2nd Geospatial Innovations Week

Cairo, 14 to 17. December 2026

2nd Geospatial Innovations Week

Cairo, 14 to 17. December 2026

Conference Organizing Committee

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Prof. h.c. Dieter Fritsch

Emeritus Professor University of Stuttgart, Germany, GUC Vice Chairman Board of Trustees, Cairo, Egypt, GIU Berlin Chairman Board of Trustees, Germany, International Consultant Geospatial R&D

R&D: Photogrammetry, GIS, BIM, Computer Vision, Statistical Inference, Signal Processing, Laser Scanning. About 500 publications. Supervisor of 42 PhDs (finished in St), in addition Co-Supervisor/External Reviewer of 70 PhDs worldwide.

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Prof. Dr. Moustafa Baraka

Professor of Surveying and Geodesy, Civil Engineering Program, GUC, Professor Emeritus, Civil Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University

R&D: PhD from Ohio State University, USA, M.Sc. & B.Sc. from Cairo University, Egypt. GPS/GNSS, GIS, BIM, Laser Scanning, ML applications, visualization and reality capture. About 90 publications. Supervised 11 Ph.D. dissertations and 27 M.Sc. Participated in M.Sc. and Ph.D. defense examination committees Egypt and Europe.

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Dr. Eng. Nadine Alameh

Founder & CEO, LunateAI. Former CEO & President of Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Chair of AI Committee of US National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC). Board member UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) Private Sector Network.

Geo/AI transformation strategy, global geospatial, earth observation, and AI industry engagement, standards & interoperability, digital twins and autonomous systems.

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Prof. Dr. Mona Badr El-Din Anwar

Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, Senior Associate Geotechnical Engineer, Dar Al-Handasah (Sidara).



R&D: Geotechnical Engineering specialist with extensive experience in soil mechanics, foundation design, and sustainable infrastructure, consulting on major projects across the Middle East and North Africa. Chair of the ISSMGE, Professional Image, Committee and Editor-in-Chief of Springer - Innovative Infrastructure Solutions.

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Assoc. Prof. Sara Eldeeb

Associate Professor at the German University in Cairo and Cairo University, Director of the Pharmaceutical Marketing Diploma, and AI Policy and Regulation Advisor to Egypt's Ministry of Justice.



A member of the national committee drafting legislation on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies and serves on international expert panels developing assessment frameworks for ethical, safe, and trustworthy agentic AI systems.

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