On October 8th in Japan, AIT President Said Irandoust participated as one of the four speakers at the University Presidents' Breakfast Meeting, which was co-chaired by Professor Hiroshi Komiyama, President of the University of Tokyo, and Professor Susan Hockfield, President of MIT, on the theme "Universities and Society".
The president had an opportunity to meet and interact with many university presidents, and rectors, and also discuss with Professor Komiyama, Professor Hockfield, and the Chalmers President, Professor Karin Markides, AIT's keen interest in becoming an associate member of the Alliance for Global Sustainability (AGS) initiative http://globalsustainability.org/ . They will be following up on this further with Professor Markides, who currently serves as Chair of the AGS, presenting more details on some of the unique features and strengths of AIT, and why it should be considered for associate membership.