BAMBOO gets a share of the limelight at the 2015 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) as the Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) holds a bamboo forum on July 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 nn at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City.
Dubbed “That Thing Called Kawayan,” the forum aims to encourage the public to take advantage of the bamboo processing and livelihood technologies of DOST-FPRDI. The event will feature presentations by bamboo experts from DOST-FPRDI and other agencies, as well as exhibits and demonstrations. The experts panel will include Director Dr. Henry Adornado of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau’s for bamboo propagation and plantation establishment; Department of Trade and Industry Undersecretary for Regional Operations Zenaida Cuison-Maglaya for marketing of bamboo and its by-products; Filbamboo Exponents Inc. President and COO lawyer Dulce Blanca T. Punzalan and FPRDI’s Dr. Rico J. Cabangon for bamboo processing and utilization; and DOST-Technology Application and Promotion Institute’s Engr. Edgar I. Garcia for funding assistance of bamboo projects.
The NSTW showcases the latest breakthroughs in the Philippine science community and “aims to bring science and technology closer to the people.”
Maybell Mariella A. Amador, S&T Media Service
