France and AIT agree on a new joint research programme
On 11 September 2006, H.E. Mr. Laurent Aublin, Ambassador of France to Thailand and Chairman of AIT's Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees and Prof. Said Irandoust, AIT President, signed an agreement between the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Asian Institute of Technology for a France/AIT Programme of Joint Research Projects for Scientific Development in the ASEAN called France / AIT Network.

Two new initiatives approved by the SOM Board members at its first meeting

On 8 September 2006, the first Board Meeting of School of Management (SOM) was held at AIT. The meeting was opened by Prof. Indra M. Pandey, Dean of SOM, who welcomed all the members of the Board.

AIT bids farewell to H.E. Mr. Katju
Professor Said Irandoust, AIT President hosted a farewell lunch in honour of H.E. Mr. Vivek Katju, Ambassador of India and a member of the AIT Board of Trustees on Wednesday, 13 September 2006. The event was also attended by members of the Indian faculty.

Two new initiatives approved by the SOM Board members at its first meeting

On 8 September 2006, the first Board Meeting of School of Management (SOM) was held at AIT. The meeting was opened by Prof. Indra M. Pandey, Dean of SOM, who welcomed all the members of the Board.

AIT bids farewell to H.E. Mr. Katju
Professor Said Irandoust, AIT President hosted a farewell lunch in honour of H.E. Mr. Vivek Katju, Ambassador of India and a member of the AIT Board of Trustees on Wednesday, 13 September 2006. The event was also attended by members of the Indian faculty.

Conference calls for papers
The University Support to Environmental Planning and Management project (USEPAM – http://www.usepam.ait.ac.th)
at Regional and Rural Development Program, School of Environment, Resources and Development will organize a regional conference on 'Environmental Planning and Management in Southeast Asian Countries' in Hanoi, Vietnam, during 6-8 March 2007.

The specific objectives of the conference are: 1) to facilitate the exchange of experiences gained in and lessons learned from regionally coordinated capacity building projects implemented for strengthening multidisciplinary curricula, outreach activities and applied research capacity in the area of environmental planning and management amongst academicians, policymakers, planners and international development agencies in the region who are carrying out same or similar projects; 2) to provide a forum to researchers as well as planners and policymakers for presenting results of and methodological experiences in research projects; for sharing lessons learned through implementation of environmental management policies; for discussing the policy implications of the findings of the research projects; and for seeking policy oriented research issues.

Workshop on bio-innovations in agriculture and health conducted in November

With support from the International Development Research Centre, AIT is organizing a workshop on 'Integrated Policies for Bio-innovations in Agriculture and Health in Asia' on 13-15 November 2006. The workshop is coordinated by Prof.

Electricity pricing workshop takes place 1-3 November

Electric Power System Management in the Energy field of study is organizing a training workshop on 'Electricity Pricing and Risk Management' during 1-3 November 2006 at the AIT Conference Center.

The training course covers the following topics: Pricing of Renewable Energy Resources; Fuel Adjustment Tariff Structure: A Case of Thailand; Generation Asset Valuation and Risk Analysis; Project Risk Management; Interrupted Energy Assessment Rate and Reliability; Improvement in Thai Power System; Very Small SPP Pricing and Policy; Renewable Portfolio Standard; Centralized Generation Scheduling in Competitive Environment; Electricity Price Regulation; Transmission and Distribution System Pricing; Integrated Resource Planning; Organization and Finance of Power Utility; Technical Visit.

Workshop deals with water management

An international workshop on: 'Earth Observation in Water Management Services' takes place from 26 to 28 September 2006 at Rama Gardens Hotel.

With a focus on Asia, the workshop aims to exchange information on best practices for applications of Earth observations for water resource management; exchange information on available data and tools for applications of Earth observations for water resource management; consolidate regional requirements upon existing requirements for Earth observations and capacity building activities for water resource management; discuss and propose a next step of the regional capacity-building projects for applications of Earth observations for water resource management.

Welcome Show scheduled for 23 September

The Gender and Cultural Affairs Committee of the Student Union invites students, staff and faculty members to take part in this year's Welcome Show to be held at 5 p.m. of 23 September 2006 at the AIT Conference Center (AITCC) Auditorium.