Exploring how science, technology, and innovation drive real-world impact through intimate discussions with leading Filipino inventors and researchers.
Innovation Impact Stories (iStories) is a monthly seminar and webinar series that explores how science, technology, and innovation create meaningful societal transformation. This initiative highlights the journeys, hurdles, patenting pathways, and successes behind research-driven innovations across diverse fields—inspiring faculty, students, and aspiring entrepreneurs to take their science beyond the laboratory bench.
Associate Professor
“PROJECT ROAM: From Idea to Innovation” — A story of how simple ideas can turn into meaningful technologies for air quality monitoring.
View Session & Recording →Co-Founder & President
“The Founder Formula: Lessons from growing a healthtech company rooted in research, grit, and real-world impact” — Translating scientific thinking into systems-level healthcare solutions.
View Session & Recording →Founder & CTO, LisensyaLab
“Agri-TIPS: From Research to Ideation to Launch and Scale” — Insights into rapid scaling and innovation across diverse industries like agriculture and technology.
View Session & Recording →Senior Lecturer & CEO
“The Philippines Is Rich! We Just Don’t Know It (Yet)” — August 20, 2026 via Zoom 1:00 PM, PH Time
View Session & Recording →Professor, UP-IESM
“Innovation, governmental science advice, and the environment” — [Session abstract content to be added]
View Session & Recording →Distinguished Professor & Bio-Analytical Chemist
“Pinoy Inventor Jumpstarts Monthly Innovation Forum” — Sharing insights on translational glycomics, developing high-value food diagnostics, and navigating international patenting ecosystems.
View Session & Recording →PDA, Virata School of Business
“Beyond Publications: The Real-World Impacts of Academic Research” — Overcoming the academic ‘publish-or-perish’ paradigm to design research programs aimed at commercial scalability.
View Session & Recording →Deputy Executive Director, DOST-PCIEERD
“Innovation Works 4 U! S&T for the Betterment of Filipinos” — National funding roadmaps, government commercialization grants, and university-industry translation frameworks.
View Session & Recording →Atmospheric Physicist & Professor, IESM
“Communicating Atmospheric Science Beyond Academia” — Transforming complex atmospheric models and disaster risk data into accessible public policy tools and media assets.
View Session & Recording →Director, Center for Informatics
“The ATIPAN Project” — A digital strategy providing health services to marginalized communities in Western Visayas through telemedicine and its potential for universal healthcare.
View Session & Recording →Computational Inorganic and Analytical Research Laboratory (CIA-RL)
“Chemistry in the Implementation of International Agreements” — Exploring the role of chemistry in national policy, legislation, and international agreements.
View Session & Recording →Know a faculty inventor, alumni entrepreneur, or industry leader who should share their journey on iStories?
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