DOST-TAPI spotlights Filipino, other Asian innovations in first int’l convention

Today, ideas and technologies from across the country and around the world have come together to form an innovation melting pot, and we gather for this celebration of opportunity, collaboration, and progress,

DOST-TAPI Director Atty. Marion Ivy Decena said in her speech.

We highlight Filipino-developed technologies that have the power to create an impact in industries, reach markets, and benefit communities, and pave the way for international collaboration, benchmarking, and commercialization,

Decena said.

With what we are building, it involves life. We cannot just deploy it; we need tests. If our LGUs and local responders use this technology, how would they manage this system? We’re developing a paper which will be the guidelines to use this technology,

Macaraig told reporters.

They see our technology’s relevance to our community here, and they invited us to come here and they gave us the opportunity to share this innovation with the local community,

Zhang told reporters.

Essentially, this is part of our innovation ecosystem where we wanted to promote the different innovations from the Philippines and expose them not only to potential investors or users within the country but also to show them to our international partners,

Solidum said in an interview.

We need to showcase that we have lots of innovators in the Philippines and there are many inventions that have intellectual property rights already, and what is needed is for them to have a break to be introduced to the public and to commercialize,

the science and technology chief said.