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Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
Monday, May 17 and Tuesday, May 18, 2004: The International Conference on Gender, Development and Public Policy in an Era of Globalization will be jointly held by Gender & Development Studies, SERD, AIT, the Institute of Social Studies (Women, Gender & Development Department), the Netherlands and the University of Leeds (Centre for Development Studies Department), UK. The conference - to be held at the AIT Conference Center - is aimed to provide an international forum for researchers, scholars, academics and activists to discuss public policy in various fields within the development arena.

Doctoral Thesis Dissertation
Ms. Nittaya Kijtewachakul (AID007226), a candidate for the degree of Doctoral of Technical Science in Agricultural Systems and Engineering FoS, SERD, will have her final examination on Monday, May 24, 2004, at 10:00-12:00 a.m., in Room 216, AFE Bldg.

Doctoral Thesis Dissertation
Ms. Nittaya Kijtewachakul (AID007226), a candidate for the degree of Doctoral of Technical Science in Agricultural Systems and Engineering FoS, SERD, will have her final examination on Monday, May 24, 2004, at 10:00-12:00 a.m., in Room 216, AFE Bldg.

AIT Conference Center Functions
May 10 - May 16, 2004

Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer

Mon. 10 May
08:30-17:00

B206

Project Management (PM)
c/o Mr.Pradeep, AITE, Tel: 5274

08:30-17:00
B204
Training for AITCV in Management ERP Project
c/o Dr. Voratas, SAT, Tel: 6601

08:00-17:00
B115
Organizational Financial Planning & Cost
Control (OFPCC)
c/o Mr. Anil, AITE, Tel: 5273

08:00-11:00
B108
Final Exam: ED78.08 (56 persons)

Tue.

AIT Conference Center Functions
May 10 - May 16, 2004

Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer

Mon. 10 May
08:30-17:00

B206

Project Management (PM)
c/o Mr.Pradeep, AITE, Tel: 5274

08:30-17:00
B204
Training for AITCV in Management ERP Project
c/o Dr. Voratas, SAT, Tel: 6601

08:00-17:00
B115
Organizational Financial Planning & Cost
Control (OFPCC)
c/o Mr. Anil, AITE, Tel: 5273

08:00-11:00
B108
Final Exam: ED78.08 (56 persons)

Tue.

Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
Wednesday, May 12, 2004: EMPATH: A Computational Model of Human Facial Expression Recognition seminar will be conducted by Dr. Matthew Dailey, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California at San Diego, USA. The seminar will be held at 10:00 a.m. in Room CS-209, Computer Science Building.

New Appointment

The Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Teresita Cruz del Rosario (left) as Visiting Associate Professor with effect from 19 April 2004. She is on leave from the Asian Institute of Management based in Manila where she serves as Associate Professor at the School for Development Management.

Prof. Jean-Louis Armand, AIT President welcomes Prof. Colin N. Peiris (left), Quality Assurance Specialist, IRQUE Project and Prof. L. L. Ratnayake (second from left), Vice Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC), Sri Lanka.

Visiting AIT

On April 26, 2004, Prof.

AIT Conference Center Functions
May 3- May 9, 2004

Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer

Mon. 03 May.
08.30-17:00

B202

Sri Lankan Training of Trainers (STOT)
c/o K. Kanlaya, AITE / Tel. 5282

08.30-17:00
B206
Project Management (PM)
c/o Mr.Pradeep / AITE / Tel.

Emeritus Professor

I am pleased to announce the bestowal of the title of Emeritus Professor to Professor Peter Edwards (left). This award was endorsed by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees at its meeting on 19 April 2004.

This award was made in recognition of Professor Edwards' continuous distinguished service as an AIT full Professor before his retirement, as well as his outstanding international professional status and significant academic contributions to the Institute through teaching, publications and professional work.