East Visayas hosts 2012 One Visayas S&T Fair

By Philippine Information Agency (PIA 8)
September 11, 2012

GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte  –  The Department of Science and Technology in Eastern Visayas is host of this year’s Visayas Cluster Science and Technology Fair on September 24-28, 2012 at the Tacloban Convention Center.

DOST-8 Regional Director Edgardo Esperancilla informed that the activity will be participated in by the DOST Visayas Cluster composed of Western Visayas, Central Visayas and Eastern Visayas.

This year’s theme, Director Esperancilla said, is “Science and Technology and Innovation: Working Together for Growth and Development.”

The Fair will showcase products and services that transformed science into useful and value adding innovations to meets the needs of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises and other clients in the Visayas Regions and throughout the country.

The DOST Director informed that the activity aims to strengthen public and private partnerships and create avenues for utilization of Science and Technology in addressing pressing problems both locally and nationally as well.

One of the highlights of the said activity is the technical sessions with different themes per day.

On September 24, the theme is “Putting Science into Disaster Risk Reduction and Management: Doing the Best for the Worst.” A technical session will be conducted at 2:00 0’clock to 5:00 o’clock in the afternoon with the topics, PHIVOLCS and Risk Management and Project NOAH.

“Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in Food” is the theme for September 25. The Technical Session will be from 9:00 o’clock in the morning to 5:00 o’clock in the afternoon. The topics are STI for Increasing Food Shelf Life and Quality (Packaging for Food Products, Water Retort, Immersion Freezer and Vacuum Packaging Machine); Food Innovation and Technologies to Address Malnutrition; Clean Production for Food Processing Industry; and Food Safety: How Safe Is Your Food.

For September 26, with the theme “Investing on Green Technologies,” the topics for the 9:00 in the morning to 5:00 o’clock in the afternoon, are Urban Gardening: Hydroponics, Vertical and Wall Gardens; Farmer-Scientists Program and S&T-Based Organic Farming; Natural Dyes; and Philippine Land Fill Gas Forum.

Finally on September 28, the theme will be “Putting Science, Technology and Innovation Together in Improving Your Business.” The topics for the 9:00 o’clock to 11 o’clock in the morning technical sessions are DOST’s Small Enterprises Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) and Venture Financing: the TAPI Way.