Boholano technology enthusiasts attended the Geeks on a Beach technical conference held at Movenpick Hotel, Punta Engano, Mactan, Cebu on August 21-22, 2014. The two day conference was attended by startups, venture capitalists, designers, technology companies, and many more.
The Bohol delegation included Jerome Auza and Dr. Elva Auza of Auza.Net, Ashley Uy of HNU, Ben Skelton and Jay Paul Aying of Yoolk and Arjo Magno of FlipNotes. The Bohol delegation are also members of TechTalks-Tagbilaran. The group was joined by other participants of the Bohol Startup Weekend held last May.
The delegation of technology enthusiasts from Bohol who attended Geeks on a Beach 2: (L-R) Ben Skelton of SproutBooth, Arjo Magno of FlipNotes, Jay Paul Aying of SproutBooth, Ashley Uy of HNU, Joseph of FlipNotes, Jerome Auza and Elva Auza of Auza.Net
The sold out international event included participants and panelists like Dave McClure of 500 Startups, Andrius Neviera of World Startup Wiki, Mon Ibrahim of DOST-ICTO, Jay Fajardo of ProudCloud, Bowei Gai of Word Startup Report, Mike Prasad of VentureLab, Janette Toral of Digital Filipino and many more.
Geeks on a Beach lead organizer Techtalks.ph is a non-profit business organization providing training and networking for Philippine tech entrepreneurs and startups.
TechTalks.ph founder Tina Amper said that almost everyone in the Philippine startup community and tech personalities from Silicon Valley,Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea and other parts of the world flew to Cebu for GOAB. “It’s like the who’s who of the startup world,” she said. Amper hails from Anda, Bohol and used to work in the US in various roles, including the technology sector.
First staged in Boracay last year September, this year’s GOAB promises more select expert-speakers, new activities, and additional networking opportunities in formal discussions as well as laidback and fun parties in line with the event’s ‘work hard, play harder’ motto.
This is the perfect venue for budding startups to brush shoulders with venture capitalists with private executive roundtable sessions as well as the more thrilling speed dating wherein 10 startup teams get to pitchwith investors for 5 minutes each.
This is how the geeks do it at GOAB. Lots of small group ad hoc meetings forming new friendships and collaboration.
A unlikely venue for geeks getting their heads together to make things work.
