Seminars, Workshops and Conferences

Seminars, Workshops and Conferences

30 November - 3 December 2004: Renewable Generation and Cogeneration for Rural Electrification training workshop. The event is sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), organized by the Electric Power System Management (EPSM) FoS, SERD and supported by the EC-ASEAN COGEN Programme III.

Renewable Generation and Cogeneration for Rural Electrification
Electricity is a basic need for the social and economic development of a nation and providing it in the economical and secured way to the rural and urban consumers is a challenging task. Rural electrification, which is required huge investment, is thus an important concern in Asian electric power utilities. Renewable generation and cogeneration are new options being promoted to solve rural electrification problems along with the some other problems of urban distribution systems. The issues such as system capacity investments, grid expansions, etc. also benefit through renewable generation and cogeneration. There is a great need of training and education on renewable generation and cogeneration technologies to the utility officials and investors of power projects for proper understanding of the subject matters. The knowledge on importance of rural electrification, availability of resources, feasibility of applying renewable generation and cogeneration and benefits of rural electrification are essential to policy makers, planners, managers, investors, etc.

The training workshop is focused on renewable generation and cogeneration for rural electrification. It will discuss the issues related to rural electrification concentrating through alternate energy resources over applicability and economics of rural electrification and of renewable generation and cogeneration projects.

Participants in the event will be given the opportunity to attend the lectures and discussions related to rural electrification, renewable generation and cogeneration. Also it will be a great opportunity to share related experiences of participants from different utilities of different countries.

Who should attend?
Electric power utility staff of both technical and management disciplines, personnel from electric manufacturing and R&D; organizations, policy makers, and academia will find this workshop beneficial. Those who are interested in small-scale power projects will also benefited in this workshop. Interested persons are advised to contact in advance.

Topics
The main topics which will be covered in the training program are:

  • Integrated Resource Planning and Renewable Energy in Thailand
  • Load Forecasting
  • Voltage Drop and Loss Reduction in Distribution System
  • Biomass Energy Generation for Rural Electrification
  • Biomass Cogeneration Technologies
  • Cogeneration Project Development
  • Financial Issues of Cogeneration Projects
  • Environmental Benefits of Biomass Cogeneration
  • Successful Biomass Cogeneration Case Studies
  • Wind Distributed Generation
  • Fuel Cell Powered Distributed Generation
  • Solar-Thermal Power Generation
  • Photovoltaic (PV) Generation
  • Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Thailand
  • SPP, VSPP and Renewable Energy Policy in Thailand
  • Technical visit to Advance Agro PLC

Interested persons are advised to contact:

Weerakorn Ongsakul
EPSM, Asian Institute of Technology
P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang

Pathumthani 12120, Thailand

Tel: (66-2) 524-5437, 524-6219

Fax: (66-2) 524-6589

E-mail: epsm@ait.ac.th

Website: http://www.serd.ait.ac.th/ep/epsm/RECORE.PDF

1-3 December 2004: Second International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Symposium is organized by the Asian Institute of Technology branch in Vietnam (AITVN) and The University of Tokyo (UT), in cooperation with Southeast Asian Center on Water Environment Technology (SACWET), a joint center of UT and AIT. The Symposium is sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan through Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology.

The Symposium aims to provide a forum for discussion and exchange among researchers/practitioners in Environmental Technology and Management and related areas from the Asian Region and to promote interaction among researchers from Asia-Pacific countries, Japan, the United States, Europe and other parts of the world. Through the Symposium, participants will hopefully find a strong network or partnership with active local change agents will be established, and our colleagues in Southeast Asia will learn more from the experts of other countries to protect the environment of the region.

