Program
Day 1 | Wednesday, 5 April 2006
4:00-6:00
Registration & pickup conference material
6:00-6:30
Opening Ceremony
6:30-7:30
Dr. Nabil Safwat (UAE)
Keynote Address
8:00-9:30
Reception & Opening of Exhibitions
Calligraphy Exhibition
Mamluk and Il-Khanid Masterpieces Collection of twelve double-page Tradigital (oversized) prints based on openings from the finest Medieval Qur'an manuscripts (on loan from the Dubai Cultural Council).
Iranian Posters Exhibition
An overview of Iranian posters from the private collection of Reza Abedini (on loan).
Award-Winning Arabic Fonts
Winning entries from the Linotype Arabic Type Design Competition (November 2005).
Kitabat Student Design Exhibition
Student work from the leading universities and art schools in the Middle East.
Day 2 | Thursday, 6 April 2006
8:30-10:00
Registration & pickup conference material
10:00-10:40
Ugur Derman (Turkey)
The Impact of Printing on Ottoman Calligraphic Tradition
10:40-11:20 Mohamed Zakaryia (USA)
Calligraphy to Print: Style, Legibility, and Literacy in Arabic Script
11:20-11:40
coffee break
11:40-12:20
Geoffrey Roper (UK)
The travails of Euro-Arabic: calligraphy, logography and typography in the early modern period
12:20-1:00
Mouneer Al-Shaarani (Egypt)
(Calligraphic styles and digital typeface design)
1:00-2:20
Lunch Break
2:20-3:00
Gerard Unger (Holland)
The continual influence of writing on the Latin script
3:00-3:40
Bruno Steinert (Linotype, Germany)
In the Garden of Type
3:40-4:00
coffee break
4:00-4:40
Johannes Bergerhausen (Germany)
Decode Unicode – The Open Science Database
4:40-5:20
Adil Allawi (Diwan, UK)
Bringing Typography to the Masses - Diwan's role in the publishing revolution and beyond
5:20-6:00
Kamal Mansour (Monotype, USA)
Nastaliq through OpenType
7:30-10:30
Linotype Award night
Day 3 | Friday, 7 April 2006
Track 1: Main Auditorium
9:20-10:00
Tagelsir Hassan (UAE)
New Horizon for Arabic Calligraphy and Type Design: Cultivating the education in Arabic calligraphy
10:00-10:40
Ihsan Hammouri (Jordan)
Developing a multi-lingual type design... Insan font family, challenges and results
10:40-11:20
Fawzi Rahal (Grey, UAE)
Multilingual digital design solutions
11:20-11:40
coffee break
11:40-12:20
Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès (AUD, UAE)
Typographic matchmaking: creating Arabic companions for five famous Dutch fonts
12:20-1:00
Brody Neuenschwander (Belgium)
Western and Arabic Calligraphy: An Artist's Search for the Common Ground
1:00-2:20
Lunch Break
2:20-3:00
Mamoun Sakkal (Sakkal Design, USA)
Expanding Horizons for Arabic Typography
3:00-3:40
Nadine Chahine (Linotype, Germany)
The Arabic Script meets Latin Typography
3:40-4:00
coffee break
4:00-4:40
Reza Abedini (Abedini Design, Iran)
The Birth of Typography out of the Spirit of Calligraphy
4:40-5:20
Obeida Sidani (Dubai TV, UAE)
Dubai TV: Rebirthing an Image
5:20-6:00
Tarek Atrissi (Atrissi Design, Holland)
Arabic Typography and Visual Identities
8:00-11:00
Gala Dinner
Track 2: Building E Auditorium
10:00-12:20
Technology Forum
Nadine Chahine (chair; Linotype, Germany)
Adil Allawi (Diwan, UK)
Kamal Mansour (Monotype, USA)
Mamoun Sakkal (Sakkal Design, USA)
Aida Sakkal (Sakkal Design, USA)
12:20-1:00
Nadine Touma (Dar Onboz, Lebanon)
Dar Onboz
1:00-2:20
Lunch Break
2:20-3:00
Zeina Maasri (AUB, Lebanon)
Adventures and Challenges in Arab Publication Design
3:00-3:40
Antonia Carver (Bidoun, UAE)
Bidoun: the growth of a magazine for the arts and cultures of the Middle East
3:40-4:00
coffee break
4:00-4:40
Nadine Touma (Dar Onboz, Lebanon)
Dar Onboz
4:40-6:00
Type Education Panel
Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès (chair; AUD, UAE)
Yasmine Taan (LAU Beirut, Lebanon)
Petr van Blokland (Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, Holland)
Leland Hill (VCU, Qatar)
Peter Bilak (Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, Holland)
Zeina Maasri (AUB, Lebanon)
Doyun Lee (UNESCO, Paris)
Day 4 | Saturday, 8 April 2006
10:00-4:00
Calligraphy Workshop
Workshop leader: Mohamed Zakaryia
Observing the Calligraphic Process: a practical introduction to Arabic calligraphy.
10:00-4:00
Font Technology Workshop
Workshop leaders: Aida Sakkal & Adam Twardoch
How to produce Arabic fonts: A to Z.
10:00-4:00
Typography Workshop
Workshop leader: Reza Abedini
Designing typographic posters, mixing Arabic calligraphy and Arabic fonts.
10:00-4:00
The Design Game Workshop
Workshop leader: Petr van Blokland
The design game between designers and clients. Sessions on brainstorming techniques.
4:30-10:30
Desert Safari