Last week, I was given the opportunity to attend a number of seminars about enhancing health through technologies. I really am not that familiar with the concept of technology and how is it applied towards a different domain. In my opinion, the word technology is usually associated with the business world since the idea of technology is applied to eliminate or reduce the problems present in an organization. The seminar wasn't that boring and as a matter of fact, I really learned a lot about how flexible technology is and how can it be applied towards a different domain such as the health industry.
The first speaker for the morning discussed about the Latest Concepts regarding Oral Health Care. Honestly, I really am quite scared to go to the Dentist due to the equipment used through out the cleaning process and because of that situation I thought that those were the “concepts” that would be discussed within the day. However I was wrong, Dr. San Andres introduced Re-mineralization which returns the minerals to the tooth. This concept is quite new to me since I am only familiar with the concept of Root Canal since I already have experience that painful procedure. Maybe the concept of information technology could be used to determine which areas should Dental Organizations focus on in giving out free dental check-ups.
The next speaker was Dr. Eric Punzalan and he basically tackled the topic “A Heathy Chemi-physical Solution”. Before the talk started, my batch-mate first introduced Dr. Punzalan by giving us a brief introduction about him and I must say that Mr. Punzalan is a man that literally knows a lot with reference to the field which he is a part of due to his credentials. If I’m not mistaken, he also had the opportunity to study in abroad. As the talk continued, he then discussed a sample x-ray and MRI output and then talked about how the tool evolved overtime. It was good that he discussed how these technologies tend to evolve but I wish he somehow gave more concrete examples on what these tools look like and how do they even more function 10 to 20 years from now.
After the talk by Dr. Eric Punzalan, the next speaker that's assigned to give a talk was Dr. Jerome Palaganas. He basically talked about the Future of Health. This topic is somehow interesting since when we talk about the Future of Heath, there are many ways on how would you interpret and perceive the topic even more in such a big industry like the Health industry, In addition, Dr. Palaganas gave me an idea about how information technology can be applied to the Health Industry. The talk was very informative since it I could use what I've learned during the talk in proposing what I want to do in when I start doing my thesis proposal.
As you've noticed, the first half focused on the heath industry. However, the second half of the symposium then focuses on the corporate world and the emerging technologies in the business industries were also enumerated during the second half of the symposium.
The second half of the symposium was started by Michael Garcia. Mr. Garcia talked about what Data Warehousing is. According to him, Data Warehousing is like a very big repository where data could be stored and manipulated depending on the data that the users need. The topic was quite familiar since we already took a subject about an overview or an introduction about databases. I guess what Mr. Garcia is doing is really quite hard since it really is a difficult task in manipulating and accessing the data stored upon in a database even more if the volume of data present in the database is quite huge. Over-all it was quite a good topic since almost everyone could relate to it.
Following the talk of Mr. Garcia was Ms. Cecille Ang which introduced to us the SWEEP card. It’s quite similar with the Bebapay Card but several features were added. It’s like your wallet and debit card are combined in a single card. You could actually withdraw money from the card and even use the card for paying such products or services offered by a certain establishment as long as the said establishment considers the card as a mode of payment. I like the topic and she even distributed a sample of the said SWEEP card to everyone who attended the talk. Unfortunately I was wishing that the speaker focused on how transactions are made with the card instead of marketing the said product.
The last speaker for the day was Mr. Celmer Santos. Mr. Santos then discussed about the concept of RFID and how is it applied. Fortunately, the video that he presented was helpful in terms of giving us a bigger picture of the idea that he wishes to present towards his target audience.Because of the talk, maybe the concept of RFID could be applied in various situations where in monitoring an object or even several objects is difficult to do. Over-all it was a good talk. I wish that he presented more examples where the concept of RFID could be applied.
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