On 18 August 2008, AIT President Said
Irandoust delivered one of the inaugural addresses at the Map
Asia 2008 conference. The main speaker was the Secretary-General of
the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Malaysia.
During his address, AIT President
highlighted the important role of AIT vis-à-vis GIS strategies in the
region, importance of GIS and emerging advances in GIS related
technologies, planned activities and initiatives of AIT in initiatives
such as climate change and how GIS can help, and also conveyed AIT’s
interest and invitation to work with a wide range of partners.