- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, 2022, International Workshop on Land Cover/Land Use Changes (LCLUC), Forestry, and Agriculture in South/Southeast Asia (Presentation Title: Multi-Sensor Satellite Data for Estimating PM2.5 across Malaysia), 8 – 10 Aug 2022, Cambodia.
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, 2022, International Workshop on Land Cover/Land Use Changes (LCLUC), Forestry, and Agriculture in South/Southeast Asia (Presentation Title: The Impact of Land Use and Land Cover Change on River Morphology), 8 – 10 Aug 2022, Cambodia.
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, 2019, Remote Sensing Technology for managing mangrove forests in Malaysia, MyMangrove monthly discourse, organized by Mymangrove Research Alliance and Iskandar Regional Development Authority, 17 August 2019 at IRDA, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, 2019 (23 July 2019), Paper titled “Overview of Atmospheric Aerosol Studies in Malaysia: Known and unknown” in Land Use/Cover Changes, Environment and Emissions in South/Southeast Asia – An International Regional Science Meeting, 22-27th July 2019, Organised by NASA LCLUC Programme and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, 2019, Paper titled “Estimation of Oil Palm Biomass in Peninsular Malaysia using multi-sensor satellite data, at Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 4 June 2019.
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, 2018, Paper titled “Exploring the Capability of Earth Observation for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Malaysia” in International Conference on Sustainable Development, 11 to 15 April 2018 at President Hotel, Athens, Greece
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Nazarin Ezzaty Mohd Najib, Arthur P. Cracknell, Le Wang and Nordiana Abd. Aziz, 2018 Paper titled “Integrating radar and optical remote sensing data for effective mapping of oil palm plantation in Malaysia” in the 9th International Conference and Exhibition on Geospatial & Remote Sensing by the Institution of Geospatial and Remote Sensing Malaysia (IGRSM) 24-25 April 2018 at Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah and Afsaneh Sheikhi, 2017, Impact Land Cover Change on Urban Surface Temperature in Iskandar Malaysia, presented in International Conference of Low Carbon Asia and Beyond (ICLCA), 1-3 November 2017, Century Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah and Ng Su Wai, 2017, Remote Sensing (small) Satellites of Malaysia: Past experience and Future Direction, presented in 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS), 23-27 October 2017, Hotel The Ashok, New Delhi India (Poster)
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, 2017, Extraction and assessment of Urban Tree Cover in Malaysia using Multi Resolution Remote Sensing Data, presented in 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS), 23-27 October 2017, Hotel The Ashok, New Delhi India
- Nazarin Mohd Najib, Kasturi Devi Kanniah and AP Cracknell 2017, Mapping Oil Palm Plantation in Malaysia using Multisensor Remote Sensing Data, presented in Remote Sensing and Photo-Grammetry Society (RSPSoc) Annual Conference 2017, 5 -9 September 2017, Imperial College London, UK
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, 2017, Green Cover Change and Sustainability of Cities, presented in R & D Congress on Sustainable Urbanization in the Course of ASEAN Economic Integration, 26-30 June 2017, Sofitel Philippine Plaza, Manila, Philippines
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, 2017, Green Cover Change and Sustainability of Kuala Lumpur, presented in Research presentation by Malaysia Sustainable Cities Program (MSCP) Scholars, 13 January 2017, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah and Ho Chin Siong, 2016, Urban forest cover change and sustainability of Malaysia cities, presented in International Conference on Low Carbon Asia and Beyond, 23-25 Nov. 2016, UTM Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Siti Shazwani Mohamad AKhir and Kasturi Devi Kanniah, 2016, Preliminary analysis of remote sensing technology in urban planning in Malaysia, presented in International Conference on Low Carbon Asia and Beyond, 23-25 Nov. 2016, UTM Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Kasturi D. Kanniah, 2016, Multi-sensor satellite data for carbon storage mapping of green space in a fast growing development corridor in Malaysia, 37th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS), 17 to 21 October 2016, Colombia, Sri Lanka.
- Kasturi D. Kanniah and Nurul A. F. Kamarul Zaman, 2015, Remote sensing for studying atmospheric aerosols in Malaysia, Proc. SPIE 9640, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XX, 96400T, 16 October 2015, Toulouse, France.
- A Sheikhi, K D Kanniah, and C H Ho, 2015, Effect of land cover and green space on land surface temperature of a fast growing economic region in Malaysia, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9644, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications VI, 964413, 16 October 2015, Toulouse, France.
