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ILAARRDEC symposium promises synergistic collab for research experts in Region 1

by | Dec 15, 2023 | News

In a shared view of the significance of research and development in increasing productivity and promoting synergistic collaboration, several institutions convened at the Golden Lion Hotel for the first-ever Joint Regional Research, Development and Innovation Symposium and the ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐‹๐€๐€๐‘๐‘๐ƒ๐„๐‚ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง ๐‘&๐ƒ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘.

The Ilocos Agriculture Aquatic and Natural Resources, Research and Development Consortium (ILAARRDEC), the Ilocos Consortium for Industry Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (ICIEERD), the Region I Health Research and Development Consortium (R1HRDC) and the Pangasinan State University as the host institution, brought together great minds from all over the region to share their newest findings, discuss cutting-edge research and explore emerging avenues for advancement.

PSU President Dr. Elbert M. Galas, in his welcome message, expressed that PSUโ€™s doors are always open for research development and collaboration as these are vital towards the achievement of excellence in the academe.

โ€œ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก, ๐‘๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘. ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ. ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘“ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘“๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ,โ€ ๐ท๐‘Ÿ. ๐บ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘‘.

Meanwhile, University of the Philippines-Los Baรฑos Chancellor Dr. Jose Camacho served as the keynote speaker who emphasized on synergistic research and development which is a shift from traditional and siloed research methodologies.
โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›. ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›. ๐ด๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’, ๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ, ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘”๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ,โ€ ๐ท๐‘Ÿ. ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘.

He added that synergistic collab fosters innovation and creativity, problem solving efficiency and enhanced impact and went on to introduce AGORA or market place which in UPLB means Accelerating Growth through One Research and Extension in Action. This serves as UPโ€™s research agenda and partnership program with most SUCs, he added.

The three-day activity was graced by key personalities from ILAARDEC, ICIEERD, R1HRDC, DOST, SUCs and partners agencies.

Also in attendance were PSUโ€™s Vice Presidents: Dr. Manolito Manuel, Dr. Razeale Resultay, Dr. Jenelyn Oboza and former President Dr. Dexter R. Buted, university officials and research and extension heads.

Development posters were prominently displayed for viewing and break-out sessions for various project proposals were held in the second day.

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