Please note that the time zone currently being used in the conference program is Bahrain Time. Bahrain observes Arabia Standard Time all year.
Parallel Session Details:
| Bahrain time | Monday, November 15 | Tuesday, November 16 |
| 11:10 ‑ 12:50 | A1: Sustainable Management A2: Climate Change A3: Education for Sustainable Development A4: Heritage and Sustainable Development A5: Solar Systems and Heat Transfer A6: Biodiversity and Ecology (1) A7: Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries |
C1: Energy Sustainability, Resilience, and Transportation C2: Energy and Renewable Fuels C3: Smart Urbanism C4: Sustainable Buildings and Resilience C5: Water Resources and Agriculture C6: Building Systems and Technology C7: Social and Organizational Sustainability |
| 12:50 ‑ 14:10 | ||
| 14:10 ‑ 15:50 | B1: Greenhouse Gases and Sustainability B2: Sustainability of Water Resources B3: Sustainable Construction (1) B4: Health B5: Sustainable Construction (2) B6: Sustainable Management and Resilience Planning B7: Innovation and Technology in the Built Environment |
Monday, November 15
Monday, November 15 11:10 – 12:50
A1: Sustainable Management
Chair: Saswati Borah
- 11:10 Action Research Approach: Improving the Effectiveness of Decision Making on Controlling Employee Turnover Rate in a Small Private Steel Casting Company under Capacity Limited Environment
- 11:26 The Relationship of HR Internal Service Quality on Employees’ Satisfaction in The Baking Sector of Bahrain
- 11:43 Green Human Resource Management For Sustainable Organizations
- 12:00 A discussion of damage mitigation of natural disasters: How to increase citizens’ preparedness
- 12:16 Exploring the Role of Web Personalization in Consumer Green Purchasing Behavior: A Conceptual Framework
- 12:33 Knowledge Exploitation and Knowledge Exploration for Sustainable Performance of SMEs
A2: Climate Change
Chair: Hajar Ali Mahfoodh
- 11:10 Characterization of PM2.5/PM10 ratios over Eastern Part of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain from 2008 to 2019
- 11:30 Climate Change Implications on Small Island Developing States (SIDS): a Socioeconomic Perspective from the Kingdom of Bahrain
- 11:50 Climate Change in KSA: Effects, Trends and Planned Actions
- 12:10 Reflections on the Kigali Amendment Implementation in the GCC
- 12:30 Assessing PM2.5 in Bahrain From the DPSIR Framework Perspective
A3: Education for Sustainable Development
- 11:10 The feasibility and benefits of installing grid-connected PV Systems in the Kingdom of Bahrain
- 11:30 A Brief Review on Hydrogen production to Utilization Techniques
- 11:50 Remediation of Plastic waste through Microbial Degradation
- 12:10 Building a Pedagogical Framework for the Education of Sustainable Development using a Values-based Education Approach
- 12:30 Temperature-dependency of Environmental Higher Education
A4: Heritage and Sustainable Development
Chair: Hessa AlAtawi
- 11:10 Hybrid school design and living museums as means to spread cultural awareness of developed educational systems
- 11:26 Technological Environmental Education in the Arab World: Case of Kingdom of Bahrain
- 11:43 The Relationship between Climate Change and Cultural Heritage in the GCC
- 12:00 Smart Sustainable Initiatives for Traditionally Planned Cities: A Theoretical Analysis
- 12:16 Developing an Integrated Approach for Management of Living Religious Heritage in Indian Context
- 12:33 Rethinking life Post Pandemic: Would reviving the courtyard make a difference?
