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Day one November 3rd, 2008 Morning Period Opening Ceremony and Registration Time Activity Speaker 8:00 - 9:30 Registration   9:30 - 9:33 Holy Quran Recitation   9:33 - 9:40 Documentary Film   9:40 - 9:47 Welcome Speech Dr. Mohamed S. Aljohani 9:47 - 9:58 Speech Dr. Osama Tayeb President, King Abdulaziz University 9:58 - 10:09 Speech Dr. Khalid Al-Anqary Minister for Higher Education 10:09 - 10:20 Speech Dr. Luis Martin-Oar European Parliament 10:20 - 10:40 Keynote Address On Behalf of The Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency , Dr. Peter Saleema, IAEA 10:40 - 10:55 Speech By Guest of Honor   10:55 - 11:15 Speech By the Patron   11:15 - 11:30 Vote of Thanks & Appreciation   Break 11:30 - 11:45 Special Plenary Talk Time Activity Speaker 11:45 - 12:15 Nuclear Science Research Activities in Saudi Arabia His Highness Prince Dr. Turki Bin Saud Bin Mohammed Al Saud Lunch Break 12:30 - 13:30 Afternoon Period Session 1: Strategic Planning for introducing Nuclear Technology in the GCC Countries Time Title Speaker 13:30 - 13:55 Nuclear Power in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States: Promise, Strategies and Challenges Mohamed S. El-Genk 13:55 - 14:20 Overview of Regulatory Control for Radioactive Sources and Nuclear Materials for Peaceful Applications of Nuclear Technology Abdus Sattar Mollah 14:20 - 14:45 The Egyptian Experience on Nuclear and Radiation Legislations Aly Islam Aly 14:45 - 15:10 Advanced Light Water Reactor Technology Mujid Kazimi Break 15:10 - 15:30 Session 2: Strategic Planning for introducing Nuclear Technology in the GCC Countries Time Title Speaker 15:30 - 15:55 Nuclear Education and Training in Response to Industry and Regulatory Needs Through the European Nuclear Education Network Association Peter D. Regge 15:55 - 16:20 Nuclear Education and Manpower Development George Thomas Bereznai 16:20 - 16:45 A Promising Approach to Safe, Proliferation Resistant Production of Nuclear Power Terry Kammash 16:45 - 17:10 The Nuclear Power Renaissance and the Law: How Will New Nuclear Power Technology be Protected? Floyd E. Ivey    Day Two November 4th, 2008 Morning Period Session 3: Strategic Planning for introducing Nuclear Technology in the GCC Countries Time Title Speaker 8:30 - 8:55 PC-Based Simulator for Education in Advanced Nuclear Power Plant Construction Li-Chi Cliff Po 8:55 - 9:20 Nuclear Education and Knowledge Management in Czech Republic Ondrej Huml 9:20 - 9:45 Improvement of the NPP Personnel Simulator Training Vadym Tarykin 9:45 - 10:10 Chilean Nuclear Power in 2020: The Costs and Benefits of Building a First Nuclear Power Plant Geoffrey Scott Rothwell Break 10:10 - 10:20 Session 4: Nuclear Power Time Title Speaker 10:20 - 10:45 Synergistic Energy Conversion Processes Using Nuclear Energy and Fossil Fuels Masao Hori 10:45 - 11:10 Nuclear Power and Fuel Cycle Rizwan Uddin 11:10 - 11:35 Nuclear Power - An Inevitable Option for Sustainable Development of the Developing Nations to Meet the Energy Challenges of the 21st Century Shafiqul Islam Bhuiyan 11:35 - 12:00 Recent Global Concern and Basic Considerations for New Entrance of Developing Countries to Nuclear Power Program Md. Shawkat Akbar Lunch Break 12:00 - 13:00 Afternoon Period Session 5: Nuclear Power Time Title Speaker 13:00 - 13:25 Global Energy Challenges of the XXI Century and Potential Russian Contribution to World and Regional Nuclear Power Andrei Gagarinski 13:25 - 13:50 Three Bridges to a World Energy Future: Nuclear, Coal and Oil Herbert Inhaber 13:50 - 14:15 High Temperature MHR Design, Technology and Applications Arkal Shenoy 14:15 - 14:40 Countering Security Risks to Nuclear Power Plants Friedrich Steinhausler Break 14:40 - 15:00 Session 6: Nuclear Power Time Title Speaker 15:00 - 15:25 Boiling Water Reactors as Dynamical Complex Systems Abdelhamid Dokhane 15:25 - 15:50 Development of Computational Methods and their Applications for the Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants Christophe Demaziere 15:50 - 16:15 The Fixed Bed Nuclear Reactor for Decentralized Energy Needs Sumer Sahinn 16:15 - 16:40 Future of Nuclear Power Worldwide Mehmet Ergin 16:40 - 17:05 Nuclear Desalination in the GCC Countries Mohamed S. Aljohani 17:05 - 17:30 An Innovative Small Non-Proliferating Nuclear Reactor for Electricity and Desalinated Water Production Sumer Sahin "on Behalf of" Farhang Sefidvash    Day Three November 5th, 2008 Morning Period Session 7: Nuclear Power Time Title Speaker 8:30 - 8:55 Nuclear Seawater Desalination Plant Coupled with 200 MW Heating Reactor JIA Haijun 8:55 - 9:20 A Review of Uranium Economics Abdelhamid Mazhar 9:20 - 9:45 Comparing Boiling and Pressurized Water Reactors Versus Novel Variants for Deployment in GCC Countries Yousef Farawila 9:45 - 10:10 Some Aspects of Producing Regulations and Guides for Controlling Safety in Nuclear and Radiation Facilities Mohmoud Ahmed Shafy 10:10 - 10:35 Risk Assessment for Nuclear Power Plant Projects Jeffrey Bannon Break 10:35 - 10:45 Session 8: Nuclear Research Reactors Time Title Speaker 10:45 - 11:10 Experience in the Utilization of a University Reactor in Education and Research Aiman Hawari 11:10 - 11:35 A Brief Overview of the Research Reactor FRM II Heiko F. C. Gerstenberg 11:35 - 12:00 Status of Research Reactors in Russia and Prospects for Their Development Igor Tretiyakov Lunch Break 12:00 - 13:00 Afternoon Period Session 9: Nuclear Research Reactors Time Title Speaker 13:00 - 13:25 Practical Application of the RUTA Safe Pool-Type Nuclear Reactor to Demonstrate the Advantages of Atomic Energy Use Anatoly Romenkov 13:25 - 13:50 Experience with the Operation, Maintenance and Utilization of the 3 MW TRIGA Mk-II Research Reactor of Bangladesh Md. Ali Zulquarnain 13:50 - 14:15 Transient Behavior of Low Enriched Uranium Silicide Plate-Type Fuel for Research Reactors During Reactivity Initiated Accident Kazuaki Yanagisawa Break 14:15 - 14:30 Session 10: Radioisotopes Applications and Radiation Protection Time Title Speaker 14:30 - 14:55 Radioisotope Applications in the Petrochemical Industry: An Overview Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan 14:55 - 15:20 Radiation-Based Technologies in Saudi Aramco Khalid Mously 15:20 - 15:45 Application of Radiation Sources in the Oil & Gas Industry and Shortages in their Services Falah Abu-Jarad Break 15:45 - 16:00 Session 11: Radioisotopes Applications and Radiation Protection Time Title Speaker 16:00 - 16:25 Using Nuclear Accelerator Technology to Make Intense X-rays Herman Winick 16:25 - 16:50 Applying CERN's Detector Technology to Health: MARS Biomedical 3D Spectroscopic X-Ray Imaging Philip Butler 16:50 - 17:15 Nano-to-Macro Scale Engineering Applications of Nuclear Technology: An Overview Rusi P. Taleyarkhan 17:15 - 17:40 Non-Destructive Analysis of Concrete for Corrosion Studies Utilizing Nuclear Technique A. A. Naqvi Afternoon Period N.B., Sessions 12 & 13 are Parallel to Sessions 10 & 11 Session 12: Radioisotopes Applications and Radiation Protection Time Title Speaker 14:30 - 14:55 Value Addition in Diamonds and Other Gemstones by Nuclear Radiation, Phobias and Safety Considerations Shamshad Ahmed 14:55 - 15:20 Nano Particles Of BaSO4:Eu as Detectors for High Doses of Different Ionizing Radiations Numan Salah 15:20 - 15:45 Radiation Protection in the Operation of the Algerian Nuclear Research Reactor NUR Fathi Djouider Break 15:45 - 16:00 Session 13: Radioisotopes Applications and Radiation Protection Time Title Speaker 16:00 - 16:25 Creation of a Medical Physics Training Program in New Zealand Lou Reinisch 16:25 - 16:50 Impact of Photodynamic Treatments on Cultured Malignant Melanoma Cell Death and the Associated Biomolecular Changes as Determined By Synchrotron Infra Red Microspectroscopy Abdel-Magid Mamoon 16:50 - 17:15 Gamma Rays Measurement of Dust Samples for any Radioactivity Abdulkadir Aksoy Dinner at Intercontinental 21:00