{"id":19256,"date":"2026-04-28T09:46:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T02:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/?p=19256"},"modified":"2026-04-28T09:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T02:46:09","slug":"2026-04-25-driving-the-future-of-clean-energy-entec-director-featured-at-sts-forum-japan-thailand-symposium-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/2026-04-25-driving-the-future-of-clean-energy-entec-director-featured-at-sts-forum-japan-thailand-symposium-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"2026.04.25 Driving the Future of Clean Energy: ENTEC Director Featured at \u201cSTS Forum Japan\u2013Thailand Symposium 2026\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19256\" class=\"elementor elementor-19256\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba6b1c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba6b1c4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c483b82\" data-id=\"c483b82\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3c4b2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3c4b2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">On 25 April 2026, the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, in collaboration with the Science and Technology in Society forum (STS forum), hosted an session on \u201cSustainable Energy Transition\u201d as part of the STS Forum Japan\u2013Thailand Symposium 2026. The event took place at World Ballroom A, 23rd Floor, Centara Grand &amp; Bangkok Convention Centre at Central World, bringing together international partners to strengthen strategic collaboration in science and technology.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61abf46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61abf46\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-978932e\" data-id=\"978932e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a732861 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a732861\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19258\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1218c81 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1218c81\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6072edb\" data-id=\"6072edb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af2dadb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af2dadb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">On this occasion, Dr. Sumittra Charojrochkul, Executive Director of the National Energy Technology Center (ENTEC), was invited to deliver a keynote speech on \u201cSustainable Energy Transition.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The session was presided over by Ms. Saowanee Mungsujaritkarn, Deputy Executive Director, NRCT who represented Dr. Wiparat De-Ong, Executive Director of NRCT, in delivering the welcome remarks and presenting certificates of appreciation to Dr. Sumittra, the keynote speaker, and other distinguished presenters.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e0c0e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e0c0e8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5c24c3\" data-id=\"f5c24c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88ff6bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"88ff6bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6-2-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19263\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6-2-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92a27ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92a27ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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It fosters the development of knowledge, technology, and innovation to promote efficient energy use while minimizing environmental impacts. The initiative also aims to enhance the country\u2019s global competitiveness and contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/p><p>Photo and information courtesy of the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) Facebook page.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-420e0c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"420e0c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0844a1f\" data-id=\"0844a1f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4-2-1024x706.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19261\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4-2-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4-2-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4-2-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4-2-1536x1058.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4-2-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de6561d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de6561d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54d4176\" data-id=\"54d4176\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff0a55d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ff0a55d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5-2-1024x622.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19262\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5-2-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5-2-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5-2-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5-2-1536x933.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5-2-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/entec.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5-2.jpg 1642w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 25 April 2026, the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, in collaboration with the Science and Technology in Society forum (STS forum), hosted an session on \u201cSustainable Energy Transition\u201d as part of the STS Forum Japan\u2013Thailand Symposium 2026. The event took place at World Ballroom A, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":19261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19256"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19282,"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19256\/revisions\/19282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entec.or.th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}