Top business and government leaders will lead a conference on December 8 in Makati City to share their insights on the most important national and economic policies.
Leading the list of speakers from the business sector during the First Pilipinas Conference are Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, chairman of Ayala Corp.; Manuel V. Pangilinan, chairman of Metro Pacific Investments Corp.; Enrique Razon Jr., chairman and CEO of International Container Terminal Services Inc.; and Joey Concepcion, chairman and CEO of RFM Corp.
Philippine Stock Exchange president Hans Sicat and Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry president George Barcelon will also join the list of speakers in the First Pilipinas Conference, which is organized by private think-tank Stratbase Albert del Rosario Institute (ADRi).
“As the institute’s culminating activity for 2016, we are privileged to organize the First Pilipinas Conference to gather our country’s thought leaders in a forward looking perspective in rare forum for strategic thinking and constructive discussions in the Philippine policy space,” said Dindo Manhit, president of Stratbase ADR Institute.
Speakers from the government side include Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Bases Conversion Development Authority president and CEO Vivencio Dizon.
Among the key topics to be discussed are pursuing a federal government structure for the Philippines; the Philippines and Asean’s role in the South China Sea; promotion of foreign investments and enhancements of SMEs; and the Philippine footprint in Southeast Asia and beyond.
Representing the academe during the conference are Dr. Ronald Mendoza of the Ateneo School of Government, Dr. Julio Teehankee of the De La Salle University and Dr. Paul Hutchcraft of the Australian National University.