5th ASLE-ASEAN Ecocritical Conference

Posthuman Southeast Asia

23-25 November 2023

Nature Walk

Day 2 - 24 November 2023

07:00 - 8:00 @ MFU Botanical Garden

7:00 Transportation to MFU Botanical Garden

Two GEM cars (electric vehicles) will take guests who want to join the Nature Walk to the MFU Botanical Garden.

The shuttle will depart from the designated meeting point (shown in this map) at 7:00 AM.

Please note that the capacity of the shuttles is limited to 48 passengers. If participation exceeds this limit, two trips will be arranged. Transportation between the meeting point and the MFU botanical garden will not take more than 5 minutes.

7:05 – 7:55 Visit MFU Botanical Garden

The MFU Botanical Garden (information only available in Thai) occupies a large area inside the university campus and is open to the public. It includes various sections of landscaped gardens, such as the Medicinal Plant Garden, Buddhist Garden, Evolutionary Garden, Flower Garden, Ethnobotany Garden, etc.

Visitors will be taken to the Flower Garden abd Buddhist Garden areas, where they can walk around at their leisure.

From 7:30 to 7:45 (in the Flower Garden area), Dr. Jantrararuk Tovaranonte, Head of MFU Botanical Garden (School of Science, MFU), will provide visitors with information about the MFU Botanical Garden project, focusing on its botanical, ecological and cultural values.

7:55 – 8:00 Return to E4

The GEM car will take participants back to E4 at the end of the visit for the start of the conference. The registration desk will be open until 8:30 on the second day.