Intelligent Building Middle East 2005 - Bahrain International Exhibition Centre from 5-7 December 2005
 
  • The Gulf States are undergoing radical changes: The development of new energy sources, growing numbers of visitors and holidaymakers and increasing investment from abroad are only a few of the reasons for the economic advancement of the entire region. Whether new financial centres, hotels or airports - there is plenty of building activity in the Gulf. Noted experts therefore meet in the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre from 5-7 December 2005 to discuss building solutions for hot and humid climates and present relevant ideas and concepts. The exhibition, conference and the two accompanying special shows of the three-day Intelligent Building Middle East 2005 focus on the specific requirements for building concepts and intelligent building materials.

    The general conditions for intelligent building projects in the Middle East are determined by the extreme climatic conditions in the region and the principles of sustainable planning and building with the aim of achieving optimum comfort for the users. Efficient building concepts and integrated solutions are required from the building industry in the Gulf region. A suitable knowledge and trading platform for this is Intelligent Building Middle East - where companies and experts present projects, building components, systems and technologies in the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre in Manama from 5-7 December 2005. The exhibition and conference will be opened by the patron of the event, HE Fahmi bin Ali Al-Jowder, Minister of Works and Housing of the Kingdom of Bahrain. 
     
    The centre of knowledge transfer is the conference with altogether 56 papers, which serves as the forum for the latest research findings, developments, technologies and building concepts in hot and humid climates. The Conference Committee chaired by Mohammed Khalil Al Sayed, Bahrain Society of Engineers, Dr. Helmut Hohenstein, member of the Institute for Corporate Research and Management (ifu) at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, and Dr.-Ing. Werner Lang, part-time lecturer at the Technical University of Munich and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee, has succeeded in obtaining noted international scientists as speakers at the conference in Bahrain. "We cover a very specific and highly interesting spectrum with Intelligent Building Middle East. The response to the call for papers was therefore all the more impressive - especially due to the many high-quality papers we have received," reports Werner Lang. The speakers on the three days of the event include the following: 
     
     

  • Prof. Michelle Addington, Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA  
     
  • Prof. Dr. Ali A. Alraouf, University of Bahrain  
     
  • Prof. Dr. Leon Glicksman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA  
     
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Hausladen, Technical University of Munich, Germany  
     
  • Prof. Thomas Herzog, Technical University of Munich, Germany  
     
  • Prof. Federico Butera, Politechnico di Milano, Italy  
     
  • Jens Jakob Happ, AS&P - Albert Speer & Partner GmbH  
     
  • Prof. Dr. Hatem A. Ibrahim, Helwan University, Cairo  
     
  • Prof. Arvind Krishan, University of New Dehli  
     
  • Prof. Dr. Klaus Sedlbauer, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, Stuttgart, Germany  
     
  • Dr. Aysin Sev, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul  
     
  • Prof. Dr. Frederick Steiner, University of Texas, USA  
     
  • Dr. Volker Wittwer, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg, Germany  
     
    The conference contents cover the segments of innovative materials and components, intelligent window and facade systems, efficient use of energy and other resources, current solutions for cooling, ventilation, shading and daylight control, highly developed design, administration and simulation tools, and case studies of concepts and buildings. In addition to the speakers mentioned, top experts from the industry will take part in the conference and contribute their specialist knowledge in the field of future-orientated building design in the Middle East. Werner Lang particularly emphasizes the presence of locally based consultant architects and developers: "The presence of Nakheel and Emaar, two of the big players in building planning and project implementation in the Middle East, is very promising for the European technology drivers. Our aim in planning the conference was to bring together university research, new technologies and locally based project organizers and decision-makers." Both companies have attracted worldwide attention through spectacular projects like the three man-made island worlds off the coast of Dubai and the gigantic Burj Dubai tower building (expected height of some 700 metres). 
     
    The international exhibition for intelligent building will be organized by Nürnberg Global Fairs together with the Bahrain Convention & Exhibition Bureau and the Bahrain Society of Engineers and will take place annually starting in 2005. The exhibition and conference are accompanied by two special shows for "Projects" and "Innovative Technologies". One special show provides the platform for selected case studies of buildings in hot and humid climates and the other examines individual building materials, products and systems, plus planning and software tools. More information about the exhibition can be found on the Internet at: 
    www.intelligent-building-middle-east.com. 
     
     
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