An eight day long regional training workshop on “Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management of Fruit Flies in South and SE Asia” is being organized at Tien Giang, Vietnam from 7-14 December 2010. Organized jointly by Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), the Vietnam National Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Programme and the FAO Regional IPM Programme, the event will witness participation from 11 countries.

iNexus is an end-to-end competitive experience from concept design of a system of robots programmed to perform according to rules of the game played on a high precision technical Contest Area and to score a victory beating the competitors at an international level.

Dr. Robert Breault, Chairman of the Board, Breault Research Organization, Breault Research, USA will be delivering a special talk on “Optics Industry” on 25 November 2010. The talk will be held at Room 102, Outreach Building from 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm.

AIT Greening Day will be organized by the AIT Students Union on 19 November 2010. One tree shall be planted for each country represented at AIT. Students Union has procured saplings of the tree “Lagerstoemla Speclosa” or “Pride of India” for plantation.

Mr. Clinton Smith, who participated as a volunteer of Téléoms Sans Frontière (TSF), following the tsunami in Indonesia shall be delivering a seminar on 25 October 2010. The presentation will be delivered by Mr. Clinton, who is a student of Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management (DPMM) Field of Study in School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD).Venue: E220 SERD Building Date: Friday, 19 November 2010 Time: 1:30 - 2:30 pm

AIT-NIDA Sports Day is being organized at the Asian Institute of Technology on 15 November 2010. The events planned include, Tug of War, Basketball, Football, Chairball, Table Tennis, Petanque, Snooker and Badminton.Sports activities will begin at 13:00 hours and shall last till 19.00 hours.

The AIT Career Fair will be held on 12 November 2010 from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the AIT Conference Center. The Career Fair is an opportunity to interact with companies for both job and internship opportunities. It also provides a forum to discuss long term career prospects, on the job training, research partners and build a network.

Asian Institute of Technology will be organizing a two day session on "An overview of media technologies and the Internet in Asia" will be organized at AIT on 11-12 November. This lecture series will be delivered using the WINDS satellite in real-time mutually from Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand); Multimedia University (Malaysia) and University of Tsukuba (Japan). Venue: Classroom W216 at AIT.Schedule:11 November, 2010 (Thursday)TimeTopic9.40 - 10.55 amTomoo Inque (Tsukuba) : Advanced Human-Computer Interaction11.45 - 13.00, 13.15 - 14.30Kok Sheik Wong(University Malaya) : Information Hiding14.45 - 16.00Media Retrieval and User Behaviour12 November, 2010 (Friday)TimeTopic9.40 - 10.55 amJun Mitani(Tsukuba) : CG-origami11.45 - 13.00, 13.15 - 14.30Kanchana Kanchanasut (AIT) : Development of the Internet in Thailand14.45 - 16.00Leslie Tkach-Kawasaki (Tsukuba) : Media Politics and general discussionMore details are available at this link.

An International Food Fun Fair is being organized by the Students Union of the Asian Institute of Technology on 5 November 2010 from 6.00 pm onwards. The event is being organized at the grounds adjacent to the Administration building.

China day will be celebrated at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 5 November 2010 (Friday). The event is being jointly organized by the Chinese Student Association of Thialand and the Student Union of AIT.ProgramVenueTimeArrival and RegistrationAITCC Lobby13.00 – 14.00 hrs AIT Video Presentation AITCC Auditorium13.15 – 14.00 hrsWelcome byPresident AIT President Chinese Student Association of ThailandPresident AIT Student Union  AITCC Auditorium 14.00 – 14.30 hrs       Presentation in various schoolsRespective schools14.45 - 15.45 hrsPhoto Exhibition and Address by H.E. Chinese Ambassador to ThailandAITCC Auditorium16.15 - 16.45 hrsStudent Union Games and Entertainment 17:00 – 18:00 hrsInternational Food Fair 18:00 – 20:00 hrs