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SUMMARY:K02 - Role of Research Institute in Influencing Lasting Impact on 
 the National Level
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Matipon Tangmatitham (National Astronomical Research
  Institute of Thailand (NARIT))\nEighteen years ago\, Astronomy was a fore
 ign concept in Thailand. Then\, the National Astronomical Research Institu
 te (NARIT) was founded. Today\, Thailand is on the path of becoming world 
 renown research institute\, bolstering Southeast Asia's largest optical an
 d radio telescope with robotic telescopes around the world and members of 
 many international collaborations. This level of achievements under such a
  short time scale has rarely been observed anywhere in the history\, if at
  all. In order to accomplish this\, the role and responsibility in which a
  research institute serves its public had to be reconsidered from the grou
 nd up. By taking the public's science awareness as its sole responsibility
 \, NARIT has opened a new path for which research institutes can operate\,
  justifying its existence and gaining lasting public support. The success 
 of NARIT in establishing astronomy as a new core science in the context of
  developing country perhaps can shed a light that utilizing astronomy as a
  tool to push forward human capacity and technological development for the
  public is a viable strategy in gathering lasting support for a research i
 nstitute.\n\nhttps://indico.narit.or.th/event/238/contributions/1000/
LOCATION:Dusit Thani Mactan Cebu Resort\, Mactan\, Cebu
URL:https://indico.narit.or.th/event/238/contributions/1000/
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