Write up about the Conference The 6th Asian Mathematical Conference was held last June 30 – July 4, 2013 at the Convention Hall of BEXCO in Busan, Korea. The objective of the conference was to provide a forum for the researchers of mathematics from Asia to create links among themselves and other mathematicians around the world through exchange of ideas, discussion of issues and presentations of results from researches done. This conference was hosted by Korea Mathematical Society (KMS) and Southeast Asian Mathematical Society (SEAMS) and organized by Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS), National Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NIMS), […]
RDG Conference Report of Merites M. Buot
Write up about the Conference The theme of the conference was: Interdisciplinary Studies for Global Education Building Bridge through ASEAN and it was appropriately captured by the Keynote Speaker and the different session plenary speakers. Since 2004, the Royal Institute of Thailand established the Interdisciplinary Network funded primarily by the Royal Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. The 2013 conference was organized and hosted by the Maejo University at Chiang Mai, Thailand. According to Dr. Prida Wibulsawas from Academy of Science, Royal Institute of Thailand, that the interdisciplinary researches are encouraged because there is the transfer of methods from one discipline […]
RDG Conference Report of Inocencio E. Buot Jr.
Write up about the Conference The INTECOL Congress 2013, Ecology: Into the Next 100 Years, a major international ecological meeting, was held on 17-23 August 2013 at the International Convention Center, ExCel, London with the theme, Advancing Ecology and Making it Count. There were 10 world class plenary speakers each discussing insightful topics. There were several symposia and organized sessions, as well as workshops and side events. The INTECOL Congress is a gathering of thousands of ecologists worldwide to discuss theories, practices and methodologies of ecology. This is organized by the International Association for Ecology and is always co-hosted […]
RDG Conference Report of Luisa Maria T. Bo-ot
Write up about the Conference The meeting was jointly organized by the APS, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Northeastern Univ., Penn State and Carnegie Mellon Univ. This year there were over 2300 contributed abstracts in 34 parallel sessions. There were also 119 technical posters of which 48 were from students. Feedback on paper presented A question was raised on whether the modified equation is Galilean invariant since it is originally a classical equation. My reply was since the equation incorporate a certain probability; it may already be semi-classical and thus can include actions on the microscopic level like inelastic collisions. Future directions […]
RDG Conference Report of Emma Ruth V. Bayogan
Write up about the Conference The 2nd Southeast Asia Symposium on Quality Management in Postharvest Systems (SEA2013) Was held on 4 to 6 December 2013 in conjunction with the Asia Pacific Conference on Postharvest Systems Improvement for Food Security and Poverty Reduction APC2013). Both were held in the Lane Xang Hotel in Vientiane, Lao PDR. SEA 2013 tackled various postharvest systems and recent procedures mainly on perishable produce to mainly quality. Most of the research papers were on tropical horticultural commodities. A highlight of the SEA 2013 was the recognition of eminent postharvest scientists from developed and developing countries. This […]
RDG Conference Report of Agnes T. Banzon
Write up about the Conference The Asia Pacific Marketing and Management Conference (APMMC) is a biennial event hosted by the Faculty of Economics and Business of the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. The conference aims to provide a venue for cross-disciplinary and cross academic-practitioner discussion of current issues related to marketing in the Asia Pacific region. Now on its fifth run, this years’ theme is “Sustainable business strategies: Shaping the future of Asia Pacific region”. Dr. Mohammad Affendy Arip, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business,gave the opening remarks. The keynote speakers were Dr. Jamilin Jais, Dean of the Faculty of […]
RDG Conference Report of Emmanuel S. Baja
Write up about the Conference Last August 2013, in Basel, Switzerland, the 2013 Conference Environment and Health – Bridging South, North, East and West was held and has been a huge success. Approximately 1800 participants from from 70+ countries from all continents presented and attended an exciting and productive program. The participants gather to discuss the influence of environmental factors on human health. The drum school Basel did a trilling opening program “Airing Sounds – Wasting Rhythm”. The performance set the conference to a positive mood for the entire conference. The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute was the local […]
RDG Conference Report of Mary Barby P. Badayos-Jover
Write up about the Conference The conference was premised on the fact that global climate change challenge us to take transformations seriously. Given this premise the conference brought together interdisciplinary experts to interact, problematize and essentially understand the substantive change processes that need to occur in a short period of time, due to climate change effects. The conference was deemed timely in order to prevent disruptive and unexpected transformations. Feedback on paper presented The paper I presented tackled a topic assumed to be resolve in Scandinavian countries. Thus, my presentation served as reminder to a number of participants about the […]
RDG Conference Report of Jerico B. Bacani
Write up about the Conference The International Conference on Mathematics and Computing (ICMC) 2013 was the very first international conference in mathematics and computing that was organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Haldia Institute of Technology (HIT) in West Bengal, India. This conference in mathematics was initiated when the institution had a successful international conference named as InfoSecHiComNet 2011, happened in October 2011. The ICMC 2013 was held on December 26-29, 2013, wherein the main objective of the of the organizers was to attract mathematicians and computer scientist all over the world to present recent advances and […]
RDG Conference Report of Rhodora V. Azanza
Write up about the Conference The meeting has special relevance not only for the GEOHAB programme, but also for the entire international scientific community for researchers and managers engaged in the advance in harmful algal bloom research and mitigation of impacts. The meeting has two objectives: 1) to review the scientific advances accomplished under GEOHAB since its inception; and 2) to identify a near-future roadmap of GEOHAB-like activities to be pursued beyond 2013. To achieve these objectives, active involvement of meeting participants, representing the global HAB community, is essential. For this reason, the OSM is structured somewhat differently from a […]
