8th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION ON GEOINFORMATION (ISG 2009)
Organized by:
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA, MaCGDI and ISPRS
1. INTRODUCTION
ISG 2009 was jointly organized by Laboratory of Spatial and Numerical Modeling, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysian Centre of Geospatial Data Infrastructure (MaCGDI) and International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) on 10th and 11th August 2009 at Crowne Plaza Mutiara Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. It was a premier event engaging the professionals, academicians and practitioners involving in a wide variety of interest fields of the geoinformation, with presenters coming from various part of the world namely India, Indonesia, Iran, Germany and United Kingdom.
The symposium was officiated by the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Yang Berbahagia Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas. In his speech, he invited participants from all walks of life and especially the Malaysian government and industry leaders to ISG 2009 to engage in fruitful discussions with the stalwarts of the global geoinformation industry on initiatives that will help propel the geoinformation industry onto a higher and a more desirable level.
The new ISG website was also launched during the opening ceremony. The website can be viewed at www.isg.org.my. History of ISG, past symposiums, web album, past keynotes and presenters’ papers and many more can be browsed from the website. This website will be the main portal for ISG events in the coming years.
The theme “Geoinformation for All” is chosen as it identifies the remarkable achievements of the community and related technologies in the generation of information from imagery. From near polar orbiting Landsat to equatorial orbiting Razaksat. From observation to measurement, monitoring and prediction.
Eight keynote speakers, eleven invited speakers, 85 paper presenters, 17 exhibitors and about 200 participants joined the two days symposium that discussed research findings and experiences in Remote Sensing, Geomatics, Surveying and Mapping, Hydrography, Geographic Information System (GIS), Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Location Based Services (LBS), Automated Mapping and Facilities Mapping.
Eight parallel sessions namely GIS (session 1B), GPS/GNSS (session 2B), Disaster Management (session 3B and 4B), Geoinformation Technology Applications (session 1C and 2C), Surveying and Mapping (session 3C and 4C), Photogrametry/Remote Sensing (session 1D and 2D) and ISPRS/Urban Management (session 3D and 4D) have been conducted on day two of the symposium.
Three best poster awards and one best booth award had been awarded to the winners during the closing ceremony on day two.
In his closing speech, Yang Berhormat Dato’ Prof. Sr Dr. Abdul Kadir Taib, Chairman of ISG Steering Committee announced that the next ISG in 2010 will be jointly organized by ISM and MapAsia (GIS Development Sdn. Bhd.).
2. List of Keynote Speakers
a. Prof. Dr. Shankar Lal Gargh
Editor in Chief
International Journal of Disaster Advances & International Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, India
b. Prof. M.A (Ali) Sharifi
Chairman
ISPRS WG II/7
c. Prof. Dato' Dr. Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman
Director of Corporate Planning Division
Universiti Putra Malaysia
d. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nitin Kumar Tripathi
Director
Academic Quality Assurance and Accreditation,
Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
e. Prof. Dr. Ruslan Rainis
Professor
Universiti Sains Malaysia
f. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Rashid Mohamed Shariff
Lecturer
Universiti Putra Malaysia
g. Sr Teo Chee Hai
Licensed Surveyor/Chartered Surveyor
FIG Vice President
h. Ralf Duering
Business Development Manager (Asia Pacific)
Geo-Information and TerraSAR-X Services, Infoterra GmbH, Germany
3. List of Invited Speakers
a. Dr. Noordin Ahmad
Managing Director
GeoInfo Services Sdn. Bhd.
b. Pn. Fuziah Abu Hanifah
Director
Malaysian Centre for Geospatial Data Infrastructure
c. Prof. Dr. Shattri Mansor
Director of Development and Asset Management
Universiti Putra Malaysia
d. Nikolaus Faller
Director of Sales
Geo-Information and TerraSAR-X Services, Infoterra GmbH, Germany
e. Emmanuel Samuel
Director
Industry Sales Development and Field Marketing Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC), Autodesk Asia Pacific
f. Daniel Boey
Country Manager
ESRI Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
g. Prof. Dr. Halim Setan
Professor
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
h. Dr. Shahid Kabir
Lecturer
Universiti Sains Malaysia
i. Dr. Azhari Mohamed
Director of Survey (Geodesy)
JUPEM
j. Dr. Deni Suwardhi
Lecturer
Institute Technology of Bandung, Indonesia
k. Pn. Rosilawati Zainol
Lecturer
Universiti Malaya
4. List of Exhibitors
a. Axis Commerce (M) Sdn. Bhd.
b.Department Survey and Mapping Malaysia
c. Espatial Resources Sdn. Bhd.
d. Esri Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
e. Geo Spatial Solutions Sdn. Bhd.
f. Global-Trak Systems Sdn. Bhd.
g. Ground Data Solutions R&D Sdn. Bhd.
h. Hydro Navigation (M) Sdn. Bhd.
i. Innovative Mapping Solutions Sdn. Bhd.
j. Jurupro Sdn. Bhd.
k. Malaysian Centre for Geospatial Data Infrastructure
l. Map Information Solutions Sdn. Bhd.
m. Mapking (M) Sdn. Bhd.
n. Microcorp Technology Sdn. Bhd.
o. Precision Design Solution (M) Sdn. Bhd.
p. Selia Selenggara Engineering Sdn. Bhd.
q. Universiti Putra Malaysia
5. Best Poster Awards
First place:
Dr. Maged Marghany and Mazlan Hashim (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
“Velocity Bunching Model and Canny Algorithm for Modeling Shoreline Change”
Second Place:
Zuhaidah Nordin, Wan Aziz W.A and Tiong C.U. (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
“A Study of Reliability of Myrtknet in Subdivision Works”
Third Place:
Saied Pirasteh, Amir Mahmoodzadeh, Woodbridge K. and S.M.A. Rizvi (Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch, Iran)
“Application of Remote Sensing and GIs for River Response in Semi-Arid Foreland Basin South-West Iran”
6. Best Booth Award
Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan Malaysia (JUPEM)
