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Saturday, August 05, 2006
Biz leaders, gov't economic managers to grace Minbizcon
SOME of the county's top business leaders and government economic managers are expected to attend this year's 15th Mindanao Business Conference, which is to be held on August 31 to September 2, to give substantial insights and comprehensive information to further boost the business climate in the southern part of the Philippines.
Conference director Teresita Uy-Sebastian, who is also the regional governor of the Zamboanga Peninsula Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said delegates who will attend the business confab include business tycoons and senior government economic officials who will also be among the main conference speakers.
In the guests and speakers list are tobacco and liquor magnate Lucio Tan, who will give some advice on how to invest in Mindanao; Canadian mining-firm TVI Resource Development Phil., Inc, corporate adviser John B. Ridsel, who will talk on their company's practice on sustainable and responsible mining in Mindanao, emphasizing their current gold and silver project in Zamboanga del Norte; and Gil B. Genio, chief executive officer of Innove Communication Inc., who will talk on the topic of information and communication technology infrastructure challenges of Mindanao, to name a few.
On the government side, topping the list are Trade and Industry secretary Peter B. Favila, who will deliver the keynote speech; Presidential Adviser on Peace Process Jesus G. Dureza, who will give the participants an overview of the present efforts of government and private sectors in enforcing peace in Mindanao for development; Presidential Consultant on Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion III, will give an insight on how to improve and develop small and medium scale enterprises; and, on the tourism industry, Tourism Undersecretary Oscar P. Palabyab will tell how to further maximize the potential of Mindanao to become the one of world's favorite tourist destination sites.
Top officials of Department of Science and Technology are also expected to attend.
Others include the presidents of both chamber of commerce of the Philippines and America, Donald Dee, and Rick Santos, respectively.
"The presence of these top business leaders will surely change the present image of Mindanao, since the problem on peace and order has been the major stumble block in luring investors to do business in Mindanao," Sebastian told reporters during the pre-conference dinner with the local media over the weekend.
Sebastian said they are expecting at least 1,000 participants to attend the business confab.
"Aside from businessmen from Mindanao, Visayas and Luzon, different corporate officials and representatives from neighboring countries including Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and the northern territory of Australia are also expected to participate as observers," she said.
Zamboanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. president Jose Batausa also highlighted the importance of the presence of the country's top business leaders and government officials who have earlier gave their confirmation to attend the confab, saying that it will help the business leaders in Mindanao to achieve their goal of taking a candid in-depth look at the changes of Mindanao as one of the driving factor of the country's economy.
The 15th Mindanao Business Conference carries the theme of "Mindanao: The Best of the Philippines."
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