MECO Forges Partnership with Taiwan for Establishment of R&D Center

Summary posted by Meridian on 5/11/2009
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The Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO), the Philippines, and Taiwan have signed an agreement calling for the establishment of a technology incubator center to be modeled after Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). This research and development center would serve as technology support for the Philippines' budding Information and Communication Technology (ICT) companies. ITRI expedites the development of new industrial technology in Taiwan and employs 6,000 experts in various research areas, including nanotechnology, chemical engineering, and sustainable development. The agreement between MECO and ITRI will result in ITRI helping the Philippine parties to develop a feasible technical, operational, and financial roadmap for the Philippines R&D institute. Antonio I. Basilio, MECO resident representative and managing director, said that "The Philippines needs a technology incubator similar to Taiwan's ITRI, one that would provide technology support for the country's budding ICT companies and spur passion for science and technology among the Philippines' promising entrepreneurial and academic talent.... We have what it takes to build our very own ITRI because we have an enormous amount of IT and engineering talent in the Philippines. We also have first-class technical schools and venture partners and enterprises that are receptive to plum opportunities in the technology sector." The article can be viewed online at the link below.

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our team contact us site map	MECO Forges Partnership with Taiwan for Establishment of R&D Center Summary posted by Meridian on 5/11/2009 Source: Trading Markets Author: n/a The Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO), the Philippines, and Taiwan have signed an agreement calling for the establishment of a technology incubator center to be modeled after Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). This research and development center would serve as technology support for the Philippines' budding Information and Communication Technology (ICT) companies. ITRI expedites the development of new industrial technology in Taiwan and employs 6,000 experts in various research areas, including nanotechnology, chemical engineering, and sustainable development. The agreement between MECO and ITRI will result in ITRI helping the Philippine parties to develop a feasible technical, operational, and financial roadmap for the Philippines R&D institute. Antonio I. Basilio, MECO resident representative and managing director, said that "The Philippines needs a technology incubator similar to Taiwan's ITRI, one that would provide technology support for the country's budding ICT companies and spur passion for science and technology among the Philippines' promising entrepreneurial and academic talent.... We have what it takes to build our very own ITRI because we have an enormous amount of IT and engineering talent in the Philippines. We also have first-class technical schools and venture partners and enterprises that are receptive to plum opportunities in the technology sector." The article can be viewed online at the link below. The original article may still be available at www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2313309/ As tagged by Meridian Institute: Implications: Human Enhancement, Governance, Economic Competitiveness Materials And Manufacturing: Manufacturing Regions: East and South Asia and the Pacific Stakeholders: Government, Industry, Academia Related Forums: Materials and Manufacturing Economic Competitiveness Governance print format	NDN Home Subscribe Manage Subscription Search News Archives Understanding Public Debate on Nanotechnologies: Options for Framing Public Policy -- The Innovation Society (2/8/2010) The Governance and Ethics Unit of the Directorate General for Research (DG Research) of the European Commission (EC) has published an overview paper on options for framing public policy on nanotechnologies. [More] UN Patent Filings Dropped for 1st Time Since 1978 -- ABC news (2/8/2010) The United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an entity through which a company can, for a fee, file a request for patent protection in any or all of the 142 countries that have subscribed to the U.N.'s Patent Cooperation Treaty, reported that the number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978. [More] TECHNOLOGY: Science Panel Probes Renewable Energy's Current Use of China's Rare Metals -- Environment & Energy Daily (2/8/2010) A United States House of Representatives Science and Technology subcommittee this week will hold a hearing on rare earth mineral production and the resource's role in the growing clean energy industry. [More] Nanofood for Thought -- Nature Nanotechnology (2/5/2010) This editorial, in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, is in response to the recent report, "Nanotechnologies and Food", released in January by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, United Kingdom, that criticized the food industry for failing to be transparent about its research into the uses of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials. [More] More News... Learn how to include these headlines on your own website by clicking here. Please email us if you require text-only versions of the daily emails.