Final Announcement

PAWEES 2012 International Conference on Challenges of Water & Environmental Management in Monsoon Asia
27-29 November 2012, Thailand
International Society of Paddy and Water Environment Engineering (PAWEES) Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University (CU) Faculty of Engineering at Kamphaengsaen, Kasertsart University (KU) Royal Irrigation Department (RID)

Aims and Scope

The objective is to provide a platform for researchers, scientists, practitioners, and policy makers to share and present new advances, research findings, perspectives, and experiences in Paddy and Water Environment and related disciplines. Special attentions will be given to developing certain skills or competence, or general upgrading of performance ability for climate change adaptation, participatory irrigation and environmental management, and sustainable development in irrigation and drainage in the monsoon Asia. The conference will bring together leading researchers, engineers, scientists, and officials in the domain of interest from around the world topics of the conference are: Climate Change and Uncertainty Participatory Management for Irrigation Projects Emerging Technologies in Water Management Environmental Sustainability in Paddy Irrigation and Drainage

Language
The official language of the conference will be English. All abstracts, papers and posters should be submitted in English.

Program (Please see program details in the separate file.)

DAY 1: PAWEES 2012 International Conference DAY 2: PAWEES 2012 International Conference (cont.) 11th PAWEES Award Ceremony and Cultural events (Individual) DAY 3: Technical tour to irrigation project and industrial estate (optional)

Registration free
Date: 27-28 November 2012,PAWEES 2012 International Conference - Registration fee: US$200 for international participants US$100 for Thai national participants and US $ 50 for Students Date: 28 November 2012 at afternoon : PAWEES Annual Meeting at evening : Cultural events : Loy Krathong - free for the delegations from PAWEES

Loy Krathong Day is one of the most popular festivals of Thailand celebrated annually on the Full-Moon Day of the Twelfth Lunar Month. It takes place at a time when the weather is fine as the rainy season is over and there is a high water level all over the country.
Date: 29 November 2012 Technical tour (Optional): Fee: US $ 50 per person

Visit flood protection schemes in an industrial estate, Pak-Hai Irrigation Project, cultural visit at Bang Pa-in Summer Palace travelling by car including lunch and dinner

Venue
Xujati Kambhu Convention Hall & NEWMASIP Training Center Irrigation Development Institute, Royal Irrigation Department TiwanontRoad,Pakkred, Nonthaburi, Thailand Tel: +66-2-584-0378-9 Coordinates: N13.894077, E100.507895 It is located approximately 15 km north of the central Bangkok.

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Waterman Home PAWEES 2012 Conference Venue (N13.894077, E100.507895)

Richmond Stylish Convention Hotel (N13.860497, E100.51288)

Transportation
Participants can go to hotel from Suvarnabhumi International Airport (http://www.suvarnabhumiairport.com) either by public taxi or by hotel limousines. By hotel limousines: please contact hotel for transportation fare, schedule and reservation services. If participants will stay in the central Bangkok area, please take a taxi and it takes about 60 min. to reach the venue via expressway.

Visas
An application for Thailand Entry Visas should be made at least 3-4 months in advance. All participants or visitors are required to have both a passport with validity of at least six months upon entry and a visa to enter Thailand. 1. List of countries NOT requiring visa: (Tourist VISA exemption) Passport holders from 41 countries and 1 special administrative region - Hong Kong SAR - are not required to obtain a visa when entering Thailand for tourism purposes and will be permitted to stay in the Kingdom for a period of not exceeding 30 days on each visit. If such foreigners enter the Kingdom at the immigration checkpoints which border neighboring countries, they will be allowed to stay for 15 days each time, except Malaysian nationals who cross the borderline from Malaysia whose granted period of stay will not exceed 30 days each time. Foreigners entering Thailand under the Tourist Visa Exemption category must possess adequate finances for the duration of stay in Thailand (i.e., cash 10,000 Baht per person and 20,000 Baht per family). Australia Austria Bahrain Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Darussalam Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland 3 Brazil Finland Indonesia Brunei France Ireland Canada Germany Israel

Italy Malaysia Peru Slovenia United Arab

Japan Monaco Philippines Spain South Emirates

South Korea Kuwait Luxembourg Liechtenstein Netherlands New Zealand Norway Oman Portugal Poland Qatar Singapore Slovak Africa Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom United States of America Vietnam

2. List of countries which have concluded agreements on the exemption of with Thailand 2.1 List of Countries which have concluded agreements on the exemption of visa requirements for holders of diplomatic or official or service/special passports with Thailand and permitted to stay for a period of not exceeding 30 and 90 days Period of stay 30 DAYS Cambodia China Hong Kong Laos Macau Mongolia Myanmar Oman Vietnam Period of stay 90 DAYS Argentina Austria Belgium Brazil Bhutan Croatia Costa Rica Chile Czech Republic Estonia Federation France Germany Hungary Israel Italy India Japan Korea Luxembourg Malaysia Mexico Nepal Poland Peru Panama Romania Russian Slovak Republic Singapore Slovak Republic South Africa Spain Switzerland The Philippines Tunisia Turkey The Netherlands Ukraine Uruguay 2.2 List of countries which have concluded agreements on the exemption of visa requirements for holders of ordinary passports with Thailand and permitted to stay for a period of not exceeding 14, 30 and 90 days Period of stay 14 DAYS Cambodia Period of stay 30 DAYS Laos Vietnam Hong Kong

