8:30 Session Chairman’s opening remarks

Loay Ghazaleh
Advisor, Ministry of Works
Bahrain

Diversifying affordable housing financing sources to meet the growing demand (cont.)

8:45 Encouraging the development of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the affordable housing sector

• Analyzing private sector interest for planned projects and how the government can create incentives for investments
• Creating transparency and efficiency in PPPs in conjunction with enhancing social and cultural acceptance
• Boosting PPPs to meet investment needs in the regions, reducing transaction costs and securing competitive bids

Loay Ghazaleh
Advisor, Ministry of Works
Bahrain

Adopting the appropriate legal and regulatory framework for developing affordable housing projects

9:15 Understanding Oman’s regulation to acquire land for affordable housing projects

• Debating the legal access to land as a strategic prerequisite for the provision of adequate and affordable housing
• Understanding land policy and legislative frameworks in Oman for social housing projects
• Reviewing the tender process and upcoming social housing projects

Dr. Ali bin Azzan bin Ali Al Hashami
Advisor
Ministry of Housing, Oman

9:45 Overcoming affordable housing challenges of delivery and accessibility

• Reviewing structuring options available for the delivery of housing
• Understanding regulatory and legal challenges
• Discussing potential solutions for improving access to housing

Abdul-Haq Mohammed
Partner and Head of Real Estate - Middle East
Trowers & Hamlins

10:15 Identifying factors for successful housing delivery to meet Oman’s housing needs

• Affecting progress of project development while adhering to the local legal structure
• Going beyond conventional choices to advance housing delivery
• Choosing the right partners to overcome project location obstacles

Abdul Rahman Barham
Chief Executive Officer
Al Madina Real Estate Company

11:15 Panel discussion: Encouraging the development of affordable housing projects in Oman

• Developing a clear and understandable legal framework
• Adapting building and land regulations to facilitate projects development
• Developing incentives to encourage private and foreign investors involvement

Facilitated by:

Maysa Sabah
MENA Advisor
Affordable Housing Institute

Planning, designing and building affordable housing within budget using appropriate materials

11:55 Session Chairman’s opening remarks

Karim Benkirane
Principal
Woods Bagot

12:00 Case study: Revisiting urban planning and development codes to promote developments in North Wathba and Al Gharbia (UAE)

• Developing residential areas while preserving cultural heritage
• Exploring new development control systems
• Introducing development and regeneration plans through citizen participation and consultation

Rudayna Abdo
Senior Advisor Urban Planning
Otak International

12:30 Implementing best practice methods in the planning and design of affordable housing projects

• Creating a sustainable community for affordable housing projects with the help of urban design guidelines
• Encouraging end users buy-in by providing a socio-economical perspective of architectural style and individual preference
• Implementing a durable policy framework to develop the affordable housing market

Yasser Yacoub
Managing Director
EWAN Architectural & Engineering Consultancy

14:00 Adopting sustainable design to develop successful social housing project programmes

• Improving design process and measuring design performance
• Understanding the community needs to ensure successful housing project outcomes
• Selecting the most appropriate strategies and solutions to develop social housing project programmes

Prof. Shams El Dien Naga
Managing Director
NAGA Architects

14:30 Panel discussion: Reviewing regional and international methods that ensure efficient project performance and delivery

• Setting realistic goals and objectives for your affordable housing project and controlling expectations of your end users
• Reconciling building quality and design sophistication with affordability to improve your bottom line
• Setting future design trends for housing and compatibility with socio-economical requirements to ensure the success of new developments
• Establishing a solid framework for community development
• Delivering durability within a challenging climatic environment to secure longevity of project use
• Establishing measurable parameters of success to provide a benchmark for future developments

Facilitated by:

Prof. Shams El Dien Naga
Managing Director
NAGA Architects Keeping sustainability affordable

15:10 Session Chairman’s opening remarks

Isam Mohammed Mansoor
Chairman
Oman Green Building Council

15:15 Building energy efficient affordable housing

• Creating affordable homes for lower income families by implementing energy efficiency
• Demonstrating the benefits of superinsulation techniques as a way to help create and maintain affordable housing
• Finding building materials that cause the least environmental harm

Nikolaus Knebel
Associate Professor of Architectural and Urban Design
German University of Technology (GUtech), Oman

16:00 Case study: Assessing key issues in the construction of affordable housing projects in Oman

• Reviewing housing project's life cycle and its critical elements
• Identifying challenges faced in the construction of affordable housing projects
• Optimising resources by using available technologies

Dr. Syed Anisuddin
Expert, Training and Development
MODES – Ministry of Defence Engineering Services

16:30 Panel discussion: Reducing budget and energy expenditure by adopting affordable green building techniques

• Developing standards as benchmarks to track sustainable projects across the MENA region
• Examining the savings potential from an integrated design and development process
• Incorporating life-cycle costing analysis in the design phase of your project
• Using sustainable, local and competitive products in your projects
• Ensuring affordability through a mind-set of control to cooperate with nature

Facilitated by:

Dr. Syed Anisuddin
Expert, Training and Development
MODES – Ministry of Defence Engineering Services

17:15 Chairman’s closing remarks and end of conference day two