Write up about the Conference The 13th Asian Conference on Clinical Pharmacy with the theme “The Clinical Pharmacist and Patient Care: Opportunities and Challenges” was held on September 13-15, 2013 at the Haiphong City Convention Center in Vietnam. It was co-hosted by the Haiphong Medical University with support from Medical Service Administration (Ministry of Vietnam) and Vietnamese Pharmaceutical Association. The conference highlighted the importance of clinical pharmacist in the implementation of pharmaceutical care in the hospital and community settings. The conference achieved its objectives through plenary and concurrent sessions and oral and poster presentations by country delegates. The conference also provided […]
RDG Conference Report of Kaira Zoe A. Cañete
Write up about the Conference This international conference was held in the city of Buenos, Aires, Argentina, from August 28-31, 2013. The setting of the conference is the famed Bauen Hotel, which closed in 2001 as a result of an economic crisis in Argentina but was later rescued and is now managed by its own workers. The opening ceremony was hosted by the University of Buenos Aires Department of Social Sciences. The conference is organized jointly by the International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture, and Sexuality (IASSCS) and the Study Group on Sexualities of the Social Sciences School […]
RDG Conference Report of Ma. Doreen E. Candelaria
Write up about the Conference The International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management is an annual conference where researchers, educators, government officials, consultants, managers, community leaders and others meet to present and discuss topics related to all aspects of solid waste technology and management. The 29th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management was held in Philadelphia, PA last March 30 to April 2, 2014. A professional education short course on natural gases was held on the first day of the conference. The next two days were research presentations from professionals and educators from around 40 countries. The conference […]
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 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 […]
