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The recent Iloilo Information Technology (IT) Week was a promising sign of better progress and employment for many Ilonggos. With the steadfast development of the city towards its goal of keeping up with the pace of technology, it may be a good start in making Iloilo the next hub of IT. The mushrooming of several call centers and many IT expert Ilonggos, these are all visible to open up new frontiers of technological progress.
The budding animation industry has been one of the most recent innovations that Filipinos been giving attention lately. In fact, it has already reached the shores of Iloilo with the combined effort of TESDA and WVCST last year to come up with a scholarship that would hone Illonggo artists as world class animators.
Kuris Animation, a group of hodge-podge artists is one of those animation groups that pursued their dreams and passion amid the obstacles. They may be dynamic in believing in their gifts but their aspiration to highlight Ilonggo culture made their works more significant. The combined effort of all the animation groups in Iloilo through WVCST’s ICT Department opened a booth that exhibited the achievements and project of the animators. All throughout the celebration, many students and guests appreciated the ingenuity and artistry of Ilonggo animators to make a mark in the fast-paced technological advancement in the country.
Here’s the complete event schedule of the IT Week…
The recent Iloilo Information Technology (IT) Week was a promising sign of better progress and employment for many Ilonggos. With the steadfast development of the city towards its goal of keeping up with the pace of technology, it may be a good start in making Iloilo the next hub of IT. The mushrooming of several call centers and many IT expert Ilonggos, these are all visible to open up new frontiers of technological progress.
The budding animation industry has been one of the most recent innovations that Filipinos been giving attention lately. In fact, it has already reached the shores of Iloilo with the combined effort of TESDA and WVCST last year to come up with a scholarship that would hone Illonggo artists as world class animators.
Kuris Animation, a group of hodge-podge artists is one of those animation groups that pursued their dreams and passion amid the obstacles. They may be dynamic in believing in their gifts but their aspiration to highlight Ilonggo culture made their works more significant. The combined effort of all the animation groups in Iloilo through WVCST’s ICT Department opened a booth that exhibited the achievements and project of the animators. All throughout the celebration, many students and guests appreciated the ingenuity and artistry of Ilonggo animators to make a mark in the fast-paced technological advancement in the country.
Here’s the complete event schedule of the IT Week…
Written by Leomel Hayahay Pasquin (PPDO Informaion Officer, taken from www.iloilo.gov.ph)
(Iloilo City, September 11, 2008) - “Building our Future in I।T.” This is the theme of this year's Information Technology (IT) week celebration. After a long delay last June due to the devastation of typhoon Frank, the IT Week has finally kicked off. With the commencement held at Gaisano City Mall, members of the Iloilo Federation for Information Technology (IFIT) along with other with IT advocates from the government and private sectors, academes and business entities joined the celebration. Also present were Engr. Dominic P. Abad, Regional Director of DTI-6 and Engr. Roly J. Gambol, Executive Director of IFIT and ICT Coordinator of West Visayas College of Science and Technology (WVCST). Iloilo City Government and Iloilo Provincial Government spearheaded the celebration with the vision of boosting IT in Iloilo.
(Iloilo City, September 11, 2008) - “Building our Future in I।T.” This is the theme of this year's Information Technology (IT) week celebration. After a long delay last June due to the devastation of typhoon Frank, the IT Week has finally kicked off. With the commencement held at Gaisano City Mall, members of the Iloilo Federation for Information Technology (IFIT) along with other with IT advocates from the government and private sectors, academes and business entities joined the celebration. Also present were Engr. Dominic P. Abad, Regional Director of DTI-6 and Engr. Roly J. Gambol, Executive Director of IFIT and ICT Coordinator of West Visayas College of Science and Technology (WVCST). Iloilo City Government and Iloilo Provincial Government spearheaded the celebration with the vision of boosting IT in Iloilo.
The celebration highlighted IT advocacy, IT empowerment and IT investments in the province and city of Iloilo. Dr. Glenn D. Aguilar, UP Chancellor and incumbent Chairman of IFIT delivered the welcome remark as he gave an overview of the IT standing in Iloilo. He said IFIT is pushing to make Iloilo an IT Hub next to Manila and Cebu. This was envisioned to make Iloilo as the next investment opportunity. Exponents from the Iloilo City Government and Iloilo Provincial Government also delivered good speeches on the impact of IT in the local economy. Mario N. Nillos, Head of the Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO), said IT is a good thrust for Iloilo especially its impact on employment and augmentation of the local economy as a result. After the devastation left by typhoon Frank that caused losses on multi-million properties in Iloilo, IT stood as a medium for recovery and hopefully will continue to be the forefront of the local economy thus, it must be boosted to all levels of concern. This will also not just cater the competent Ilonggo graduates but make Iloilo as the next IT incubator of the country. Hence, further promotion of IT among institutions should be encouraged. Meanwhile, Mr. Monchito Ibrahim, Commissioner of the Commission of Information and Communication Technology (CICT) presented a situationer of the role of IT in our country not just in economy but on its usefulness in education. He said IT investment will generate more jobs and will project an increase of 1 million jobs by 2010. This will result to the increase of 10 billion revenue in three years which will be of good impact to Philippine economy. Considering that 66% of the total Philippine jobs come from direct IT institutions, the CICT is currently pushing more investments in the Philippines to reach a total target of a million jobs by 2010. Presently, 124 local and multinational contact centers are based in the Philippines. 12 of these companies are now actively transacting in Iloilo. He was hopeful that through the effort of IT advocates in Iloilo, more investment will lay their cornerstone on the business friendly environment of Iloilo. He, however, stressed the importance of improving the quality of education among institution to hone the students to be more qualified to the demand of IT personnel in the global market.
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