Sunday, 7th January 

9:45AM-10.30AM 

Registration 

10:45AM-11:45AM 

Opening Ceremony 

11:45AM-12:00PM

Coffee break 

12:00PM-12:40PM 

Professor Timothy Insoll (presenter), Dr Rachel MacLean, and Dr Salman Almahari 

The Archaeology of Irrigation Systems and Water Management in Bahrain 

12:40PM-1:20PM 

Professor Saad Al-Rashid 

Ancient Water Installations in the City of Al Rabadhah on the Hajj Route from Kufa to Mecca  

1:20PM-2:20PM 

Lunch break

2:20PM-3:00PM 

Dr Friedrich Weigel (presenter), Dr Patrick Keilholz, Dr Ulrike Siegel, Katharina Kuntz 

Water Management at Qurh/al-Mabiyat (Saudi Arabia): First results of a new research project 

3:00PM-3:40PM 

Dr Ajab Al-Otaibi 

Ancient Irrigation Systems in the Al Aflaj Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 

3:40PM-3:55PM 

Coffee break

3:50PM-4:35PM 

Professor Nasser Al-Jahwari (presenter), Dr Khaled A. Douglas, Dr Mohamad A. Hesein 

Irrigation System during the Late Islamic Period in Al-Batinah South, Sultanate of Oman 

 4:35PM-5:15PM 

 Professor Michael Harrower 

Water Histories of Yemen and Oman: A Comparative Perspective 

Monday, 8th  January

9:00AM-9:15AM 

Opening note by Dr Salman Almahari, Director of Antiquities and Museums, Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities  

9:15AM-9:55AM 

Dr Jaafar Jotheri 

Tigris, the Ineffective River for Irrigation during the Islamic Period 

9:55AM-10:35AM 

Professor Bernhard Lucke 

Oasis Construction on Landscape Scale: how ancient runoff irrigation in the southern Levant created agric ultural land by harvesting dust and water 

10:35AM-10:50AM 

Coffee break 

10:50AM-11:30AM 

Dr Marïette Verhoeven 

Istanbul's Water Supply: History and Heritage 

11:30AM-12:10PM 

Dr Simone Mantellini 

Beyond the Silk Roads Trade: Irrigated Agriculture in the Middle Zeravshan Valley, Samarkand Oasis (Uzbekistan)

12:10PM-12:25PM 

Coffee Break 

 12:25PM-12:55PM 

Dr Tjahjono Prasodjo 

Archaeological and Textual Records of Ancient Irrigation in Java, Indonesia from 4th to 16th Century 

 12:55PM-1:35PM 

Dr Monika Baumanova 

The Archaeology of Water Management on the Swahili Coast of East Africa 

 1:35PM-2:45PM 

Lunch break 

 2:45PM-6:00PM 

Site visit to Saar Archaeological Site, Barbar Temple, and Qal’at al-Bahrain

Tuesday, 9th  January

9:00AM-9:15AM

Opening note by Taha Ansari, Vice President (Africa) of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Water and Heritage 

9:15AM-9:55AM 

Professor Mohamed Soliman 

Interpretational Correlation between the Hydrological Infrastructure and Water Architecture in Islamic Alexandria within a Contemporary Urban Context 

9:55AM-10:35AM 

Dr Louise Rayne 

Mapping Desertification in the Middle East and Northern Africa 

10:35AM-10:50AM 

Coffee Break 

10:50AM-11:30AM 

Professor José Mª Martín Civantos 

Building Landscapes with Water in al-Andalus. Historical Irrigation Systems as Cultural Heritage and Sustainability Examples 

11:30AM-12:10PM 

Dr Angelo Castrorao Barba 

Water Management and Irrigation Systems in Islamic Sicily and its Legacy 

12:10PM-12:25PM 

Coffee break 

 12:25PM-1:00PM 

 Conference Closing & Recommendations 

 1:00PM-2:00PM 

 Visit to Bahrain National Museum 

 2:00PM-3:00PM 

 Lunch break 

 3:00PM-6:00PM 

Site visit to Madinat Hamad Qanat, Dilmun Burial Mounds, and the A’ali Royal Mounds