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MAY 2017
Asian Institute of Technology
MAY 2017
AIT AMONG FOUNDING MEMBERS OF EASTERN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR OF INNOVATION (EECi)
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IT is among the founding signatories of the Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation (EECi), a project initiated under the Eastern Economic Development Plan that focuses on creating a science hub in the ASEAN region.
land graced the occation. Thailand’s Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Atchaka Sibunruang said that the National Science and Technology Development Agency ( NSTDA) has been tasked by the Ministry to establish EECi by forging a partnership with various organizations.
Fifty organizations from academia, national and international research organizations, governmental bodies, and the private sector are signatories to EECi. AIT was led by President Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai at the event.
EECi will be spread across two campuses with the 1200-acre Wang Chan Valley Campus comprising of ARIPOLIS (for automation, robotics, and intelligent systems) and BIOPOLIS (for life science and biotechnology). Another 48-acre campus called Space Krenovation Park (SKP) will be located in Sriracha, Chonburi Province, and it will specialize in the aeronautic and aerospace industry.
The agreement signing ceremony took on 5 April 2017 at the U-Tapao International Airport in Rayong Province. General Prayuth Chan-o-cha, the Prime Minister of Thai-
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