Week 22, 25 - 31 May 2026
In this issue:
C. Visitors/ MoU/ Agreement Signing
1) Revised P&Ps (AA-1-2-7, FB-3-1-1, PA-1-1-1 and PA-1-3-3)
Email from Director, Office of Academic Administration on 18 May 2026
- Central administration restructuring and organizational changes, such as AIT Strategy and Management Teams (II.4.-5.); reviewed responsibilities and functions of Service Centers (III.), including regrouping of offices (e.g., Office of Advancement and Alumni Affairs, Office of International Affairs, and Office of Thailand Affairs into the Office of Development and External Affairs [III.H.]), and the establishment of a new Office of Innovation and Industry Partnerships (III.M.). Also attached for reference is the full Terms of Reference of OIIP.
- Added in III.C.8. on Receiving of Goods and Services: item c. on Payment Supporting Documentation
- Added IX. on Policy Review
- Minor edits (e.g., OPIA from Purchasing Unit, etc)
- To reflect the new salary structure in IV.B., Annex 1 and Annex 2 A.9., and their applicability on some Benefits and Welfare (VI. A.2., B.1., C.1., and D.1).
- VI.I.4. on contributions to Provident Fund while an employee is on leave of absence without pay.
- Discontinued Transportation Services (previously VI.K.)
- To apply changes mandated by Thai labor law on maternity leave (VII.E.2.) and partner leave (VII.E.3.).
- Other minor edits.
§ (revised) PA-1-3-3 Employment of Staff: General Work Regulations
- To reflect the new salary structure in IV.B., Annex 1 and Annex 2 A.9., and their applicability on Compensation for Overtime (IV.G.1.d.) and some Benefits and Welfare (V. A.2., B.1., C.1., and D.1).
- V.J.4. on contributions to Provident Fund while an employee is on leave of absence without pay.
- Discontinued Transportation Services (previously V.L.)
- To apply changes mandated by Thai labor law on maternity leave (VI.D.2.) and partner leave (VI.D.3.).
- (VIII.B.2.C.d.) removed references to ‘outstanding’ and unsatisfactory’ from Performance appraisal (VIII.B.) Criteria and ratings (2.).
- Other minor edits.
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Wishing you all a great week ahead
3) Introducing our New Employees
We are delighted to welcome the newest members of the AIT family. Let us all wish them a successful and fulfilling journey with us.
Welcome aboard!
4) WinBin Research Survey: Enhancing Recycling Practices at AIT
Email from the Director, OSC on 21 May 2026
This survey aims to understand waste disposal behaviors, identify barriers to waste sorting, and assess the social acceptability of alert-based recycling technology on campus. Your responses will directly help us in design and development of WinBin, an innovative smart recycling bin that detects and alerts users when non-recyclable waste is disposed of incorrectly, to be developed specifically for AIT. Subject to design approval, a prototype may be piloted right here on campus.
The survey covers the following areas:
• Current waste disposal behaviors and habits
• Barriers to effective waste sorting
• Attitudes toward alert-based recycling technology
The survey takes approximately 5 minutes to complete.
All responses are confidential and will be used for research purposes only.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerW9nxxFvE-uOX-M6ZQ_pS3vJyVLGLUmu7buziqRPBpwsgwA/formResponse
Thank you so much for your support. Please do not hesitate to reach out to st125939@ait.asia if you have any questions or require any additional information
Email from the Medical Center on 21 April 2026
We again would like to ask for your help. The next visit for blood donation is scheduled on Thursday, 4th June 2026, 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. at the parking lot in front of the AIT Conference Center.
Give blood! You'll experience a fulfilling sense of contribution. And the donation process isn't time-consuming. It only takes about half an hour. For more information, please click.
On behalf of needy patients whose lives you may save, we would like to thank you very much for your time and support.
6) Enhanced Social Security Dental Benefits
Email from the Office of Human Resources Services on 5 May 2026
We are pleased to announce that the Social Security Office (SSO) has significantly upgraded dental benefits starting May 1, 2026. The key updates are outlined below:
1. Wisdom Tooth Surgery (New Separate Coverage)
Wisdom tooth procedures now have a dedicated allowance and are no longer deducted from your standard 900 THB annual dental limit.
· Simple Extraction/Surgery: Claim up to 1,500 THB per tooth.
· Complex Surgery (Bone Removal): Claim up to 2,500 THB per tooth.
· Note: Standard costs are covered in full at participating Government Hospitals (during normal hours).
2. Dental Implants (New Benefit)
For the first time, SSO now covers dental implants for patients with total tooth loss who cannot use traditional dentures.
· Surgery Fee: 17,500 THB per case.
· Implant Kit: 3,300 THB.
· Includes: All follow-up care and necessary treatments.
