Notice for non-Thai AIT employees who are parents of newborns
Please be informed that any non-Thai baby born in Thailand does not need a 'Permit of Stay' stamp on his/her passport for staying in Thailand, until his/her first exit from Thailand. On his/her first exit from Thailand, the parents must ensure that he/she gets a
Non-Immigrant visa from the Royal Thai Embassy/Consulate in his/her home country before coming back to Thailand.
A Call for 'Cycle Two' Pre-Proposals
The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), invites all interested parties to develop pre-proposals on any of the following ideas for Challenge Programs:
climate change, agriculture and food security;
high-value crops (fruits and vegetables); and
combating desertification (dryland degradation).
The CGIAR invites all interested parties to submit pre-proposals (with a maximum length of 15 pages) on any of these topics.
Invitations for applications to a Marie Curie Training Course
2008 Training Course on the Human Dimension of Global Environmental
Change - Participation in Earth System Governance
18 - 27 February 2008
Berlin, Germany, Freie Universitet Berlin
Together with the Berlin Conference on 'Long-Term Policies: Governing
Social-Ecological Change', 22 - 23 February 2008. The event is
organized by the Environmental Policy Research Centre of the Freie
Universitet Berlin.
Job vacancies
There are several vacancies available at AIT, as follows:
Transportation Engineering - Assistant/Associate Professor
Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology - Assistant/Associate Professor
Energy Field of Study- Assistant Professor/Associate Professor
Staff Position:
Project Researcher
For further information, please see: https://oldweb.
AIT co-organizes international conference on happiness and public policy
Gross National “Happiness” instead of GNP? Bangkok, Thailand27 July 2007The Asian Institute of Technology has taken the academic lead to consider people’s general happiness in the development of public policy, co-organizing on 18-19 July 2007 an International Conference on Happiness and Public Policy, at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok.
12-14 December: 2nd GMSARN International Conference 2007
The Greater Mekong Subregion Academic and Research Network (GMSARN) will organize the second GMSARN International Conference 2007 on 'Sustainable Development: Issues and Prospects for the Greater Mekong Subregion', to be held on 12-14 December 2007 at the Ambassador City Jomtien Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand.
21-23 November: International Conference on Air Quality Management in Southeast Asia
The Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications (SEA-UEMA) Project, in cooperation with the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, will hold the International Conference on Air Quality Management in Southeast Asia on November 21 to 23, 2007.
The three-day event, which will be held in Ho Chi Minh City, brings together a diverse pool of researchers, experts, policymakers and development organizations to tackle crucial issues related to improving air quality in urban areas across Southeast Asia.
20-24 August 2007: IntERLab's Network Security Workshop
AIT's Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab) will conduct a 5-day 'Network Security' Hands-on workshop at intERLab training center as follows:
Date: 20 - 24 August 2007
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: intERLab Training Center, AIT
Class Size: 28 participants (max.
Doctoral Comprehensive Examination Scheduled
Ms. Tanyamai Chiarakul (100708), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in School of Management (SOM) will have her comprehensive examination on Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 10:00 a.m. in Seminar Room (SOM Building). Her dissertation's title is Integration of Interaction Channels in Banking Services to Enhance Corporate Customer Satisfaction: A Study of Thai Commercial Banks
12-14 December: The 11th UNESCO-APEID International Conference
The Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID), UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Bangkok, is presenting the 11th APEID International Conference from 12 to 14 December 2007.
The theme for the 11th edition of the conference is 'Reinventing Higher Education: Toward Participatory and Sustainable Development.