Negros Occidental Sets ICT Summit

The first information and communications technology (ICT) conference in Negros Occidental is expected to yield the provincial roadmap of the province in the ICT industry this week.

Dubbed as “Negros First ICT Summit”, Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. has invited national resource speakers from the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) and the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) to guide local stakeholders in the preparation of the Negros Occidental ICT Roadmap 2011-2013.

The summit will take place on June 2, 2011 at the Social Hall and Governor’s Hall of the Provincial Capitol. It is designed for participants coming from the government, academe and business sector to learn about the Philippine Digital Strategy 2011-2016 and the Philippine IT-BPO Road Map 2016.

The summit also significantly marks the observance of June as National ICT Month.

Governor Marañon recently created the Negros Occidental ICT Investments Program to support the goals of the Philippine government in increasing IT/ Business Process Outsourcing Industry (BPO) jobs in the regions, and generating more jobs in the higher value-added segment such as the Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO).

As chair of the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP) and consultant of the provincial government, former Bacolod councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue will help facilitate the conference and planning along with officers of the Bacolod-Negros Occidental Federation for Information and Communications Technology (BNEFIT).

Under the Negros First agenda of Marañon, the summit specifically aims to conduct and inventory of all efforts of all local stakeholders and consolidate the same in synergy with the initiatives of the province and the national and international strategies, and to provide a venue for all stakeholders to share in the preparation of a Negros Occidental ICT Roadmap 2011-2013.

For more information, one may get in touch with Ivan Janolino at (034) 709-6135 or email bnefitinc@gmail.com.