DoST chief banners local technologies, innovations at NSTW 2022
WITH less than a week to go, Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. of the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) provided a great preview of what the public would expect from the 2022 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) celebration.
Slated from November 23 to 27, 2022, at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, carrying the theme, “Agham at Teknolohiya: Kabalikat sa Maunlad at Matatag na Kinabukasan,”
Solidum shared that this year’s NSTW celebration will highlight the efforts and innovative solutions offered by the local scientific community spearhead by the DoST, its attached agencies and the regions.
In his interview in CNN Philippines’ “The Final World” hosted by Rico Hizon, Solidum said that 2022 NSTW will be filled with exciting techno-exhibits and relevant and interesting scientific fora, webinars, and career talks that are related to energy, transport solutions and logistics, agriculture and food security, health, job creation, blue and green economy, environment and sustainability, education, and international linkages.
He added that the 2022 NSTW will also focus on research and development projects and services related to agriculture, food security, health, environment, water, blue economy and job creation.
“DoST’s focus also aside from wealth creation, we also need to protect the wealth that we generate. So, we also have wealth protection initiatives related to DoSTPagasa and DoST-Phivolcs would do. Then we need also to make
sure that human resources would be supported through STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education,” he said.
Visit the www.nstw.dost.gov.ph or DoST’s official Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/nstwdost.
For those who want to visit the exhibits and other activities for the NSTW 2022 celebration, register at https://nstwregistration.dost.gov. ph/preregister or send inquiry to nstw.secretariat@gmail.com and nstwpromotions@gmail.com.