Conference Program

Day 0 (25 July 2023)

10:00 AM – 12:00 PMEarly Registration
SMX Convention Center
12:00 PM – 1:00 PMLUNCH
1:00 PM – 5:00 PMEarly Registration
SMX Convention Center
2:00 PM – 5:00 PMTour (Limited Availability)
Bago City and Bantayan Park

Day 1 (26 July 2023)

9:00 AM – 10:00 AMOpening Program

Welcome Messages:
Roselyn Usero, LOC
Dr. Fabian Dayrit, NOC
Dr. Glenn Alea, PFCS
Hon. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Governor, Negros Occ.
Hon. Alfedo B. Benitez, Mayor Bacolod City
10:00 AM – 10:45 AMRibbon cutting and Opening of Exhibits and Posters
10:45 AM – 11:30 AMKeynote 1: Climate Change and Philippine Agriculture: How Can Chemistry Help?
Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga
Secretary, DENR
11:30 AM – 12:00 PMPlenary 1: Outlook for the Philippine Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities (via Zoom)
Dr. Glenn Gregorio
Director, SEARCA
12:00 PM – 1:00 PMLUNCH
1:00 PM – 1:30 PMPlenary 2: Advancing the Philippine countryside’s R&D and human capital ecosystem as drivers of food security and societal development
Dr. Jonel Saludes
University of San Agustin
1:30 PM – 2:00 PMPlenary 3: Future Trends in Agricultural Chemicals for Food Security
Dr. Michael Leader
Bayer CropScience
2:00 PM – 2:30 PMPlenary 4: Ensuring Food Safety: Validation of Pesticide Analysis
Wilhelmus Broer
Nofalab/Cotecna Elite Philippines, Inc.
2:30 PM – 3:00 PMPlenary 5: The challenges of agriculture with chemistry for Sustainable soil management (via Zoom)
Dr. Nopmanee Suvanggang
Global Soil Laboratory Network
3:00 PM – 3:30 PMPlenary 6: Water Quality Indices and Nursery Production of Shrimp in a Biofloc Culture System
Dr. Christopher Caipang
UP Visayas
3:30 PM – 4:00 PMPlenary 7: Green Agriculture for Food Security: Building community capacity through an educational and sustainable urban agriculture approach
Nora Mae C. Gareza
Center for Integrated STEM Education, Inc.
4:00 PM – 5:00 PMKeynote 2: The challenge of providing healthy, sustainable and equitable diets for all (via Zoom) 
Prof. Sir Charles Godfray
Oxford University
5:00 PM – 6:00 PMPoster Session
6:00 PM – 8:00 PMFellowship Night

PFCS Awards
37PCC Got Talent!
Best in Costume 

Day 2 (27 July 2023)

Function Room 2Function Room 3Meeting Room 1/2Meeting Room 3Meeting Room 4Meeting Room
9:00 AM – 9:15 AMICP-BOC Session
1. ICP President’s Report
2. PRC and BOC Updates
3. Board Exams Item Analysis
4. Chemistry Curriculum Review		BAFS, PNS Session: Pesticide and Contaminant Issues and Concerns in the Agriculture SectorDKSH: Maximizing Efficiency through Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
Product: HPLC		O1-1O3-1O5-1
9:15 AM – 9:30 AMO1-2O3-2O5-2
9:30 AM – 9:45 AMChemisphere Lab Sciences: Food Safety and Quality XRF Solutions
Product: Bruker S1 Titan		O1-3O3-3O5-3
9:45 AM – 10:00 AMO1-4O3-4O5-4
10:00 AM – 10:15 AMChemisphere Lab Sciences Inc.: Rapid & Reliable Analkysis Using NIR Spectroscopy
Product: Bruker NIR Tango		O1-5O3-5O5-5
10:15 AM – 10:30 AMO1-6O3-6O5-6
10:30 AM – 10:45 AMSigmatech: Auto-Titrator: Best Practices & Trouble Shooting
Product: Hiranuma Auto – Titrator		O1-7O3-7O5-7
10:45 AM – 11:00 AMO1-8O3-8O5-8
11:00 AM – 11:15 AMDynalab: Extraction of Pesticides from Asstd. Food Matrices
Product: CEM EDGE Automated Extraction System		O1-9O3-9O5-9
11:15 AM – 11:30 AMO1-10O3-10O5-10
11:30 AM – 11:45 PMBrownstone Asia-Tech Inc.: Innovative Elemental Analysis by ICP for Agriculture
Product: PLASMAQUANT 9100 ELITE
and Food products		O1-11O3-11O5-11
11:45 AM – 12:00 PMO1-12O3-12O5-12
12:00 PM – 1:00 PMLUNCH
1:00 PM – 1:15 PMICP-BOC Session
5. Career Progression and Specialization Program – Credit Accumulation and Transfer System (CPSP-CATS)		Importance of Decision Rules and Statement of Conformity in National and International Trade
Ed Paski
British Columbia Institute of Technology		Chemhub Technologies Inc.: A New Perspective of Smart HPLC
Product: Chrozen HPLC		O2-1O4-1O6-1
1:15 PM – 1:30 PMO2-2O4-2O6-2
1:30 PM – 1:45 PMMolave Trading:  Magnetic Resonance on a Bench
Product: Bruker Fourier 80 Benchtop NMR Spectrometer		O2-3O4-3O6-3
1:45 PM – 2:00 PMO2-4O4-4O6-4
2:00 PM – 2:15 PMMolave Trading: An Innovative Solution for Routine Analysis in Food and Agriculture
Product: Foss NIR Spectrometer		O2-5O4-5O6-5
2:15 PM – 2:30 PMO2-6O4-6O6-6
2:30 PM – 2:45 PMALVTechnologies: What is a Potentiostat and its use in Science & Industry
Product: Potentiostat / Galvanostat / EIS System		O2-7O4-7O6-7
2:45 PM – 3:00 PMO2-8O4-8O6-8
3:00 PM – 3:15 PMPM BreakShimadzu: Ensuring Food Quality & Safety with Shimadzu HPLCO2-9O4-9O6-9
3:15 PM – 3:30 PMPACT Membership MeetingKKP Membership MeetingO2-10O4-10O6-10
3:30 PM – 3:45 PMPM BreakO2-11O4-11O6-11
3:45 PM – 4:00 PMICP officers Chapters and Clusters meetingO2-12O4-12O6-12
4:00 PM – 4:15 PMO2-13O4-13O6-13
4:15 PM – 4:30 PMO2-14O4-14O6-14
4:30 PM – 4:45 PMO2-15O4-15O6-15
4:45 PM – 5:00 PMO2-16O4-16O6-16
5:00 PM – 6:00 PMPoster Session

Day 3 (28 July 2023)

9:00 AM – 10:00 AMKeynote 3: Chemistry as a Driver of Agriculture-Based Development
Dr. Renato Solidum, Jr.
Secretary, DOST
10:00 AM – 11:30 AMForum on Chemistry and
Agriculture 4.0 and Food Security

1. Herbal (Philip Cruz, Herbanext)
2. Sugar (Ma. Regina B. Martin, Philsurin)
3. Aquaculture (SEAFDEC)
4. Coffee (Emmanuel Garcia, DLSU)
5. Coconut (Marco Reyes VCOP)
11:30 AM – 12:00 PMClosing Program

LOC & NOC
Acknowledgement of Exhibitors
37PCC Photo/Video
38PCC invitation (KKP)
12:00 PM – 1:00 PMLUNCH
2:00 PM – 5:00 PMTour (Limited Availability)
Bacolod City & Silay City