Under Patronage Of Prime Minister, Qatar Hosts 24th Gulf Engineering Forum March 7th  

Doha, February 28 (QNA) - Under the patronage of HE Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani, the State of Qatar will host the 24th Gulf Engineering Forum from March 7-9, under the theme 'Environmental Engineering and Sustainability'. Organized by the Ministry of Municipality, Gulf Engineering Union and Qatar Society of Engineers, the event will bring together a number of Their Excellencies ministers and dignitaries from Qatar and the Gulf and Arab countries. The announcement of the hosting came in a press conference on Tuesday, in the presence of Assistant Undersecretary for Urban Planning Affairs and Chairman of the High Organizing Committee for the Forum Eng. Fahd Mohammed Al Qahtani, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Qatar Society of Engineers and Vice-Chairman of the Supreme Organizing Committee for the Forum Eng. Khalid bin Ahmed Al Nasr, as well as a number of ministry and sector officials in Urban planning at the Ministry of Municipality. Director of Public Relations Department at the Ministry of Municipality Fayeqa Ashkanani stressed the importance of the State of Qatar's fourth hosting of the forum amid the urban and engineering development and renaissance achieved in Qatar in particular, and in the GCC states in general. She also highlighted the Ministry of Municipality's great attention attached to the engineering and construction sectors, and the adoption of the highest international requirements, standards and specifications that achieve the goals of sustainable development. Hosting this year's edition of the forum under the auspices of HE Prime Minister and Minister of Interior confirms the State of Qatar's interest in this vital sector, she said. Al Nasr stressed that the three-day forum includes a number of discussion sessions with the participation of elite speakers from the State of Qatar and the GCC states. He added that the forum's scientific committee selected 26 working papers on the environment, sustainability and smart cities out of 220 to be presented in the discussions. The forum covers four important axes - 'technology and smart cities', 'sustainable building materials', 'efficient management of buildings and cities', and 'waste management and recycling', Al Nasr said. He added that during the forum would honor the pioneers of engineering work at the Gulf level. In the individuals' category, two engineering pioneers from each GCC country, and five from Qatar as the organizing country will be honored. In the projects category, the best engineering projects that achieve environmental standards and sustainability will receive the Gulf Engineering Union's Excellence and Creative Engineering Award. The forum will also mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Gulf Engineering Union, Al Nasr said. On the sidelines of the forum, an engineering exhibition will be held bringing together a number of governmental and semi-governmental agencies and the private sector from Qatar and the GCC countries to showcase their most prominent ideas, projects and engineering services related to environment and sustainability. The forum and the exhibition will be open for specialists and the public to attend the panels and presentations. (QNA)