- K D Kanniah, N Muhamad and C S Kang, 2013, Remote sensing assessment of carbon storage by urban forest, International Symposium on Digital Earth, 26-29 August 2013, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
- K D Kanniah, A Sheikhi and C S Kang, 2013, Exploring The Role Of Green And Blue Infrastructure In Reducing Temperature In Iskandar Malaysia, International Symposium on Digital Earth, 26-29 August 2013, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
- S T Tan, H Hashim, C T Lee, J S Lim, K D Kanniah, 2013, Optimal Waste-To-Energy Strategy Assisted By Gis For Sustainable Solid Waste Management, International Symposium on Digital Earth, 26-29 August 2013, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
- E C Yeap, Alvin M S Lau, Ibrahim Bin Busu, Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Abd Wahid Rasib and Wan Hazli Wan Kadir, 2013, Development Of Local Atmospheric Model For Estimating Solar Irradiance In Peninsular Malaysia, International Symposium on Digital Earth, 26-29 August 2013, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
- B Rokni Deilmai, K D Kanniah, A W Rasib and A Ariffin, 2013, Comparison Of Pixel Based And Artificial Neural Networks Classification Methods In Detecting Forest Cover Changes In Malaysia, International Symposium on Digital Earth, 26-29 August 2013, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
- Hui Qi Lim, Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Alvin Meng Shin Lau, 2013, Retrieval Of Aerosol Optical Depth Over Urban Areas In Malaysia, International Symposium on Digital Earth, 26-29 August 2013, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
- Hamed adab, Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Karim Solaimani, and Kian Pang Tan, 2013, Estimating atmospheric humidity using MODIS cloud-free data in temperate humid region,IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, July 21-26, Melbourne, Australia.
- Kian Pang Tan, Kasturi Devi Kanniahand Arthur Philip Cracknell, 2013, The potential of modis derived photochemical reflectance index for studying gross primary productivity of oil palm Trees,IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, July 21-26, Melbourne, Australia.
- Chuen Siang Kang and Kasturi Devi Kanniah, 2013, Validation of AMSR-E soil moisture product and the future perspective of soil moisture estimation using smos data over tropical region,IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, July 21-26, Melbourne, Australia.
- Arthur Philip Cracknell, Kasturi Devi Kanniah and Kian Pang Tan, 2013, The Use of Oil Palm Estates in Peninsular Malaysia for the Validation of MODIS Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Net Primary Productivitiy (NPP) for the Humid Tropics”, nab Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society 2013 Annual Conference, Earth Observation for Problem Solving, 4-6 September 2013, Hilton Hotel Glasgow.
- Kanniah, K. D., Tan, K. P. and Cracknell, A. P. (2013). The use of radar ALOS PALSAR and the prospective use of airborne lidar for studying the age of oil palm trees. In: Seminar on Advanced Active Remote Sensing (SAARS 2013), 11-13 June 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Hamed Adab, Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Karim Solaimani, and Kian Pang Tan, 2013, Estimating atmospheric humidity using MODIS cloud-free data in temperate humid region,IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, July 21-26, Melbourne, Australia, page 1827-1830 (ISI Cited)
- Kian Pang Tan, Kasturi Devi Kanniahand Arthur Philip Cracknell, 2013, The potential of modis derived photochemical reflectance index for studying gross primary productivity of oil palm Trees,IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, July 21-26, Melbourne, Australia, page 2141-2144 (ISI Cited)
- Chuen Siang Kang and Kasturi Devi Kanniah, 2013, Validation of AMSR-E soil moisture product and the future perspective of soil moisture estimation using smos data over tropical region,IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, July 21-26, Melbourne, Australia, page 3730-3733 (ISI Cited)
- Beringer J, Hutley L B, Hacker J, Leuning R, Arndt S, Amiri R, Bannehr L, Cernusak L A, Grover S, Hensley C, Hocking D J, Isaac P R, Jamali H, Kanniah K, Livesley S, Neininger B, Paw U K T, Sea W B, Straten D, Tapper N J, Weinmann R A, Wood S & Zegelin S J. (2012) SPECIAL – The Savanna Patterns of Energy and Carbon Integrated Across the Landscape campaign, ESA Annual Meeting 2012, Portland, USA, 5 – 10 August 2012.
