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DOST Secretary Mario G. Montejo (2nd from left) and IPO Philippines Director-General Ricardo R. Blancaflor (3rd from left) jointly sign the Memorandum of Understanding to establish innovation and technology support offices ( ITSOs) during the High Level Forum on Innovation Opportunities in the Philippines at Makati Shangri-la Hotel March 11. ITSOs will facilitate quicker, more efficient search and application process for patents in the country. Witnessing the MOU signing are DOST Undersecretary Fortunato de la Pena (left) and IPO Philippines Deputy Director-General Andrew Michael Ong (right). (Alan Taule, S&T Media Service)



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Second Workshop and Joint Coordination Committee Meeting at DOST-PHIVOLCS, Diliman, QC on March 8, 2011. Conference participants include DOST-Phivolcs, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), and the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED). The Conference aims to enhance earthquake and volcano monitoring, and use of information in disaster mitigation efforts, in the Philippines. Filipino and Japanese seismologists during the event discussed important topics, such as earthquake monitoring, evaluation of earthquake potential, integrated real-time volcano monitoring, and disaster mitigation information. (Alan Taule, S&T Media Service)

 

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National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) will hold its 78th General Membership Assembly at the Polkabal-Rigodon Halls of the Manila Hotel on March 9, 2011. Participating NRCP member researchers, scientists, and technologists will present the policy recommendations and plans of action to prepare the country for the implementation and full realization of the declaration ASEAN 2015 to DOST Secretary Mario G. Montejo. This document is the result of the national consultation workshop led by the NRCP and held in Luzon (December 2010), Visayas and Mindanao (January 2011).

"ASEAN 2015: One Vision, One Identity, One Community" is a pact that charts the future direction of ASEAN as a community that is politically, economically, and socio-culturally stable and competing vigorously with the rest of the world.

The NRCP officials and members assure that they would only embark on significant researches and activities that would support the government in attaining a developed status in the near future. (Jowi A. Carteciano, S&T Media Service)

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In the light of the impending worldwide migration from Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) to IPv6, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) will assist the government agencies to achieve smooth interoperability testings of IPv4 and IPv6 infrastructure and systems.

The task came at the heels of the release last month of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Executive Order (E.O.) No. 893 Promoting the Deployment and Use of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) dated 29 June 2010.

In a memorandum signed by Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) Chairman Ivan John Enrile Uy, the CICT stressed the importance of the development of IPv6, as well as the worldwide migration from Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) to IPv6.

IPv6 responds to the current problem of internet address exhaustion. Every mobile phone and computer that has access to the Internet is given a unique IP address. With the rise in the number of gadgets and users, the old system of addressing networked devices is almost exhausted. Running out of IP addresses has serious effects, such as impeding the growth and development of Internet-based services.

“Smooth transition from IPv4 and IPv6 is very important in enhancing government operations and services,” said DOST Secretary Mario Montejo. “DOST’s team of experts in Internet infrastructure and systems is ready to take part in this significant Internet leap.”

Malacañang Palace issued E.O. No. 893 to encourage the use of IPv6 since exhaustion of IPv4 threatens to deter investments in Internet-based infrastructure, applications and services. Government services that may be affected by the exhaustion of IP addresses include health care, national security, public safety, education, environment, among others.