Macau Russia

Mongolia

Period of stay 90 DAYS Argentina Brazil Chile Republic of Korea Peru Travelers entering Thailand will need obtain a visa from The embassy or The Royal Thai Consulate- General is located in the country in which they reside or Thai Embassy and Consulates who have been assigned to a foreign country where they reside. If you have questions about the application. Please contact The embassy or The Royal Thai ConsulateGeneral at all. For information about the address and the contact of The Embassy and The Royal Thai ConsulateGeneral. Can be found on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. http://www.thaiembassy.org.

Letter of invitation
Any participant requiring a letter of invitation for Thai visa application should contact Dr. Sucharit Koontanakulvong to assist with this process.

Contact
PAWEES2012 Local Organizing Committee Contact Person: Dr. Sucharit Koontanakulvong Tel: +66-2-218-6426, +66-81-646-9750 Fax: +66-2-218-6425 Email: sucharit.k@chula.ac.th

Organizing Committee
Advisory Committee Chairperson 1. Mr. Lertviroj Kowattana, Director General of Royal Irrigation Department Co-Chairperson 2. Dr. Pirom Kamol-ratanakul, President of Chulalongkorn University 3. Mr. Vudtechai Kapilakanchana, President of Kasetsart University 4. Dr. Tai-cheol Kim, President of PAWEES, Vice-President of ICID Advisor 5. Dr. Yohei Sato, Honorary President of PAWEES 6. Dr. Hiroyuki Konuma, Assistant Director General of FAO 7. Dr. Sho Shiozawa, President of JSIDRE, Japan 8. Dr. Chan-Yong Sung, President of KSAE, Korea 9. Mr. Wei-Fuu Yang, President of TAES, Taiwan Scientific Committee Chairperson 1. Dr. Bancha Kwanyuen Dean of Faculty of Engineering at Kamphaengsaen, Kasetsart University, Thailand Co-Chairperson 2. Dr. Masaru Mizoguchi, Editor-in-chief, PWE (University of Tokyo, Japan) 3. Dr. Yoshiyuki Shinogi, Chief Managing Editor, PWEES (Kyusyu University, Japan) Member 4. Dr. Nobumasa Hatcho, Kinki University, Japan 5. Dr. Yutaka Matsuno, Secretary General of PAWEES (Kinki University, Japan) 6. Dr. SeongJoon Kim, Konkuk University, Korea 7. Dr. Sang Min Kim, Gyeongsang National University, Korea 8. Dr. Fi-John Chang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan 9. Dr. Ke-Sheng Cheng, National Taiwan University, Taiwan 10.Dr. Sucharit Koontanakulvong, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 11.Mr. Chaiyuth Suksri, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 12.Dr. Aksara Putthividhya, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 13.Dr. Somchai Donjadee, Kasetsart University, Thailand 14.Dr. Chirakarn Sirivitmitrie, Kasetsart University, Thailand 15.Dr. Pongsathorn Sopaphun, Kasetsart University, Thailand 16.Dr. Wisuwat Taesombat, Kasetsart University, Thailand 17.Mr. Santi Thongphamnak, Kasetsart University, Thailand 18.Dr. Varawoot Vudhivanich, Kasetsart University, Thailand 19.Dr. Watchara Suidee, Royal Irrigation Department (RID), Thailand Member and Secretary 20.Dr. Ekasit Kositsakulchai, Kasetsart University, Thailand Local Organizing Committee Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University (CU) Faculty of Engineering at Kamphangsaen, Kasertsart University (KU) 5

Royal Irrigation Department (RID) Chairperson 1. Dr. Bonsoom Lerhrunwong, Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University Co-Chairperson 2. Dr. Sucharit Koontanakulvong, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 3. Dr. Bancha Kwanyuen, Kasetsart University, Thailand 4. Mr. Va-Son Boonkird, Royal Irrigation Department (RID),Thailand Member 5. Dr. Thanet Aksorn, Royal Irrigation Department (RID), Thailand Member 6. Dr. Ekasit Kositsakulchai, Kasetsart University, Thailand 7. Dr. Yutaka Matsuno, Secretary General of PAWEES (Kinki University, Japan) Secretary 8. Miss Mada Iaumsupanimit, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Pre-Registration
Participants or visitors must pre-register for the international conference on website: http://project-wre.eng.chula.ac.th/watercu_eng/ because seating is limited and pre-registration closes on November 23, 2012