ASIA SME SUMMIT 2016
Be with us for Asia SME Summit - Build Better Businesses! Build Better Nations! - on Wednesday, April 20 at the Manila Marriott Hotel. REGISTER at this web location: asia-ceo.org/?event=asia-sme-summit-2016 . The price of admission is Php5,000 and includes elegant lunch and snacks.
Learn from and be inspired by many of the most successful business leaders active in the country today. Asia SME Summit, presented by PLDT SMART SME Nation with Elite Sponsorship by JLL and Trends and Concepts, features entrepreneurs who started businesses from scratch and are transforming the nation from one dependent on a few dozen large organizations to one propelled by thousands.
High profile speakers for Asia SME Summit include:
Beth Lee (CEO, E-Motors) is one of the country's most respected automobile industry leaders who also built the country's largest electric vehicle manufacturer.
Ted Ferrer (President, Generika) built from scratch one of the country's largest drugstore chains and accepted a huge investment from Ayala without getting swallowed up.
Mario Berta (CEO, Flyspaces.com) probably holds the record for the most number of internet companies founded in Philippines and the region.
Bansan Choa (Chairman and CEO, I-Remit) built the country's largest non-bank remittance company and now one of the largest in the world.
Jim Donovan (CEO, ADEC Innovations) built from scratch the country's largest homegrown IT-BPO company with offices on most continents.
Philips Yu (President, LBC X) is revolutionizing ecommerce and delivery in Philippines and enabling a explosion of Filipino entrepreneurship.
Paul Rivera (CEO, Kalibrr) raised the largest financing in Philippine tech start-up history.
Asia SME Summit - Build Better Businesses. Build Better Nations. - is presented by PLDT Smart SME Nation, with Elite Sponsorship by JLL and Trends and Concepts.
Download the Event Program HERE. Register at this web location: asia-ceo.org/?event=asia-sme-summit-2016.
High-profile Presenters of Asia SME Summit include (in approximate order of appearance):
| Mitch Locsin Vice President and Head PLDT Smart SME Nation PRESENTER: In addition to his current senior role to promote SME organizations and entrepreneurship, Mitch was previously the founding Executive Director of the Business Process Association of the Philippines (BPAP) and was instrumental in making Philippines the world’s premier destination for offshore services. |
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| Bansan Choa Chairman and Chief Executive Officer I-Remit PRESENTER: Bansan has built I-Remit into the largest non-bank remittance organization serving Filipinos from offices throughout the world. |
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| Ted Ferrer President Generika PRESENTER: Ted built one of the nation’s largest drugstore chains in record time and recently welcomed Ayala Corp as 50% owner of his company. |
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| Mario Berta Chief Executive Officer Flyspaces.com PRESENTER: Mario has built companies across Africa and Asia. Under Mario’s leadership, Easy Taxi (Rocket Internet-backed company) become Asia’s biggest taxi application with operations in 9 countries and counting. His latest business promises to be more disruptive still. |
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| Elizabeth Lee CEO E-Motors PRESENTER: Beth is formerly President of Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc. (CAMPI) representing one of the largest importing industries in Philippines. E-Motors is the country’s first Filipinos owned electric vehicle manufacturer. |
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| Arvi Villacin Executive Director Sven Group PRESENTER: With offices in Philippines and Singapore, Arvi’s company is one of the region’s leading digital marketing and communications innovators. |
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| James Donovan Chief Executive Officer ADEC Innovations PRESENTER: Jim began ADEC with a Filipina co-founder named Carol Esguerra. Today the company has offices on most continents in the world and is sometimes called the most global Filipino company. |
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| Philips Yu President LBC X PRESENTER: Philips oversees LBC X, a company of innovators focused on transforming the commerce experience to empower enterprises and consumers globally. |
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| Joe Bantiling President Trends and Concepts Total Interior Solutions PRESENTER: Starting from humble beginnings, Joe built a number of companies: Safeshield Konstrukt (an engineering construction firm), Cosco Integrated System (a manufacturer of modular furniture sytems) and Trends and Concepts (design and build company). |
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| Paul Rivera Co-Founder & CEO Kalibrr PRESENTER: Paul’s local tech start-up company received the largest financing deal in Philippine history and is the first in Southeast Asia to be accepted into Y Combinator — Silicon Valley’s most prominent start-up financing firm. |
Download the Event Program HERE.
Be with us for Asia SME Summit, presented by PLDT SMART SME Nation with Elite Sponsorship by JLL andTrends and Concepts, on Wednesday, April 20 at the Manila Marriott Hotel. REGISTER at this web location: asia-ceo.org/?event=asia-sme-summit-2016 . The price of admission is Php5,000 and includes elegant lunch and snacks (Php5,500 if paid at the door).
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