Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s fourth commemorative lecture

March 16, 2012, 9:35 pm , The Island.

The fourth commemorative lecture on Sir Arthur C. Clarke will be delivered on March 19 from 4.45 p.m. to 6.25 p.m. at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies Auditorium (BMICH premises).

According to a media release from the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies the lecture will be delivered by the Founder- Executive Director of the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency of Thailand Prof. Suvit Vibulsresth.

Prof. Vibulsresth has made a pioneering contribution to the development and applications of Space Technology capabilities in Thailand. Prof. Vibulsresth’s has made important contributions in this field as the first Vice Chairman of the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Use of Space (UNCOPUOS) and as the Vice Chairman of the Second Ministerial Conference on the Regional Space Applications Programme of the UNESCAP, the release said.

Technology and Research Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi will be presiding over the event.