Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
16-24 August 2004: The Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab) is conducting hands-on Internet network operation center training for fifteen network engineers from Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand. The workshop is a joint activity by intERLab and the WIDE Project (Japan) as a collaboration under the Asia Broadband Human Resource Development. Funding support for the workshop is by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, MPHPT, Japan.
The class is broadcast by the School of Internet (SOI/ASIA) using the Internet over satellite links to eleven sites in seven countries in real-time.
Students in these fourteen sites can participate in the classroom through web board as well as real-time interactive Q&A.;
1-3 December 2004: Second International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Symposium is organized by the Asian Institute of Technology branch in Vietnam (AITVN) and The University of Tokyo (UT), in cooperation with Southeast Asian Center on Water Environment Technology (SACWET), a joint center of UT and AIT. The Symposium is sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan through Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology.
The Symposium aims to provide a forum for discussion and exchange among researchers/practitioners in Environmental Technology and Management and related areas from the Asian Region and to promote interaction among researchers from Asia-Pacific countries, Japan, the United States, Europe and other parts of the world. Through the Symposium, participants will hopefully find a strong network or partnership with active local change agents will be established, and our colleagues in Southeast Asia will learn more from the experts of other countries to protect the environment of the region.
Focus of the Symposium
The Symposium is focused on the following topics:
- Conservation of natural aquatic ecosystems
- Symbiosis with agriculture and aquaculture
- Industrial/agricultural development and water management
- Threats to ground water
- Environmental infrastructure management
- Urban development and coastal zone management
- Social aspects
Call for papers and deadlines
Manuscripts for oral and poster presentations should be prepared according to the format specified at: http://www.env.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/project/asian_water/home.html