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Keynote Speakers

1.	Dato' Sr Dr. Azhari Mohamed (Malaysia) Director General of Survey and Mapping, Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia Marine Geodetic Modernisation in Malaysian Waters: Current Development and Future Directions
2.	Rear Admiral Hanafiah Hassan (Malaysia) Director General, National Hydrographic Centre, Royal Malaysian Navy Revitalising Hydrographic Information for Empowering Marine Knowledge
3.	Prof. Sr Dr. Mohd Razali Mahmud (Malaysia) Chair of FIG Commission 4 (Hydrography) Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Empowering Marine Knowledge through Hydrographic Professional Programmes at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Invited Speakers

1.	Mr. Johan Stam (Netherlands) Managing Director of Skilltrade B.V. Education and Training: Knowledge Leads to Connections
2.	Mr. Mick Hawkins (Australia) Business Development Manager for Fugro Australia Marine Pty. Ltd. Unlocking Data Insights in Asia and the South Pacific to Mitigate Impacts of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
3.	First Admiral Dr. Najhan Md Said (Malaysia) Senior Director of Hydrography, National Hydrographic Centre, Royal Malaysian Navy The Naming of Undersea Features in Malaysia: Rational and Challenges
4.	Mr. Abhineet Jain (Singapore) Global Industry Business Development Evolution of Remote Sensing: What's Next?
5.	Ms. Poh Lem Choo (Malaysia) Senior Programme Officer, World Wild Fund for Nature – Malaysia Marine Programme Threats to Semporna's Reefs: A Comparative Study of Underwater Survey Results versus Community Perception
6.	Sr Zulkifli Sidek (Malaysia) Deputy Director of Survey, Boundary Affairs Division, Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia 40 Years of Peta Baru Malaysia 1979
7.	Dr. Isa Adekunle Hamid-Mosaku (Nigeria) University of Lagos, Nigeria Utilisation of Hydrographic Information in Empowering Marine Knowledge for Research Development: Challenges and Prospects
8.	Mr. Neil Hewitt (Australia) Chair of FIG Working Group 4.1 – Standards and Guidelines for Hydrography Hydrographic Surveyors Certification
9.	Mr. Gordon Johnston (United Kingdom) Chair of FIG Working Group 4.2 – Blue Growth & UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 Blue Growth, Developing the Blue Economy and the Surveyors' Contribution
10.	Mr. Lester Simon Ironside (New Zealand) Chair of FIG Working Group 4.3 – Mapping the Plastic Mapping the Plastic – A Surveyor's Response
11.	Sr Dr. Abdullah Hisam Omar (Malaysia) Chair of FIG Working Group 4.4 – Marine Development and Administration Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Roles of Marine Cadastre for Nation Development: Potential, Requirement and Challenges
12.	Sr Shaharuddin Musa (Malaysia) President of the Association of Authorised Land Surveyors Malaysia (PEJUTA) Current and Future Challenges for Hydrographic Surveyors in Malaysia
13.	Sr Dr. Ami Hassan Md Din (Malaysia) Geomatics Innovation Research Group, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Advances in Satellite Altimetry for the Ocean Exploration
14.	Mr. Matt Holland (Canada) Sales Manager Asia / Pacific, Teledyne CARIS Trends in Hydrography Empowering Marine Knowledge: Automation for Marine Survey, Products and Possibilities through S-100
15.	Sr Dr. Mohd Yunus Mohd Yusoff (Malaysia) Director of Survey, Geodetic Survey Division, Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia Enhancement of Tidal Stations in Malaysia: Progress and Prospect
16.	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Fadzil Mohd Akhir (Malaysia) Director of Institute of Oceanography and Environment (INOS), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu What Can You Do with 100 Years of Ocean Data?: Experience from World Ocean Database for South China Sea Research
17.	Mr. Ahmad Hadi Mohamed Rashidi (Malaysia) Research Officer, Research Centre for Coastal and Oceanography, National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM), Ministry of Water, Land and Natural Resources Impact of Climate Change to Sea Level Rise in Malaysia
18.	Ms. Noorzalianee Ghazali (Malaysia) Senior Lecturer, Universiti Teknologi MARA Mangroves Bioshield vs Mean Sea Level Rise: How We Wreck Our Last Defence!

Sub-Programme Activities:

1. FIG Commission 4 (Hydrography) – Annual Meeting
2. FIG Young Surveyors Network
3. UTM Hydrography Programme (FIG/ IHO/ ICA) – Graduation & Alumni Launching
4. Gala Dinner
5. Accompanying Person – KL City Walking Tour/ Gala Dinner