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Inclusive Innovation Conference 2022

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ABOUT IIC
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
SCHEDULE
SPEAKERS
EXHIBITORS
ABOUT IIC

With innovation as the primordial mover of economic development and progress in the age of Industry 4.0, the Department of Trade and Industry, for six years, held the annual Inclusive Innovation Conference (IIC), to provide an avenue for key stakeholders in the academe, industry, and government to envision an innovation-centric future, reset goals and strategies, and launch collaborative programs on innovation and entrepreneurship among stakeholders in the public and private sectors.

With a focus on strengthening leadership and value orientation towards innovation and entrepreneurship on 25-26 May 2022, with the theme, “Leadership in Innovation: Key to Sustained Competitiveness and Economic Growth”, we aim to elevate innovation to the top agenda as a foundation of reform and organizational change. We welcome the new administration and enjoin them to keep the momentum for a sustainable and competitive economy.

The 2-day session will feature high-level officials from government, C-level industry executives, and university presidents and chancellors and their vice-presidents and vice-chancellors in research and extension, and innovation to define the kinds of innovation that drive growth and help the country meet its developmental and economic objectives, and set governance performance metrics for innovation and entrepreneurship.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

DAY 1 (MAY 25)

Breakout Session 1

Breakout Session 2

Breakout Session 3

Integrating Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the University Programs and Curriculum
Meeting the Challenges and Opportunities of Innovation and Entrepreneurship through Lifelong Learning
Bridging the Academe and Industry Divide: 21st Century Skillsets that Matter in Science and Engineering

DAY 2 (MAY 26)

Breakout Session 4

Breakout Session 5

Breakout Session 6

Commercializing University R&D Products: Insights and Lessons from the Markets
Bridging the R&D and Market Divide in the Start-up Ecosystem: What Funders Look For
Your Pain can be Your Gain: Plotting the Regional Supply and Value Chains for Potential Enterprise
SCHEDULE

DAY 1- MAY 25

TimeActivity

8:00 – 8:30 AM

8:30 – 9:00 AM

Registration

Preliminaries

Overview of the 2022 IIC

Asec. Napoleon K. Juanillo, Jr. (DTI)

9:00 – 9:20 AM

Welcome Messages

Dr. Tirso A. Ronquillo (Batangas State University)

Usec. Blesila A. Lantayona (DTI)

9:20 – 9:40 AM

Plenary Session 1 (Topic: Digital Transformation for Economic Recovery)

Usec. Rafaelita M. Aldaba (DTI)

9:40 – 10:00 AM

Plenary Session 2 (Topic: Expanding the Frontiers of Philippine Science and Technology as Levers for Social Change and Economic Transformation)

Usec. Rowena Cristina L. Guevara (DOST)

10:00 –

10:45 AM

Principal Keynote Messages

Secretary Fortunato T. de la Pena (DOST)

Secretary Ramon M. Lopez (DTI)

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

The BATANGAS Innovation Manifesto

Call to Action: Dr. Tirso A. Ronquillo

Message of Support: Mission Director Ryan Washburn (USAID)

Formal Opening of Booth Exhibits

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch Break

IIC Press Conference 

1:00 – 1:20 PM

Keynote Message: Innovations in Food and Agriculture: Potential R&D and Enterprises along the Food Value Chain

Secretary William D. Dar (DA)

1:20 – 2:50 PM

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Breakout Session 1: Integrating Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the University Programs and Curriculum

Dr. Shirley C. Agrupis (President, Mariano Marcos State University), Dr. Edgar Orden (President, Central Luzon State University), Dr. Raymond Girard R. Tan (Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, De La Salle University), Engr. Shearyl U. Arenas (Faculty and Project Leader of Nurture Innovation Technology Revolution Office, Technological Institute of the Philippines), and Dr. Jonathan WL. Salvacion (Dean, Graduate School, Mapúa University)

 