A5: Solar Systems and Heat Transfer
- 11:10 Solar Power Assessment for Photovoltaic Installation in Malaysia University Campus
- 11:30 Assessment of Lightweight Aggregate Concrete Using Textile Washing Stone
- 11:50 A Hybrid Clean Energy System Based Thermal Solar Technologies
- 12:10 A Computer Simulation to Analyze the Cost-Benefit of Solar Air Cooling: Case Study for Jordan
- 12:30 Urban heat island: case study of Diyar Al Muharraq in Bahrain
A6: Biodiversity and Ecology (1)
Chair: Reem Sultan
- 11:10 Population variation of Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) in Baghdad province, central Iraq
- 11:26 Estimating evapotranspiration using remote sensing and the metric energy balance model: case study of Sidi Benour region (Morocco)
- 11:43 A Biologically Distinct Isolate of Cucumber mosaic virus from Iraq
- 12:00 Production of Pure Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) Using Different Media
- 12:16 Hydrogen production via natural gas reforming: A comparative study between DRM, SRM and BRM techniques
- 12:33 Biodiversity and occurrence of plant viruses over four decades: Case study for Iraq
A7: Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
- 11:10 Soil quality index to assess soil management practices in the semi-arid of Morocco
- 11:30 Vertical farms and sustainable food security .. Urban concept
- 11:50 The Impact of Urban Sprawl on The Marine Wealth of Bahrain
- 12:10 Study of agricultural land use variability in Doukkala irrigated area between 1998 and 2020
- 12:30 The Prototype Design of Water pH and TDS Indicator Device based on Microcontroller Arduino
Monday, November 15 14:10 – 15:50
B1: Greenhouse Gases and Sustainability
Chair: Hajar Ali Mahfoodh
- 14:10 Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Energy Recovery Potential for Optimum Waste Management Scenarios in Bahrain
- 14:30 Problems of CO2 Emissions in Ukraine and Ways to Overcome Them
- 14:50 Gas Waste Management in the GCC
- 15:10 Biogas Market in Indonesia: The Roles of Carbon Trading
- 15:30 A Shear Mixing approach in Polymer Composite Formation
B2: Sustainability of Water Resources
- 14:10 Sustainability of water resources with precise modelling of crop coefficients
- 14:30 Kinetic modelling of nutrient removal of petroleum industry wastewater remediation
- 14:50 Effect of hydraulic retention time on the treatment of Pulp and Paper Industry Wastewater by Extended Aeration Activated Sludge System
- 15:10 Flood Estimation Studies Using Hydrologic Modelling System (Hec-Hms) For Batu Pahat River Malaysia
- 15:30 Sphericity and Shape Analysis For Grain Scale Organization at Lepoh River, Hulu Langat Selangor
B3: Sustainable Construction (1)
Chair: Ehab Juma Adwan
- 14:10 Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Construction Industry in Malaysia
- 14:30 Using Sulfur Extender to Evaluate the Environmental Effects and Energy Demand of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement
- 14:50 BIM Methodology applied to Facility Management: development of an integrated tool to benefit the building operation
- 15:10 Application of Machine Learning for Prediction of Early Seven-Day Strength of Concrete in Factories
- 15:30 Investigating the Tensile Strength and Permanent Deformation of Asphalt Concrete using Different Gradation Methods
B4: Health
Chair: Mohammad Selim
- 14:10 The impact of the vaccination and booster shots in containing the COVID-19 epidemic in Bahrain: a game theory approach
- 14:26 Identifying the Type of Chronic Kidney Disease Based on Heavy Metals in Soil using ANN
- 14:43 A Numerical Study of High Hydrostatic Pressure Using CFD
- 15:00 Enhancing Medical Data Transparency and Integrity with Blockchain Based Implementation
- 15:16 The effects of planned urban development on the comfort of healthy urban living
- 15:33 Impact of COVID 19 on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Evidence from Egyptian Plastic Packaging Industry
B5: Sustainable Construction (2)
- 14:10 Investigating Mechanical Properties of Interlocking Concrete Blocks by Recycling Waste Polyethylene Terephthalate – A Sustainable Approach
- 14:30 Employing a robust data-driven model to assess the environmental damages caused by installing grouted columns
- 14:50 Effect of Palm Oil Clinker Powder-Based Geopolymer as a Modifier on the Properties of Bitumen and Mixtures: A Sustainable Approach
- 15:10 Identification and evaluation of barriers and drivers to sustainable construction in China
- 15:30 Implementation Challenges of Automated Construction Progress Monitoring Under Industry 4.0 Framework Towards Sustainable Construction
B6: Sustainable Management and Resilience Planning
- 14:10 Cultivating Employee Green Behavior: The Essence of Individual Green Value
- 14:26 Challenges and Motivations for Youth Entrepreneurship Start-Ups: Empirical study from Egypt
- 14:43 Do technological innovation, financial development, and economic freedom limit energy demand The analysis of ASEAN+3
- 15:00 Covid-19 Interior and Architectural Design Solutions for Educational Workshops
- 15:16 Digital Wallet in Supporting Green FinTech Sustainability
