The Resource Generation Committee, headed by President Ferdz de la Cruz, met on May 7 to discuss future plans. Tito Aliga cited the feedback from sampled members re Insured Donation product that has been co-developed with Insular Life. Vic shared his plans to craft a presentation on legacy planning in Read more…
The Policy Review Ad Hoc Team, led by Trustee Val Reyes, met online on May 7 to finalize the policies based on the comments from the April 9 meeting (and April 20 for the Fundraising Policy). Five policies were presented and discussed – 1) Fundraising, 2) Investments, 3) Project Governance, Read more…
In a two-part zoom meeting on April 21 and April 28, UPERDFI Adviser Chato Calderon (from San Francisco USA) and ED Tito Aliga took part in discussions on how to commercialize VISSER, the Science Lab in a Box. This is the result of a UP-DOST project that started in 2012-13, headed Read more…
On April 28, Committee Chairman Chicho Mantaring and Val Reyes convened the Expert Panel to hear the presentations/pitches of eight UP projects that have been pre-assessed for potential UPERDFI support in moving them to market presence. Six of candidate eight projects (all being assisted by UPSCALE and UP TTBDO) were Read more…
UPSCALE Innovation Hub was crowned as the Grand Champion during the PH Startup Incubator Awards Culminating Ceremony held on April 23. UPSCALE Project Leader Dr. Luis Sison received the award in the presence of DOST Sec. Fortunato de la Peña and DOST Undersecretary Rowena Cristina Guevara, among other key officials. Read more…
UPERDFI acquired QuickBooks Online after the live testing of the software in February-March. We expect to completely migrate our 2021 transactions to the cloud after the 2020 Audit and tax-filing routines. Member Rico Ibana proposed the use of a Document Management software for managing relevant donation documents and procedures. The Read more…
Our Management Committee held two meetings on March 17 and April 14 to discuss updates and ways forward on the various projects and committee initiatives of the foundation. We are excited to share with you the key items below: HPC Project Led by President Ferdz de la Cruz, we are Read more…
Implementing a February Board instruction, we are undergoing a Policy Review, led by Trustee Val Reyes as Leader. The Policy Review Ad Hoc Team (PRAT) met on April 9 to discuss progress and to take up first-pass review results. R&D Policy Trustee Glen Tabios as lead reviewer proposed to Read more…
In a run-up to the presentation arranged by the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) to its members in May 2021, the MAP Energy Committee headed by Mr. Ernie Pantangco discussed details with the UP ESM project leads on March 18. These included research Team Leader Dr. Mike Pedrasa, Dean Read more…
Good progress has been made on the programs and projects that the Board approved to pursue in the February meeting. Approval in principle of the Innovation Model proposed by the Innovation Committee. This is being fine-tuned by our Innovation Committee led by Chicho Mantaring and Val Reyes. Approval of the 2021 Read more…