Vice President Sara Duterte (sixth from right) honors the Alfredo M. Yao Intellectual Property awardees at the 48th Philippine Business Conference and Expo organized by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the Manila Hotel in October. The awardees include professional category grand winner Jeremy De Leon (5th from right) and collegiate category grand winners Cindy Meneses and Christopher Pacardo (4th and 3rd from right, representing Andrew Cabiles and Karla Cornelio) and Nancy Espartinez and Jeremiah Magallanes (2nd from right and right.). With them are (from left) Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines director general Rowell Barba, PCCI intellectual property committee chair Anton Sayo, Jeffrey Yao representing 48th PBC&E Awards chair Alfredo Yao, 48th PBC&E chair Ferdinand Ferrer, chairman William Co and PCCI president George Barcelon.