The Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines (EJAP), the country’s premier organization of business journalists, and the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) are teaming up for the first time to host a forum focusing on the developments in Clark.
The EJAP-BCDA One Clark Forum will be held on May 10, 2024, at the New Clark City Athletics Stadium. The event is EJAP’s pilot forum outside Metro Manila, aiming to promote economic opportunities in other parts of the country.
Joining the EJAP-BCDA Clark Forum are Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs Secretary Fredrick Go, BCDA chairman Delfin Lorenzana, BCDA president and chief executive Joshua Bingcang and Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) vice president for administration and finance Nancy Paglinawan.
The public sector officials will discuss their strategies in positioning Clark as the next investment hub in Asia and as the country’s next gateway to the world.
“Envisioned as the next big metropolis and major growth hub in the Philippines, Clark has undergone massive transformation over the decades; but it still has much potential to grow,” Bingcang said.
“This joint forum with the country’s premier business journalists will allow us to communicate the BCDA Group and the national government’s efforts to develop Clark, and how these will foster economic growth, drive investments, and provide job opportunities for Filipinos,” Bingcang said.
Executives from private sector partners, including Filinvest Land Inc. senior vice president and business unit head for industrial and logistics Francis Ceballos and Noel Manankil, president and chief executive of Luzon International Premier Airport Development Corp., the operator of Clark International Airport, will also share their investment experience in locating in BCDA’s properties in Central Luzon.
“This landmark partnership between EJAP and the BCDA Group will showcase the evolution and developments in Clark,” EJAP president Neil Jerome Morales said.
“This is part of a broader initiative to promote growth centers across the country to spur investments and job creation,” he said.
The EJAP-BCDA One Clark Forum is supported by NLEX Corp., Sunlight Air, StB GIGA Factory Inc., Converge ICT Solutions Inc., Hann Reserve and CIAC.