Manila --- In celebration of their 10th
anniversary, MyPhone, the first and
leading Filipino mobile phone brand, in collaboration with Brown&Proud and Bbulletin,
organized a two-day Tech Summit entitled HACK TO THE FUTURE 2018 last March
23 to 24, 2018 at the GREENSUN, Makati City.
It is poised to be “the most disruptive Tech Summit
event” of the year, gathering speakers from the different branches of
technology, focusing on the latest tech trends in Digital and Social Media, Technopreneurship,
and Brand Innovation that can help
Filipinos build a better Philippines. It featured various speakers, workshops,
and exhibits that enriched everyone’s knowledge about technology today.
The First day of the Techsummit was attended by
students from STI and other schools. The second day brought together attendees
from barangays, cooperatives, organizations, professionals, community members,
and Government Agencies to deepen their understanding of all things digital and
how technology can aide to shape our future.
Kevin
Tan,
Vice President of MyPhone, did the opening speech. Afterwards, David Lim, President and CEO of MyPhone
and Brown&Proud, gave a talk about Brand
Pilipinas. He was then followed by Atty.
Elena Sen Lim, Chairman Emeritus of the Solid Group Inc. (SGI). SGI
established global brands in the Philippines such as Sony, Samsung, and Kia
among others, and built Filipino Brands MyDestiny
Cable and MyPhone.
David and Elena Lim shared how the Filipinos are capable
of creating the most innovative products that can compete with the known global
brands. They also introduced “BARKO1000”
by Brown&Proud, a project aiming to promote at least a thousand startups
every year and help them reach the global market.
Joining the line-up of speakers were ABS-CBN NoInk’s
Digital Content and Marketing specialist Arbie
Belmonte, and best-selling Filipino author of the social serye book and
movie “Vince and Kath” Queen Elly. Jhonathan Howard talked about
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the role of A.I. play in shaping the
future. A discussion and demonstration on “Robotics” by Warren Gonzaga and “Virtual
Reality” by Christopher David of VR Philippines also excited the
audience. Latest trends in technology such as artificial intelligence, virtual
reality, digital marketing, animation, and film making were covered in the “#hack” talk by Mel Micah Catalon
of Indigitous. Simultaneously, there were workshops for film making, and a
hackathon where students’ skills are pushed to the limit to create the best of
the best, by using the most advanced technology on their fingertips.
The topic of Digital
Marketing and how to harness the power of Digital to benefit to the
Community were discussed on the second day of the event. Successful Filipino
business entrepreneurs such as Engr. Grace Nicolas, Founder of Tag Media, Mr.
Robert Yupangco, President of Yupangco Holdings Corp., Dr. Elton See Tan,
President of MTFI / E-hotels, Dean Jonathan Petalver of Brown&Proud
Academy, Genesis Reonico of Digital Careers, Engr. Amelia S. Dean of Technology
for Economic Development, Atty. Joceclle Batapa Sigue, Emmy Lou Versosa-Delfin
of Startups, Laurene Tugaoen of SIPAG, Direk Alfredo Ongleo of FilmDream,
Laurence Charles Salazar of NCCA’s Kultura App and Kristine Ricafort of
Bbulletin each had their own knowledge and wisdom to share, Mr. Jay Jaboneta,
the guy behind the yellow boat project and Chief Marketing Officer of Chibot,
talked about “Experience Economy” and Elmer Robles, Phinclusion Inc’s Chief
Technology Officer discussed the disruptive “Blockchain and Artificial
Intelligence.”
Lastly, the most anticipated forum was discussed by Tintin Bersola-Babao, a respected TV
anchor and Celebrity Entrepreneur. She talked about success stories of an entrepreneur
through social media.
“If there is one thing you can mortgage out of the
Filipinos, it’s their creativity. We
could not defeat our competitors with hardware, but we can fight them with HEARTWARE. It’s our time to invade the
world with our creative products,” shared David Lim.
The two-day event was hosted by Inyi Yruma, Marketing Head of MyPhone, and Devon Seron, the newest GMA-7 star. In between talks, prizes were
given away to the tech summit participants sponsored by ZED, Smart, Talk n’
Text, HOOQ, SPEED magazine, David’s Salon, Aircast, NoInk, Globe, Zoomanity,
ABS-CBN Publishing, ABS-CBN TV PLUS, Vitagreen-C, and YSA. The event’s media
partners are Village Pipol, Aircast, Group of Five Creative Concepts Inc., and
Tag Media. The event’s community partners are TECH4ED, SIPAG, and Do It Right.
The event’s school partners are the Polytechnic University of the Philippines,
University of Sto. Tomas, and the Brown&Proud Academy.
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