PHILJAPKUS
What is "PHILJAPKUS"?
The Philippines-Japan Association for the Kuroshio Science Promotion, Inc. or PHILJAPKUS, Inc. is a private, non-stock, non-profit, a a professional organization that aims at forging collaboration in both countries on research and development in socio-economic, agriculture, aquatic and natural resources and other associated fields along with the Kuroshio Region. The organization was conceptualized with the increasing number of graduates from the Kuroshio Science Program of the Kochi University.
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The logo of the Philippines-Japan Association for the Kuroshio Science Promotion, Inc. or PHILJAPKUS represents the research, academic, and extension collaboration between the Philippines and Japan with the abstraction of the Philippine and Japanese flags. The waves represent the continuing and sustainable promotion in the Kuroshio region. The intertwined Sampaguita (Philippine National Flower) and the famous Japanese Sakura represent the long-lasting friendship between the two countries.
PHILJAPKUS: Sustainable Cooperation for the Promotion of Kuroshio Science
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Program
Time | Activity | Key Person |
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12:40 – 13:00 (13:40 – 14:00 JST) |
Registration | Secretariat |
13:00 – 13:05 (14:00 – 14:05 JST) |
Invocation | AVP |
13:05 – 13:10 (14:05 – 14:10 JST) |
Tribute to Dr. Victor S. Soliman | AVP |
13:10 – 13:15 (14:10 – 14:15 JST) |
Opening Message | Kozo Iwasaki, Ph. D. Dean, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University |
13:15 – 13:45 (14:15 – 14:45 JST) |
Presentation of the Kuroshio Science Program, the Alumni and the PHILJAPKUS | Alex P. Camaya, Ph. D. President, PHILJAPKUS |
Presentation of research activities by graduates of Kuroshio Science, Kochi University | ||
13:45 – 14:00 (14:45 – 15:00 JST) |
Research on Ecophysiology in Seaweeds during and beyond Kochi University | Jayvee Saco, Ph. D. Batangas State University, Philippines |
14:00 – 14:15 (15:00 – 15:15 JST) |
Records of remarkable benthos in Tango Bay, Sea of Japan | Yumi Henmi, Ph. D. Kyoto University, Japan |
14:15 – 14:30 (15:15 – 15:30 JST) |
HEALTH BREAK | AVP Presentation |
14:30 – 14:45 (15:30 – 15:45 JST) |
From a propagule to a growing mangal tree by the coast upstream of Kuroshio: Knowledge acquisition, co-creation and persuasion promoting rational coastal resource utilization, ecosystem services protection and sustainable development in Bicol Region | Raul G. Bradecina, Ph. D. Partido State University, Philippines |
14:45 – 15:00 (15:45 – 16:00 JST) |
Present and Future of Coral and Coral Communities in East Asia (Japan, Korea and Taiwan) | Shashank Kesharmurthy, Ph. D. Academia Sinica, Taiwan |
15:00 – 15:15 (16:00 – 16:15 JST) |
Induction of the PHILJAPKUS Officers | Yoshinori Morooka Professor Emeritus, Kochi University |
Message of Support | ||
15:15 – 15:20 (16:15 – 16:20 JST) |
Arnulfo M. Mascariñas, Ph. D. SUC President IV, Bicol University |
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15:20 – 15:25 (16:20 – 16:25 JST) |
Angel Encarnacion, DMSc Officer-in-Charge, BFAR 2 |
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15:25 – 15:30 (16:25 – 16:30 JST) |
Laura T. David, Ph. D. Director, UP-MSI |
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15:30 – 15:35 (16:30 – 16:35 JST) |
Clement Camposano, Ph. D. Chancellor, UP Visayas |
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15:35 – 15:50 (16:35 – 16:50 JST) |
Moving Forward | Satoshi Kubota, Ph. D. Head of Kuroshio Science program, Kochi University, Japan |
Emma L. Ballad, Ph. D. Lady of Ceremony |