Event Speakers

Hon. Bienvenido E. Laguesma

Secretary
Department of Labor and Employment

Usec. Rafaelita M. Aldaba

Undersecretary, Competitiveness and Innovation Group
Department of Trade and Industry

Hon. Francis “Chiz” Escudero

Senate President
Philippine Senate

Hon. Marquez “Mark” Ocampo Go

Chairman of the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education, House of Representatives

Khalid Hassan

Director
International Labour Organization
Country Office for the Philippines
ILO CO-Manila

Amb. Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin

Ambassador
Embassy of Denmark in the Philippines

Paulo Duarte

President
European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines

Katie Stuntz

Project Director
The Arangkada Philippines Project

Joseph Um

President
Korean Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines

Nobuo Fujii

Vice President
Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Philippines, Inc.

Karthika Radhakrishnan

Senior Education Specialist
World Bank

Atty. Cinderella Benitez-Jaro

Executive Director
Commission on Higher Education

Jose Ma. “Joey” A. Concepcion III

Private Sector Advisory Council Lead for Jobs
ASEAN Business Advisory Council Philippines Chairman
Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship – Go Negosyo Founder

Frankie Antolin

Executive Director for Talent Attraction & Development
IBPAP

Ma. Flordeliza C. Leong

Vice President for Advocacy, Communications and Special Concerns
Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc.

Ebb Hinchliffe

Executive Director
The American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines

Shigeru Shimoda

Vice President
Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Philippines, Inc.

Ivanna Dela Torre

Senior Director, Public Affairs, Communications & Sustainability – Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Coca-Cola Philippines

Lilian Salonga

Director Bureau of Competitive Development,
Department of Trade and Industry

Dr. Danilo C. Lachica

Chief-of-Party, Advanced Manufacturing Development Alliance

Atty. Michael T. Toledo

Chairman, Chamber of Mines of the Philippines

Roberto Batungbacal

Executive Director
Makati Business Club

Harutaka Ishikawa

President
Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Philippines, Inc.

Atty. Mimi Lopez Malvar

Director
Philippine Association of Multinational Companies Regional Headquarters, Inc.

Bilal Muhammad Khan

Social Sector Economist, Philippines
Asian Development Bank

Nelly Nita N. Dillera, CESO III

Deputy Director General
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority

Mishy Co

Digital Strategy Lead and Executive Director
GoDigitalPilipinas

Jo-A Lozano

General Manager
Emerson Manila

Dr. Richard Abendan

Chief of Party
U.S.-Philippines Partnership for Skills, Innovation, and Lifelong Learning Program

Julian Payne

President
Canadian Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines