On 6 November 2008, a group of approximately twenty students from the
School of Management (SOM), led by Dr. Ilkka Kauranen,
visited the Thailand Science Park and National Science and Technology
Development Agency (NSTDA), Ministry of Science and Technology.
The SOM group was initially welcomed and briefed by an NSTDA official
on the neighboring institute's activities. The group then met with
by Dr. Paladej Chaloeykitti, Director of
Technology Business Incubator Unit and AIT alumnus, who introduced the
MBA students to the Technology Business Incubator.
Dr. Edward Rubesch, TLO Director, Technology Management
Center, then briefed the group on marketing research work and the
“Idea2Product” competition. He invited the AIT students to enter this
competition.