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April 1-30, 2007
First of five batches of technology management training conducted
by Julia A. Lapitan and Maria Noriza Q. Herrera
Photos by Julia A. Lapitan
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| BAR Director Nicomedes P. Eleazar congratulates the participants and guests. |
The National Technology Commercialization Program (NTCP), now on its second year as coordinated by the Technology Commercialization Unit (TCU) of BAR, held its first of five batches of Technology Management Training on 22-28 April 2007 at PHINMA Training Center, Tagaytay City. The training is a component of the “Operationalization of Support-Based Initiative for Agriculture and Fisheries Technology Management,” a collaborative project of University of the Philippines National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP-NCPAG) through the Center for Local and Regional Governance (CLRG) and the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR).
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| Participants comprising of 18 technical senior staff members of BAR and RFRDCs. |
The first batch of training on technology management was attended by 18 technical senior staff members of BAR’s Research and Coordination Division (RCD), Program Development Division (PDD), Management Information and Systems Division (MISD), Technology Commercialization Unit (TCU), and representatives from the Regional Integrated Agricultural Research Centers (RIARCs) and Regional Fisheries Research Development Centers (RFRDCs) of the Luzon Cluster B, including Regions III (Central Luzon), IVA (CALABARZON), IVB (MIMAROPA), and V (Bicol).
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| BAR RCD Head Tito Z. Arevalo delivers a message in behalf of Dir. Eleazar. |
The five-day training aimed to formulate criteria in sourcing technologies for presentation and commercialization. The activity focused on four specific objectives: a) enhance the capability of the regional focal person and selected technical staff of the DA-BAR on technology commercialization and management, b) raise the level of understanding of the participants on technology commercialization experiences in agriculture and fisheries, c) equip the participants with guides in formulating technology commercialization action plan, and d) develop guidelines in enterprise development as a stage in the technology commercialization efforts of the DA-BAR.
The training was carried out through lecture and discussions, case studies, field observation, workshops and brainstorming, participatory action planning, and plenary sessions.
Five modules were presented, as follows: 1) introduction to technology management, 2) management of research and development, 3) intellectual property management, 4) technology commercialization process, and 5) financial technology valuation and business planning.
Invited resource persons and speakers shared their expertise and experiences in the field of technology management. They were Dr. Roger D. Posadas, an expert in science and technology (S&T) policy and technology management; Dr. Elvira A. Zamora, professor at the College of Business Administration in UP Diliman; Atty. Editha R. Hechanova, managing partner of the Hechanova Bugay & Vilchez law offices and CEO of Hechanova & Co., Inc.; and Prof. Edison D. Cruz, executive director of the Technology Management Center of the University of the Philippines. 
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