Kamalruddin
Shamsudin (a.k.a Kldin) is He is currently the President of MSIA. He is also Deputy Director General
(Planning), Federal Department of Town and Country Planning (JPBD),Peninsular
Malaysia. Kldin has served JPBD for more than 32 years. His interests
include: assessing urban planning efforts; planning theories; planning history;
application of decision science and spatial analysis; and social impact
assessment. He has written extensively on Town Planning History (in particular
the contribution of Charles Reade, the first government town planner in British
Malaya). He obtained his Advance Diploma in Town and Regional Planning from the
Institut Teknologi MARA, Malaysia; M.Phil from University of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; Postgraduate Diploma in Urban Renewal from Institute
of Housing Studies (HIS) Netherlands; and Certificate in Spatial Multi-criteria
Evaluation Methods from ITC, Enschede, Netherlands. Kldin has
authored/co-authored more than 80 articles for book chapters (publishers
include UNCRD, Springer Verlag, IIUM, MSIA), journals (JPBD Journal, Planning
Malaysia Journal, Habitat Malaysia, Townplan Journal, International Planning
Historical Society), and for local and international seminars on planning and
GIS development. He has been editor /co-editor for the following books:
"Implementing Multi-criteria Decision Making (MCDM) In Malaysian Town
Planning (2006, JPBD)"; "Social Impact Assessment In Malaysia (2009,
MSIA)"; and "Applications of Planning and Decision Support System
(2004, IIUM)". He is currently a member of Malaysia Institute
of Planners (MIP); ordinary member MCDM Society; and an Adjunct Professor
International Islamic University Malaysia (2010-2011).
Dr.
Dahlia Rosly is currently the Vice President of MSIA. She
has been working in areas related to landuse and environmental planning and is
currently the Deputy Director General Development, Federal Department of Town
and Country Planning, Peninsular Malaysia.
She has wide experience dealing with strategic, regional and local
landuse planning in the context of sustainable development. In addition to
landuse plan preparation, Dr. Dahlia renders expert input and trains personnel
in Sustainability Assessment in Plans and Social Impact Assessment. She is
instrumental in introducing Social Impact Assessment and the Focus Group method
into plan-making processes in Malaysia. She is also the focal point in the
department for Green Neighbourhoods Research and Sustainable Development
Indicators. Dr. Dahlia has
contributed as counterpart to various government projects in collaboration with
international initiatives including the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank,
and the United Nations Development Program including that related to social
impact assessment. She was also a National Key Result Area (NKRA) lab member
for the Malaysian Government Transformational Programme. Dr. Dahlia obtained an
Honours Degree in Planning from Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom in
1981, holds a Masters Degree in Transport Planning and Engineering from the
Imperial College, University of London, and a PhD. in Environmental and Social
Impact Assessment from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom in
1997. She was President of the Malaysian Association for Social Impact
Assessment from 2005 -2008.
