Speakers

Pre-conference On Socio-economic Value Of Geospatial For National And Regional Development
21 August 2017, 1000-1130 hrs Session I: Critical role of Geospatial Infrastructure in Driving National Economy
Nigel Clifford

Chief Executive Officer
Ordnance Survey
United Kingdom

Dr. Noordin Ahmad

Director General
National Space Agency
Malaysia

Uke Muhammad Hussein

Director of Spatial Planning and Land, National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), Indonesia

François Robida

Deputy Head, Information Systems and Technologies, French Geological Survey (BRGM), France

Nirarta Samadhi

Country Director
World Resource Institute
Indonesia

21 August 2017, 1200-1330 hrs Session II: Policy Intervention for Collaboration, Partnerships and Information Sharing
Yasushi Shimoyama

Director General, Geospatial Information Department, Geospatial Information Authority, Japan

Norizam Binti Che Noh

Director
Malaysian Centre for Geospatial Data Infrastructure (MaCGDI), Malaysia

Mark Sorensen

President
GPC Group
UAE

Sr Khairul Faizi B Mohd Taib

Head of Geospatial Data
Group Technical Data
PETRONAS, Malaysia

Megha Datta

Director – Market Intelligence & Policy Advocacy
Geospatial Media and Communications

21 August 2017, 1430-1600 hrs Session III: Economic Value and Impact of Geospatial
Sr Hj. Mohamad Kamali bin Adimin

Director of Survey (Cadastre)
Department of Survey and Mapping
Malaysia

Joe Francica

Managing Director, Location Intelligence Solutions
Pitney Bowes, USA

Arief Wijaya

Climate and Forests Senior Manager
World Resource Institute
Indonesia

Jackson Cham

Technical Sales Manager
Bandwork GPS Solutions
Malaysia

Opening Programme
22 August 2017 Opening Programme
SANJAY KUMAR

Chief Executive Officer
Geospatial Media & Communications

QUAH BENG CHIEH

Head of Marketing, Asia Pacific
FARO Technologies
Singapore

BRETT DIXON

General Manager, Asia
Esri
Singapore

NIGEL CLIFFORD

Chief Executive Officer
Ordnance Survey
United Kingdom

YB DATO SRI DR. HAJI WAN JUNAIDI BIN TUANKU JAAFAR

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia

PRASHANT JOSHI

Vice President, Asia Pacific
Geospatial Media & Communications

Plenary 1: Spatial Analytics & Business Intelligence
22 August 2017, 1100-1230 hrs Plenary I
Tanuja Vashistha

Chief Strategy Officer & Vice President - Market Intelligence & Policy Advocacy, Geospatial Media and Communications

Kumar Navulur

President
DigitalGlobe Foundation
USA

Siva Ravada

Senior Director of Software Development
Oracle
USA

Sandeep Singhal

Director, Cloud Storage
Google
USA

Robert Toba Siahaan

Head of Geoscience Data
Group Technical Data
PETRONAS, Malaysia

Peter Hawkins

Regional Director, Asia Pacific
HERE Technologies, Singapore

Plenary 2: Reality Mesh & Digital Engineering
22 August 2017, 1330-1500 hrs Plenary II
Anusuya Datta

Executive Editor - Geospatial World, Geospatial Media and Communications

Chris Gibson

Senior Vice President
Trimble
USA

Jason Hutchings

Senior Design Director
Atkins
Hong Kong

Brian Nicholls

Executive Director
AAM Group
Australia

François Robida

Deputy Head, Information Systems and Technologies, French Geological Survey (BRGM), France

Plenary 3: Geospatial Infrastructure And Policy Frameworks: Defining National Geospatial Strategy For Sustainable Development
22 August 2017, 1530-1700 hrs Plenary III
Megha Datta

Director – Market Intelligence & Policy Advocacy
Geospatial Media and Communications

Basanta Shrestha

Director Strategic Cooperation, Regional Coordinator NASA-SERVIR-Himalaya, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal

Anne Hale Miglarese

Chief Executive Officer
Open Imagery Network - Radiant.Earth
USA

Nirarta Samadhi

Country Director
World Resource Institute
Indonesia

Mark Sorensen

President
GPC Group
UAE

Plenary 4: Defence & Public Safety
23 August 2017, 0900-1100 hrs Plenary IV
Lt Gen AKS Chandele

President, Defence Security and Public Safety, Geospatial Media and Communications

Brig Gen Ricardo Nepomoceno

Chief of Command Center
Armed Forces of the Philippines

Frank Suykens

Chief Technology Officer
Luciad
Belgium

Dr. Rao S. Ramayanam

Vice President Sales, Middle East, Africa and South Asia, DEIMOS IMAGING, an UrtheCast Company, USA

Trevor Taylor

Director, Member Services-Asia & the Americas, Open Geospatial Consortium, Canada

