To help recognize and support the ingenuity and creativity of Filipino inventors, DOST (Department of Science and Technology) is inviting participants to the 2010 Visayas Island Convention Contests and Exhibits (VIICE).

The event will be on August 12-14 in Iloilo City which will hosted by DOST Region 6, leaded by Dir. Rowen Gelonga, and with cooperation with Regions 7 and 8 and the Technology Application and Promotion Institute as convenors and participants.

This year's theme will be Filipino Inventions and Innovations: The Way Forward. This event is also in support to National Inventors Week to stress the contributions of Filipino inventions to national development.

In addition to this, Sol Salazar, DOST Science Specialist, said that this event will also a chance for all the inventors who will participate the event since they can exhibit their inventions and they can get acknowledgment through the holding of regional-level contests.

The participants can be part of any of the following:

• Invention (Tuklas Award)
• Utility Model
• Industrial Design
• Creative Research (Likha Award)
• Student Creative Research (Sibol Award) for High School
• Student Category Research (Sibol Award) for college.
• Many inventors from the regions are expected to be part of the said event.

[via PIA]