Opening Talk by Event Host

RJ Ledesma Jr./ Elle Vellasco

Opening by IGNITE TEAM

Techshake, denstu X, and Brainsparks

Opening Remarks by

Kazuo Nakamura, Executive Director, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Manila

Keynote Speaker

Sergio C. Bernal, Jr., Vice President for Corporate Relations, Pilipinas Shell Corporation

Keynote Speaker Session:
AI Investment trend/ How the AI might change the business in the world

Anis Uzzaman, CEO, Pegasus Tech Ventures

Keynote Speaker Session: Fundraising: Have VCs been fair in Valuing Startups

Vijay Tirathrai, Managing Director, Techstars

Keynote Speaker Session: IBM Philippines

Gerando Bonganay, Data and AI Architect Customer Success Manager, IBM Technology

Panel: Innovation and Investment Trend in ASEAN

Jeffrey Seah, GP, MSW Ventures

Hanno Stegmann, Managing Director & Partner, BCG X

Martin Cu, Partner Southeast Asia, 500 Global

Panel Discussion Moderator

Ee Ling Lim, Executive Director, Market Launch 500 Global

Opening Talk by Event Host

RJ Ledesma Jr.

Opening Remarks by

Sergio C. Bernal, Jr., Vice President for Corporate Relations Pilipinas Shell Corporation

Keynote Speaker

Usec Rafaelita Aldaba

Tech Startup Pitch 1

Farmvocacy

Tech Startup Pitch 2

Lithos

Tech Startup Pitch 3

Lycan

Judges

VC Judge: Rui Bom, 500 Startups

Gov Judge, Emmy Delfin , Director of ICT Industry and Development Bureau DICT

Judge from Shell: Sebastian C. Quiniones Jr.

Judge from Shell: Geraldine Samson, Real Estate Facilities Manager of Shell Pilipinas Corporation

Closing Remarks

Sebastian C. Quiniones Jr.

Hosted by

Elle Vellasco

Opening Remarks

Yusuke Yamazaki, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Deputy Director, JETRO Manila

Pitch Session: Startup 1

Spectee, Satoshi Negoro

Pitch Session: Startup 2

Mizlinx, Naho Yashiro

Pitch Session: Startup 3

Sagri, Kazuki Sakamoto

Pitch Session: Startup 4

Aerosense, Satoru Shimada

Pitch Session: Startup 5

Credit Engine, Seiichiro Uchiyama

Pitch Session: Startup 6

Awoo, Keishi Nabeta

Pitch Session: Startup 7

INFORICH, Takeshi Obayashi

Pitch Session: Startup 8

FutuRocket, Hiromi Mitani

Pitch Session: Startup 9

Drive Japan, Takujiro Oto

Pitch Session: Startup 10

Poetics, Hazumu Yamazaki

Judges

Kohki Sakata, IGPI Singapore

Yutaka Kitade, Founder and CEO, Global Initiative

Jojo Flores, Co-Founder, Plug and Play Tech Center

Paolo Limcaoco, Accion Venture Lab

Panel Discussion Moderator

John Aguilar, CEO, The Final Pitch

Panel Discussion: Accelerating growth of business with Japanese companies

Takahisa Ohira, Head of Asia Region, Deloitte Tohmatsu Venture Support

Carlos Aboitiz, Chief Corporate Service Officer, Aboitiz Power Corporation

Closing Event

Elle Vellasco

Hosted by

April Ong Vaño

Opening Remarks

Shingo Miyake, General Manager, Mynavi Corporation

Startup Pitch 1

Atty Lester Ople, Consultant, Sprout Solutions

Startup Pitch 2

Nicolas Bivero, CEO & Co-Founder, Penbrothers

Panel Discussion Moderator

Judge Calimbahin, Manager, Entrepreneur Experience, Endeavor Philippines

Panel Discussion: HR Trends with Artificial Intelligence in mind

Billy Yuen, CEO of Stack Trek

Nicolas Bivero, CEO & Co-Founder, Penbrothers

Bernadette So, Center Delivery Leader for Talent Acquisition Optimization, IBM

Closing Event

April Ong Vaño

Hosted by

Elle Vellasco

Main Speaker

Startup Ecosystem in Thailand, Warin Ratchnanusorn, Depa

Panel Discussion Moderator

Naveen Asrani, AWS

Panel Discussion: Corporate Innovation Trend in ASEAN

Glenn Estrella, 917Ventures

Gully Go, JG Summit Holdings

Hanno Stegmann, Managing Director & Partner, BCG X

Closing Event

Elle Vellasco

Hosted by

RJ Ledesma Jr.

Opening Talk by

QBO, Kat Chan, Executive Director at QBO Innovation Hub, and IdeaSpace Foundation Inc.

Introduction by

Anis Uzzaman, CEO, Pegasus Tech Ventures

Top 10 Startups

Bizkit Technologies

Cerebro

Farmvocacy

Kamilas4am

Lycan Motorcycles

Revastaff

Sharly

SOLX Technologies

TANGGapp

WIka

Judges

Xavier Marzan, CEO, f(dev)

Yanisa Suratpipit, MSW Ventures

RJ Balmater, Country Head(Indonesia), Saison Capital

Franco Varona, Managing Partner, Foxmont Capital Partners

Prize Judges

Nicha Suebwonglee, Venture Capital Business Development Manager, Amazon Web Services

Roman Azanza, Strategy Advisor, German Entrepreneurship Asia

Opening Talk by Event Host

April Ong Vaño

Opening Remarks by

Ee Ling Lim, Executive Director, Market Launch 500 Global(Young Founders Summit)

Panel Discussion A: age around 30/ founder/ investor speaker

Bryan Giger, CEO and Co-Founder of Dashlabs.ai

Steph Naval, CEO and Co-Founder Empath

Jiro Reyes, CEO, Bitskwela.com

Panel Discussion Moderator

Ee Ling Lim

Panel Discussion B: any age/ founder/ investor speaker

Dexter Ligot-Gordon, CEO and Co-Founder, Swarm

Martin Cu, Partner Southeast Asia, 500 Global

Gabriel Benito-Co-founder, CEO Nexplay & Kol-lab

Workshop

Simone Macario , CEO & Founder of VOX, Founder of Sharly

Joe Allen Co-Founder of Ramen Life

Paolo Ribeiro, Strategic consultant

Closing Remarks

Ee Ling Lim

Hosted by

Artie Lopez

Workshop 1: Watson, Generative AI

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Rjel Lara, Executive Technical SpecialistClient Engineering, IBM Technology

Workshop 2: Decoding Growth: Performance Metrics

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Vijay Tirathrai, Managing Director and Head of MENAPT Techstars

Workshop 3

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Penbrothers

Workshop 4: Discover how AI can elevate your team's productivity in this hands-on workshop with 10XME Academy.

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Miggy Azurin, Co-Founder and Lead Lecturer for 10XME Academy

Closing Remarks

Artie Lopez