OCEAN (Open Collaboration with East Asia New Champions) is a bi-annual gathering in the Philippines that brings together leaders across sectors to connect, discover new ideas, and shape the Philippine future together. This year’s event will be held at the Be Grand Resort in Panglao, Bohol on October 21-23. The theme for OCEAN16 is “The Fourth Industrial Revolution”.
The organizing committee of OCEAN16 has tapped the Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry as the local partner for the event. BCCI will play a vital role in organizing the event. Officers of the BCCI and OCEAN16 representatives held a meeting on August 6, 2016 at the Belian Hotel to discuss the details of the partnership. Earlier in July 2016, Micaela Beltran, member of the organizing committee of OCEAN16 presented the concept of the event during the regular board meeting of the BCCI.
The OCEAN16 objective is to make the Philippines and the ASEAN as leaders in the digital age through public-private initiatives. Among the speakers are Senator Paolo Benigno Aguirre Aquino IV and Winston Damarillo, an
Entrepreneur, CSO at PLDT.
Representatives of OCEAN16 organizing committee and the officers of the BCCI during the meeting at Belian Hotel on August 6, 2016.