Thailand

Mekong Media Forum, organised by Inter Press Service Asia-Pacific and Probe Media Foundation Inc, will be held on Dec. 9-12, 2009, in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

The Mekong Media Forum will gather media professionals from the six countries in the region to discuss the state of media and creative space, learn new skills, and exchange experiences and ideas around media as an actor for social change in their societies.

AIT, Thailand - ESCC 2008 is envisioned to continue, support, and encourage the world’s attention to the very pressing global issues of energy security and climate change.

AIT, Thailand - This course covers various aspects of designing telecommunication towers.

AIT, Thailand - With recent fatal earthquakes throughout the world, this workshop is indeed timely as it covers various aspects of how buildings withstand the disaster.

AIT, Thailand - The symposium will focus on the use of geoinformatics for natural disaster preparedness such as earthquake, flood, typhoon, landslide and tsunami etc.

Chiang Mai, Thailand - The event will provide a dynamic platform for experts, policymakers, non-government and community organizations to exchange ideas and find solutions to the growing number of problems brought by the rapid and often haphazard expansion of urban areas.

AIT, Thailand - APNG and its camp activities empower the Next Generation who has the power of developmental assets and an innovative and fresh point of view on Internet Technology. It also bonds and strengthens relationship among senior leaders and the youth.

AIT, Bangkok, Thailand - ESCC 2008 is envisioned to continue, support, and encourage the world’s attention to the very pressing global issues of energy security and climate change.

The Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications (SEA-UEMA) Project at the Asian Institute of Technology, in cooperation with the Chiang Mai Municipality and Mae Fah Luang University, will hold the International Conference on Sustainable Urban Environmental Practices on October 28-31, 2008.

The ASEAN Roundtable aims to create awareness and bring together high level decision makers, experts, policy makers and representatives from civil society to deliberate on the challenges South East Asian countries face in achieving the eight Millenium Development Goals (MDG).

While technical sessions will include topics on both developed and developing countries, much of the focus of this conference will be on water resources and the environment in developing countries, especially in Asia and Africa. The emphasis will be focused on global effect of regional issues and solutions.

The Nonthaburi Municipality, Thailand, in cooperation with the Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications Project at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), will organize a half-day policy workshop to help local stakeholders address air pollution problems and global warming issues caused by burning agricultural waste.

The Thailand Asian Center for Engineering Computations and Software (ACECOMS) at the School of Engineering and Technology (SET), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand, in association with Asian Concrete Construction Institute (ACCI) and Thai Concrete Association (TCA) is organizing a seminar on " Recycling for Sustainable Construction ".

A total of over 1300 presentations, 122 oral as well as interactive sessions, plenary sessions, technical sessions and numerous lectures attempted to address the theme of “Touching Humanity- Space for Improving Quality of Life”. The theme reflected the growing potential of space to contribute to human welfare across the globe.

AIT’s Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab) to host a 3-day workshop on the theme of "Internet Crime: Prevention, Detection and Investigation"

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. Theme: "Internet for Sustainable Communication"

The Asian Association for Agricultural Engineering (AAAE) is organizing its International Agricultural Engineering Conference (IAEC) – 2007 to be held from December 3 - 6, 2007 at AIT.

AIT’s EPSM/Energy Field of Study is organizing a training workshop on "Biofuel Technology and Management," from 26-28 September 2007, at the AIT Conference Center.

The Greater Mekong Subregion Academic and Research Network (GMSARN) will organize the second GMSARN International Conference 2007 on "Sustainable Development: Issues and Prospects for the Greater Mekong Subregion", to be held on 12-14 December 2007 at the Ambassador City Jomtien Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand.

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 Centre for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) Institute for Gender, Governance & Leadership invites interested parties to attend the 8th "Making Governance Gender Responsive (MGGR)" training on Nov. 12 to 19 in Manila, Philippines.

The objective is for the protein researchers to keep abreast with this rapidly growing area, and to promote exchange of knowledge and expertise among the protein researchers in Thailand.

The field of bioinformatics has been a major part of drug discovery, with a key role in validating drug targets. This objective of this course is to introduce the participants to the current genomic information of insect vectors and to promote applications of bioinformatics and post-genomic tools in molecular entomology research.

The aims of the initiative are to strengthen research capability of scientists in endemic countries and to promote application of bioinformatics in tropical diseases research.

Theme: Development and modern scientific technology of traditional medicine and natural health products.

Sample of abstract:“Healers use a variety of material medica including plants, animals and minerals. There were 363 species/types recorded for treating 91 health conditions.” The annual meeting of the Society of Economic Botanists will bring together the current research in this important and interesting field

Training course on "Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics of Insect Vectors of Human Diseases"

Training Course on Bioinformatics Applied to Tropical Diseases in Southeast Asia