Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
May 6, 2003: Signs of the Times: Standardization of Safety Signs seminar will be held at 10:00 a.m. in Room 221, AFE Building. The seminar will be conducted by
Dr. H. P. W. Jayasuriya, Assistant Professor Agricultural Systems and Engineering, AIT. For more information please call Prof. Vilas Salokhe at tel. extensions 5479, 5450.
May 8, 2003: Marine Protected Areas: Balancing People and Biodiversity seminar will be held at 4:00 p.m. in Room A120, AFE Building. The seminar will be conducted by Dr. Leah Bunce, Ph.D., Embassy Science Fellow, American Embassy-Bangkok
The seminar -- hosted by Integrated Tropical Coastal Zone Management under the Danida - AIT cooperation program -- will be followed by an informal discussion with Dr. Leah Bunce. Registration for this event is a must and interested persons may e-mail confirmation to zakir@ait.ac.th
Speaker's Profile:
Fish, sand and currents have been the traditional focus of marine conservation efforts over the past decades. Increasingly, however, PEOPLE are entering the picture as managers recognize the significant role the human dimension plays in the success and failure of marine resource management. Dr. Bunce will discuss the current status of one of the most popular and controversial tools for marine conservation: marine protected areas. She will discuss current international initiatives, the scientific basis of MPAs, the realities of implementation, the people aspects of these efforts and how understanding human communities is essential to success.
Dr. Bunce is an Embassy Science Fellow at the American Embassy in Bangkok, where she is developing partnerships between the United States and Thailand related to coastal and marine issues. Her home base is with the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas - Marine, where she works on marine protected area issues, particularly socioeconomic aspects.
May 22, 2003: Seminar on Advanced 5-Axis CNC for Industry & Research will be held at the Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus, 4th Floor, Room 413. The seminar will be conducted in English and participants are limited to approximately 50 only.
After May 1, 2003. registration will be accepted only space available basis. A registration fee of THB1,000 (including handout, lunch and refreshments) should be made by either a check or by a bank transfer. Please send the payment along with the registration form. For further information please visit http://www.ise.ait.ac.th/cimlab/5axis_seminar.htm
or http://www.5axis-thai.com
The organizing committee of the seminar are as follows: Dr. Stanislav Makhanov, Associate Professor, SIIT; Dr. Mud-Armeen Munlin, Assistant Professor, SIIT; Ir. Erik L. J. Bohez, Associate Professor, AIT and Than Lin, CIM-Laboratory Manager, AIT
Introduction
Nowadays there exists an obvious trend in the modern aerospace, car and ship building industries to replace 3-axis milling with 5 or even 6-axis machining. The well-established advantages of multi-axis milling such as the high material-removal rates and improved surface finish, allow for a substantial improvement in the accuracy of cutting operations as well as reduction of time required to manufacture complex shaped parts.
It is of paramount importance to develop software focusing on issues surrounding the efficient 5-axis implementations such as tool-path tracing, dynamic display of all moving elements and realistic solid modeling of the material removal.
In Thailand there exists a number of companies and research laboratories in which 5-axis milling has been actively used and analyzed. However, in spite of a variety of conferences and seminars on manufacturing there has been rarely an event specifically focused on 5-axis milling.
Therefore, the main goal of the seminar is to invite the Thai 5-axis machining community including the users, the software vendors and the researchers, to establish cooperation and exchange ideas.
Objectives:
- Introduce 5-axis CAD/CAM
- Discuss requirements of the industry
- Introduce 5-axis applications for Thai industry
- Present 5-axis research at AIT/SIIT
May 28, 2003: General Motors (GM) in ASEAN special seminar, co-organized by SOM, GM and the Asian Wall Street Journal, will be held at 1:30 p.m. in the School of Management Ampitheatre.
Mr. William S. Botwick, Executive Director of ASEAN, General Motors (GM) Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. and President and Managing Director of General Motors (Thailand) Ltd. will conduct the seminar and will focus on GM and its branding strategy and automotive business in ASEAN.
Interested persons are welcome.
Speaker's Profile:
Mr. William S. Botwick
Executive Director of ASEAN
General Motors (GM) Asia Pacific Pte, Ltd.
President and Managing Director
General Motors (Thailand) Ltd.
Mr. William S. Botwick, President of GM Thailand and Chevrolet Sales Thailand, was appointed as Executive Director of ASEAN, General Motors Asia Pacific and President & Managing Director for General Motors Thailand on June 27, 2001. The GM ASEAN operation headquarters is located in Thailand.
In these roles, he oversees all areas of GM operations in the ASEAN, including the advanced manufacturing operations at the GM Thailand Assembly Center in Rayong Province, export and domestic sales, marketing, and after-sales service, as well as operations in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore
Mr. Botwick was named President of General Motors Thailand in August 1999. Prior to that assignment, he was a President Director of General Motors Indonesia from July 1995 until July 1999. While in Jakarta, he also served as the First Vice President of the American Chamber in Indonesia. From 1990-1995 he was Managing Director of General Motors Taiwan in Taipei and was also active in the American Chamber of Commerce, serving as its President from 1993-1994. At present, he serves as Vice President of American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand from beginning of 2001.
From 1984 - 1990, Mr. Botwick served as the Assistant General Counsel for General Motors Corporation in Detroit, Michigan. In 1982-1984, he served as the Assistant General Counsel for GM in Ruesselsheim, Germany. And from 1979-1982, he was the Director of Legal Affairs for Southern Europe for GM in Madrid, Spain. He began his career at General Motors in 1971 in the Legal Department in Detroit, Michigan.
Mr. Botwick was born on June 26, 1946, in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. He holds a Bachelor's degree in English literature from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, USA and a Law degree (J.D. Cum Laude) from the Boston University of Law, Massachusetts, USA.