The Far Eastern University Institute of Technology’s Information Technology Education Department and Industry-Academe Linkage, Alumni and Placement Office (IALAP) in cooperation with GoNegosyo held a Technopreneurship Conference at the FEU Institute of Technology Multipurpose Hall last April 29, 2015.
The student conference was attended by over 150 students taking up Information Technology, Computer Science and other technology-related courses.
FEU Institute of Technology BSIT program Officer-In-Charge, Ms. Irish Juanatas opened the event as she welcomed the participants and the speakers. It was then followed by GoNegosyo’s Program Development Manager, Mr. John Paul Uminga who gave a brief background on GoNegosyo advocacy. Mr. Uminga also served as the conference facilitator.
The open forum is moderated by Mr. John Paul Uminga (right most) together with the speakers (from left to right) Ms. Beverly Tantiansu, Mr. Ragde Falcis and Ms. Aisa Mijeno.
During the conference, technology start-ups shared their entrepreneurial journeys as Ideaspace’s qualifying companies, they are Mr. Ragde Falcis, Chief Technology of Office of FlipTrip.ph and Ms. Aisa Mijeno, Chief Executive Officer of SALt: Sustainable Alternative Lighting. Smart Communication’s Senior Business Analyst and Ideaspace mentor, Ms. Beverly Tantiansu presented Ideaspace and gave practical advice in what angel investors and accelerator would look for start-ups.
To cap the session, the Southeast Asia Mobile Application Challenge Philippine winners and representatives to the Singapore finals (Volo and HIA) presented their application pitch to give the students a glimpse during the last run of the competition.
PA de Guzman, GoNegosyo’s Programs and Marketing Officer encouraged students and teams to think of problems that can be solved by mobile applications.
Source: GoNegosyo Blog