Bahraini official keynote speaker in Abu Dhabi Coast Summit

Former Ministry of Works and Housing Undersecretary and Coastal Planning and Engineering Consultant Nayef Omar Al Kalali will be hosted as a keynote speaker at the Coast and Marine Engineering Summit, which will be held in Abu Dhabi from April 24 to 27, 2016. The summit is being organised by the International Quality and Productivity Centre (IQPC).

Al Kalali will deliver the first keynote paper in the conference entitled: “The Top Ten Coastal Development Projects in the Arabian Gulf; Best Practices and the Major Lessons Learned.”

The paper reviews the most important coastal land reclamation projects in the Arabian Gulf, best planning practices, reclamation of coasts and artificial islands for development and recreational uses.

The conference, which includes a training workshop, will address new master-planning techniques in coastal development projects and facilities design including artificial islands.

Al Kalali called upon the relevant authorities in the public and private sectors in the Kingdom to participate in this event owing to the importance of development of the coasts and beaches in Bahrain.