World Class Speakers Confirmed for PhilDev IDEA Symposium SAN FRANCISCO – John Mulder of Google Enterprise and Facebook’s Kai Elmer Sotto will appear as speakers at this month’s IDEA Global Entrepreneurship Symposium 2014, an international conference hosted by the Philippine Development Foundation (PhilDev), which takes place on March 17th in Manila at the Isla Ballroom of EDSA Shangri-La Hotel. The annual event aims to further develop the nation’s economy through the advancement of science and technological innovation. The IDEA Symposium functions as a platform to create and expand dialogue between the US and Philippine higher education institutes, government officials, and industry leaders. These international market leaders of both Facebook and Google will speak in a panel discussion, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Global Markets. They will be joined in the symposium by global entrepreneurs, US executives, venture capitalists, and academics. Kai Elmer Sotto is the Head of International Growth + Mobile for Facebook. An experienced international growth strategist and executive, Sotto built and established Facebook in Canada and contributed to Facebooks growth from 100 million to 1 billion monthly global active users. Fascinated by the profound social impact of mobile and internet technology, Sotto also founded Hack for a Cause, a framework that harnesses the entrepreneurial spirit and technological know-how of startup communities to build technology products for non-profit organizations. John Mulder is the Director of Enterprise Operations for Google in the APAC region. Building out and leading Google’s delivery practices and back office operations in Australia, South East Asia, India, South Korea, Greater China, and Japan, Mulder ensures that technology-led business transformation and business innovation are at the top of his customers’ minds. Together with partners, Mulder and his team are delivering cloud platform solutions, enterprise search, and large scale devices deployments across various market segments throughout the region. The IDEA project is one of a suite of targeted activities funded by USAID/Philippines that, under Partnership for Growth Initiative, address the most serious constraints to broad-based and inclusive economic growth and development in the Philippines. For more information on the IDEA Global Entrepreneurship Symposium 2014, please visit phildev.org. About PhilDev: PhilDev is a non-profit organization, registered in both the United States and the Philippines, with a mission to develop sustainable, long-term economic growth for the Philippines. The organization focuses on programs that develop the nation’s economy with the advancement of science and technology through programs in high tech education, research, and entrepreneurship training. About USAID: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the United States federal government agency primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid. The organization’s goals include providing economic, developmental and humanitarian assistance around the world in support of the foreign policy goals of the United States. The U.S. Agency for International Development administers the U.S. foreign assistance program providing economic and humanitarian assistance in more than 80 countries worldwide. For more information about USAID and its programs, please visit usaid.gov This press release is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Its content is the responsibility of PhilDev, and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. US Contact: Jonesy Castro Executive Director - PhilDev USA [email protected] Manila Contacts: Emil Tapnio Program Director - USAID IDEA [email protected] (+632) 910-6010 local 5203 Koleen Davila Palaganas Executive Director - PhilDev S&T [email protected] (+63917) 538-2332 #PhilDevIDEA #IDEASymposium #Entrepreneurship
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:36:44 +0000
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