4th Regional Training Course on GIS for Disaster Risk Management (Advanced Level) was held at the Geoinformatics Center, Asian Institute of Technology during 07-18 December, 2009. The course was jointly organized with the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) and Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC). Twenty one participants from Bangladesh, China, Iraq, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Poland, Singapore, South Korean, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Thailand had joined the training. One of the participant, Malgorzata Stolarska said:

"... In my opinion the idea of increasing the duration of the course (in 2010) is marvellous and people who will have this opportunity to spend 3 weeks with wonderful team AIT & ADPC & ITC, get more and more knowledge. I'm still under impression of our course - High level of knowledge and skills, working with wonderful people and unforgettable memories. I will certainty recommend this course to everybody..." [photos]

Geoinformatics Center recently conducted the 2nd one week Professional Development Training Program on Microwave Remote Sensing (14-20 October 2009) for the Licenced Surveyors of Malaysia with the help of PEJUTA (Surveyors Association of Malaysia). Sixteen professional surveyors attended this training program which was highly appreciated by the group.