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The Asian Internet Engineering Conference (AINTEC) 2007 is scheduled to be held on 27-29 November 2007 at the Katathani Phuket Beach Resort Hotel in Phuket, Thailand and is co-organized by Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab), AIT, Thailand and the WIDE Project, Japan.

AIT has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Siam Cement Public Company Ltd (SCG), one of Thailand’s leading corporations, for a collaborative initiative involving the development of human capital resources and scientific research cooperation.

The Career Center of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) will be holding its 3rd  AIT Career Fair on Friday, 30 November 2007. More than twenty major companies promised to set up their booths for the students who will visit from 9:00 a.m. onwards.

The Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications (SEA-UEMA) Project, in cooperation with the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, will hold the International Conference on Air Quality Management in Southeast Asia on November 21 to 23, 2007.

The three-day event, which will be held in Ho Chi Minh City, brings together a diverse pool of researchers, experts, policymakers and development organizations to tackle crucial issues related to improving air quality in urban areas across Southeast Asia.

The Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications (SEA-UEMA) Project, in cooperation with the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, will hold the International Conference on Air Quality Management in Southeast Asia on November 21 to 23, 2007.

The three-day event, which will be held in Ho Chi Minh City, brings together a diverse pool of researchers, experts, policymakers and development organizations to tackle crucial issues related to improving air quality in urban areas across Southeast Asia.

On 6 November 2007, AIT President Said Irandoust participated in the 10th Annual Advisory Committee Meeting of the UNEP Regional Resource Center for Asia and the Pacific (RRC.AP), chaired by Professor Nay Htun, who is a former AIT faculty member and previously held very high-level positions in UNDP, UNEP, having also served as UN Assistant Secretary General.

On 8 November 2007, AIT President Said Irandoust, along with faculty colleague Dr. Preeda Parkpian, from School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD) visited the Chulabhorn Research Institute (CRI) to discuss the second phase (the first phase was during 1999-2005) of the collaboration between AIT, CRI and Mahidol University on the Postgraduate Education in Environmental Toxicology, Technology and Management.

Congratulations to Professor Tawatchai Tingsanchali, senior faculty from the Water Engineering and Management field of study, School of Engineering and Technology (SET), who received a formal invitation from Dr. Rowan Douglas, Chairman of Willis Research Network (WRN) and Managing Director of Willis Analytics, a component of a world wide Willis' re-insurance company in UK (www.

Dr. B. Mohanty, Visiting Faculty in the Energy field of study, recently brought to AIT's attention the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand's recently launched initiative to reduce 10 million tons of CO2 emission by the dissemination of 10 million T5 fluorescent lamps and 30 million CFLs. Dr. Mohanty helped coordinate and took part in a meeting with the Assistant Governor EGAT, along with Dr. H.L. Tien, Head Infrastructure, following which AIT has made a formal submission, expressing interest in participating in the program, under which EGAT would finance the retrofitting of the lamps.

On 8 November 2007, AIT President Said Irandoust met with Dr. Luis Jorge Perez-Calderon, Deputy Executive Director of the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), discussing several of the ongoing and planned initiatives between AIT and ADPC, which includes the installation of the tsunami early warning system at the AIT campus and running a master's program in disaster management in partnership with AIT. As hosts of ADPC, and considering its close proximity, President Irandoust encourages AIT to consider ways in which we could actively further use our combined strengths in a more synergistic manner.