Philippine Startup Challenge (PSC 2014)

The Philippine Startup Challenge is a student startup competition that aims to involve academic Institution’s in the college level from all-over the country. Team Bitmap of the University of Southeastern Philippines was among the top 20 finalists.   They were invited to pitch their idea last December 12, 2014 at  San Miguel Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Manila

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goNEGOSYO 2014 (1st Southeast Asia Mobile Application Challenge)

The 1^st Southeast Asia Mobile Application Challenge Acceleration Bootcamp in the Philippines was held last November 29, 2014 at the Commission on Higher Education Auditorium in Diliman, Quezon City. Eleven (11) teams from the University of Southeastern Philippines were invited to join the event.

The Acceleration Bootcamp is the second phase of SEAMAC Philippines as aspiring mobile app developers gathered to learn from mobile app, technology and business experts. The bootcamp gathered 61 teams from all over the Philippines including teams from Pangasinan, Batangas, Nueva Ecija, Rizal, Laguna, Cebu, Bacolod, Iligan, Cagayan de Oro and Davao.

Dr. Paris De L’etraz, the Managing Director and Professor of Entrepreneurship of Venture Lab, was the main speaker and mentor.

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JAPAN: Asian Conference on Technology, Information and Society (ACTIS 2014)

Last November 20-23, 2014, I attended and presented a paper entitled “Best Practices and Challenges of Information Technology Education in the Philippines” during the Asian Conference on Technology, Information and Society (ACTIS 2014). The conference was held at the Rihga Royal Hotel Osaka, Osaka, Japan.  The Paper met the standard of quality in conformance with international academic standards of blind peer review.

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NCITE 2014

I attended the  1st International Symposium on Computing for Education – 12th National Conference on Information Technology Education (1st ISCE – 12^th NCITE Back to Back Conferences) last  October 23-25, 2014 at Crown Regency, Boracay. This year’s conference was in coordination with PSITE Region 6.

The conference is one of the leading and largest national conferences and gatherings of IT Educator’s in the country. The PSITE board elevated this year conference to the International level in order to provide more opportunities than the usual. It was aimed to provide a unique forum for ICT professionals to discuss the latest research, development, applications, issues and strategies in ICT in both national and international levels; explore new technologies; and to identify solutions for today's challenges related to IT. Aside from these, it also serves as venue to exchange our ideas and knowledge for personal growth and learning.

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IC-AACCUP Visit 2014 (Level 2)

Accreditation is viewed as a process by which an institution at the tertiary level evaluates its educational activities, in whole or in part, and seeks an independent judgment to confirm that it substantially achieves its objectives, and is generally equal in quality to comparable institutions. The Institute of Computing with the BSIT and BSCS programs went into this process last October 7-10, 2014 and was awarded with Level II Re-accredited effective October 16, 2014-October 15, 2018.

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Y4IT 2014

The Philippine Youth Congress on Information Technology is an annual IT event and is a flagship project of the UP System Information Technology Foundation, Inc. (UPSITF), in cooperation with UP Information Technology Development Center (UP ITDC) that attracts at least 25,000 attendees every year.  It was held at SMX Convention Center in Pasay City last September 10-12, 2014.

The Youth Congress on Information Technology’s theme for 2014 is “Harnessing the Power of Me”. The theme revolves on the insightful use of IT with the goal of giving back to society. I delivered the welcome remarks in behalf of the organizers and its partners.

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USEP-IC Industry Visits

The University of Southeastern Philippines-Institute of Computing (IC) as part of its consciousness on education results and quality that are aligned to national and institutional goals venture into a big leap from the traditional education in its pursuit to develop graduates who would be productive citizens of the country.

The IC team visited 8 Information Technology industries namely Carve, Eversun, HP Outsourcing, Segworks Technologies, Offsourcing, Ingenuity, Mynd and Lifebit last August 8-15, 2014. The visit aims to have a dialogue and listen to the concerns and issues of the industries.  This process is part of IC’s preparation and guidance to review and revise the curriculum in accordance with the proper implementation of the Outcomes-Based Curriculum.  The IC alumni's were also consulted.

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