The Department of Trade and Industry held the Cebu swing of Slingshot Philippines on June 11, 2016 at the Waterfront Hotel in Lahug, Cebu City. Slingshot is a government led initiative to support startups.
Mr. Diosdado P. Banatao of PhilDev Foundation was the keynote speaker of the event. He said that for Philippines to be globally competitive, we need to have more scientists and engineers. Banatao invented one of the critical microelectronic components in use in computing devices.
Participants included the startup community, academe, government sector, investor community coming from Region 7 and the rest of the country. There were foreign attendees as well.
Panel Discussion during the Slingshot Philippines Cebu event
