On July 31, 2021, the 7th lecture of WEBINAR SERIES 2021 “LIVING IN THE NEW NORMAL AND BEYOND” was held by JSPS Alumni Association of the Philippines (JAAP) in partnership with Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

The lecture was opened by welcome remarks by Dr. Danilda Haufana-Duran, President of JAAP, JSPS RONPAKU and BRIDGE Fellow, and Scientist I, Philippine Carabao Center.

Dr. Danilda Haufana-Duran

After the opening remarks by Dr. Danilda, Dr. Leah J. Buendia, Assistant Secretary for International Cooperation, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Dr. Yoshio Otani, Director of JSPS Bangkok Office delivered inspirational messages, respectively.

Dr. Leah J. Buendia

Dr. Yoshio Otani

Following the remarks and messages, a presentation entitled “The future of sustainable and intelligent transportation systems” was made by Dr. Alexis M. Fillone, Civil Engineering Department, DLSU-Manila, Project Leader, STARPLAN-VI.

Dr. Alexis M. Fillone

In the seminar, Dr. Fillone presented his project which focused on an increase in the efficiency and reliability of Philippines’ public transportation system to reduce traffic congestion and other traffic problems. For example, he and his team developed the dashboard cameras attached in front of buses to capture the illegally parked vehicles or the application to forecast a traveling time from a starting point to a destination.

After the presentation, lots of questions were made from participants, about the application he developed, and so on. For these questions, Dr. Fillone answered clearly. Dr. Fillone also pointed that, when commercializing his application, the personal information needs to be concerned.

Finally, Dr. Maria Rowena Eguia, Vice president of JAAP delivered closing remarks.

Dr. Maria Rowena Eguia

The lecture ended successfully with about 200 participants.