- 15:33 Management Analysis on Occupational Health and Safety in the Boiler House Using Method of Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Determining Control
B7: Innovation and Technology in the Built Environment
Chair: Anamika Jiwane
- 14:10 Integration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Value Engineering in Construction Projects: A Bibliometric Analysis
- 14:30 PVT Properties for Yemeni Reservoirs Using an Intelligent Approach
- 14:50 Recent Environmental Economic Rating of Renewable Energy Deployment in Prospective Built Environment in Saudi Arabia
- 15:10 Investigation of the Current Innovative Industrialized Building Systems (IBS) in Malaysia
- 15:30 Brainstorming Room Design Using Service Design
Tuesday, November 16
Tuesday, November 16 11:10 – 12:50
C1: Energy Sustainability, Resilience, and Transportation
Chair: Wafa Al-Ghatam
- 11:10 Automation in Traffic Engineering to Prevent Road Accidents: A Review
- 11:26 Awareness of Vehicle Safety Features and Their Use and Impact on Accidents
- 11:43 Evaluation of flexible pavement distresses – A Case Study of Northern Bypass Peshawar, Pakistan
- 12:00 Comparative analysis of support vector machine and maximum likelihood classifications using satellite images of Selangor, Malaysia
- 12:16 Design resilience of co-working space using users’ persona maps for interior designers
- 12:33 Influence of Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Voltage Sags on the Performance of a Variable Frequency Transformer
C2: Energy and Renewable Fuels
Chair: May Khalfan
- 11:10 Conducted Emissions of Compact Fluorescent Lamps and Electronic Ballast Modeling
- 11:30 Optimization of electric power systems considering the environmental impact and uncertainties
- 11:50 A Review of the Hybrid Darrieus-Savonius Turbine for Hydrokinetic Applications
- 12:10 Optimisation of energy supply net with a single energy source
- 12:30 Thermal and Morphological Characterization of Coagulation-Processed Nanocomposite of Polypropylene and Bio-nanocarbon obtained from Bamboo
C3: Smart Urbanism
Chair: Huda Almadhoob
- 11:10 A Comprehensive Study of Distinctive Methods of Waste Segregation and Management
- 11:30 Sustainable Neighbourhood: A Urban Improvement Strategy for the Kingdom of Bahrain
- 11:50 Soil artificialization assessment by using time series remote sensing data (case El Jadida)
- 12:10 Investigation of a novel drying technique in tableware production process
- 12:30 Construction Accidents via Integrating Building Information Modelling (BIM) with Emerging Digital Technologies a Review
C4: Sustainable Buildings and Resilience
Chair: Mona Ismail
- 11:10 The Study of Sustainability and Parametric Design Approach of Tall Buildings at Early Design Stage-ReviewThe vertical city model is gaining popularity as a result of rapid urban population growth, the widespread spread of economics, developers, and d
- 11:26 A case study on Green Buildings and its applicability in Bahrain
- 11:43 Orientation Effect on Energy Consumption in Building design
- 12:00 Building Information Modelling in Morocco: Quo Vadis?
- 12:16 Evaluation of Interaction between Bridge Infrastructure Resilience Factors Against Seismic Hazard
- 12:33 Automated Monitoring for Construction Productivity Recognition
C5: Water Resources and Agriculture
Chair: Abdulla Alqaddoumi
- 11:10 An effective predictive model for daily evapotranspiration based on a limited number of meteorological parameters
- 11:26 Comparative Study between Two Methods of Crop Classification in the Irrigated Area of Sidi Bennour
- 11:43 Use of Remote Sensing Data to Estimate Sugar Beet Crop Yield in the Doukkala Irrigated Perimeter
- 12:00 The economic feasibility of converting agricultural waste to PLA using simventure
- 12:16 Effectiveness of different surface soil covers in reducing turbidity and total suspended solids under severe rainfall events
- 12:33 Hybrid GSA-CS assisted performance evaluation of single-channel PVT air collector
C6: Building Systems and Technology
Chair: Abdulla Al-Jalahma
- 11:10 Facilitating Role of Cloud Computing in Driving Big Data Emergence
- 11:26 IoT-based Smart Water Quality Monitoring System for Malaysia
- 11:43 Evaluating the Impact of Design Patterns on Software Maintainability: An Empirical Evaluation
- 12:00 Sentimental Analysis, Technology and Application
- 12:16 A Framework for Catering Software Complexity Issues Using Architectural Patterns
- 12:33 Multidisciplinary Computational Optimization: an Integrated Approach to Achieve Sustainability in Tall Building Design at Early Stage
C7: Social and Organizational Sustainability
Chair: Nehal Ali Almurbati
- 11:10 Social Sustainability and Social Innovation Design: towards a memorable family space
- 11:30 The Role of Human Resource Policies in Fostering Organizational Success: An Evidence from Bahrain’s Construction Sector
- 11:50 Corporate Ownership Structure and Dividend Payouts: The Case of GCC Countries
- 12:10 Identifying the Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Performance: A Quantitative Evidence from MENA Region Industrial Sector
- 12:30 Measuring Women Empowerment Practices in Private Sector in Bahrain