Breakout Session 2: Meeting the Challenges and Opportunities of Innovation and Entrepreneurship through Lifelong Learning

Dr. Tirso A. Ronquillo (President, PASUC and Batangas State University), Lorenzo Emmanuel Guillermo (Executive Director, TESDA), Nelly Nita N. Dillera (Director, Philippine Trade Training Center), Mirshariff Tillah (Senior Education Adviser, USAID-Philippines), and Ms. Joanna Rodriguez (Director, Microsoft Philippines)

 

Breakout Session 3: Bridging the Academe and Industry Divide: 21st Century Skillsets that Matter in Science and Engineering

Dr. Maria Cynthia Rose Bautista (Vice-President for Academic Affairs, University of the Philippines), Dr. Gonzalo “Al” C. Serafica (Corresponding Member, National Academy of Science and Technology, Scientist-Entrepreneur), Dr. Jinky Bautista-Bornales (MSU-IIT, Project Leader ILIGANICE), Dr. Erika Fille Legara (Associate Professor Aboitiz Chair in Data Science Academic Program Director, Master of Science in Data Science Deputy Managing Director, ACCeSs@AIM, Asian Institute of Management), Vincent Remo (Healthcare Information Management Association of the Philippines), and Engr. Raul Mercado (PCCI, Batangas)

2:50 – 3:00 PMBREAK
3:00  – 5:30 PM

PASUC Business Session

(For PASUC Presidents and Chancellors)

Booth Exhibit

STEER Hub Tour

(For PASUC VPs and Vice-chancellors and DTI Participants)

5:30 –  7:00 PM

7:00 – 9:00 PM

Networking Cocktails
4F Auditorium, Student Services Center Building

Fellowship Dinner
4F Auditorium, Student Services Center Building

DAY 2- MAY 26

Time

Activity

8:00 – 9:00 AM

Registration and Preliminaries

9:00 – 10:30 AM

STEER Hub Tour/ IIC Booth and Exhibit

10:30 –11:30 AM

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Breakout Session 4: Commercializing University R&D Products: Insights and Lessons from the Markets

Dr. Fidel R. Nemenzo (Chancellor, University of the Philippines Diliman), Dr. Eva Maria Cutiongco-De La Paz (Executive Director, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila), Dr. Adrian P. Ybañez (Vice-President for Research and Extension, Cebu Technological University), Dr. Clement Camposano (Chancellor, University of the Philippines Visayas), and Engr. Ernest Thomas Nierras (Chairman and CEO, Pythos Technology Philippines, Inc.)

 

Breakout Session 5: Bridging the R&D and Market Divide in the Start-up Ecosystem: What Funders Look For

Cecilia N. Gascon (President, Bulacan State University), Engr. Albert D. Amante (Vice President for Research, Development and Extension Services, Batangas State University) and Arnold C. Alguno (Vice Chancellor for Research & Extension, Mindanao State University- Iligan Institute of Technology), Jose Avelino Flores (Co-Founder, Plug and Play), Katrina R. Chan (Director, QBO), Ericson James DL. Pacaba (Partner, MorningTide Capital)

 

Breakout Session 6: Your Pain can be Your Gain: Plotting the Regional Supply and Value Chains for Potential Enterprise

Ms. Marissa C. Argente (DTI OIC Regional Dir., Region 4A), Ms. Delia M. Ayano (DTI Asst. Regional Dir., Region 11), Ms. Anne Melissa Leonardo (Globe Business, MSME Group), and Henry James M. Sison (Founder and Chief Farming Officer, Agro Digital PH))

11:30 – 12:00 PM

Closing Message

USec. Rafaelita M. Aldaba (DTI)

Lunch and Adjournment

Presentation of IIC Highlight Video

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SPEAKERS

 

 