- Beringer J, Hacker J, Hutley L B, Leuning R, Arndt S K, Amiri R, Bannehr L, Cernusak L A, Grover S, Hensley C, Hocking D J, Isaac P R, Jamali H, Kanniah K, Livesley S, Neininger B, Paw U K, Sea W B, Straten D, Tapper N J, Weinmann R A, Wood S & Zegeli S J. (2011) SPECIAL – The Savanna Patterns of Energy and Carbon Integrated Across the Landscape campaign, OzFlux Meeting, 13 – 15 June 2011, Perth.
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Jason Beringer, and Lindsay Hutley 2011, “Relationship between clouds, radiation and canopy productivity in savannas, AsiaFlux 2011: Bridging ecosystem science to services and stewardship, November 9-11, 2011, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia.
- Beringer J, Hacker J, Hutley L B, Leuning R, Arndt S K, Amiri R, Bannehr L, Cernusak L A, Grover S, Hensley C, Hocking D J, Isaac P R, Jamali H, Kanniah K, Livesley S, Neininger B, Paw U K, Sea W B, Straten D, Tapper N J, Weinmann R A, Wood S & Zegeli S J. (2011) SPECIAL – The Savanna Patterns of Energy and Carbon Integrated Across the Landscape campaign, OzFlux Meeting, 13 – 15 June 2011, Perth.
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Jason Beringer, and Lindsay Hutley, 2011, “Modelling Gross Primary Productivity of Savanna Vegetation in northern Australia using MODIS data”, 34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, 10- 15 April 2011.
- Beringer J, Hacker J, Hutley L B, Leuning R, Arndt S K, Amiri R, Bannehr L, Cernusak L A, Grover S, Hensley C, Hocking D J, Isaac P R, Jamali H, Kanniah K, Livesley S, Neininger B, Paw U K, Sea W B, Straten D, Tapper N J, Weinmann R A, Wood S, Zegelin S J (2010) SPECIAL – The Savanna Patterns of Energy and Carbon Integrated Across the Landscape campaign, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 13 – 17 December, San Francisco, USA.
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, 2010, Preliminary assessment of the impact of atmospheric aerosols on climate change in Peninsular Malaysia, International Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science Conference,9-12 August 2010, Kyoto Japan.
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, 2010, Analysis of the spatial and temporal variability of savanna productivity in the Northern Territory, Australia using MODIS data, International Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science Conference, 9- 12 August 2010, Kyoto Japan.
- Beringer J, Hutley L B, Tapper N J, Cernusak L, and Kanniah K (2008), Northern Australian savannas are observed as a strong carbon sink: Where does all the carbon go?, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(23), West. Pac. Geophys. Meet. Suppl., Abstract B25A-06.
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Jason Beringer, Lindsay Hutley, Nigel Tapper Xuan Zhu, Evaluation of MODIS gross primary productivity and scaling up GPP over northern Australian savannas, oral presentation, Ozflux workshop on spatial variability and scaling (Australia and New Zealand flux) meeting, Barossa Weintal Resort Tanunda, South Australia, 4-6 February 2008
- Beringer J, Hutley LB, Tapper NJ, Cernusak L and Kanniah K (2008) Northern Australian savannas are observed as a strong carbon sink: Where does all the carbon go?, International symposium on CO2 flux monitoring Technology, Invited speaker, International Conference Hall, Sitou Nature Education area, The Experimental Forest, National Taiwan University, December 16-18, 2008.
- Beringer J, Hutley LB, Tapper NJ, Cernusak L and Kanniah K (2007) Northern Australian savannas are observed as a strong carbon sink: Where does all the carbon go?, Combio, Invited speaker– Ecophysiology session, Sydney convention and exhibition centre, September 22-26, 2007
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Nigel Tapper, Jason Beringer, Chuck Long, Lindsay Hutley and Xuan Zhu, Poster entitled “Interaction between aerosols, clouds and solar radiation: impact on savanna productivity”, Third Australian Aerosol workshop, 4-7 July 2007, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Melbourne, Australia
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Jason Beringer, Nigel Tapper, Lindsay Hutley, Xuan Zhu and Chuck Long, “Modelling plant productivity in northern Australian savannas using a land surface model” poster presented at a summer school (Land Surface – Atmosphere Interactions in a Changing Climate) in Grindelwald, Switzerland, 26-31 August, 2007.
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Jason Beringer, Nigel Tapper, Lindsay Hutley, Xuan Zhu, Evaluation of MODIS gross primary productivity and algorithm improvement in Northern Australian savannas, oral presentation, Monash Climate Science Day, 26 September, 2007.
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Nigel Tapper, Jason Beringer, Chuck Long, Lindsay Hutley and Xuan Zhu, Oral presentation entitled “Responses of a tropical savanna carbon exchange to smoke aerosols in Northern Australia” presented in “International Geographic Union” conference in Brisbane, Australia 3-7 July 2006.
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Nigel Tapper, Jason Beringer, Chuck Long, Lindsay Hutley and Xuan Zhu, Poster entitled “Preliminary investigations of the role of smoke aerosols on carbon uptake of a northern Australian tropical savanna” presented at Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Science Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 27- 31 March 2006.
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Teh Poey Lee and Mazlan Hashim Generation of Tasseled Cap Transformation Coefficients for the Use of Tiungsat MSEIS Data, Tiungsat 1-User Group Seminar, 24 September 2002, Cyberjaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Mazlan Hashim and Mohd Ibrahim Seeni Mohd, “Remote sensing: an environmentally friendly tool to enhance environmental education at the Department of Remote Sensing”, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 22ndAsian Conference on Remote SensingProceeding, Singapore, 5-9 Nov. 2001
- Kasturi Devi Kanniah, Development of direct satellite readout for daily monitoring of haze and coastal environment, The Aerospace, IT & Telecommunication Focus Group (ASITT) seminar, 6 May 2000, Hotel Puteri Pan Pacific, Johor Bahru
Invited speaker
- Invited Speaker on “21st Century Societal Challenges and Nature based Solution” organized by Sai University India, 22 Dec 2022.
- Keynote Speaker In the “International Level Workshop on Google Earth Engine (GEE) for Geo-Informatics Data” organized by Park College of Engineering and Technology Coimbatore, India, 7 -9 April 2022.
- Invited Speaker “Global Scholars Programme” at Dundee University, 30 Aug 2022.
- Invited Speaker for Talk organized by Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, 21 Sept 2022.
- Keynote Speaker MDPI Webinar of Sustainable Development of Global Oil Palm Plantations: Applications of Remote Sensing, 16 April 2021
- Keynote speaker for International Graduate Conference of Built Environment and Surveying (GBES 2021), 30 March 2021 (virtual)
- Invited speaker FABU Programme “How to Get your Research Output Published in Q1 Journals”, 7 Jan 2021 (Webex platform)
- Invited speaker for Workshop on Primary Forest Conservation in Asia and The Pacific organized by FAO and CIFOR, 23-25 March 2021 (ZOOM platform)
- Invited Speaker for “The 7th Geoinformation Science Symposium 2021” Held By Universitas Gadjah Mada, 25-28 Oct 2021, virtual conference
- Keynote speaker for International webinar series on “Mangrove Conservation & Restoration”, 19 Jan. 2021, organized by the Society for Environment & Mangrove Protection Welfare Association and Sindh Forest Department Pakistan.
- Invited speaker for MyMangrove Monthly Discourse, 15 Aug 2019, Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA), Dangar Bay Johor
- Invited Speaker Pelan Induk Masyarakat Rendah Karbon Kuala Lumpur 2030, 18-20 April 2019, Pulai Spring Resort Johor
- Invited speaker for 1st Asia-Pacific Urban Symposium,11-13 Dec 2019, Thammasat University
- Invited speaker for East Asian Symposium on Urban Forests Coping with Fine Dusts in Korea. Sponsored by National Institute of Forest Science,16-19 Oct 2019, Korea
- Keynote Speaker for The 6th Geoinformation Science Symposium 2019, 26-27 Aug 2019, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
- Invited speaker for Atmospheric Science And Land-Use/Cover Change Session, 23 July 2019, Double Tree Hotel Johor
- Invited Expert Speaker on “Application of GIS/remote sensing technologies in environmental and natural resources” at 6th International Symposium of LAPAN-IPB Satellite (LISAT) on September 17-18, 2019, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, organized by Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) and the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space, Indonesia.
- Invited Speaker for RCE Iskandar Sustainable & Low Carbon Schools Exhibition 2018. 8 August 2018, Sutera Mall, Johor Bahru.
