Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
20 October 2005: RNUS seminar on 'Advanced Technology for Urban Safety'.
. The seminar will be held 1:00 p.m. at the Milton E.Bender Jr.Auditorium.
The seminar which focuses on the management on disasters and hazardous environment will be delivered by distinguished Japanese professors. The
following list will be the topics of the seminar.
- 'Practical Problems of Asbestos Concrete'
by Professor Taketo UOMOTO
Director, International Center for Urban Safety Engineering
Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo - 'Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Thermal Behavior under Working Water Screen in a Tunnel'
by Professor Reiko AMANO
Visiting Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo
General Manager, Kajima Corporation - 'Development of Economic and High Performance New Seismic Retrofit Method for
Weak Masonry Houses'
by Professor Kimiro MEGURO
Professor, International Center for Urban Safety Engineering, the University of Tokyo - 'Development of New Environmental Indices for Urban Sustainability'
by Associate Professor Ryozo OOKA
Associate Professor, International Center for Urban Safety Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Interested persons must confirm their attendance by contacting the RNUS secretary at mus@ait.ac.th
27 October 2005: 'Development Ethics and Human Security seminar will be conducted by Dr. Des Gasper. The seminar will be held 4:00 p.b. in Room E 220, SERD Building
Dr. Des Gasper is an Associate Professor of Public Policy Management at the Institute of Social Studies in the Hague, Netherlands. He was also the Dean of Studies at the Institute in 2002 2005. He studied economics, policy analysis, and
development studies at the Universities of Cambridge and East Anglia in the UK, and then worked in the Government of Botswana. He has been with the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague (Netherlands) since 1983: until 1989 in a project of cooperation at the University of Zimbabwe; and since then in the Public Policy teaching team in The Hague,. His research is on methodologies of policy analysis (e.g. Arguing Development Policy, with Raymond Apthorpe; London: Frank Cass, 1996), and aspects of 'ethics and development' (e.g. The Ethics of Development: From economism to human development,
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2004, and Delhi: Sage Publications, 2005). Currently he is also Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics and International Development, University of Bath (UK), working with its research centre on Well-Being in Developing Countries.
The presentation by Dr. Gasper looks at current ideas about the ethics of development, with special reference to the growth of a discourse of 'human security'. It asks: Are there any good reasons to add a concept of 'human security' when we already have concepts of human rights and human development? The presentation will draw on his two recent papers: (1) 2005: Deepening Development Ethics Human security and ethical commitment. European J. of Development Research, 17(3), 372-384. Co-author Thanh-Dam Truong; (2) 2005: Securing Humanity Situating 'Human Security' as Concept and
Discourse. J. of Human Development, 6(2), 221-245.
Interested persons are invited.
6-8 December 2005: Third International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment
The University of Tokyo (UT) and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), in
cooperation with Southeast Asian Center on Water Environment Technology
(SACWET), a joint center of UT and AIT, will hold the Third International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment, at the AIT Conference Centre, on 6-8 December 2005.
The purpose of this Symposium is 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 and other parts of the world. We do hope that, through the Symposium, 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. To do so, we are relying on the expertise and research level of the Southeast Asian community to take part in this challenge.
In this symposium, the following specific subjects are selected as the platform topics.
Water Environment Conservation in Southeast Asia. Groundwater issues. Pathogenic contamination and health-related microbiology. Other topics related to water environment are also welcome as poster presentation. Participation from NGO/NPO is also welcome.
Papers for oral presentations should be submitted by October 6, 2005. Papers for poster presentations should be submitted by 31 October 2005.
For further information, please visit: http://env.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/project/asian_water2005/ or contact the organizers by email: asiasympo2005@env.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Or call Dr. Toshiya Aramaki, EEM, SERD, at tel: (66-2) 524-5633, E-mail:
aramaki@ait.ac.th
6-9 December 2005: Reliability Improvement by Distributed Generation
The training workshop aims to discuss some of the concepts and recent developments in power system reliability.Participants will be also familiarized to applications of DG in various cases. Recent concept of MicroGrid will be also presented.
The main topics which will be covered in the training program are
- Probabilistic Distribution in Reliability Evaluation
- Discrete and Continuous Markov Process
- Frequency and Duration Techniques
- Generation System Reliability Evaluation
- Distribution System Reliability Evaluation
- Modern Power System Planning
- Fuel Cell Technology
- Wind Power Potential and Technology Development
- Sustainable Hybrid Energy System
- Biomass Generation Technology
- Power Quality Enhancement by Distributed Generation
- MicroGrid: Concepts and Applications
- Technical Visit Dan Chang Bio-Energy Co., Ltd., Supanburi Province
Lectures from eminent speakers includes:
- Prof. Surapong C., Dr. Mithulananthan N. Dr. Weerakorn O. and Dr.Animesh D. (AIT)
- Dr. Peng Wang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
- Dr. Pathomthat J. (Srinagaringwirote University, Thailand)
- Dr. Boonyang P. (Rajamagala University of Technology, Thailand)
For more information, please contact
Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul
E-mail: ongsakul@ait.ac.th
or the EPSM Secretariat at
E-mail: epsm@ait.ac.th
Tel: (66-2) 524-5437, 524-6219
Fax: (66-2) 524-6589
The details of the workshop and registration form can be downloaded at:
http://www.serd.ait.ac.th/ep/epsm/RIDG.PDF