IT Planning Workshop

The Department of Trade & Industry collaborated with Innove Communications through Globe Quest in the IT Planning Workshop held at the Bethel Guest House last June 1, 2006.

With the theme: “IT in Oriental Negros: Beyond Call Centers”, the activity aimed at providing a venue for an exchange of industry information and use it to craft an IT roadmap for the Province. The speakers in the morning presentations that focused on "Where are We Now" included: Mr. Frederick Dael, an accomplished Dumagueteno; TeleTech's Mr. Rommel Montano; Ms. Suzanne Lu-Bascara of SPI; Mr. Rolf Reierskog of IT Outlook; and Mr. Frederick Amores of the National Computer Center, Visayas.

Commissioner Dondi Mapa of the Commission on Information & Communications Technology facilitated the afternoon workshop that focused on “Where Do We Want to Go in the next 12 -18 months” and “How Do We Get There”.

Participants included key people from government and the academe, industry leaders and stakeholders who needed to understand the industry's problems and prospects . As it is IT has contributed so much to the development of our community in the last two years.