BREAKING
THE CYCLE OF POVERTY
THROUGH HEALTH AND
INNOVATION
- Track 01 : Poverty, Health and Environment
- Track 02 : Poverty, Technology and Innovation
- Rizal Park Hotel, Manila
- October 4 - 5, 2023
About iPOVCON 2023
Samar State University is conducting its 4th International and 7th National Conference for Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development (IPOVCON). This mark its 7th reiteration of this poverty conference, which was pioneered in 2016 by Samar State University. Previous IPOVCONs were conducted in the university premises which has undergone through different formats, but the university seeks to achieve a wider impact and coverage in discussion this issue that ails all part of the country, not only in Region VIII. With that goal in mind, the university aims to conduct the poverty conference.
OUR GOALS
Create linkages and strengthen collaboration among academic institutions, national line agencies, local government units, and peoples organization
Showcase research Studies along poverty alleviation and sustainable development
Establish research and extension collaborations/ engagements
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Keynote Speakers
Dr. LOPE B. SANTOS III
Lead Convenor
National Anti-Poverty Commission
Dr. CHANG DA WAN
Chief Executive Officer
The HEAD Foundation, Singapore
Dr. RUPA VASUDEVAN
Founder & Chancellor at Bharatiya Engineering Science and Technology Innovation University, Andhra Pradesh
Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. NUR AZURA BINTI ADAM
Deputy Director for Programs Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), Los Banos, Laguna
Senator PIA S. CAYETANO
Senator, Republic of the Philippines 19th Congress, Senate of the Philippines
Plenary Speakers
Congressman MICHAEL L. ROMERO, Ph.D.
Chair, House Committee on Poverty Alleviation 19th Congress, House of Representative
Dr. MARIA ROSARIO S. VERGEIRE, MPH,CESO II
Undersecretary of Health, Public Health Services Team Department of Health
The schedule for the upcoming event has not yet been finalized. We are still working on finalizing the details and coordinating with all stakeholders to ensure a successful event.
The schedule for the upcoming event has not yet been finalized. We are still working on finalizing the details and coordinating with all stakeholders to ensure a successful event.
