Cairo hosts Islamic towns conference

The Egyptian capital city of Cairo will host next Saturday the 9th conference of Islamic and Arab towns and Capitals Organizations.

The conference will be attended by 130 delegations representing Islamic capitals and cities, regional and international authorities such as the Arab Towns Organization.

The conference, to be held under the theme "Applications of Geographical Data Networks in Planning and Sustained Development," aims at supporting and developing decision-making process in the Islamic cities and to transfer knowledge while including geographical techniques in local applications to achieve comprehensive development in the Islamic world's capitals and cities.