Mr. Surendra Shrestha, Director, International Environmental Technology Center, UNEP, Osaka, Japan will deliver a talk on "Post 2015 development agenda in the Asia Pacific - Where AIT can deliver" on 17 December 2013 from 1500-1600 hours at the AIT Board Room.

The Graduation message will be delivered by H.E. Dr. Sohail Khan, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Thailand. The AIT Prominent Alumni message will be delivered by Mr. Surendra Shrestha, Director, International Environmental Technology Centre, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Japan.

The Thai Red Cross Society along with the AIT Medical Clinic, volunteer students and employees of AIT will organize the blood donation camp. The bloodmobile visits AIT every three months. The previous Blood Donation Camp was organized on 17 September 2013.

About the speaker: Dr. Michel Beaudouin-Lafon is a Professor at the Université Paris-Sud in France, and a leading researcher in the domain of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). He will deliver a presentation of some of his recent research, including the WILD project, "the largest high-resolution wall display in the world.

 Mr. Chu Ishida, Director, Space Cooperation Office for Asia Pacific Region, JAXA, and Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, Interim President, AIT will deliver the Opening Address. Dr. Nitin Kumar Tripathi, Leader of Information and Communications Group, AIT will deliver the Keynote Speech.

Food Fair: The Food Fair, being organized by the Culture and Gender Committee of the AIT Student Union (AITSU) will also have three competitions:Best Tasting FoodThe Best stall decorationFood DemonstrationEach country can register for one stall. If some faculty and multi country group wish to register, you can write directly to suculture.

The World Bank initiated the Open Development policy in July 2010. Recognizing that transparency and accountability are essential to development, the Bank now provides free, open, and easy access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards around the globe—some 8,000 indicators, including hundreds that go back 50 years cover 200 countries worldwide.

Companies and organizations that have confirmed so far are: EQHO Communications Ltd., TEAM Consulting Engineering and Management Co. Ltd, Pylon PCL, Italthai Engineering Co., Ltd., Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction PCL, Bouygues-Thai Ltd, Cal-Comp Electronics (Thailand) PCL, Emerio (Thailand) Ltd.

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Student Union will organize a Welcome Show on 18 October 2013 from 1800 hours at the AIT Conference Center.