SWAG from WSDC Thailand



SWAG sounds like a bad word, but it is not. It stands for "Stuff We All Get." We got a small preview of SWAG from the Thailand WSDC today and wanted to share it. Seen above, the polo shirt.


Here is the bag everyone will get.

Below is the organizing committee at their weekly meeting.

More information at http://www.thaiwsdc.au.edu/


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