Summit day three: Tuesday 21 June 2011

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08:15 – 08:45 Registration and refreshments

08:45 – 09:00 Chairman’s welcome and opening remarks

Stephen Oehme
Freelance Consultant and Regional Director: Value Management & Sustainability
Hyder Consulting Middle East

Optimising domestic resources

09:00 – 09:30 Highlighting the outcome of developing a legal and regulatory framework for affordable housing development

Gary Bugden OAM
Chairman
ISS Consulting Advisor
Department of Municipal Affairs Abu Dhabi City

09:30 – 10:00 Understanding the role of Government, private sector and welfare societies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abdulla Al Nuaim
Chairman
Arab Urban Development Institute
Former Mayor
Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia

10:00 – 10:30 Morning break, networking and refreshments

Maximising durability in affordable housing

10.30 – 11.00 Examining the role of prefabrication in affordable housing

Dr. Alex Amato
Associate Director
Davis Langdon

11:00 – 11:30 Using affordable green building techniques in hot and dry climates

Casius Pealer
Senior Sustainable Buildings Advisor
Affordable Housing Institute
Former Director of Affordable Housing
U.S. Green building Council (USGbC)

11:30 – 12:15 Panel discussion: Maximising domestic resources to develop affordable housing communities

Dr. Alex Amato
Associate Director
Davis Langdon

Salim Talib Al Sheedi
Chief Executive Officer
Oman Society of Contractors

Gary Bugden OAM
Chairman
ISS Consulting
Advisor
Department of Municipal Affairs Abu Dhabi City

Casius Pealer
Senior Sustainable Buildings Advisor
Affordable Housing Institute
Former Director of Affordable Housing
U.S. Green building Council (USGbC)

12:15 – 13:30 Lunch break and networking opportunity

Achieving required socio-economic goals through world class education, technologies and services

13:30 – 14:00 Highlighting the ideal services framework that should increase transparency and facilitate delivery

Maysa Saba
Associate
Affordable Housing Institute

14:00 – 14.30 Establishing measurable parameters of success

Ivar Krasinsky
Principal Design Director
Burt Hill

14:30 – 15:00 Afternoon Break and networking

15:00 – 15:30 Identifying and using innovative technologies to ensure cost-effective and sustainable design

Farid Ismail
Founding Partner
X Architects

15:30 – 16:00 Presenting a multi-level approach to design a new prototype for social and ecological housing in Oman

Prof. Nikolaus Knebel
Associate Professor Architectural and Urban Design, Department of Urban Planning and Architecture
German University of Technology, Oman

Wilfried Hofmann
Architect
bauplus - prof. nolte and partners architects and engineers

16:00 Final comments from the Chair and end of summit day three

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