This Seminar is a collaboration between academic scholars and graduate students
in the South-East Asian region and other developing countries, where problems
of national importance are tackled on public health and environmental issues.
Its aim is to strengthen the region's research capacity
by providing an annual two-day symposium where beginning graduate students present
their work to more experienced researchers and thus get the kind of feedback they need
to undertake such practical research.
While such opportunities already exist through national
and international academic conferences and workshops, this Seminar is designed to provide,
in addition, an affordable alternative designed for beginning students, enabling them to
freely attend a meeting close to an international airport served by budget airlines and
held on a campus that provides low-cost food and accommodation, where they present their
work to experienced researchers who provide constructive critical appraisal.
The first Seminar in this series was held at KMIT University
in April 2013 at Ladkrabang (Bangkok), and was largely attended by participants from Thailand.
This year we have moved the venue to Phuket campus of Prince of Songkla University in Southern
Thailand and expanded the participating institutions to include Bogor Agricultural University
in West Java, Indonesia.
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