KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Mei 26- MALAYSIA HOSTS FIG/IHO/ICA IBSC-49 STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP. Last week, Malaysia had the distinct honour of hosting the 𝐅𝐈𝐆/𝐈𝐇𝐎/𝐈𝐂𝐀 𝐈𝐁𝐒𝐂-𝟒𝟗 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 from 11 to 20 May in Kuala Lumpur. Coordinated by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and supported by the National Hydrographic Centre, this event gathered the brightest minds from hydrographic offices, academia and the maritime industry worldwide. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞? As the maritime sector rapidly evolves with AI, autonomous vessels, and digital twin technology, the global standards for those who map our oceans must evolve too. Over 10 days, we successfully laid the groundwork to revise 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐫𝐬 (𝐒-𝟓𝐀 & 𝐒-𝟓𝐁) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝐒-𝟖𝐀 & 𝐒-𝟖𝐁). “𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑝, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑦𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙.” - Rear Admiral Dr. Najhan bin Md Said, the Chief Hydrographer of Malaysia.
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