Organized many national and international conferences whose focuses are related to SDGs,

17.2 Relationships to support the goals

17.2.2 – Does your university as a body initiate and participate in cross–sectoral dialogue about the SDGs, e.g. conferences involving government/NGOs?

Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University under the Royal Patronage (VRU) has organized many national and international conferences whose focuses are related to SDGs, including the 11^th Si Ayutthaya Rajabhat Universities Conference with a special focus on spatial community development (July 15^th, 2021, taken place at Bangsaen Heritage Hotel, Mueng district, Chonburi province), the 8^th Academic Science and Technology Conference ASTC2021 (March 26^th, 2021), whose title is ‘Science, Research, Innovation, Adopting the King’s Science to Develop the Country’, the 6^th National Conference titled ‘Innovative Management: Research and Development for Creating Innovation in the New Normal’ with collaboration among twelve universities (on May 7^th, 2021, taken place virtually via Zoom and hosted by VRU), the 2^nd National Creative Work Presentation of Fine Arts VRU Contemporary Folk Festival 2020 hosted by Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi and VRU (November 26^th – 27^th, 2021), the 6^th National Conference titled ‘Innovation and Development Models for the New Normal’ organized by domestic and international institutions (on February 15th – 16^th, 2021, taken place at the Faculty of Management Sciences, Thepsatri Rajabhat University, Lopburi province), the 2^nd Industrial Technology Conference on ‘Researching and Developing Industrial Technology Innovation for Local Development’ (held at Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University and hosted by Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University, Nakhon Si Thammarat Provincial Industry, and Nakhon Si Thammarat Provincial Industrial Council, July 20^th, 2021), Health GIS 2020 International Conference co-hosted by Asian Institute of Technology (on February 25^th – 26^th, 2021), and the 5^th National and the 2^nd International Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin Conference titled ‘Innovation, Technology, and Creative Work towards Sustainable Development’ (on July 7^th – 9^th, 2021, held at Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin).