Patricia Waterfall, director of the Low 4 Landscape Water Conservation Program at the University of Arizona in Tucson, delivered a digital video teleconference on the principles and practices of arid landscaping.  The teleconference was organized by the Center for the Study of the Built Environment (CSBE), and by the American Embassy in Amman, which hosted the teleconference.

The Architectural Scientific Committee of the Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) held a seminar entitled Architecture in Iraq.

The Training Center of the Jordan Agricultural Engineers Association organized a three-day course on the design of gardens.  The course discussed issues including the preparation of landscape drawings as well as the classification and arrangement of plants in sites.