Plenary Session 5: Space Infrastructure and GeoInt Strategy: A Way Forward
7 June | Tango 3 | 1630 - 1730
Dr Shailesh Nayak
Director | NIAS and Board member In-Space | India
Dr Shailesh Nayak
Director | NIAS and Board member In-Space | India
Arpan Sahoo
Co-founder and COO | KaleidEO | India
Arpan Sahoo
Co-founder and COO | KaleidEO | India
Brig. Gen. Datuk Abd Razak
Director, Defence Intelligence Application | Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA) | Malaysia
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.