ICT Davao Convention

Last August 30,2008, the ICT Davao Convention was held in the Sanguniang Bayan. My friends and I arrive there exactly 11:30 am. We just came from our MIS adopted company, the DLPC ans we thought to drop by the convention. As we entered the building we saw our professor, Mr Randy S. Gamboa in a booth, trying to hang a tarpaulin with his colleague. Since we were already there we took the responsibility of hanging the rather large ICT tarpaulin to the rather non-sticky booth panel.

After ensuring all adhesives were in the right spot and sticky enough, we successfully hanged the tarpaulin. We were about to eat lunch when Sir Randy asked us to watch the booth for a while.

As we were watching the booth, I took note on the activities being held in the building. A lot of IT related or IT based companies like MTC Academy and Surecuit, were there and giving out their company profiles, searching and interviewing applicants and a video of the development of ICT and the ICT businesses here in Davao today was shown in the Assessor's waiting room.

For me, it was a large gathering of people and businesses that shows how large and developed is the IT community here in Davao City.

The article below was made by Sunstar Davao about the ICT Davao.

“TO PUSH for the development of the ICT industry in Davao City, the regional office of the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) in Southern Mindanao has inked partnership with the ICT Davao Inc. during last week's conduct of the BPO Human Resource and Recruitment Forum at the Royal Mandaya Hotel.

Neda-Southern Mindanao Regional Director Nicasio Angelo Agustin and ICT Davao Inc. president Lizabel "Wit" Holganza signed a cooperation agreement to formalize their partnership for the city's ICT development during the forum.

Neda and the ICT Davao Inc., the umbrella organization of all ICT enabled associations, committed to explore ways and means to promote trade, technical and industrial cooperation, joint venture agreements, market networking and linkages, and similar agreements between Davao City's ICT industry and global outsourcing and offshore markets.

Both agencies also vowed to undertake advocacy work to expand appreciation and understanding of ICT-enabled business practices and policies.

Aside from these commitments, the two entities vowed to aggressively address issues and concerns facing the ICT industry, particularly those that affect IT-enabled businesses and the academe and other ICT training institutions, and to jointly formulate corresponding policy recommendations..."

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http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/09/03/bus/neda.ict.davao.ink.partnership.html