3. Dentures
The reimbursement limits for dentures have been increased:
· New Limit: 1,500 – 6,000 THB (depending on the material and number of teeth).
· Repair Fee: You can now claim 900 THB per session for denture repairs.
4. General Care (Scaling, Filling, Extraction)
· Private Clinics: The limit remains 900 THB per year.
· Government Hospitals: Coverage has expanded to include Root Planing and Bone Trimming (Alveoloplasty) with no fixed price limit, based on medical necessity.
Eligibility
Employees who have contributed to the Social Security fund for at least 3 months within the 15 months prior to their dental appointment are eligible for these benefits.
How to Avail of These Benefits
Simply present your Thai ID Card or Social Security Card at any participating dental clinic or hospital. If you visit a non-participating facility, you may pay upfront and claim reimbursement later via the SSO e-Service system.
Questions?
For any questions regarding these updates, please contact Khun Parin at parin@ait.asia or call Ext. 5018.
Program Details
- Dates/Time: 18-29 May 2026 | 09:00 AM – 12:30 PM
- Location: AIT Main Campus — AIT Entrepreneurship Center
- Format: Intensive, hands-on, in-person program
- Partner: Ivey Business School at Western University, Canada
What You’ll Gain
- Participants of the LEADER Project will walk away with:
- World-class Case Method teaching used by top business schools globally
- A complete business startup kit and practical templates
- One-on-one mentorship with expert instructors and industry practitioners
- Skills in leadership, marketing, strategy, and operations
- A strong network of fellow Thai entrepreneurs, AIT students, and alumni
Who Should Apply?
This program is ideal for:
- University students with entrepreneurial ideas they want to develop
- Early-stage entrepreneurs seeking structured guidance and mentorship
- spiring founders ready to take their first serious steps toward building a business
- Anyone who wants to sharpen their leadership and business skills
Commitment is a key to joining! Spots are limited. Apply now to secure your place: https://tinyurl.com/AIT-LEADER-2026
2) Professional Training Course on Nature-Positive Policy Tools
Background
Public and private decisions increasingly require defensible evidence on how nature contributes to welfare, livelihoods, and economic performance. “Nature-Positive Policy Tools” responds to the practical need to quantify nature-related benefits and costs and use that evidence to design and appraise interventions. As climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource scarcity intensify, policies and investments increasingly require credible estimates of ecosystem values, trade-offs, and distributional implications.
Unlike technical carbon accounting, this course focuses on the economic valuation and policy appraisal toolkit for nature-positive action. It introduces natural capital valuation, benefit-cost analysis (BCA), and survey methods and analysis that can be applied to forests, protected areas, water resources, and climate-smart agriculture. Participants learn how valuation evidence is translated into decision-ready metrics using social cost concepts, time discounting, and sensitivity analysis, and how these outputs inform instrument design, including payments for ecosystem services (PES) and carbon market mechanisms.
Course Highlights
Module 1: Ecosystem Valuation: Market and non-market valuation methods, with a case on forests, national parks, and biodiversity under climate change.
Module 2: BCA and Survey Methods: Benefit-cost analysis (BCA) metrics and application; survey design, sampling, measurement, pretesting.
Module 3: Statistics in R: Reproducible workflow in R, descriptive and inferential statistics, and applied regression.
Module 4: CSA Policy Design: Climate-smart agriculture (CSA), adoption, and instrument design (targeting, conditionality), with a case exercise.
Module 5: Carbon Applied Skills & Practice. Carbon markets, project integrity concepts, measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV), and capstone presentations.
Target audience
- Government officers and policymakers in environment, agriculture, water, and planning;
- NGO and development agency professionals working on nature-positive projects
- Corporate sustainability and CSR managers, including supply-chain and climate teams
- Faculty members, researchers, and graduate students in environmental economics, sustainable agriculture, and environmental policy
- Consultants and analysts supporting natural capital valuation, BCA, CSA, and carbon market prices
Why should you attend?
Nature-positive strategies increasingly require numbers that stand up in policy and investment decisions, instead of generic sustainability language. This course provides practical skills in natural capital valuation, benefit-cost analysis, survey design, statistical analysis in R, and the basics of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and carbon markets, so that participants will be able to appraise programs, justify budgets, and communicate trade-offs with credible evidence across public, private, and development settings.
Key takeaways
- Apply market-based and non-market-based methods to value ecosystems and interpret results for decision making.
- Conduct benefit-cost analysis (BCA), with social cost concepts, discounting, and sensitivity analysis.
- Design surveys and run reproducible statistical workflows in R.
- Understand how valuation evidence links to climate-smart agriculture (CSA) program design and carbon market concepts, including measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV).
