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Find the product market-fit to increase the chances of technology commercialization success.

This was one of the points raised by Prof.Federico C. Gonzalez, technical expert at the De La Salle University Innovation Technology Office (DITO) in a training-workshop on the Commercialization of Intellectual Property Protected Technologies organized by the Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

 

Science Secretary Mario Montejo is directing all agencies involved in Yolanda rehabilitation to secure all scientific information they need at the Yolanda Rehabilitation Scientific Information Center (YORINFOCENTER). Located at the University of the Philippines  National Engineering Center n Diliman, Quezon City, the said Center makes it easier for other government agencies, including local government units, and humanitarian organizations to get scientific data that could help them in rehabilitating Eastern Visayas and its environs affected by the typhoon. 

 

The local information technology-business process management (IT-BPM) industry, a leading economic driver expecting $18 billion in revenues by the end of 2014 yet hounded by climate issues, will benefit from disaster preparedness management to help boost its productivity, according to Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Mario G. Montejo