AIT’s Offshore Technology and Management Program (OTM), School of Engineering and Technology, will organize a seminar on “Lessons learnt from Offshore Projects” by Prof. Marc Ducros, Member of the Executive Committee, Total Professors Association, on Wednesday, 24 October 2007, from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. at Milton Bender Auditorium.

Prof. A.T.M. Nurul Amin of Urban Environmental Management in the School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD) at AIT will present a Professorial Lecture on “Legacies in Planning Education: Economic Aspects of the Informal Sector & Urban Environmental Management” on Wednesday, 24 October 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at AIT Center Auditorium

Abstract

This lecture is a personal account of an economist whose knowledge pursuit has been in the problematic of development, urbanization and environment and the professional work on the informal sector and urban environmental management.

The AIT-Golden Jubilee Fundraising Campaign (GJFC) and the AIT Community School are organizing a gala concert "Children of the World" based on the theme of the U.N. day to  be held on the 19th of October, 2007 at the AIT Centre Auditorium at 9:30 a.m.

Tickets  for the show are being sold by Ms. Lucena D. Talaid, who can be contacted at (02)524-6316 ,  and at the AIT Community School (AITCS), Ms. Nerja - 02 524-5899;  Ms. Nwe Nwe - 02  524-6171 or at AITCS office - 02 524-5984. The proceeds from the tickets will be given by  GJFC to the AIT Community School.

As businesses and other institutions increase their online presence and dependency on information assets, the number of computer incidents also rises. Consequently, businesses and organizations are finally increasing their security postures. Waiting until the incident occurs is too late to begin planning how to address the situation.

Complete information is available at: http://www.interlab.ait.ac.th/training/2007/inetCrime.html .

The Asian Center for Engineering Computations and Software (ACECOMS) established in 1995 is regional level, non-profit organization located at School of Engineering and Technology (SET), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand.

ACECOMS continues to organize series of seminars and workshops on various aspects of Computer Aided Analysis and Design of Structures.

The Greater Mekong Subregion Academic and Research Network (GMSARN) will organize the second GMSARN International Conference 2007 on "Sustainable Development: Issues and Prospects for the Greater Mekong Subregion", to be held on 12-14 December 2007 at the Ambassador City Jomtien Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand.

A UNESCO Conference on Ethics of Energy Technologies will be held in Bangkok, Imperial Tara Hotel, on 26-28 September 2007.

Thirty experts from all around Asia will make presentations in the fields of environmental ethics, biodiversity, energy equity, independence and security, ethics of alternative energies and nuclear power.

Ms. Nelien Haspels, Senior Gender Specialist, International Labour Organization, Sub-regional Office for East Asia, kindly agreed to facilitate a series of gender sensitivity workshops/trainings at AIT. The workshop conducted on 31 August entitled, "Gender Mainstreaming in Institutions of Higher Learning" and "Action Against Sexual Harassment" was attended by the Dean, School of Engineering and Technology (SET), Associate Dean for New Development, SET, some of Field of Study Coordinators from the three Schools, members of the faculty, staff and students.

Dr. Ryozo Nougchi, currently a visiting Associate Professor at ASE / SERD, who is Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya City, 321-8505 Japan, will give a seminar on "Expert CAD system Applications for Agricultural Engineering Research: A case study for the rotary blade arrangement" on 17 September 2007, at 10:00 – 11:30 a.m., Room 221, AFE Building

For more information:

Associate Professor Ryozo Nougchi
Room 106, AFE Building
Tel: 5460, e-mail: noguchi@cc.