Seed funding available through Wetlands International
Wetlands International recently launched the Seed Funding Facility of the Wetlands and Poverty Reduction Project. The facility is an opportunity to provide funds to support the process of project proposal development and local partnerships strengthening for on-the-ground activities that deepen the understanding of how well-managed wetlands can help sustain the livelihoods and security of wetland-related communities.
E-conference calls for papers
The Second International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering,
http://www.cisse2006online.org, invites submission of papers for the conference which will be held 4-14 December 2006.
Technically co-sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers University of Bridgeport, the conference provides a virtual forum for presentation and discussion of the state-of the-art research on computers, information and systems sciences and engineering.
Job vacancies
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) needs qualified persons to fill two positions:
Chief, Sustainable Development and Water Resources Section, P 5
Deadline for applications: 24 Oct.
Library announces new trial database
The AIT Library announced that ENGnetBASE: Engineering Handbook Online is now available for AIT community as a trial database until 26 September 2006.
ENGnetBASE provides online access to more than 500 engineering handbooks developed by CRC Press, a division of Taylor & Francis, LLC. The database currently includes 540 fully searchable titles in the engineering disciplines.
Student Union holds general election
The AIT Student Union Election Committee invites all AIT students to participate in the SU General Election by casting their votes on 7 September, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at Korea House.
The following candidates are eligible for election:
For vice president:
Mr. R. M.U.S.K. Rathnayaka – Nationality: Sri Lanka; ID: St104637; Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology , School of Environment, Resources and Development
Miss Kathlyn Kissy H. Sumaylo – Nationality: Philippines; ID: St104541; Gender and Development Studies, SERD
For General Assembly speaker:
Mr. Devbratta Thakur – Nationality: Nepal; ID: St103848; Energy/Electric Power System Management, SERD
For treasurer:
Mr. T. Kuganeswavan – Nationality: Sri Lanka; ID: St104076; Telecommunications, School of Engineering and Technology
Workshop looks at sustainable development in Thailand
A special one-day workshop on 'Sustainable Development in Thailand and Relationship with other Asian Countries' will be conducted by Dr. Kan-ichiro Matsumura.
The workshop will be held from 9 am to 5 pm, Thursday, 20 September 2006, at room B-144 in AIT Conference Center.
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.
Workshop looks at safety of genetically modified foods
Organized with support from the Asian Development Bank, AIT and Thailand's National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) are organizing a training workshop on Food Safety Assessment of Agriculture-Related Genetically Modified Organisms.
Interim director appointed, office opens at AIT Center in Indonesia
As a follow up upon AIT's Memorandum of Agreement with Ministry of Public Works (MPW), Indonesia on the establishment of AIT Center in Indonesia (AIT-CI) which was signed on 27 June 2006,
Dr. Sugimin Pranoto has been appointed the interim director of the new AIT Center in Indonesia and has opened an office in Bandung, West Java.
Prof. Bergado receives IGS Achievement Award
The International Geosynthetics Society, through a nomination of the IGS Thailand Chapter, will award the IGS Achievement Award, a new category of awards recently introduced by the IGS Council, to Prof. Dennes T. Bergado of the School of Engineering and Technology.