The Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University, and the project of Empowering Network of International Thai Studies (ENITS) would like to express a deep appreciation and gratitude to The Thailand Research Fund (TRF) for the financial support that makes this conference ‘THAI FOOD HERITAGE: LOCAL TO GLOBAL’ possible.
We are fortunate to have academic support from the Institute of Asian Studies as well as the Center of Thai Language and Literature, and the Center of Folklore Research, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University. The Ministry of Culture, through the Office of the National Culture Commission, likewise bestows gracious gift of posters on Thai food for exhibition in our conference.
We also would like to sincerely thank all speakers and scholars with various expertises here and aboard who contribute to this conference, and we hope that this conference will be a beginning of a lasting network for the research cooperation among all the present and future scholars in the field of Thai Studies.
Dr. Suchitra Chongstitvatana
Director, Institute of Thai Studies
Chulalongkorn University