Taguig City – The Technology Application and Promotion Institute of the Department of the Science and Technology (DOST-TAPI) goes online to promote the DOST laboratories and services on 27 August 2020, 9AM at the Metals Industry Research and Development Center (DOST-MIRDC). This is the fourth leg of the #SPICEStoDOSTLabS which started in 2019.
The #SPICEStoDOSTLabS or the “Strategic Promotion through Integrating Collaboration and
Engagement of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) to Support the Technology Transfer and
Commercialization of DOST-Developed Technologies including Testing Laboratories and
Services” is an extension under the Technology Transfer Day Project. It provides a platform for orientation and demonstration of DOST testing laboratories and services among stakeholders particularly the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and other private sectors who need technical and consultancy services assistance.
“As the lead agency in the promotion, transfer, and commercialization of DOST-funded and -generated technologies, we at DOST-TAPI realized that in order for our stakeholders to fully achieve the potentials of their technologies, they would need assistance to fulfill initial Research and Development first,” said Engr. Edgar I. Garcia, DOST-TAPI Director.
Dir. Garcia added that the conception of #SPICEStoDOSTLabS offers the use of our premier and world-class laboratories and facilities.”
In light of the coronavirus disease or COVID-19 pandemic, DOST turns to digital media to connect various stakeholders and clients in different places at the same time, #SPICEStoDOSTLabS included.
A virtual laboratory tour of the DOST-MIRDC’s chemical analysis, mechanical testing, auto-parts testing, non-destructive testing, and calibration laboratories which are equipped with instruments in determining the quality in metal products that is necessary for continued competitiveness in both local and foreign markets will be featured.
“We want to create a collaborative and innovative environment between the DOST system and industry players especially the MSMEs through the use of our laboratories and facilities, and technical consultations,” Director Garcia emphasized.
More than a hundred participants are targeted to join.
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