On August 18, 2011, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Mabuhay I.T. Park, Ced Avenue, National Highway, General Santos City, you have a chance to listen, speak out and share your own views on how innovation, technology, entrepreneurship can grow and prosper in areas such as Region 12.
Dr. Greg Tangonan will talk about the COMSTE (Congressional Commission on Science & Technology and Engineering) vision and the multi-stakeholder work of the Ateneo Innovation Center (AIC) in facing the challenge of global competitiveness and how this practice can be replicated at best.
Philippine Disaster Science Center (PDSC) hosts the lecture of Professor Jose Cruz on System Compleixty Applied to Real World Problems on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 3:00 pm at Room 315 PLDT-CTC Building, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.
Senator Edgardo J. Angara has recommended the allocation of P50 million from the Commission on Higher Education's (CHED) proposed 2012 budget of P2.207 billion to support the immediate implementation of five innovation clusters. Angara, Chair of the Senate Committee on Education, Arts and Culture, made the proposal during the budget hearing of the CHED and the State Universities and Colleges (SUC's) yesterday.
Senator Edgardo J. Angara spoke at the Senate plenary hall on Wednesday to formally introduce and call for the passage of the measure creating a Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). Top officials of the Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) were also present to observe the proceedings.
The Congressional Commission on Science and Technology and Engineering (COMSTE) identified the priority projects of the commission for 2011 in an en banc meeting held at the Senate today.
Senator Edgardo J. Angara, Chair of COMSTE, enumerated the flagship projects of the commission, which are Telehealth for remote areas and Digital Medical Records, Remote-Sensing for Agriculture, Electronic Vehicles and Green Transport and Disaster Science, Biotechnology for Health and food security, and Renewable Energy Systems.
Senator Edgardo J. Angara said that the government needs to make a push towards funding programs that would create more Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) holders in science and engineering in order to help make the Philippines more globally competitive.
Angara, Chair of the Congressional Commission on Science Technology and Engineering (COMSTE), said that a report by the commission listed the lack of high level S&T and engineering degree holders as one of the foremost reasons why the country is lagging behind in terms of S&T development.
Senator Edgardo J. Angara called for a renewed push to make the Philippines more competitive by developing a strategy for the science and technology sector to improve the capacity for innovation and spur job creation in the country.