- Plenary session speaker- Talk titled “Green and Blue infrastructure in a changing urban environment” in Plenary LCLUC sessions on Agriculture; Land Atmospheric Interactions and Urban in an international meeting on “Land Cover/Land Use Changes (LC/LUC) and Impacts on Environment in South/Southeast Asia”, 28‐30 May 2018, Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, College of Science, University of Philippines, Diliman. This international meeting is organized by NASA Land Cover/Land Use Change Program (www.lcluc.umd.edu) in conjunction with South/Southeast Asia Research Initiative (www.sari.umd.edu) (www.sari.umd.edu) and collaboration with several international partners including Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics (GOFC–GOLD), (GEO), Global Agricultural Monitoring (GEOGLAM), NASA SERVIR, University of Maryland College Park, START, etc
- Keynote Speaker for International Conference on Geo-spatial Technology for Natural Resource Management & Climate Change, 22 December 2017, Rajendranagar Hyderabad India
- Keynote Speaker for International Conference of Low Carbon Asia and Beyond (ICLCA), 2 November 2017, Century Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
- Guest Lecturer for International Conference on Geo-spatial Technology for Natural Resource Management & Climate Change, 22 December 2017, Rajendranagar Hyderabad India
- Invited Speaker for RCE Iskandar Sustainable & Low Carbon Society Exhibition 2017 organized by Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) – 19 July 2017
- Invited Speaker for Cornerstone Community in Cambridge, USA- “Community Life Presents: 29 May 2017
- Scholars Talk titled ‘Green cover change and sustainability of Kuala Lumpur’, at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 15 March 2017
- Female faces and Malaysia sustainable cities exhibition: Invitation as the speaker, Talk entitled “Green cover change and sustainability of Malaysian cities” delivered on 12 October 2016.
- Fully funded invitation for Forum/Meeting- Building Academic Community In Geography/Geoinformatics In Asean 2016 (1-5 August 2016)
- Invited Speaker for Johor Sustainable and Low Carbon School Exhibition 2016 (20 Feb 2016) – delivered a speech on “Valuing Our Trees” Organised by Centre for Engineering Education and UTM Low Carbon Asia Research Centre in collaboration with Johor State Education Department (JPNJ)
- Invited speaker for “International Workshop on Air Quality in Asia- Impacts of Impacts of Land Cover/Land Use Changes on Greenhouse Gases/SLCP Emissions and Aerosols” 6 August 2015, Delivered a talk on “Remote Sensing Applications for Investigating Aerosol Properties in Malaysia” Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Bogor, Indonesia- Jointly Organised by National Institute of Environmental Science (Japan), Global Observation for Forest and Land Cover Dynamics (USA), University of Maryland (USA) and Global Change System and Analysis, Research and Training).
- Fully funded invitation for Forum/Meeting- Building Academic Community In Geography/Geoinformatics In Asean 2015 (3-7 August 2015)
- Invited speaker for Iskandar Malaysia Sustainable and Low carbon schools exhibition 2015 (7 Feb 2015)- Delivered a speech on “Trees: Lungs of the Earth”- Organised by the Low Carbon Asia Research Centre and Centre of Engineering Education, UTM in collaboration with Johor State Education Department and Jointly Organised by Persatuan Pendidikan Sains dan Matematik Johor and Akademi sains
- Invited speaker for ‘Earth Observation and Monitoring through Remote Sensing’ – workshop organized by IEEE Malaysia section Geoscience and Remote Sensing society chapter- 22 November 2013, at Multimedia University, Melaka Delivered a speech on “Support vector machine for monitoring land cover changes in Johor.
Chairperson of Technical Sessions
- International Workshop on Land Cover/Land Use Changes (LCLUC), Forestry, and Agriculture in South/Southeast Asia (Chair: Session-ii. Emission Inventories of Air Pollutants, Slcp, GHG’s and Aerosols, 8 – 10 Aug 2022.
- Session chairperson for International Conference On Environmental Sustainability And Resource
Security (IC-ENSURES 2019), 5-6 Nov 2019, Kuala Lumpur - Chairman for a technical session of the International Conference on Sustainable Development, 11 to 15 April 2018 at President Hotel, Athens, Greece
- Chairman of technical sessions (special sessions on “Geospatial technologies for sustainable development of oil palm industry”) in the 9thInternational Conference and Exhibition on Geospatial & Remote Sensing by the Institution of Geospatial and Remote Sensing Malaysia (IGRSM) 24-25 April 2018 at Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
- Session co-chair International Conference on Geo-spatial Technologies for Natural Resource Management & Climate change, 21-22 December 2017, Hydrabad India
- Session Chair International Conference of Low Carbon Asia and Beyond (ICLCA), 2 November 2017, Century Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand