THE ORGANIZING Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. said the Davao Investments Conference (iCon) will promote the business potentials not only of Davao City but of the entire Davao region composed of four provinces and five cities.
This was bared by architect Agatha Ellen S. Valencia, co-chair of the program committee of Davao iCon slated on November 15-17 at the huge SMX Convention Center at the newly opened SM Lanang Premier.
MVP invited
She said business tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan, who is chairman and CEO of Philex Mining Corporation among other corporations, has been invited to keynote Davao iCon, after a message of support by Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio during the plenary welcome on November 16.
Valencia and other members of the iCon promotions team explained yesterday the contents of the international event to officers and members of the Rotary Club of East Davao headed by banker Florante Santiago.
The event’s second day will be devoted to discussion on the investment opportunities in Mindanao, including the opportunities for public private partnership, boosted by the PPP ordinance passed by the Davao City Council, the development of a modern-day Marina in the city’s historic Sta. Ana Pier adjoining the burgeoning Chinatown. The PPP and related projects will be tackled by City Planning and Development Officer Roberto P. Alabado III.
Mindanao, ARMM opportunities
Jason C. Magnaye, head of the Davao City Investment Promotion Center, will enumerate the priority investment areas and incentives in the city, while Mindanao Development Authority (MinDa) chair Lualhati R. Antonino will discuss the island’s economic prospects until 2020.
The event will feature the active participation of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao with no less than Gov. Mujiv S. Hataman to tackle the investment potentials of the area.
Tourism, connectivity
No less than Tourism Sec. Ramon R. Jimenez Jr. will come to speak on the national tourism development plan and its impact on the Davao Region and Mindanao in the afternoon of Nov. 16.
In Plenary 3, Cherry Lyn S. Rodolfo, ice president of Research, Education and Institutional Development Foundation, will take up air connectivity expansion in the Davao Region, while Victor Jose I. Luciano, president and CEO of the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport, will explain Davao-Clark Airport Sisterhood: The Next Chapter.
This will be followed by another discussion fo ASEAN RoRo: Connecting Davao to the World by Enrico L. Basilio, president of Research, Education and Institutional Development Foundation. [AMA]
