AIT President meets famous Israeli film director

AIT President Said Irandoust recently attended a brunch with world renowned Israeli film director Mr. Amos Gitai, at the invitation of H.E. Ambassador Yael Rubinestein of Israel. The brunch was followed by the screening of Mr. Gitai's movie Free Zone, which is an entry from Israel at the ongoing Bangkok International Film Festival 2007.

President Irandoust also met with some of the organizers of the Bangkok International Film Festival 2007, and put forward a proposal to consider AIT as a venue for screening of international movies as part of such events.

Weblink to 6 August 2007 Executive Committee Meeting Agenda and Papers

The next meeting of the AIT Board Executive Committee is scheduled on Monday, 6 August 2007. The proposed agenda together with the related papers are available at the below weblink:

http://203.159.5.20/interimpage/AIT_user/about_ait/excom06082007agenda.

Notice for non-Thai AIT employees who are parents of newborns

Please be informed that any non-Thai baby born in Thailand does not need a 'Permit of Stay' stamp on his/her passport for staying in Thailand, until his/her first exit from Thailand. On his/her first exit from Thailand, the parents must ensure that he/she gets a
Non-Immigrant visa from the Royal Thai Embassy/Consulate in his/her home country before coming back to Thailand.

A Call for 'Cycle Two' Pre-Proposals

The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), invites all interested parties to develop pre-proposals on any of the following ideas for Challenge Programs:

climate change, agriculture and food security;
high-value crops (fruits and vegetables); and
combating desertification (dryland degradation).

The CGIAR invites all interested parties to submit pre-proposals (with a maximum length of 15 pages) on any of these topics.

Invitations for applications to a Marie Curie Training Course

2008 Training Course on the Human Dimension of Global Environmental
Change - Participation in Earth System Governance
18 - 27 February 2008
Berlin, Germany, Freie Universitet Berlin
Together with the Berlin Conference on 'Long-Term Policies: Governing
Social-Ecological Change', 22 - 23 February 2008. The event is
organized by the Environmental Policy Research Centre of the Freie
Universitet Berlin.

Job vacancies

There are several vacancies available at AIT, as follows:

Transportation Engineering - Assistant/Associate Professor
Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology - Assistant/Associate Professor
Energy Field of Study- Assistant Professor/Associate Professor

Staff Position:

Project Researcher

For further information, please see: https://oldweb.

AIT co-organizes international conference on happiness and public policy
Gross National “Happiness” instead of GNP? Bangkok, Thailand27 July 2007The Asian Institute of Technology has taken the academic lead to consider people’s general happiness in the development of public policy, co-organizing on 18-19 July 2007 an International Conference on Happiness and Public Policy, at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok.

Coastal Institute Asia / AIT course underway
Joining forces to improve management of the world’s threatened coastlines, this week the Asian Institute of Technology and Coastal Resources Center of the Unviersity of Rhode Island (CRC/URI) launched a three-week summer certificate level course on Integrated Coastal Ecosystem Management.

AIT gains major Swedish grant for urban planning research
AIT was recently awarded a planning grant of 1.5 million Swedish kronors by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) to prepare a proposal on urban research. AIT intends to set-up a regional network to develop a multidisciplinary and problem-focused approach on urban research.

Visit of Delegation from Universitas Islam Indonesia in Yogyakarta

Following the promotional visit of the School of Engineering & Technology (SET) to Indonesia and discussions with the Universitas Islam Indonesia in Yogyakarta, a delegation consisting of Drs.