The 35th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS 2014) was held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar from 27th – 31st October 2014. This conference bring together researchers, policy makers, and practitioners from developed and developing countries to share insights into the challenges and opportunities of remote sensing technology and application in solving the world problems. It will showcase cutting-edge research from around the world, focusing on themes of equity and risk, learning, capacity building, methodology, and possibly investment approaches in remote sensing. It will explore practical adaptation policies and approaches, and share strategies for decision making from the international to the local scale.
A delegation from INSTeG consisted of five staff members and three students has participated in this conference, where they presented their work in various technical sessions at the conference. In addition, INSTeG had participated as exhibitor for the first time in this conference for promoting Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in international conference in order to attract international students or researchers to join UTM. It was a great success as we got good response from many participants from different countries.
UTM-INSTeG Booth at ACRS 2014
Dr. Martin Isenburg- scientist at LAStools and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Teo Tee Ann from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan having discussion with INSTeG’s staffs and student regarding the Disaster Risk and Exposure Assessment for Mitigation (DREAM) Program
INSTeG booth got good response from the local student that volunteer to be the conference secretariat 
Group photo: (from left) Dr. Amin, Prof. Mazlan, Le Ming, Dr. Nadzri, Tze Huey, Dr. Jaw and Hui Lin