UPERDFI met with representatives from Vista Land & Lifescapes, Inc., UPSCALE’s IGNITE Program and the UP Diliman Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering on June 4, 2019 for the Coir+ Project, the first Market-to-Lab Project undertaken by the Foundation. The parties signed the Terms of Reference last April 30 after a series of discussions about the collaborative research and development partnership.
Terms of Reference Signing by (L-R) DMMME Chairman and Coir+ Project Leader Dr. Magdaleno Vasquez, Jr.; UPERDFI President Chato Calderon with ED Tito Aliga; UPSCALE Program Leader Dr. Luis Sison; UPD-TTBDO Director Adeline Pacia; Vista Land & LifeScapes Business Development Executive Cynthia Delfin and CFO Mr. Brian Edang
UPERDFI looks forward to supporting more of UP Engineering’s brainpower by forging industry-academe linkages, together with UPSCALE Innovation Hub.