Bringing Energy Solutions from Vietnam to Iloilo at the Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference Iloilo 2025

Đỗ Tùng Sơn
Alternō Pte.
Client Success Manager

Đỗ Tùng Sơn is the Client Success Manager at Alternō, a climate-tech company in Asia that creates sand-based thermal battery systems. These systems store heat at high temperatures without producing emissions, helping industries like food, beverages, and agriculture reduce their use of fossil fuels. Sơn works closely with clients such as PepsiCo, Mondelez, Daiwa, to make sure each project runs smoothly-from planning and installation to With experience in IoT and sustainable energy, he focuses on making clean energy systems easy to use, reliable, and cost-effective. At Alternō, he also helps develop partnerships that bring renewable heat and electricity solutions to more industries. supports Alternō's 2030 goal of becoming a leading platform that combines renewable energy, heat-to-electricity technology, and smart His work supports Alternō's 2030 goal of becoming a leading platform that combines renewable energy, heat-to-electricity technology, and smart energy management into one simple, affordable package.

Soledad Santos Garibay
Algacon Aquafeeds Manufacturing
Technology Innovator/Founder

Ms. Soledad Santos Garibay is a Retired University Researcher from the Institute of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UP Visayas. For the past 10 years, her research projects have been devoted to microalgae studies, which have led to the development of Algal paste for aquaculture Ms. Garibay initiated the commercialization of its R&D research output in 2018 through the Algacon As a researcher by heart, now turned Entrepreneur, Ms. Garibay continues to encourage the development of a new business model for the aquaculture industry. Ms. Garibay continues to encourage her colleagues and the younger generation to pursue their technology commercialization as a way of promoting their As a researcher by heart, now turned Entrepreneur, Ms. Garibay continues to encourage her colleagues and the younger generation to pursue their technology commercialization as a way of promoting their own research output, translating research based technology into something beneficial for the industry. Ms. Garibay, is now actively engaged with the local aquaculture industry, focusing on the marketing aspect while providing technical know- how on the application of Algal Paste in Aquaculture.

Engr. Diogenes Armando Pascua, MSCA
Chief Technology Officer
Nodeleaf Inc.

Diogenes is a professor at University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines and the Chief Technology Office of Nodeleaf Inc., a Davao-based tech company specializing in providing digital solutions to clients. He is pursuing a Doctor of Engineering at the University of San Carlos, focusing on marine energy applications. With a Master’s degree in Computer Applications, his research applies digital tools to the blue economy and affordable tech for underserved markets. As a startup founder and coach, he has led winning teams in national and global competitions like Fishackathon and Blue Food Challenge. Passionate about embedded systems and low-level AI, he is recognized as a World Economic Forum Uplink Innovator for his work in the Blue economy. Nodeleaf Inc. is a Davao based tech company specializing in providing digital solutions to clients. Shiftech marine is one of their brands for providing digital services and power solutions to marine clients.

Maria Aimee Sobrevega
OIC - Fisheries Resources Management Section
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Regional Office VI

MARIA AIMEE A. SOBREVEGA is currently the Officer in Charge of the Provincial Fisheries Office of Iloilo, Regional Fisheries Research and Development Center (RFRDC) and Regional Freshwater Fisheries Technology Center (RFFTC) at the same time, the OIC of the Fisheries Resources Management Section of the Fisheries Center (RFRDC) and Regional Freshwater Fisheries Technology Center (RFFTC) at the same time, the OIC of the Fisheries Resources Management Section of the Bureau of Fisheries and She brings extensive experience collaborating with fishing communities, local governments, and non-government organizations in the governments, and non-government organizations in the Visayas, advancing sustainable livelihoods through the Ecosystems Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM). She has worked with BFAR for over a decade. She spent at least 10 years on two development projects in between her government work, the USAID Ecosystems Improved for Sustainable Fisheries (ECOFISH) Project and the Environment and Rural Development (EnRD) Programme of the German Agency for International Cooperation or (GIZ). She earned her Bachelor of Science in Fisheries from the University of the Philippines Visayas, a Diploma in Environment and Natural Resources Management from the University of the Philippines Open Management from the University of the Philippines Open University, and a Master's in Public Governance from West Visayas State University .