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, andBrand Innovation that aims to help Filipinos build a better Philippines in the Future. It featured various speakers, workshops, and exhibits that enriched everyone’s knowledge about technology today.

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 specialistArbieBelmote, and best-selling Filipino Author of the social serye book and movie “Vince and Kath” Queen Elly. Jhonathan Howard talked about Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)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 filmmaking were covered in the “#hack” talk byJay Pineda of Indigitous. Simultaneously, there were workshops for filmmaking and a hackathon where students’ skills are pushed to the limit to create the best of the best, by using the most advanced technology at 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. RobertYupangco, President of YupangcoHoldings 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. JocelleBatapaSigue, Emmy Lou Versosa-Delfin of Startups,Laurene Tugaoen of SIPAG, Direk Alfredo Ongleo of FilmDream, Laurence Charles Salazar of NCCA’s Kultuora App and Kristine Ricafortof 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 TintinBersola-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.