Green Fragrances and Bamboo Music Take Center Stage at NSTW 2025 Forum

Iligan and Northern Luzon Creative Communities Encouraged to Tap Forest-Based Technologies

The forum will feature two focused sessions that show how research outputs can be turned into marketable, experience-driven creative products that cultural groups, schools, designers, and local tourism offices can adopt or replicate.

Forum Sessions:

1. Session 1: Scent of Innovation – Local Art and Science of Green Fragrances
   • Time: 8:30 AM – 12:00 NN
   • Focus keywords: forest products, green fragrances, creative industry
   • Registration: https://tinyurl.com/2uyspunj
2. Session 2: Sounds of the Forest
   • Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
   • Focus keywords: bamboo musical instruments, culture, Philippine innovation
   • Registration: https://tinyurl.com/599fpmbx

Each session is open to only 60 participants, and those who plan to attend both sessions must register separately. The activity is designed to help participants understand how forest-derived materials can be converted into high-value products for education, culture, tourism, and the wider creative economy.

Supporting inquiries may be sent to Ms. Margie B. Dizon through [email protected].

Join the Forum and Champion Philippine Forest-Based Creativity

Stakeholders from schools, LGUs, tourism offices, culture and arts councils, MSMEs, and creative practitioners are encouraged to secure their slots early and learn directly from DOST-FPRDI experts. By joining, participants can discover practical technologies that can be adopted in community-based enterprises, museum experiences, local festivals, and music programs that promote Philippine identity. This forum is an opportunity to align science with culture and to build smart and sustainable communities through locally sourced forest products and innovation-driven design.