PLENARY SPEAKERS

Sec. Fortunato T. de la Peña

Sec. Ramon Lopez

Sec. William D. Dar

Usec. Rafaelita M. Aldaba

Usec. Rowena Cristina L. Guevarra

Usec. Blesila A. Lantayona

Asec. Napoleon K. Juanillo

Ryan Washburn

Dr. Tirso A. Ronquillo

BREAKOUT SPEAKERS DAY 1

Dr. Bjorn Santos

Dr. Bjorn S. Santos is the Director for Research at the Mariano Marcos State University, championing creativity and innovation to expand the frontiers of knowledge as driver of superior academics and high impact contributions to improving human welfare. In 2016-2021, he was the 18th President at De La Salle Araneta University. He earned his Master’s Degree and PhD at Texas A&M University specializing in power and machinery, and renewable energy.

Dr. Raymond R. Tan

Dr. Raymond R. Tan is the current Vice-President for Research and Innovation, a Distinguished Full Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering, and University Fellow of De La Salle University, as well as an Academician of the Philippine National Academy of Science and Technology. He works in the research area of systems engineering with applications to carbon management and process integration, and is the co-developer of the carbon emissions pinch analysis (CEPA) algorithm.

Dr. Edgar Alcantara Orden

Dr. Edgar Alcantara Orden is a man of science, a respected academician and a researcher highlighted with his extensive body of works on ruminant nutrition for which he was bestowed several awards of national prominence. His research articles were published in several international refereed journals in animal and feed sciences, animal physiology and nutrition, and livestock research and rural development. He was also a recipient of several Best Paper Awards from different national RD&E agencies.

Dr. Jonathan W.L. Salvacion

Dr. Jonathan W.L. Salvacion is currently the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies at the MAPUA Institute of Technology and a member of the European Patent Agent Qualifying Examination Professionals. He is a Former College Secretary, Chemical Engineering Department Chair, and Director of the CIDS at the University of the Philippines Diliman. His specialties include Patent searching and drafting; patent information mining; translation of technical and legal documents from German to English; and bubble column design.

Engr. Shearyl U. Arenas

Shearyl U. Arenas is the Electronics Engineering Program Chair and Technopreneurship Coordinator of the Technological Institute of the Philippines (T.I.P.). She received her ECE degree from T.I.P. and her Master’s in Engineering from TUP, joining PhilDev’s Innovative Development through Entrepreneurship Acceleration (IDEA) three-month study visit at the University of California (UC) Berkeley – Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET) in 2015. 

DDG Roseanna Urdaneta

ED Nelly Nita Dillera

ED Nelly Nita Dillera is a career service professional holding a leadership position in government service at the Department of Trade & Industry and Department of Tourism.  Formerly the regional director of the Department of Tourism in SOCCSKSARGEN, she is designated as the DTI’s Project Director of the Philippine Skills Framework and DTI’s Focal Person for the Skills Up Net projects. Declared Woman Leader Award and Ulirang Ina Award for Government Service and currently the Executive Director of the DTI- Philippine Trade Training Center.

Joanna Rodriguez

Joanna Rodriguez is a Public Sector Director for Microsoft for 15 years. She held various roles, from a senior position in Enterprise Sales and as National Technology Officer before assuming her current role of Public Sector Director in 2018.

As a current Public Sector Director, she is bringing the vision of serving the Filipino people through technological empowerment to the forefront of the national agenda, by delivering innovative and transformational IT projects that improve government administration and enhance citizen-service delivery.

Mir Shariff Tillah

Dr. Tirso A. Ronquillo

Usec. Nepomuceno Malaluan

Vincent M. Remo

Vincent M. Remo has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Healthcare Information Management Association of the Philippines (HIMAP) since 2018 and is the incumbent President of the Association. A Software R&D practitioner and an Executive in a Japanese Software R&D firms. He is a member of the Board of Directors in Advanced World Systems, Inc. and Advanced World Solutions, Inc., and concurrently serves as the Vice President for Solutions Development for both companies.

