DOST to kick off Nat'l Science and Technology Week with webcast

DO you have at least a 128kbps Internet connection and RealPlayer installed on your PC? Then the good news is that you can watch a live webcast of the opening ceremony that will kick off National Science and Technology Week on July 16. Yup, it's NSTW from July 16 to 20, and the Department of Science and Technology will have a live webcast of the opening ceremony via PREGINET (Philippine Research, Education, and Government Information Network. The opening ceremony will be held on July 16 at the Dusit Hotel Nikko in Makati City, with Senator Edgardo Angara as keynote speaker. The webcast will be available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 16 at rtsp://stream.pregi.net:554/encoder/nstw2007.rm. If you don't have RealPlayer installed on your PC, download it -- it's free, after all. According to the DOST site, you can use the test video at rtsp://stream.pregi.net/nstw2007.rm to check if you meet the requirements. Here's a press statement from the DOST on the series of scientific meetings that will be held at Dusit starting 10: 30 a.m.

Topics include "Status of Biomedical Development in the Philippines" (Dr. Remigio Olveda of Research Institute for Tropical Medicine), "Biotechnology" (Dr. William G. Padolina of International Rice Research Institute), "Philippine Global Competitiveness through Engineering Research and Development for Technology" (Dr. Rowena Cristina Guevarra of University of the Philippines in Diliman), "Substitution of the Supplemental Light Required for the Bolting of Asterericoides Hybrid using Gibberellic Acid" (Dr. Leonido Naranja, UP Los Baños), and "Alternative Energy: Life Cycle Environmental Benefits (or Disbenefits)" (Dr. Alvin Culaba, Dela Salle University). The conference is intended for science and medical professionals, researchers, academe, and other partners in scientific initiatives led by the Department of Science and Technology.

Click here for a PDF of the program activities -- you'll need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.