The UP Manila Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research participated in the 2024 FuturesPhil Conference, held at the Manila Prince Hotel from August 22-24, 2024. This year's theme, "Toward Sustainable Development, Innovation, and Futures Thinking," emphasized the importance of these approaches in shaping resilient futures.

The three-day conference served as a dynamic platform for discussing strategies in policy reforms, particularly those focused on sustainable and resilient development. It brought together scholars, practitioners, and students in the field of futures thinking and foresight.

The event was attended by Vice Chancellor for Research, Dr. Leslie Michelle M. Dalmacio, along with the staff of the UP Manila Futures Thinking Initiative Project. Keynote speakers included Dr. Alex B. Brillantes, Professor Emeritus of UP Diliman, and Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian, both Senior Fellows of the Philippine Futures Thinking Society.

UP Manila continues to uphold the vision of the administration in persistent discovery and research with its experts leading in the health sector and accessible leadership that is inclusive, responsive, and engaging to its community, becoming the guiding standard of the Project Leaders’ Summit held on June 25, 2024 at the Henry Sy Sr. Hall Building.

“There are a significant number of proposals to be endorsed to the following agencies, currently there are 899 from UP Manila, 137 from the NIH (National Institutes of Health), and 612 from the PGH (Philippine General Hospital) [which are] on-going projects. UP Manila has actually been the pioneer in the establishment of the IRB (Institutional Review Board) and a Research Grants Administration Office (RGAO),” Vice Chancellor for Research Leslie Michelle M. Dalmacio stated.