SPUP’s School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE) sent a delegation of participants to the UP-System Information Technology Foundation’s (UPSITF) 17th Youth Congress on Information Technology (Y4IT). Held at the UPFI Film Center and Ang Bahay ng Alumni, University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD), Quezon City on September 25 to 27, 2019, the three-day convergence fostered avenues for discussions and networking opportunities; presented of latest IT innovations; and, explored possibilities in a competitive in digital market.
The congress featured advocacy talks and sessions from Mr. Angelo Guitierrez (Convener, Better Broadband Alliance), Mr. Cleo Martinez (Compliance and Monitoring Division, National Privacy Commission), Mrs. Mary Grace Mirandilla-Santos (Lead Convener, Better Broadband Alliance), Dr. Jaymar Soriano (Chair, Department of Computer Science, UPD), Ms. Gen Macallano (Information Technology Officer, Cybersecurity Bureau, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Ms. Fe Nuñez (Head, Digital Marketing, Workbank Inc.), Ms. Sophia Lucero (Co-founder and President, Philippine Web Designers Organization), Ms. Marge Mislang (Representative, Indra) and Ms. Maria Paulina Savillo (Marketing Supervisor, Jobstreet).
On the other hand, technical sessions included the presentations of Ms. Rosshell Clemente, (Human Resource Director, Oracle Philippines), Mr. Stephen Misa (Country Manager PH,, Amazon Web Services), Ms. Mylene Abiva (President and CEO, FELTA Multi-Media Inc.), Mr. Lope Doromal Jr. (Chief Technologist, IBM Philippines Inc.), Ms. Fe Nuñez (Head, Digital Marketing, Workbank Inc.), Dr. Irish Tan ( Chief, UP College of Medicine, Medical Informatics Unit), Mr. Allan Sahagun (Director, Professional Services Services, Oracle Netsuite Philippines), Mr. Paul Sears (Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services), Paolo Xavier Co (Google Certified Trainer and Educator, Acer), Ms. Maria Paulina Savillo (Marketing Supervisor, Jobstreet), Ms. Fe Nuñez (Head, Digital Marketing, Workbank Inc.),and Mr. John Quintos (Developer, Project Hestia).
The speakers also tackled Policy Regulation and the Philippine Internet, the Data Privacy Act of 2012, Cloud Computing, Skills of the Future, Blockchain as HyperLedger, and Malasakit in the Time of AI, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare, Creating Entrepreneurs, ConceptD of Acer, Google Technologies and Apps, Anatomy of an Attractive Fresh Graduate Computational Brain Science, Dangers of Social Media, Inside Indra, User Interface and User Experience Design.
