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Science confab
THE Department of Science and Technology’s National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) will host the 12th International Council for Science Regional Committee Meeting for Asia and the Pacific on Nov. 11 and 12 at the Cebu City Marriott Hotel.
The meeting will feature best practices and lessons in science and health education promotion, green productivity strategy and other issues.
DOST Secretary Mario Montejo will lead the Philippine delegation with DOST Undersecretary for research and development Graciano Yumul Jr.
Expected to participate are delegations from the 10 member-nations in the Asia Pacific Region headed by the technical paper presenters, namely, Prof. Bruce John McKeltiar, chairman of the School of Physics in the University of Melbourne, Australia; Prof. Soottipom Chitttmittrapap, secretary general of the National Research Council of Thailand; and Prof. Hong-Kum Lee, president of the Korea Polar Research Institute.
Other participants come from member-nations China, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, India, Iran and Sri Lanka.
Gov. Gwen Garcia will grace the event, while DOST region 7 Director Rene Burt Llanto will deliver his welcome remarks.
Blogging summit
AROUND 250 bloggers in the Visayas will join the 2nd Visayas Blogging Summit on Nov. 26 at SM City Cebu.
The Cebu Bloggers Society Inc. (CBSi) has invited participants from Negros Oriental who maintain a blog for at least three months to join the summit, which advocates for the responsible use of social media.
The summit, focusing on the theme “Blogging and Beyond,” will highlight blogging as a tool in community development.
CBSi president Kevin Ray Chua said the summit will help bloggers network with other fellow bloggers, be updated on the current Philippine blogosphere and find opportunities to uphold the bloggers’ social responsibility.
CBSi vice-president Ruben Licera Jr. said that while the Visayas blogging community are engaged daily with the Internet, a large number of them still need to be educated on the right decorum and ethics of social media.
