An open forum on IT outsourcing will be held on Friday, 22 January 2010 from 10:00-12:00 hrs. in the Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium. All faculty, staff and students are welcome to participate.

Orientation/seminar program for new students (January 2010 intake0 is scheduled on 11 January 2010 at the Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium. 08:00-10:00 Registration : (Venue: Registry Unit)10:00 – 12:00 Orientation (Morning Programme – ‘AIT and Your Future’) Venue: Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium13:30 - 16:00 (Afternoon Programme: ‘Proud of Being at AIT’) Venue: Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium17:30 – 19:30 Eevening : Student Union Welcome Programme

A lecture titled "Reflections on COP15" by Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Chair of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will be telecast live via video conference at the Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium at AIT. The lecture will be delivered at 11.00 am on 8 January 2010. All interested are welcome to attend the lecture.

Amata Corporation has been supported by the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) and the Ministry of Science and Technology for establishing a Science City project in the form of Public Private Partnership (PPP). The PPP will include the Ministry of Science and Technology, universities as well as the private sector.

An “Open Presentation Competition” will be organized on 8 December to mark the Golden Jubilee year of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). The competition is being organized by Office of the President along with the Student Union.The topics for the competition are :School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD) – “Attainment of Energy and Food security with respect to the climate change and sustainable rural development in Asia-Pacific region.

The second Bio-innovations Asia award ceremony shall be held on 8 December 2009 at the Rama Gardens Hotel Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Bangkok. Bio-innovations Asia, a collaboration between Asian Institute of Technolgy (AIT) and Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), aims to stimulate and enable research on bio-innovation systems in Asia that addresses poverty alleviation, and to initiate and support the building of a network of researchers and scholars committed to understanding and enhancing bio-innovation towards economically progressive and socially responsible ways.

The Campus and Environment Committee of the Student Union of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) along with the Media and Communication Unit (MCU), External Relations and Communications Office (ERCO) is organizing the AIT Golden Jubilee Photo Competition and Exhibition.

Centre for Learning Innovation & Quality, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is organizing its second panel discussion on“Innovation, creativity and education” on Wednesday, 2 December 2009 between 10.00-11.30 am at the Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium.

Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology is organizing a series of student seminars on “Societal Implications of Nanotechnology". The student seminars will take place on Friday, 20 November 2009, 1:30 to 4:00 p.m., in the Outreach Building, Classroom 102 A & B (First floor).The event is being organized by Professor Louis Hornyak, Ph.D., Visiting Faculty, Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology, School of Engineering and Technology.

The ASEAN-US Next Generation Cook Stoves Workshop is being jointly organized by AIT, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the US State Department, the US National Science Foundation, and the ASEAN-US Technical Assistance and Training Facility.The Workshop is expected to gather over 100 experts from USA and Southeast Asia.