"Map Asia 2008" is an annual Asian conference and exhibition
on geospatial information, technology and applications. On its
seventh year, the conference will be held in Kuala Lumpur from 18
- 20 August, 2008 with GIS Development as the organizing
committee. Bearing the theme “Spatially Enabled Government”, the
event is expected to attract more than 1,000 delegates. AIT joins
this regionally recognized event as one of the co-sponsors.
AIT President Said Irandoust has been invited to be one of
the inaugural speakers for “Map Asia 2008”. Other speakers include
H.E. Mr. Y. B. Datuk Douglass Uggah Embas, Minister of Natural
Resources and Environment, Malaysia; Mr. Suresh Prabhu, Member of
the Indian Parliament and former Minister of Energy; and Professor
William Cartwright, President of the International Cartographic
Association, Australia.