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AIT Conference Center Functions

AIT Conference Center Functions
15 - 21 November 2004

Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer

Mon. 15 Nov.
12:00-13:00
B221

FARPC Meeting
c/o Ms. Namita, President's Office, Tel. 6307

08:30-17:00
B206
The 31st Regional Course on Disaster Management
(DMC-31)
c/o K. Benjaporn, ADPC, Tel.

Seminars, Workshops and Conferences

Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
15 November 2004: Role of Orography and Soil Moisture in Hydrological Transitions associated with Monsoon Onset in Southeast Asia seminar will be conducted by
by Dr. Koji Dairaku, Researcher, Disaster Prevention Research Group, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan.

AIT Fosters Link with MONRE’s Department of Mineral Resources

At the MoU signing, from left: Mr. Somsak Potisat, Director-General of DMR; Mr. Apiwat Strtarugsa, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Natural Resources & Environment (MONRE) and Prof. Jean-Louis Armand, AIT President

AIT Fosters Link with MONRE's Department of Mineral Resources

On 1 November 2004, AIT signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the
Department of Mineral Resources (DMR), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), Royal Thai Government.

AIT Conference Center Functions

AIT Conference Center Functions
8 - 14 November 2004

Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer

Mon. 8 Nov.
08:30-12:00
B144

1st Batch of the Executive MBA in HRM Program (EMBA-HRM)
c/o K. Kluaymai, SOM, Tel. 6375

08:30-17:00
B202,204,223,225
Asian Regional Research Programme on Environmental
Technology Phase II (ARRPET-II)
c/o Ms. Lyn, EP, Tel.

Visiting AIT

Visiting AIT

On 04 November 2004, Mr. Daan Boom (above, left), Principal Knowledge Development Specialist and Ms. Ma. Consuelo Garcia (lower photo, seated right), Knowledge Management Officer from the Regional Sustainable Development Department of the Asian Development Bank, Manila visited AIT. Mr. Boom is responsible for the development and implementation of the Knowledge Management framework of the Bank through ICT. As ICT is envisioned to be an enabler for development, more specifically towards e-government, e-education, and specific industry development, such as e-agriculture, it is ADB's intention to strengthen its current ICT capabilities by building up the ICT skills of ADB personnel.

AIT Fosters Link with MONRE’s Department of Mineral Resources

At the MoU signing, from left: Mr. Somsak Potisat, Director-General of DMR; Mr. Apiwat Strtarugsa, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Natural Resources & Environment (MONRE) and Prof. Jean-Louis Armand, AIT President

AIT Fosters Link with MONRE's Department of Mineral Resources

On 1 November 2004, AIT signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the
Department of Mineral Resources (DMR), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), Royal Thai Government.

AIT Conference Center Functions

AIT Conference Center Functions
8 - 14 November 2004

Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer

Mon. 8 Nov.
08:30-12:00
B144

1st Batch of the Executive MBA in HRM Program (EMBA-HRM)
c/o K. Kluaymai, SOM, Tel. 6375

08:30-17:00
B202,204,223,225
Asian Regional Research Programme on Environmental
Technology Phase II (ARRPET-II)
c/o Ms. Lyn, EP, Tel.

Visiting AIT

Visiting AIT

On 04 November 2004, Mr. Daan Boom (above, left), Principal Knowledge Development Specialist and Ms. Ma. Consuelo Garcia (lower photo, seated right), Knowledge Management Officer from the Regional Sustainable Development Department of the Asian Development Bank, Manila visited AIT. Mr. Boom is responsible for the development and implementation of the Knowledge Management framework of the Bank through ICT. As ICT is envisioned to be an enabler for development, more specifically towards e-government, e-education, and specific industry development, such as e-agriculture, it is ADB's intention to strengthen its current ICT capabilities by building up the ICT skills of ADB personnel.

Seminars, Workshops and Conferences

Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
8 - 10 November 2004: Annual Review Workshop, Asian Regional Research Programme on Environmental Technology Phase II (ARRPET II)

The Environmental Engineering and Management Program, SERD will organize a Workshop on 'Asian Regional Research Programme on Environmental Technology Phase II (ARRPET II).'

The 'Asian Regional Research Programme on Environmental Technology Phase II (ARRPET II)', coordinated by AIT, is funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). ARRPET II involves 18 National Research Institutions (NRIs) in 8 Asian countries, namely, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.

More Nobel Laureates and Eminent Persons to lecture at AIT

Nobel Laureates and Eminent Persons to lecture at AIT

AIT will host once again the 'Bridges - Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace' Nobel Laureates lecture series starting December 8, 2004. The first lecture series was first inaugurated on November 3, 2003 in Bangkok by International Peace Foundation (IPF), based in Vienna, under the unified patronage of 21 Nobel Peace prize Laureates.