Dr Shailesh Nayak

Director | NIAS and Board member In-Space | India

Arpan Sahoo

Co-founder and COO | KaleidEO | India

Brig. Gen. Datuk Abd Razak

Director, Defence Intelligence Application | Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA) | Malaysia

Brigadier General Datuk Abd Razak bin Sipit started his professional career as a Military Intelligence Officer specializing in Geospatial Intelligence and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) since 2004. He graduated with a Master in Defense Study from the Nati onal University and a Degree in Electronic Communication from Polythecnic Ungku Omar. Datuk Razak currently hold the position of Director of the Defense Intelligence Applications Division (DIAD) at the Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA) (formerly known as the Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency ARSM) since October 2018. Now he is one of the Fellow Scholars of the National Defense University of Malaysia, Adjunct A ssoc Professor appointed by DRB HICOM University of Automotive Malaysia since 2022 and Visiting Research Advisor at Center of Excellence Unmanned Aerial System (COEUAS) University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) since 2022.

Datuk Razak's research interests are focused on the spatial data analysis, satellite image processing, UAS technology to assist military and government agencies exploiting the advancement of remote sensing for security purposes. He is the most qualified as Subject Matter Experts (SME) on UAS in the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF). He often gives lectures on UAS expertise and imagery intelligence in forums, courses and workshops at local and abroad. In his free time, Datuk Razak enjoys golfing, running and fishing.