90 MAY 2017 http://www.gadgetsmagazine.com.ph
BITS & BYTES
As part of Lenovo Philippines corporate social
responsibility, the top PC brand’s Think University
program recently awarded 10 units of ThinkCentre
M73 Tiny Desktop to Miriam College in Quezon
City.This move comes a few months after the
installation of several Lenovo desktops for the
learning institution’s computer laboratories.
The Think University program is one of Lenovo’s
initiatives to help level up education in the
Philippines.Through this program, students and teachers
get to experience interactive learning in the
classroom with the help of Lenovo devices. This
step forward allows educators to cope with the
changing needs of today’s students.Lenovo Think University Program Awards
Miriam College New PCs
In photo (L-R) Marianne Angeles, corporate account manager of Advance Microsystems Corporation; Janine Librea, large enterprise representative for the
commercial group of Lenovo Philippines; Anna Abola, marketing manager of Lenovo Philippines; together with Miriam College officials: Engr. Dexter Llevares,
ICTO manager; Ma. Concepcion Lupisan, finance director; Dr. Noel Racho, human resources director; and Dahl Bennett, communications & media coordinator.Details of this year’s Digital Congress was
announced by The Internet and Mobile
Marketing Association of the Philippines last
April 6th. Themed as “DX: The Culture of Digital
Transformation,” DigiCon 2017 will be held on
October 11-13 at the Philippine International
Convention Center (PICC).Following the first and largest digital marketing
congress in the country last year, Eduardo
Mapa, vice-president and chairman of this year’s
Digicon, announced that this year’s event would
bridge last year’s while leveling up its programs,
speakers, and activities. “We will also have
culture and technology as part of the exhibit, and
when you see Digicon 2017, it’s networking, it’s
immersive and it’s taking conference in a whole
new level,” said Mapa.DigiCon 2017 aims to provide a panoramic
view on adaptive tools for the era of digital
transformation. Teased in the launch via a
panel discussion were topics on data analysis,
experiential design, data protection and privacy,
and virtual reality.With over 80 skilled speakers, the event will tackle
the event’s main five + one topics: People and
Organizations, New Age of Storytelling, Living
Streams, Customer Experience, and Pivots and
Unicorns, and Culture. Additionally, among those
to be showcased in the event’s exhibit is virtual
and augmented reality technology.To provide insights on the thriving culture of
digitization, DigiCon 2017 has invited globally
acknowledged leaders. Among the speakers
invited are Brian Solis, the Alimeter Group
principal analyst and award-winning author,
Google director of people DN Prasad, WARC
managing director for Asia Pacific Edward Pank,
TNS APAC director for digital Zoe Lawrence,IMMAP Launches DigiCon 2017
LOWE global head Wayne Arnold, McCann
creative planner for Japan Shun Matsuzaka,
Denstu Aegis Philippine CEO and IMAP founding
president Donald Lim, Deloitte digital regional
strategy director Amer Iqbal, JWT APAC director
for digital Josie Brown, Spotify APAC managing
director Sunita Kaur, EMEA marketing lead,
Emerging Business for Facebook Ana Bishop
Rehrig, Asia-Pacific CEO for iProspect Joanna
Catalino, APAC CEO for Havas Media and India &
South East Asia for Havas Group Vishnu Mohan,
SEA general manager for Maker Studios, Gautam
Talwar, ASEAN president for Cisco Naveen
Menon, brand manager Mondelez Philippines for
Tang PH Lawrence Dominique Lorico, Thinking
Machines CEO Stephanie Sy, George Royecafor Team VR, OnOff Group Design Thinking
specialist and founder Phil Smithson, and deputy
commissioner of the National Privacy Commission
Dondi Mapa.IMMAP’s president Margot B. Torres in her
statement said that “Over the years, not only
has digital technology changed the way we
communicate, interact, work, and play as
individuals, it has begun transforming entire
companies and industries.”For more information on Digicon 2017:The Culture
of Digital Transformation, including how to attend,
exhibit or sponsor, kindly visit http://www.
digicon.com.ph.