The seminar will be delivered by Prof. Kenneth F. Reardon and Prof. David S. DandyDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State University (CSU), USA. It is being organized by the Food, Agriculture and Bio Systems (FABS) Cluster, School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), AIT.Date: 25 February 2014 from 1330-1500 hoursVenue: Milton E. Bender.

AIT Students Union is organizing a Mini Marathon and Slow Bicycle Race on 23 February 2014 at the AIT campus. The Slow Bicycle Race shall commence at 1430 hours, while the Mini Marathon shall be held at 1530 hours. For Registration use this link: https://docs.

Jointly organized by Center of Research for Environment Energy and Water (CREEW) Nepal; Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand; International Center for River Basin Environment (ICRE), University of Yamanashi, Japan; and University of Brawijaya (UB), Indonesia, the objective of the workshop is to share knowledge and information on recent advances in overall researches and management of river basin systems; technical knowledge exchanges and capacity building of young researchers and to seek networking for future joint collaborations for research and organizing events.

The SRI-LMB Project is organizing a National Inception and Planning Workshop on “Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification in the Lower Mekong River Basin (SRI-LMB)” on 29-30 January 2014 at the AIT Conference Center.

The seminar is being organized by the Food, Agriculture and Bio Systems (FABS) Cluster. About the speaker: Prof. K. Muthukumarappan is a Distinguished Professor/Graduate Coordinator in the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department at South Dakota State University, USA. His research work covers national and international standards development in bioprocessing and bioenergy.

Detailed program can be downloaded from this link.

 Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) will be organizing a parallel workshop on “Climate Change and Water Resources: Knowledge Gaps and Research Needs” on 21 January 2014 from 1300-1730 hours at the Thailand Science Park Convention Center (TSPCC). The event is being organized in relation of the ASEAN-EU STI Days being organized in Bangkok on 21-23 January 2013.Live Stream: The workshop on Climate Change and Water Resources will be streamed live.

A major objective of this workshop is to share the knowledge of groundwater environment of selected cities; discuss on the framework of Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) and Groundwater Sustainability Index (GSII). The regional workshop is an activity planned under the project supported by Asia Pacific Network for Global Change (APN) and jointly implemented by Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand; Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan; and International Research Center for River Basin Environment (ICRE), University of Yamanashi, Japan.

A seminar on "The NASA Land-Cover/Land-Use Change Program: Focus on Southeast Asia" will be delivered by Dr. Garik Gutman, Manager, The NASA Land-Cover/Land-Use Change Program, Landsat Program Scientist on 10 January 2014 from 1100-1200 hours at Room E220, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).The ICT-NASA Seminar will describe the goals of the Land-Cover/Land-Use Change (LCLUC) program.

The seminar will cover four topics: - Publishing in International Journals & Getting Hired as an Asst. Professor in an International Business School (Prof. Henrikki Tikkanen)- Contemporary Consumer Research: an Outlook (Dr. Joel Hietanen)- Researching Organizational Mechanisms: A Study in a Product Development Context (Antti Sihvonen, M.Sc)- Researching Corporate Strategies: A Study of Large Finnish Corporations (Iiro Vaniala, M.Sc)Doctoral students (Ph.D. and DBA) from AIT’s School of Management are expected to participate in the seminar.