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The opening session attended by Acting Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Dr. Mujahid Aliyat, Head of Geographic Information Systems Department Dr. Jacqueline Abu Daoud, representatives of Palestinian universities in the West Bank, representatives of some ministries and related institutions and municipalities in the West Bank and the 1948 lands, the Arab American University academic and administrative staff and students of the University GIS Department.

Dr. Nazzal said she will make her research at the Arab American University advanced genetic laboratories in its Ramallah campus, and the research will be continued at the British University of Exeter Medical School and its university hospital.

The conference was attended by the Vice President of the University Dr. Nizam Diap representing the University President Prof. Dr. Ali Zidan Abu Zuhri, Director General of Educational Supervision in the Education Ministry Dr. Shahinaz Alfar representing the Minister Dr. Sabri Sidem, Head of the Directorate of Education and Higher Education in Qabatiya Mr. Mohammad Mousa, the conferences preparing committee members, a group of deans of faculties, professors and principals, and participating students in developing the researchers, scientific creations, and their supervising teachers.

The course included in-depth lectures in design and information mining in “Palestinian Heritage Sites as a Case Study,” field trips to work on creating digital information from archaeological sites and organize workshops for student groups with specialists in applications field. Both Prof. Khaldoun Zriq Head of the CITU laboratory at the University of Paris VIII, and Prof. Nassir Aldeen Bouhi Head of Informatics Master Program at the University of Paris VIII, gave the course.