Focus of the Symposium

The Symposium is focused on the following topics:

  • Conservation of natural aquatic ecosystems
  • Symbiosis with agriculture and aquaculture
  • Industrial/agricultural development and water management
  • Threats to ground water
  • Environmental infrastructure management
  • Urban development and coastal zone management
  • Social aspects

For applicants from Vietnam, please submit/contact directly to:

For further details regarding submission procedure and registration can be viewed at:
http://www.env.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/project/asian_water/home.html

11 December 2004: 'Advanced Technologies in 21st Century' seminar and Education Fair will be held at Majestic Hotel, No. 1 Dong Khoi Street - District 1 - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The seminar will include presentations of current research and education of SAT/AIT in the fields on Information Technology, Industrial Systems Engineering, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems.

Specialists, lecturers, postgraduate students and interested people are invited and should register their participation before 8 December 2004. Please contact Ms. Pham Thi Le Thuy at tel/fax: 08-8247690. E-mail: sat@aitcv.ac.vn

An Education Fair on AIT Postgraduate Education in Advanced Technologies and consultation for admission procedure will also be organized on the same day at Majestic Hotel, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Free entry to everyone.

11-13 January 2005: 2nd International Conference on Innovations in Food Processing Technology and Engineering will be held at the AIT Conference Center.

The role of food processing technology and engineering in the economic development need not be overemphasized. Food science, technology and engineering (FS&E;) have been at the very core of numerous development and achievements to make a wide variety of foods available year around in palatable, nutritious, aesthetically packaged, in terms of appearance, functionality, storability, nutrition, and economic viability of innovative processes and modern food products.

Realizing the concepts, putting in practice and reaping the harvest through successful marketing. The role of FS&E; has been indispensable in not only making the necessary tools available but in review of new developments in food processing technology and engineering along with dissemination of relevant information among scientists, engineers, technologists and other professionals.

Technical Program: The technical program will include plenary and keynote lectures, parallel lectures and poster sessions.

Original contributors, case histories, of actual industrial operations, state-of-the-art papers, and commercial information on the following subjects are invited.

  • Food processing technology
  • Physical properties of foods
  • Thermal processing and preservation
  • Non-thermal processing
  • Food safety
  • Food packaging
  • Nutraceutical and functional foods
  • Postharvest preservation and processing
  • Novel technologies in food handling, processing and transport
  • Information technology applications in food industry
  • Automation in food industry
  • Food processing wastes

Please keep on visiting web site http://203.159.19.151/phfpe/conferences/fpc/index.htm for conference updates

Preliminary Registration: Contributions will be presented as keynote lectures, lectures or posters. The Technical Committee will make final decisions on the acceptance and allocation to oral or poster presentations. The abstract, not exceeding more than 300-400 words, should clearly indicate the objectives, brief methodology and conclusions.

The last date for the submission of abstracts is July 31, 2004. However, abstract received after the deadline will not be included in the proceedings but still be considered for presentation.

Application Form and Summary: Registration form and Summary in MS-Word format can be obtained by visiting: http://203.159.19.151/phfpe/conferences/fpc/index.htm

For further information please contact:

Miss Tasana Sa-id
FEBT, SERD
Asian Institute of Technology
P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang
Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
Tel: (66-2) 524 5488
Fax: (66-2) 524 6200
E-mail: phfpe@ait.ac.th

6 - 10 June 2005:
International Conference on 'Modeling Tools for Environment and Resources Management (MTERM)'. The conference will be coordinated by the Water Engineering and Management (WEM) FoS staff in cooperation with the faculty members of the Modeling Tools for Environment and Resources Management (MTERM) and will be held at the AIT Conference Center.

Interested persons are invited to submit their research/technical papers related but not limited to the broader themes listed as follows:

  • Integrated Water Resources Management
  • Modeling of Water Resources
  • Water Quality Management and Modeling
  • Air Pollution Modeling

A two-day pre-conference training workshop on 'Governance of Transboundary Waters' will also be conducted in collaboration with 'The Universities Partnership for Transboundary Waters' (http://waterpartners.geo.orst.edu)

For further information and details, please visit http://www.mterm.ait.ac.th. For other enquiries, please e-mail: mterm@ait.ac.th,
http://www.mterm.ait.ac.th.