Format and Fees
Date: 6 – 10 July, 2026
Duration: 5 Days (5 Modules)
Format: In-person / Online
Target Size: 15–20 participants
Fee:
USD 1,500 / All Modules (In-person)
USD 1,000 / All Modules (Online)
USD 300 / Each Module (In-person)
USD 250 / Each Module (Online)
Early Bird (Before 7 June, 2026) & Group Discounts Available (e.g. Enroll 3 colleagues, get 20% off), including Accommodation + Meal for those who enroll for all 5 Modules.
Enroll today and gain the skills of Nature-Positive Policy Tools
Highly welcome to the AIT Alumni Community
Contact: AIT Extension
Course Coordinator
Sk Shahin Hossain
Email: shahin@ait.asia
Mobile: +66 850196532 (WhatsApp)
For more information and application, please visit https://extension.ait.ac.th/course/professional-training-course-nature-positive-policy-tools-natural-capital-valuation-bca-csa
3) Professional Development Course on "AI in HR and Superworker Organization Transformation"
Date: 24 – 28 August 2026
Venue: Asian Institute of Technology
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of AI transformation in HR and workforce management, focusing on building talent density and high-performance workforce ecosystems, creating AI-native learning organizations and dynamic skilling ecosystems, redesigning HR and L&D operating models for future-ready organizations, and applying AI tools for workforce intelligence, capability development, and strategic talent management.
For more information and registration, please visit
https://extension.ait.ac.th/course/professional-development-course-ai-hr-and-superworker-organization-transformation
4) The International Conference on Sustainable Energy (ICUE 2026)
The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is proud to host the International Conference on sUstainable Energy (ICUE 2026) from 28–30 October 2026 in Thailand. Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Power and Energy Society (IEEE PES), this year’s ICUE edition focuses on the intersection of climate goals, energy security, and digital innovation under the theme “Achieving Energy Security and Climate Goals through Sustainable and Smart Solutions”.
The Technical Program Committee of the ICUE 2026 is officially inviting applications for Special Session Organizers. We encourage you to read the full details (i.e. guidelines, relevant dates, proposal submissions) available at this link here: Call for Special Session Organizer.
Key Deadlines:
• Organizer Application Deadline: 10 February 2026
• TPC Decision Notification: 17 February 2026
• Paper Submission Deadline: 31 March 2026
• Paper Registration Deadline: 31 July 2026
Organizer Requirements:
• Session Scope: Titles and themes must align with ICUE 2026 Key Conference Themes.
• Composition: Each session requires at least 10 fully paid/registered papers and at least one contributor from overseas.
• Logistics: One organizer must be physically present at the venue to conduct the session.
• Application: Submit the official form including a session title, abstract (200–300 words), technical outline (150–180 words), and organizer CVs.
Organizer Benefits:
• Registration Waivers: Main organizers receive a 50% to 75% fee waiver based on the number of registered papers (10 or 15), inclusive of a lead paper.
• Accommodation: One twin-bed sharing room at the AIT Conference Center hotel is provided during the conference dates. Airfare, local transportation, and allowance will not be provided.
Interested special session organizers should submit their application and proposal along with the brief CV via email: icue2026@ait.ac.th. Please use the downloadable form from here: Call for Special Session Organizer.
Please Visit Our Website (https://icue2026.ait.ac.th) for More Information
| Important Dates to Remember 31 March 2026 Due Date for Paper Submission. 15 May – 30 June 2026 Notification of Acceptance (PAPER). 31 July 2026 Camera-ready PAPER Submission Deadline. 15 August 2026 End of Early-Bird Registration period. 28 – 30 October 2026 CONFERENCE |
- Prof.Kyoko Kusakabe /Vietnam / 14 - 20 July 2026
- Prof. Weerakorn Ongsakul /Surat Thani, Thailand/ 27-29 May 2026
- Prof. Weerakorn Ongsakul /Chanthaburi, Thailand/ 21-24 June 2026
- Ms. Chollada Wongpanich /Mahasarakham, Thailand/ 14 January -30 September 2026
- Mr. Keerati Tunthasuwalana /Philippines/ 27-30 May 2026
- Mr. Huno Solomon Kofi Mensah /Kazakhstan/ 7-14 June 2026
- Mrs. Charina May Lepiten /Kazakhstan/ 7-14 June 2026
- Mrs. Hnin Lai Win /Kazakhstan/ 7-14 June 2026
| Ref.no | Position | Type | Posted date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fac 5/26 | Dean of School of Management | Faculty | May 12, 2026 |
| 12/26 | Assistant Teacher | Staff | May 21, 2026 |
| 11/26 | Information and Communication Technology (ICT)/Substitute Teacher, AITIS | Staff | May 5, 2026 |
| Fac 4/26 | Assistant Professor, FAST-BME | Staff | March 9, 2026 |