TUESDAY 25TH MAY 2010 |
12.30 – 13.00 Registration |
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SESSION 1 |
13.00 – 15.00 OPENING |
CHAIR: Prof. Salim Al-Hassani, UK |
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| | HE Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General Organisation of the Islamic Conference: Address read by Dr Jan Agha Iqbal |
| | HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, President of El Hassan Science City and President of the Royal Scientific Society |
| | Prof. Emilia Calvo, Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain |
| | Dr. Oliver Watson, Director Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar |
| | Prof. John C. Brown, Astronomer Royal for Scotland, UK |
| | Prof. Jim Al-Khalili, British Science Association, UK – Abstract | Short biography |
| | Dr. Natalie Day, Royal Society, UK – Abstract | Short biography |
| | Prof. Talip Alp, President Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey |
| | Prof. Mick Waters, Curriculum Enrichment, UK |
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BREAK |
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SESSION 2 |
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15.30 – 16.25 : MUSLIM HERITAGE - GLOBAL |
CHAIR: Prof. Talip Alp, Turkey |
| | Prof. Charles Burnett*, UK: The Transfer of Science between India, Europe and China via Muslim Heritage – Abstract | Short biography |
| | Prof. Mehmet Ipshirli, Turkey: Some Remarks on the Development of Science and Technology in the Ottoman State – Abstract | Short biography |
| | Prof. Rabie E Abdel Halim, Egypt: Medicine in the Middle Ages: New Insights and a Call for Further Research – Abstract | Short biography |
* Keynote |
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SESSION 3 |
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16.25 – 17.00 : SCIENCE in MUSLIM HERITAGE |
CHAIR: Prof. M. El-Gomati, UK |
| | Prof. George Saliba*, USA: First Copernicus and then Galileo: The Extent of the Contacts between Renaissance Europe and the Islamic World – Abstract | Short biography |
| | Dr. Geoffrey J. Roper, UK: Manuscripts and Printing in the Spread of Muslim Science – Abstract | Short biography |
* Keynote |
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DINNER |
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1001 INVENTIONS GLOBAL EXHIBITION LAUNCH |
19.00 – 21.00 Reception Event (admission by invitation only) |
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WEDNESDAY 26TH MAY 2010 |
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SESSION 5 |
09.30 – 10.15 : MUSLIM HERITAGE – SCIENCE |
CHAIR: Peter Fell, UK |
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| | Prof. Hamid Al-Naimiy, UAE*: Status of Research on History of Astronomy in the Arab World – Abstract | Short biography |
| | Dr. Rob van Gent, Nederland: Al-Sufi's Book of the Stars and its Influence on Islamic and Early European Celestial Cartography – Abstract | Short biography |
| | Sali Shahsivari, Macedonia: Heritage Research for Cultural Inter-appreciation in the Balkans – Abstract | Short biography |
* Keynote |
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BREAK |
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SESSION 6 |
10.30 – 11.30 : MUSLIM HERITAGE – SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT
CHAIR: Judge Marilyn Mornington, UK |
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| | Sir Crispin Tickell*, UK: Environment on the Edge: Past and Future – Abstract | Short biography |
| | Dr. Munim Al-Rawi, Ireland: Ibn Sina's Discovery of Geologic Time, and its Impact on the Development of Earth Science (Geology) in Europe – Abstract | Short biography |
| | Dr. Anne-Maria Brennan, UK: Sustainability in its Historical Context – Abstract | Short biography |
| | Dr Zohor Idrisi, UK: The Stellar and Lunar keys to Medieval Muslim Agriculture – Abstract | Short biography |
* Keynote |
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SESSION 7 |
11.30 – 12.30 : MUSLIM HERITAGE – EDUCATION GLOBAL |
CHAIR: Ian Fenn, UK |
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| | Prof. Emilia Calvo*, Spain: Teaching and Researching Muslim Science Heritage at Barcelona University – Abstract | Short biography |
| | Bettany Hughes, UK: Media, Education and the Cultural Connection – Abstract | Short biography |
| | Maurice Coles, UK: CE4CE and the Global Curriculum Enrichment Initiative – Abstract | Short biography |
* Keynote |
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Session 8 |
14.00 – 15.15 : MUSLIM HERITAGE – GLOBALIA |
CHAIR: Lena Sabbagh, UK |
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| | Prof. Mohammed Abattouy*, Morocco: Global State of Muslim Heritage Research: Strategic Aspects – Abstract | Short biography |
| | Dr Rim Turkmani, UK: Wigs and Turbans: The Keen Interest of 17th-Century English Scientists in their Arab/Muslim Counterparts – Abstract | Short biography |
| | Dr. Charles Savage, Germany: How Might we Tap the Wisdom of the Past to Co-Create a Desired Future? – Abstract | Short biography |
| | Ian Kendrick, UK: Modern Corporate Thinking Techniques and Muslim Heritage – Abstract | Short biography |
* Keynote |
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END OF ACADEMIC SESSIONS |
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SPECIAL LECTURE |
16.00 – 16.30 Registration |
CHAIR: Prof. John C. Brown, Astronomer Royal for Scotland, UK |
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| | Prof. George Saliba, Columbia University, US: Arabic Science in the Earliest Italian Scientific Academies – Abstract |
