Free copy of 'Global Change' book
Libraries and institutions in developing countries can get a free copy of the book 'Global Change: Enough Water for all?' by José L. Lozán / Hartmut Graßl / Peter Hupfer / Lucas Menzel / Christian-D. Schönwiese. Scientific Facts (2007) 384 pp.
R.U. Scholarships for Masters and Research Programmes
The Roehampton University (RU) is running two scholarship programmes in
collaboration with the European partner universities and the European
Commission. The scholarships are funded by the European Commission for
non-European students and researchers.
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.
AIT sponsors ICT conference
The 3rd ENGAGE ICT Research Collaboration Conference will take place at the Conrad Hotel in Bangkok 29-31 January 2007 to bring together Southeast Asian and European researchers from academia and industry to establish new partnerships and promote opportunities for joint research initiatives.
AIT demonstrates Thailand’s first unmanned intelligent vehicle
Thailand's first unmanned intelligent vehicle was successfully demonstrated at AIT campus on Wednesday 29 November 2006 after a press conference on Thailand Intelligent Vehicle Challenge (TIVC), jointly organized by AIT, Thai Robotics Society (TRS), and Seagate Technology (Thailand) Ltd.
Urban water and sanitation conference held in Lao
The Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications (SEA-UEMA) Project of the Urban Environmental Management field of study Asian Institute of Technology jointly organized the a regional conference on Urban Water and Sanitation in Southeast Asian Cities in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Partners were the project's local facilitating partner in Laos, the Urban Research Institute, Ministry of Communication, Transport, Post and Construction, Lao PDR, the World Bank Water and Sanitation Program East Asia and the Pacific Office and Souphanouvong University of Luang Prabang.
AIT demonstrates Thailand’s first unmanned intelligent vehicle
Thailand's first unmanned intelligent vehicle was successfully demonstrated at AIT campus on Wednesday 29 November 2006 after a press conference on Thailand Intelligent Vehicle Challenge (TIVC), jointly organized by AIT, Thai Robotics Society (TRS), and Seagate Technology (Thailand) Ltd.
Urban water and sanitation conference held in Lao
The Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications (SEA-UEMA) Project of the Urban Environmental Management field of study Asian Institute of Technology jointly organized the a regional conference on Urban Water and Sanitation in Southeast Asian Cities in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Partners were the project's local facilitating partner in Laos, the Urban Research Institute, Ministry of Communication, Transport, Post and Construction, Lao PDR, the World Bank Water and Sanitation Program East Asia and the Pacific Office and Souphanouvong University of Luang Prabang.
DUMBO demonstration simulates real disaster
The demonstration presented a simulated disaster scenario which caused significant damages and disrupted traditional telecommunication services like fixed/mobile phone networks and local Internet access. Emergency workers quickly installed satellite Internet access and established mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) in the affected areas to enable broadband multimedia communications.