Call for presenters and sponsors: Social Networking and eBusiness Conference

March 6, 2008 at 11:53 pm | In TM Events | No Comments
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Fiera de Manila (http://www.fmi.com.ph) and DigitalFilipino Club
(http://www.e-commercephilippines.com) presents Social Networking and
eBusiness Conference Philippines 2008. This event shall serve as a
forum where the latest trends, business models, revenue opportunities,
challenges, and its evolution are discussed.

The Social Networking and E-Business Conference Philippines 2008 is an
event geared towards:

1. Companies who wants to see the potential of social networks for
advertising, word of mouth, and reaching out to users with big social
networks for collaboration.

2. Current, start-up, and upcoming players in the social networking
industry who would like to gain insight and share perspective as to
how this industry is evolving.

3. Internet users who are interested to find out how this dynamic
space will change in the years to come.

We are calling for presenters and sponsors for this exciting event.
Parties interested can email Fiera de Manila at fiera@info.com. ph or
call +6328960639 or 37.

Key Conference Tracks

1. Evolution of Social Networks
As the Internet becomes popular and friendly, every Internet user is
able to form their own social networks in various forms such as chat,
forums, discussion groups, websites, blogs, trading or auction,
photos, web-to-mobile phone text messaging, wikis, file-sharing, and
websites that serve as a meeting point for users to share personal
developments and connect to other people. This track covers the
various developments and where will it go.

1.1 State of the social network / Social Network Analysis
1.2 Dynamics of Friendship Networks
1.3 From Friendship to Business Networks: Potentials and Challenges
1.4 Creating Passionate Users (Game, Social Networks, Photo
Collaboration, File-Sharing)
1.5 Social Network Friendly Gadgets (mobile phone or PC company)
1.6 Lifestreaming in the Philippines (uses of technologies like
Twitter to share developments in our lives)
1.7 Impact of Social Networks in Business and Mobile / Telecommunications

2. Marketing and Communications in Social Networks
The Internet has become social and presents new challenges for
businesses to be heard amidst the noise. The power of the user is
growing in terms of controlling their information and whom they only
want to heard of. Are you capable to engage in this new space?

Topics:
2.1. Profile of the social-network- powered Consumer
What is the profile of social network user today?

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Kape@Teknolohiya

September 6, 2007 at 11:05 pm | In Strategic Planning, TM Events | No Comments
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The longest running technology and innovation kapihan in the Philippines that focuses on the needs on innovators, tech angel investors and technology startups.

UP Ayala Technology Business Incubator
CP Garcia cor Katipunan Avenue
Diliman, QC  1101
Wednesday, 12 September 10am
Entrance: free

Michael Hansson
Global Design Engineering Manager
Integrated Microelectronics Inc.

Topic: Bootstrapping your Tech Startup
Bootstrapping is a term used to describe the act of operating and running your company without external funding. You operate and grow the company based only on the sales you are able to derive from customers, and not from external funding sources.
Famous bootstrapped companies who did not rely on venture capital initially include Microsoft and Dell.

About the Speaker
Michael Hansson is the Global Design Engineering manager for IMI, an Electronics Manufacturing Solutions provider with 21,000 people and 12 facilities in 4 countries.

Michael is an Embedded Systems Engineer with an M.S. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Linkoping in Sweden, where he also taught robotics and programming. He has over 20 years’ experience in developing a variety of hardware and software solutions, and among other things spent 5 years with Timex Philippines where he headed the electronics R&D group.

He started his first consulting practice at the age of 16 and subsequently moved on to found and manage a variety of technopreneurial ventures,including ICON Information Consultants, CODA Software, Synapse Inc.,DSPI, NewNew Technologies, Streamware Development Corporation and M. Hansson Consulting, Inc. His latest venture, a design company providing customized test equipment to the local electronics industry, was bootstrapped and subsequently acquired by IMI in August 2006.

Michael will talk about his experiences with bootstrapping technology oriented start-ups, and will provide lots of hands-on practical advice and tips from the battlefield.

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Dennis Posadas

Author, RICE & CHIPS: Technopreneurship and Innovation in Asia
(Singapore: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007)
URL:  http://ricebowlandchips.blogspot.com

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