09.00 Opening Remarks From The Chair

09.10 Overcoming Challenges In Interoperability: Malaysia’s National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)

• The latest developments in GIS products and tools as used by Malaysia’s NDSI
• Providing solutions that allow for a common infrastructure
• Increasing operational efficiency by streamlining day to day activities within the NSDI: What can be learnt?
• Understanding the future potential of Enterprise GIS in Government

Fuziah Binte Hanifa
Director
MALAYSIAN CENTRE FOR GEOSPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE, MALAYSIA

09.50 Case Study: Applying GIS Tools In Health Services: Predicting And Tracking The Swine Flu Virus

• Outlining how GIS tools are utilised for disease surveillance by Governments
• Analysing the need for accurate data collection, storage and synthesis ofdata
• Enhancing the decision making process by having access to high quality data
• Future directions of GIS applications for the health sector: How GIS technology can assist in the prediction and tracking of most diseases

Chris Chiesa
Chief Information Officer
PACIFIC DISASTER CENTRE, HAWAII

11.00 GIS Developments In Sri Lanka: Looking At The Eastern Province

• Understanding the development of ‘urban sprawl’ in Sri Lanka
• Assessing the GIS applications for enhanced urban planning in Sri Lanka
• Enumerating a national SDI and moving beyond it: Lessons learnt
• Using an intelligent GIS based spatial zoning system to control urban space

Dr. K. Thavalingam
Additional Surveyor General
SURVEY DEPARTMENT, SRI LANKA

11.40 Case Study: Overcoming The Challenges Of Disaster Management Through The Use Of GIS: Case Study From Thailand

• Disaster management in Thailand and Southeast Asia: The landscape over thepast five years
• The Thailand Earth Observation Satellite (THEOS): Benefits of data utilisation
• Moving beyond just satellite imagery for assessing natural disasters to a more advanced process
• Partnering with local and international agencies to enhance GIS applications for disaster management

Dr. Surachai Ratanasermpong
Deputy Director
GEO-INFORMATICS AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, THAILAND

13.20 Case Study: System And Capacity Development On The Use Of Geospatial Technology For Environment In GMS (Greater MekongSub-Region)

• Overview of the SEMIS II (Sub-regional Environmental Monitoring and InformationSystem)
• Developingcapabilities for enhanced inter-departmental data management and data sharing: What has been achieved? ❱❱ Moving from early warning systems to environmental monitoring using GIS
• Focusing on capacity building and training for local Governments: How has this been executed?

Tin Aung Moe
Senior Programme Officer
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) REGIONAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

14.00 Case Study: The Use Of GIS In Security: Preparing For The Commonwealth Games 2010 In Delhi

• Identifying the security challenges and vulnerabilities in preparing for the Commonwealth Games
• Using GIS to help in the decision-making for deployment of manpower
• Addressing the various strategies to improve inter-departmental data management
• Overcoming the challenges of intra-operability issues

Nitin Arora*
Deputy Commandant
BORDER SECURITY FORCE, INDIA

15.10 Improving The Lifestyle Of Citizens By Utilising GIS To Determine Important Socio-Economic Trends

• Understanding how to utilise GIS data in determining location and characteristics of populations
• Benefiting from enterprise GIS for efficient delivery of Government services: How can this be achieved?
• Sustaining business critical systems for land use, water supply and health services
• Discussing the challenges in coordinating a shared GIS data system

Dr. Siva Kumar
Chief Executive Officer, National Spatial Data Infrastructure
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, INDIA

15.50 Looking Ahead: The Future Of GIS Applications In Government

• Addressing the strategies to achieve high resolution imagery and data though a digital elevation model
• Discussing the cost versus benefit analysis in acquiring high end GIS technology
• Outlining some of the applications of GIS and looking at Singapore’s IMap
• Integrating and managing data in relation to OGC standards

Dr. Kam Tin Seong
Practice Associate Professor, School of Information Systems
SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY

16.30 Close Of Conference