Dr. Khalifa Alromaithi

Dr. Khalifa Alromaithi is recognized as a pioneer in the science of National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) in his country and has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Geospatial World Forum in April 2019 in Amsterdam as a “pioneer in the UAE geospatial community”.

Dr. Khalifa Alromaithi was born in Abu Dhabi and has held high governmental positions resulting in his expertise in strategic planning and geographical policies. He is one of the veterans who oversaw the founders of the country. His good education in the field of surveying and spatial data has enabled him to determine the locations of geographical names in a scientific way. Also, his long service has earned him the opportunity to meet with senior officials who are knowledgeable in the locations and names of places in the United Arab Emirates. He has accumulated a large collection of these names that he has recorded in the time span of over four decades.

He holds scientific degrees in aerial survey sciences, in addition to a master’s degree in geographic information systems from the University of Twente-ITC in the Netherlands, and a doctorate in geospatial from the University of UTM.