3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION ON GEOINFORMATION (ISG 2004)

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UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA

1. INTRODUCTION
UPM held its ISG 2004 international conference from 21 to 23 September 2004. The three day conference was held at Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. The theme of the ISG 2004 conference was “Cutting Edge Spatial Solutions in the Globalized World”. The paper presentations were held for 3 days and there were two workshops held on the 2nd and 3rd day. The event was organized by the university and was jointly organized by The Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia (ISM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Kuala Lumpur University College (KLIUC) and Malaysian Centre for Geospatial Data Infrastructure (MaCGDI). A total of 364 participants (138 presenters, 200 participants, 11 Keynote Speakers and 15 exhibitors) have attended the event.

2. THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF ISG 2004 ON 21 September 2004
The launching ceremony for ISG 2004 was held on the first day of the conference and it was attended by 250 participants and guests. This event was launched by the Yang Berhormat Dato’ Seri Haji Adenan Haji Satem, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment. The Minister speech was followed by launching of the ISG 2004. The launching was done by hitting the gong three times and followed by a multimedia presentation. The Minister also viewed the exhibition booth by key players in the industry, such as:
1. Malaysian Centre for Geospatial Data Infrastructure (MaCGDI)
2. Global-trak Systems Sdn. Bhd.
3. Map Information Solution Sdn. Bhd.
4. Elcee Instrumentation and Services Sdn. Bhd.
5. Malaysian Centre for Remote Sensing
6. Konica Minolta Photo Imaging Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
7. Espatial Data Enhancement Consultancy Sdn. Bhd.
8. Espatial Resources Sdn. Bhd.
9. Ziji Technology Sdn. Bhd.
10. Bentley System Sdn. Bhd.
11. PCI Geomatica International
12. Jurupro Sdn. Bhd.
13. Syarikat E.J Motiwala
14. Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia
15. Esri South Asia Sdn. Bhd.

A press conference was held at the end of the launching ceremony.

3. PAPERS AND WORKSHOP PRESENTED ON 21-23 September 2004
A total of eleven keynote papers were presented during the first day of the conference. The keynote speakers are:
1. Prof. Michael Goodchild, University of California
2. Prof. Ian Dowman, University College London
3. Prof. Alan Dodson, University of Nottingham
4. Dato’ Hamid Ali, JUPEM
5. Dato’ Nik Nasruddin Mahmood, MACRES
6. Dr. Robert Moses, PCI Geomatics, Canada
7. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Rashid Mohamed Shariff, UPM
8. Prof. Hans Knoop, Germany
9. Jim Farley, Oracle Corporation, USA
10. Prof. Dr. Ir. Radin Umar Radin Sohadi, UPM
11. Prof. Dr. Mahadzer Mahmud, KLIUC

138 papers were presented in 15 parallel sessions namely: Agroinformatics, Environmatics, Marine Applications, Utility Management, Surveying and Mapping, Natural Resourses Management, Urban Planning, Transportation, Health, Emerging Applications, Land Management and Administration, Education, Disaster Management, Civil and Infrastructure and Military and Surveillance. Three workshops were also organized in the 2nd and 3rd day of the conference. The workshops were focused on the following topics:
1. Global navigation Satellite System (GNSS) by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustapha Din Subari
2. Geocentric Datum of Malaysia 2000 by Mr. Chang Leng Hua
3. 3D GIS-Concept, Development and Issues by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alias Abdul Rahman

4. Sponsors and Supporters
Gold sponsors for ISG 2004 were PCI Geomatics, Map Information Solutions Sdn. Bhd. and Land Surveyors Board Peninsular Malaysia (LJT). Fourteen supporters were JUPEM, PEJUTA, KLIUC, AIMST, MACRES, ISM, MARDI, STRIDE, TNB, JMG, KPM, ATSB, MPSJ and MaCGDI.