In the recently held Science Council of Asia (SCA) Conference, at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore, a Filipino medical doctor was voted as its next president.
Dr. Jaime C. Montoya, president of the National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) and concurrent executive director of the Philippine Council for Health R&D (DOST-PCHRD) was elected for the 2009-2010 term.
The 10th SCA Conference focused its discussion around the theme, “Meeting the Health Challenges in the Asia Pacific Region: Responding through an Integrated and Multidisciplinary Approach in Science and Technology.”
The Science Council of Asia was founded in 2000. It is an international scientific organization in the Asia Pacific Region that brings together scientists and scientific organizations from all academic fields.
Eleven countries compose SCA: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Vietnam, India, Japan, China, Singapore, the Philippines and Mongolia. (DOST/PIA)