Dr. Gonzalo Serafica

Dr. Gonzalo “Al” Serafica has over 25 years of experience with technology commercialization and intellectual property expansion. He is DOST Balik Scientist in 2014-15 and is currently in the Philippines to help scientists and engineers in commercializing their technologies and expanding their intellectual property. He recently assumed the Executive Director of CISTEM in September 2021 to help expand it funding support from various sources and accelerate its path to sustainability.

Dr. Erika Legara

Dr. Erika Legara is a physicist and data scientist who holds an Aboitiz Chair in Data Science and a professorship in Data Science at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM). She is the Founding Program Director of AIM’s Master of Science in Data Science, one of the region’s leading data science graduate programs. In 2019, as a policy advisor, Erika was tapped to help the Philippines craft its National Artificial Intelligence Roadmap.

Dr. Jinky B. Bornales

Dr. Jinky B. Bornales is a theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to the physics of polymers makingher the recipient of the 2020 National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) Achievement Award in Physics. A well-recognized expert in her field and holds a full professor rank, Jinky has been invited to speak in conferences and universities in Japan, Germany, Italy, and France.

Dr. Maria Cynthia Rose B. Bautista

BREAKOUT SPEAKERS DAY 2

Dr. Clement Camposano

Chancellor Clement Camposano He is presently a faculty member at the Division of Professional Education, College of Arts and Sciences, U.P. Visayas. Until his transfer to the Division of Professional Education in 2022, he taught courses in the anthropology and sociology of education at the Division of Curriculum and Instruction – Educational Foundations, College of Education, University of the Philippines Diliman. Publicly engaged, he served five terms as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Philippine Center for Civic Education and Democracy (PCCED), a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of active citizenship and civic engagement which he helped found

Dr. Fidel R. Nemenzo, D.Sc

Dr. Fidel R. Nemenzo, D.Sc. is Professor of Mathematics and Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD). He studied in UP Diliman and in Sophia University, Tokyo, where he obtained his MS and Doctor of Science degrees. He specializes in number theory, elliptic curves and coding theory, and has held research and teaching posts in Tokyo, Singapore, Amsterdam, Munich and Phnom Penh.  Prof. Nemenzo was President of both the Southeast Asian Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Society of the Philippines. He has also served as Vice Chancellor for Research and Development of UPD and head of its Science and Society Program.

Dr. Adrian Ybañez

Dr. Custer C. Deocaris

Atty. Alizedney M. Ditucalan

Dr. Cecilia S. Navasero-Gascon

Engr. Albertson D. Amante

Katrina Rausa Chan

Katrina Rausa Chan concurrently serves as the Executive Director of QBO Innovation Hub, a public-private initiative which she launched in 2016 to develop the Philippines’ startup ecosystem; and IdeaSpace, a pioneering corporate accelerator and early stage fund backed by the MVP Group. In this capacity, she leads one of the most active startup enablers in the country, and has worked with over 150 partners to accelerate the growth of a combined network of over 500 Filipino startup ventures across various stages and industries.

Jojo Flores

Jose Avelino “JOJO” Flores is the Co-Founder at Plug and Play tech Center, a Silicon Valley-based early-stage investor, and technology startup accelerator. He is also the co-founder of Launchgarage patterned after Plug and Play. Launchgarage is an accelerator and investor in tech startups in the Philippines and the ASEAN region, in addition, Jojo serves as a Board Member and Vice-President in the Science and Technology Advisory Council to the Philippine government and leading universities, helping them bridge technology entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley. 

Ericson James DL Pacaba

Ericson James DL Pacaba is an investor who has co-founded multiple ventures in both technology and brick-and-mortar spaces, raising for them over 30M USD over the past few years. These ventures have a combined revenue of USD5M to date. He is an experienced Corporate Director contributing in the implementation of modern corporate governance and shareholder management.

Arnold Alguno

ARD Delia M. Ayano

Henry James M. Sison

OIC-RD Marissa C. Argente

EXHIBITORS

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