Program

Download Details Program Schedule (updated on 23 July 2009)

 

July 24, 2009 (Friday): Pre-Conference Workshops

09:00 Hrs- 10:00 Hrs    Registration in The Golkonda Hyderabad

Time

Workshop

10:00 Hrs – 11:30 Hrs

Sustainable Health and Well-Being: Persistent GIS

11:30 Hrs – 11:45 Hrs

Tea

11:45 Hrs – 13:30 Hrs

Sustainable Health and Well-Being: Persistent GIS

13:30 Hrs – 14:30 Hrs

Lunch

14:30 Hrs – 16:00 Hrs

Open Source GIS based framework for Health SDI

16:00 Hrs – 16:15 Hrs

Tea

16:15 Hrs – 17:30 Hrs

Open Source GIS based framework for Health SDI

 

July 25, 2009 (Saturday): Conference - Day 1

09:00 Hrs - 18:00 Hrs     Registration in Hyderabad International Convention Center(HICC)

09:30 Hrs - 10:45 Hrs     Opening Ceremony 

Dr. I.V. Murali Krishna, Chairman, Organising Committee, HealthGIS 2009
Dr. V. Jayaraman, Director, National Remote Sensing Centre, NRSC, India
Dr. Said Irandoust, President, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
H.E. Sri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
H.E. Dr. YSR Reddy, Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh, India
Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi, Organising Secretary, HealthGIS 2009

10:45 Hrs - 11:30 Hrs     Key Note by Dr. Bill Davenhall, ESRI, USA

11:30 Hrs - 12:00 Hrs     Inauguration of Exhibition and Tea       

12:00 Hrs - 13:30 Hrs     Key Note Session - 1

Chairpersons: Dr. Kaew Nualchawee and Dr. Saied Pirasteh
Professor Dr. G.P. Patil, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Professor Dr. Hyo Choi, Kangnung-Wonju National University, Korea
Professor Dr. Fazlay S. Faruque, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA
Dr. Marc Souris, Research on Informatics and GIS, IRD, France

13:30 Hrs - 14:30 Hrs     Lunch

14:30 Hrs - 16:00 Hrs     Key Note Session - 2

Chairpersons: Dr. Marc Souris and Dr. B.G. Sangameshwara
Director, Health Management Research Institute, Andhra Pradesh, India
Director, National Remote Sensing Centre, India
Regional Director, Digital Globe, Singapore
…….  More to be finalized

14:30 Hrs - 16:00 Hrs     Workshop on Digital Governance and Hotspot Geoinformatics

16:00 Hrs - 16:20 Hrs     Tea

16:20 Hrs - 17:50 Hrs     Technical sessions - 1, 2, 3

18:00 Hrs - 19:00 Hrs     Cocktail Dinner

19:00 Hrs - 21:00 Hrs     JalaSRI Dance Ballet by Ms. Jhelum Paranjpe, SMITALAY Group (Sponsors: AgIT, The Pennsylvania State Univ., ICRISAT, MRD)

 

July 26, 2009 (Sunday): Conference - Day 2

08:00 Hrs - 13:30 Hrs     Registration in HICC*

09:00 Hrs - 10:30 Hrs     Technical Sessions - 4, 5 and Workshop on Gerontology

10:30 Hrs - 10:50 Hrs     Tea and Poster Session

10:50 Hrs - 12:15 Hrs     Technical Sessions - 6, 7 and Workshop on Gerontology

12:15 Hrs - 13:30 Hrs     Technical Sessions - 8, 9 and Workshop on UNIGIS

13:30 Hrs - 14:30 Hrs     Lunch

14:30 Hrs - 15:30 Hrs     Technical Session 10, 11 and 12

15:30 Hrs - 16:15 Hrs     Keynote Session 3

Dr.-Ing. Phisan Santitamnont, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Dr. Ravi Gupta, Editor, e- Health and e-Givernance and Digital Learning
Dr. Thomas Krafft, Director, Geomed Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Germany
Dr. Kaew Nualchawee, Burapha University, Thailand

16:15 Hrs - 16:30 Hrs     Tea

16:30 Hrs - 17:30 Hrs     Plenary, Awards and Closing Ceremony

*HICC = Hyderabad International Convention Center