Orion Chief Operating Officer, Shafik Jiwani, Keynotes at GISWORX 2007

Shafik Jiwani, Chief Operating Officer of Orion Technology Inc., was a keynote speaker at this year’s annual GISWORX conference in Dubai.

GISWORX 2007, hosted by GISTEC, was the second annual three-day event featuring GIS Workshops and Exhibitions for ESRI users. The conference offered a unique in-depth learning environment on different aspects of GIS designed for both beginners and advanced users, and featured many industry experts. This year, the GISWORX conference offered around 50 focused workshops on topics covering GIS, IT, and Systems to over 300 attendees from all Gulf States.

Shafik’s keynote speech probed the issue of comparing the powers of the human mind versus technology, reflecting upon the mind’s abilities to process spatial (geographic) information with the abilities of today’s GIS technology.

Nathan Thiya, Orion’s Product Architect, presented two workshops: “Creating a secure, easy to administer ArcIMS website using OnPoint” and “Enterprise Integration using OnPoint.” Both were very well attended.