H.E. Mr. Arno Riedel (left), Austrian Ambassador to Thailand, H.E. Mr. Singye Dorjee (center), Ambassador of Bhutan, with Prof. Khin Ni Ni Thein (right), AIT vice president for development and resources are viewing the photo exhibition.
Ambassadors of Austria, Bhutan views photo exhibition at AIT
On 9 November 2006, H.E. Mr. Arno Riedel, ambassador of Austria to Thailand, accompanied by Mrs.
Conference calls for papers
The University Support to Environmental Planning and Management project (USEPAM – http://www.usepam.ait.ac.th)
at Regional and Rural Development Program, School of Environment, Resources and Development will organize a regional conference on 'Environmental Planning and Management in Southeast Asian Countries' in Hanoi, Vietnam, during 6-8 March 2007.
The specific objectives of the conference are: 1) to facilitate the exchange of experiences gained in and lessons learned from regionally coordinated capacity building projects implemented for strengthening multidisciplinary curricula, outreach activities and applied research capacity in the area of environmental planning and management amongst academicians, policymakers, planners and international development agencies in the region who are carrying out same or similar projects; 2) to provide a forum to researchers as well as planners and policymakers for presenting results of and methodological experiences in research projects; for sharing lessons learned through implementation of environmental management policies; for discussing the policy implications of the findings of the research projects; and for seeking policy oriented research issues.
Asian Internet Engineering Conference
The Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab) at AIT and the WIDE (Widely Integrated Distributed Environment ) Project, Japan, will be organizing the Asian Internet Engineering Conference 2006 from 28-30 November 2006 at AIT Conference Center Auditorium.
The 12th Asia Pacific Management Conference
Over 100 scholars and practitioners from 24 countries will be gathering at
AIT on 17 to 19 November 2006 to share their papers in the conference, views and experiences on managing competitiveness in the knowledge economy.
Dr. Tej Bunnag appointed new chairman of the AIT Board of Trustees
AIT’s Board of Trustees at its meeting held on 30 October 2006 unanimously approved the nomination of Dr. Tej Bunnag, Vice Chairman of the Board as the next Chairman of the Board Trustees.
Dr. Tej Bunnag appointed new chairman of the AIT Board of Trustees
AIT’s Board of Trustees at its meeting held on 30 October 2006 unanimously approved the nomination of Dr. Tej Bunnag, Vice Chairman of the Board as the next Chairman of the Board Trustees.
Former AIT trustee receives Royal cremation
A Royal cremation for Dr. Sippanondha Ketudat, a former member of the AIT Board of Trustees and a long-time supporter of AIT who passed away months ago, will take place on Thursday 23 November at 5 p.m. at Wat Thepsirin.
Japanese Embassy moves to new location
The Embassy of Japan will be moving to its new office located on Witthayu (Wireless) Road, opposite Lumphini Park, effective from 27 November 2006.
Following the relocation, the Consular Office and the Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) which are currently at separate locations, will be integrated within the main embassy premises.
SpringerLink on trial at library
SpringerLink: Online Journal Collection is now available for AIT community as a trial database until 23 November 2006.
SpringerLink's online journal collection provides access to electronic journals from Springer which includes more than 1,200 peer-reviewed full text journals (including journals from Brill and former Kluwer Academic journals).
Subjects covered are: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Chemistry and Materials Science, Computer Science, Earth and Environmental Science, Engineering
Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Mathematics and Statistics, Medicine
Physics and Astronomy,
For more information, please access the Library Web site: www.
1st ASEAN Arts and Craft Festival
The Support Arts and Crafts International Centre of Thailand will organize the first ASEAN Arts and Craft Festival 2006 from 29 November 3 December (10 a.m. 6 p.m.) at Bangsai, Ayuthaya.
The festival will be featured with exhibition and special activities.