Kasabay ng 50th Golden Jubilee ng Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB) ng University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) kasama ng Department of Science and Technology Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST PTRI), ang KATHABI ay fashion show ng abaca hybrid na sinuportahan ng Philippine Council for Agriculture Aquatic and natural Resources Research and Development (DOST PCAARRD). At nagkaloob ng kanyang pangunang pananalita si DOST Sec Renato U Solidum Jr.at dating DOST Sec Fortunato T Dela Pena.

kasunod ay ang Executive Director ng Philippine Council for Agriculture Aquatic and natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD DOST) Dr Reynaldo V Ebora.

At ipinakilala ng Executive Director ng Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST PTRI) Dr. Julius L Leaño Jr

at sa pagpapakilala ng bagong abaca hybrid ay ang Founding Director ng Institute of Plant Breeding National Scientist DR. Emil Q.Javier