Closing Plenary: Commercialization & Commoditization Of Geospatial Information
24 August 2017, 1430-1600 hrs Closing Plenary
Dr Viraj Perera

Chief Executive Officer
PlaTCOM Ventures
Malaysia

Arnold Hougham

Vice President, Sales and Marketing
PCI Geomatics
Canada

Ton van Helvert

Manager Geo-Information
Kadaster
The Netherlands

Anamika Das

Vice President – Outreach & Business Development, Geospatial Media and Communications

Dr. Abdul Rashid Mohamed Shariff

Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Malaysia

Geointelligence APAC
23 August 2017, 1300-1430 hrs Session I: Geospatial Enabling Combat
Lt Gen AKS Chandele

President, Defence Security and Public Safety, Geospatial Media and Communications

Chris Fowler

National Security Lead – APAC
Esri
Singapore

Kate Levy

Solution Engineer
Esri
Singapore

Lt Col Dr Dinh Minh Nguyen

Head - Technology Department
Defence Mapping Agency
Vietnam

Alex Tan Teik Eooi

Regional Sales Manager
DigitalGlobe

Lt Kol Muhamad Zamri Bin Husran

Defense Geospatial Division
Department of Survey & Mapping (JUPEM)

Manan Patel

President
Special Operations Solutions
USA

Prof. Neeta Awasthy

Director, School of Engineering & Technology
Noida International University
India

23 August 2017, 1530-1700 hrs Session II: Homeland & Maritime Security
Lt Gen AKS Chandele

President, Defence Security and Public Safety, Geospatial Media and Communications

Prof Dato' Shattri Mansor

Director - Geospatial Information Science Research Centre, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

George Guy Thomas

Founder and Director, C-SIGMA LLC
Advisor, Multinational Maritime Security Centre of Excellence United States

Muhammad Helmi bin Abdullah

Director - Research and Technical Development Division
Malaysian Meteorological Department

John Ahlrichs

VP, Business Development
Planet Labs
Germany

Dinesh Sathyamoorthy

Senior Research Officer, Science & Technology Research Institute for Defence, Malaysia

Smart Cities
23 August 2017, 1300-1430 hrs Session I: Transforming Asian Cities into Smart Cities
Tanuja Vashistha

Chief Strategy Officer & Vice President - Market Intelligence & Policy Advocacy, Geospatial Media and Communications

Janki Jethi

Vice President
Gujarat International Finance Tec-City
India

Joanne Loh

Chief Technology Strategist
Esri
Malaysia

Wilfred Lau

Director
Arup
Hong Kong

Josefina Faulan

Director, Metropolitan Development Planning, Manila Metropolitan Development Authority, Philippines

Daniel Kruimel

SE Asia Senior Consultant
AAM
Australia

Ryan Lee

Director
IFEZ Smart-City Integrated Operation Center
Korea

23 August 2017, 1530-1700 hrs Session II: Smart Utility Empowering Cities
Agendra Kumar

President
Esri
India

Ibrahim bin Abdul Rahman

Director, NRW, Water Supply Division
Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water,Malaysia

Eve Kleiman

Director, Spatial & Graph Solutions, Asia/Pacific
Oracle
Australia

Fazilah Mat Yatim

Head of GIS Projects
Tenaga Nasional Berhad
Malaysia

Lê Phước Thành

Chief Executive Officer
VidaGIS
Vietnam

Tanuja Vashistha

Chief Strategy Officer & Vice President - Market Intelligence & Policy Advocacy, Geospatial Media and Communications

24 August 2017, 0900-1030 hrs Session III: Digital Cities Enabling Urban Innovations
Gopal Valecha

Asst. Vice President – Business Development (IT),Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS),India

Dr. Ahyani Raksanagara

Head of Information & Communication
City of Bandung
Indonesia

Lim Liyang

Senior Manager, GeoSpatial Planning & Development
Singapore Land Authority, Singapore

Vikas Singhal

Deputy General Manager (S&T)
Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation
India

Bernard Liew

Deputy Director, Lands & Surveys Department Sabah, Malaysia

Infrastructure & Construction
23 August 2017, 1300-1430 hrs Session I: Sustainable Infrastructure Design and Construction
B.P. Awasthi

Executive Director (Track)
Railway Board
India

MOHD HARRIS MOHD ISMAIL

BIM Director
Ascension Technology
Malaysia

Aswadi Yusof

Senior Manager, GIS
MRT Corp
Malaysia

Tadashi Sasagawa

Executive Technical Adviser
PASCO CORPORATION
Japan

Ir. Dr. Lawrence Lee

Senior Construction Engineer - Civil
MTR Corporation
Hong Kong

M.Rajathurai

Sr. Manager
Asset Performance
Bentley Systems
Asia Pacific

Sonny Andalis

Executive Manager, Centre for Construction IT, Built Environment Research & Innovation Institute, Building and Construction Authority, Singapore

