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Participants posed with NAST members during the photo ops of the 2019 Visayas Regional Scientific Meeting at Tacloban City last March 24-25, 2019. The 2020 edition of the annual event will be held at Central Visayas with the DOST Regional Office No. VII serving as the co-host.

The first plenary session of the 2019 Visayas Regional Scientific Meeting featured the topic “Plastic Wastes” which included speakers such as Academicians Fabian Dayrit, Agnes Rola, and Alvin Culaba and Tacloban City Environment and Natural Resources Officer For. Jonathan Hijada.

Another NAST Academician and former DOST Secretary Dr. Estrella Alabastro raises a point during the discussion on talent development and retention at the 2019 Visayas Regional Scientific Meeting at Tacloban City last March 24-25, 2019.

DOST - Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) Director Josette T. Biyo listens intently to a question raised during her discussion on talent development and retention during the 2019 Visayas Regional Scientific Meeting at Tacloban City last March 24-25, 2019.

University of Hawai’i Ph.D. Candidate Mr. Rollan Geronimo discusses the impacts of climate change on fisheries during the Plenary Session 2: Sustainable Marine Food Security of the 2019 Visayas Regional Scientific Meeting at Tacloban City last March 24-25, 2019.

Academician Rhodora V. Azanza, NAST PHL President, addressed the crowd during the opening ceremonies of the 2019 Visayas Regional Scientific Meeting at Tacloban City last March 24-25, 2019.

The crowd listening intently to the address of Academician Rhodora V. Azanza during the opening ceremonies of the 2019 Visayas Regional Scientific Meeting at Tacloban City last March 24-25, 2019.

Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Undersecretary for Research and Development Dr. Rowena Cristina L. Guevara delivering the DOST Secretary’s message during the opening ceremonies of the 2019 Visayas Regional Scientific Meeting at Tacloban City last March 24-25, 2019.

NAST Academician and former DOST Secretary Dr. Filemon A. Uriarte, Jr. raises a question during the Plenary Session on Plastic Waste of 2019 Visayas Regional Scientific Meeting at Tacloban City last March 24-25, 2019.