Iloilo celebrates 1st IT week
Staking a claim to be the next Information Technology Hub in the country, Iloilo will hold its first IT Week Celebration on June 13-17, 2006 at the Upper Ground Floor of SM City Iloilo. Various activities are lined up to make the event memorable such as motorcade, exhibits, mini-lectures on various Information Technology related topics, career and job fair.
The highlight of the celebration is the Information Technology (IT) Summit on June 14, 2006 at the 5th Floor Conference Room of the Iloilo Provincial Capitol, where heads of top academic institutions, IT companies, business associations, LGUs, and national government agencies are expected to attend. The IT Summit will feature presentations of Hon. Dondi O. Mapa of the Commission of Information and Communication Technology and Chancellor Glenn D. Aguilar of the University of the Philippines in the Visayas, and the covenant signing of important stakeholders to put up the proposed Iloilo Foundation for IT.
Lead organizations involved in this project are academic or training institutions such as Central Philippine University, John B Lacson Colleges Foundation, Pan Pacific Training Center, University of Iloilo, University of San Agustin, University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Western Visayas College of Science and Technology and West Visayas State University; Industry partners such as Bayantel, Call Center Integrators, Echo Customer Contact Center, ePLDT Ventus, Iloilo Business Club and Philippine Society of IT Educators and government institutions like the Commission on Higher Education, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry, Iloilo City Government, Iloilo Provincial Government and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.