23 August 2017, 1530-1700 hrs Session II: Smart Asset Management & Maintenance
DR JOHN ROGERS

Executive Director
buildingSMART
Malaysia

B.P. Awasthi

Executive Director (Track)
Railway Board
India

Kim Cohen

Team Leader (Building Assets & Services) & Manager Geospatial Information, Sydney Airport, Australia

Dr. Hazman Hazumi

Director/Registered Conservator
Global Heritage Consultancy
Malaysia

Isaias Aldrich J. Viray

BIM Manager
ESCA Engineers
Philippines

Dr. Hussein Harahsheh

Business Development
Advisor
Idom Consulting
UAE

Asep Yusup Saptari

Lecturer, Geodesy and Geomatic
Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)
Indonesia

Location Intelligence
23 August 2017, 1300-1430 hrs Session I: Location Analytics Driving Business Intelligence
Kumar Navulur

President
DigitalGlobe Foundation
USA

Joe Francica

Managing Director, Location Intelligence Solutions
Pitney Bowes, USA

Maurits van der Vlugt

Director
Mercury Project Solutions
Australia

Dr Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse

Director - NSW Business Development, Research & International Relations, ANZ CRC for Spatial Information, Australia

Wim Symens

Sales Manager
Luciad Southeast Asia
Singapore

Mohd Norazhar Sulaiman

Head of Public Safety & Emergency Solution
MERS 999, Telekom Malaysia
Malaysia

23 August 2017, 1530-1700 hrs Session II: Smarter Resource and Operations Management
Sr Dr. Mohd Yunus bin Mohd Yusoff

Director of Survey (Utility Mapping)
Department of Survey and Mapping
Malaysia

Laurent Michel

Chief Marketing Officer
Intersec
France

Mohd Zairi Mohd Yusof

Senior Geoscientist
Petronas Exploration
Malaysia

Valrie Grant

Managing Director
GeoTechVision
Jamaica

Ooi Wei Han

Space Application and Technology Development Division, National Space Agency (ANGKASA), Malaysia

Mohd Norazhar Sulaiman

Head of Public Safety & Emergency Solution
MERS 999, Telekom Malaysia
Malaysia

Disaster Management & Climate Change
24 August 2017, 0900-1030 hrs Session I: Strengthening Readiness and Resilience with Geospatial Technology
Zainal Azman bin Abu Seman

Deputy Director General - Operation Sector, National Disaster Management Agency, Malaysia

Alastair Lees

Director, EASOS (Earth & Sea Observation System), United Kingdom

Prof. Fredolin Tangang

Coordinator, SEACLID/CORDEX Southeast Asia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

Dr. Rishiraj Dutta

Technical Specialist (Climate Risk Management), Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre, Thailand

Masanobu Tsuji

Director – Bangkok Office
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Thailand

Lt Col Noor Azam bin Johari

Assistant Director, Disaster Management & Operation Division, Malaysian Civil Defence Force, Malaysia

24 August 2017, 1130-1300 hrs Session II: Advancements in Geospatial Tools
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho

Head of Data, Information and Public Relations, National Disaster Management Authority, Indonesia

Dr. Ken Tsutsui

Manager
NTT DATA Corporation
Japan

Nurizana Binti Amir Aziz

Meteorological Officer, National Climate Center (NCC), Malaysian Meteorological Department, Malaysia

Rizky Firmansyah

GIS Analyst
World Resource Institute
Indonesia

Noor Atika Binti Abdullah

Environmental Scientist
DHI Water & Environmental Consultants
Malaysia

JunSeok Lee

Ph.D. Senior Researcher
LX Spatial Information Research Institute
Korea

Agriculture & Plantation
23 August 2017, 1530-1700 hrs Improving Farming Practices with Automation
Dr. Abdul Rashid Mohamed Shariff

Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Malaysia

Deric Tay

Asia Sales and Distribution Manager
Trimble
Singapore

Samuel J. Belamide

Unit Head - Geomapping & Governance
Philippine Rural Development Project
Department of Agriculture, Philippines

Dr Teoh Chin Chuang

Deputy Director, Farm Mechanization Program, Malaysian Agricultural Research & Development Institute, Malaysia

Saravanan Rethinam

Geospatial Agriculture Specialist
Mitr Phol Group
Thailand

Dr. Ariel C. Blanco

Chair, Department of Geodetic Engineering
University of the Philippines
Philippines

Surveyors' Workshop
24 August 2017, 0900-1030 hrs Trending Technologies in Surveying and Mapping
John Allan

VP Sales and Marketing
GeoSLAM
United Kingdom

Thomas Gaisecker

Senior Manager International, Sales
RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems
Austria

Jackson Cham

Technical Sales Manager
Bandwork GPS Solutions
Malaysia

Christopher Yuen

Asia Regional Sales Manager
Laser Technology
Hong Kong

Yasushi Shimoyama

Director General, Geospatial Information Department, Geospatial Information Authority, Japan