequently became an Environmental Expert on Water, Air Quality and Waste issues. Later on, KADIOĞLU was appointed as the Head of Department in the same Ministry. In 2003, following the combination of the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Forestry (afterwards called as "Ministry of Environment and Forestry"), he worked as the Deputy Director in the General Directorate of Environmental Management and then served as the Head of Department of European Union and Foreign Relations and following this, in 2007, was appointed as the Deputy Undersecretary being responsible for environmental and international issues in the same Ministry. In 2011, he was the Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization. He has been representing the Ministry in lots of national and international meetings.

Gil (Guillermo) Penalosa, Executive Director, 8 - 80 Cities

Gil Penalosa is the executive director of the Canadian non-profit organization 8-80 Cities for the past six years, and a former Commissioner of Parks, Sport and Recreation for the City of Bogotá, Colombia. Gil successfully led the design and development of over 200 parks of which Simón Bolívar, a 360 hectare park in the heart of the city is the best known; here he created the Summer Festival, with over 100 events in 10 days and more than 3 million people attending, making it the main annual recreational and cultural event in the country. Gil's team also initiated the "new Ciclovia"- a program which sees over 1 million people walk, run, skate and bike along 121 kilometers of Bogotá's city roads every Sunday, and today it's internationally recognized and emulated. Gil also works as Senior Consultant for the renowned Danish firm Gehl Architects. He serves on the Board of Directors of City Parks Alliance, USA, and is a Senior Advisor to StreetFilms in NYC, American Trails, and America Walks. Gil holds an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management, where he recently was selected as one of the "100 Most Inspirational Alumni" in the school's history. In 2013 he received the Queen Elizabeth II - Diamond Jubilee Medal, given by the Governor General of Canada, adding up to earlier recognitions like the Medal of High Honour from the Colombian Ministry of Education, the Kirk French Spirit Award for Excellence from the City of Mississauga, Canada, the 2011 Urban Innovator Award by Guadalajara 2020 Mexico, and "Top 10 Most Influential Hispanic - Canadians" in 2012. Gil has also contributed chapters to three books: Enabling Cycling Cities: Ingredients for Success - CIVITAS, Europe; Facilities for Cyclists - Copenhagen, Denmark; Resilient Sustainable Cities, Melbourne, Australia.

Dr. Walid Saleh, Head of MENA regional programme, The United Nations University-Institute for Water, Environment, and Health

Dr .Saleh has over 20 years of experience in multidisciplinary international water management & sustainable development research. Following his PhD on water resources management, he worked as a private consultant in Canada for several years before joining the United Nations. He now travels extensively in MENA region lecturing, researching and providing technical advice. His work covers a range of sustainable development issues; such as work on the integrated Watershed Management in Jordan and Palestine, Nitrate Pollution in Syria, and shared Water data base with the League of Arab States. Dr. Saleh also chairs the technical committee of the Human Integrated Management Approach (HIMA) Initiative lunched May 2012 under the patronage of HRH Prince Hassan Bin Talal; Chair of The UNSG's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB). He also serves as the technical advisor of the media group of the Blue Peace Initiative. Recently, Dr. Saleh won the Education Leadership Award of the Philip Kotler Initiative for a Better World, and the Arabian Knight for Quality 2013 Award.

Professor Steen Leleur, Technical University of Denmark

Steen Leleur is professor of decision support systems and planning at DTU
Transport at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). He is an experienced
transport planner who has participated in numerous activities, especially in
the fields of national and international strategic transport planning
studies, transport investment planning, road project appraisals and road
project priority scheme studies. Leleur is author of the textbooks Road Infrastructure Planning - A Decision-
Oriented Approach, published in 2000 by Polyteknisk, Second Edition, and
Systemic Planning: Principles and Methodology for Planning in a Complex
World, Second Edition, published in 2008 also by Polyteknisk. His most
recent book is Complex Strategic Choices - Applying Systemic Planning for
Strategic Decision Making published in 2012 by Springer in its Series in
Decision Engineering. Current research interests are decision support
provided by technical modeling involving complex objective functions as
relate to sustainable transport planning and modeling of risk and
uncertainty in project evaluation.

Rolf Herrmann, Technical Manager, Schlumberger Water Services

Rolf Herrmann is the Technical Manager of Schlumberger Water Services and based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates for the last 10 years. As a principal hydrogeologist with 20 years of experience, he is involved in subsurface exploration and the evaluation of aquifers and reservoirs. He provides expertise in the development of conceptual models and numerical simulations. His specialties include aquifer and reservoir characterization, dynamic simulation and water management, and all aspects of aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) systems. He has a MS degree in geology from the State University of New York, and a BS degree in Earth Sciences from the University of Wuerzburg in Germany.

Dr. Ali Amiri, Senior Sustainability Consultant, Ramboll Middle East

Dr. Ali Amiri is a Senior Sustainability Consultant at Ramboll Middle East. He completed doctoral research on issues of sustainability and carbon/energy accounting of projects and organizations and was awarded a PhD from University College London in this specialization. He is primarily responsible for technical development and implementation of Ramboll projects and internal activities relating to sustainability appraisal, carbon accounting/footprinting, climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. His experience includes the development of a holistic methodology for appraising sustainability of projects and embedding sustainability principles into various design schemes, developing climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies for major projects/clients, research into the carbon footprint of different construction methods within the building sector, whole life carbon accounts for major transport and building infrastructure projects, and development of a carbon accounting approach for a very large infrastructure development and management contracts within the UK defense sector.

In addition to peer review of the proceedings of some ICE journals, Dr. Amiri has authored and co‐authored a number of publications, such as Accounting for the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Construction: A UK Case Study, A Review of Worldwide Road Construction Carbon Accounting Practices and Outstanding Challenges, A Model for Appraising the Sustainability of Infrastructures-Highway Bridges, Unlocking the Potential Change for Delivering Transformational Change in the Sustainability, and Performance of Civil Engineering Projects.

Registration

Deadline: Registration must be completed before December 15, 2013.

Conference Registration Fees: US $450 (US $250 for students)
Fees include coffee breaks, lunch, a conference dinner and a tour.

Workshop/Training Seminar Fees: US $250 per workshop/seminar.

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