By Alex Villafania
INQUIRER.net

INNOVATION is key to improving the country’s global competitiveness, as well as strengthening the local economy.

This was the key message delivered by several government and private sector executives during the presentation for the upcoming National Innovation Summit (NIS) to be held in Manila November 26.

“The NIS is the start for all of us to push for innovation in the country. We have linked up with several groups from the academe, local and foreign government, and private sector to work together,” said Frederico Macaranas, executive director of the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center.

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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.

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By Joey Alarilla
INQUIRER.net

IT’S time again for the spotlight to fall on our country’s scientific research and innovation as the Philippines celebrates National Science and Technology Week on July 16-20.

Actually, if you think about it, we should all work together in highlighting science and technology every day of the year. It’s a shame that, more often than not, S&T developments are overlooked because of political and show biz scandals.

This is precisely why we launched the Inside Science blog — to share our love for science and showcase the developments in this field in the Philippines. Here’s a press statement from the Department of Science and Technology’s Science and Technology Media Service on the upcoming NSTW celebration.

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