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Public Seminar: Enabling an Inclusive, Innovative and Investable Philippine Digital Economy.

The Tech for Good Institute, together with Ateneo de Manila University and Makati Business Club, will be running a public forum on 23rd May 2024 to discuss the prospects of enabling an inclusive, innovative, and investable Philippine Digital Economy.

Join us in-person for a public seminar co-hosted by Ateneo de Manila University, Makati Business Club and Tech for Good Institute (TFGI) on 23rd May 2024 to discuss the prospects of enabling an inclusive, innovative, and investable Philippine Digital Economy. The session will explore the following questions:

  • How may the Philippines keep pace with technology and business-model innovation for inclusive growth?
  • What are the current regulatory challenges to digital economy growth in the Philippines?
  • How may the public and the private sector collaborate to encourage technology and business model innovation in the Philippines?
  • How will the Philippines leverage the upcoming Digital Economy Framework Agreement to foster inclusion, encourage innovation and attract investment?

TFGI will share its latest research on how governments across Southeast Asia are updating laws and regulations pertaining to the digital economy, while developing policy innovation initiatives to create an enabling environment for innovation. Representatives from academia, business and government will then discuss opportunities, challenges and recommendations for the Philippines in particular.

Details

Date:              May 23, 2024 (Thursday)

Time:             9:30 AM to 1:30 PM

Venue:          Amphitheater, Ground floor, Ateneo Professional Schools Building- Rockwell Campus (20 Rockwell Drive, Rockwell Center, Makati City 1210

Tentative Programme

Time (GMT + 8)

Activity

9:30 – 9:40 am

Welcome Remarks

  • Ming Tan, Founding Executive Director, Tech for Good Institute
  • Aileen Judan-Jiao, President and Country General Manager, IBM Philippines

9:40 – 10:00 am

Research Sharing Session: Policy Innovation in the Digital Age:
Spotlight on the Philippines

  • Keith Detros, Programme Lead, TFGI

10:00 – 11:00 am

Panel Discussion on Enabling an Inclusive, Innovative, and Investable Philippine Digital Economy: Opportunities and Challenges

  • Moderator: Ming Tan, Founding Executive Director, Tech for Good Institute
  • Panellists:
    • Usec. Mary Jean Pacheco, Regional Operations Group,
      Department of Trade and Industry
    • Dr. Renne Barcelona, Country Leader for Cybersecurity
      Services, IBM Philippines
    • Sherielysse Bonifacio, Director, Public Affairs Philippines,
      Grab Philippines
    • Monchito Ibrahim, Lead Convenor, Alliance of Tech
      Innovators for the Nation (ATIN)
    • Dr. John Lagdameo, Chair of the Leadership and Strategy
      Department and incoming head of the
      Ateneo Intellectual Property Office,
      Ateneo de Manila University

11:00 – 11:30 am

Open Discussion + Q&A

11:35 – 1:00 pm

Networking and Lunch

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Mouna Aouri

Programme Fellow

Mouna Aouri is an Institute Fellow at the Tech For Good Institute. As a social entrepreneur, impact investor, and engineer, her experience spans over two decades in the MENA region, South East Asia, and Japan. She is founder of Woomentum, a Singapore-based platform dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs in APAC through skill development and access to growth capital through strategic collaborations with corporate entities, investors and government partners.

Dr Ming Tan

Senior Fellow & Founding Executive Director

Dr Ming Tan is Senior Fellow at the Tech for Good Institute; where she served as founding Executive Director of the non-profit focused on research and policy at the intersection of technology, society and the economy in Southeast Asia. She is concurrently a Senior Fellow at and the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore and Advisor to the Founder of the COMO Group, a Singaporean portfolio of lifestyle companies operating in 15 countries worldwide. Ming was previously Managing Director of IPOS International, part of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. Prior to joining the public sector, she was Head of Stewardship of the COMO Group.


Ming also serves on the boards of several private companies, Singapore’s National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC), and on the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre. Her current portfolio spans philanthropy, social impact, sustainability and innovation.