Invited Speakers

Plenary Speakers

• Hon. Francisco "Isko Moreno" DOMAGOSO (Mayor of the City of Manila, Philippines) - awaiting confirmation

• Hon. Angela Lei "Chi" Ilagan ATIENZA-VALDEPEÑAS (Vice-Mayor of the City of Manila, Philippines) - awaiting confirmation

• Prof. Leo Mendel ROSARIO (University of the Philippines Open University, Philippines) 
• Topic:  Advancing sustainabiity education in the Philippines: Pathways, Progress, and Possibilities

• Hon. Mark T. LAPID (Vice-Chairperson and COO of the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority, Philippines) 
• Topic: Triple Bottom Line Tourism: TIEZA’s Sustainable Tourism Infrastructure in the Philippines

• Mr. Richard CHANDRA (International Area Manager - APAC, IEEE, Singapore)
• Topic: AI, Scholarship and IEEE

• Dr. Paulo Noel A. MAZO (Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Philippines)
  • Topic: How Can Employee Engagement Drive Sustainability? The Mediating Power of CSR and Ethical Leadership in the Philippine Hospitality Industry

Keynote Speakers

Science, Technology, Engineering, Architecture Cluster

• Dr. Rob Jeremiah G. NUGUID (Linde, Chemical Analytics Group, Germany)
• Topic: Time-resolved spectroscopy of NO_x reduction catalysts

• Dr. Julius Andrew P. NUÑEZ (University of the Philippines Manila, Philippines)
• Topic: Surfactant-modified natural zeolites for pharmaceutical waste adsorption

• Dr. Joel GARCIA (De La Salle University, Philippines)
  • Topic: Switching on contrast, greening up nanoparticles: Smarter chemistry for better imaging

Business, Government, Law Cluster 

• Atty. Chad Patrick OSORIO (University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines; Wageningen University, Netherlands)
• Topic: Transdisciplinarity in the age of AI

• Dr. Emmanuel P. PAULINO (Ateneo de Manila University, Graduate School of Business, Philippines)
• Topic: From Data to Discovery: Rethinking Business Research in the Age of AI

• Dr. Gary G. ADOR DIONISIO (School of Diplomacy and Governance, De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde)
  • Topic: Why Diplomacy matters in governance?

Health Sciences Cluster

• Ms. Ferissa B. ABLOLA (Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Philippines) 
• Topic: The role of microbial systematics in microbiological research and public health

• Dr. Rowalt ALIBUDBUD (College of Liberal Arts, De La Salle University, Philippines)
  • Topic: The state of mental health publications in the Philippines from 1996 to 2022 and its comparison with the ASEAN region

Education, Arts, Social Science, Social Work Cluster

•  Dr. Katherine G. LACSON (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines)
• Topic: Filipina in Flux: A Historical Retrospective on the Evolving Narratives and Perceptions of Filipinas
  

• Dr. Stephanie Marie R. COO (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines; Universidade Nova de Lisbon, Portugal)
• Topic: Preloved, Reloved, and Reimagined: Clothing´s Colonial Roots and Contemporary Reuse
• Dr. Coo's abstract and biography

• Dr. Chester Antonino C. ARCILLA (University of the Philippines Manila, Philippines)
• Topic:Urbanization and the Philippine Housing Crisis 

Special Session Speakers

Special Session for Policymakers

• Dr. Woei Fuh WONG (Consulting, Singapore)
• Topic: From Risk to Confidence: Creating Policy-driven AI Environments for Researchers

Special Session on AI

• Mr. KC TANG (ies Research, Malaysia)
  • Topic: From Lab to Market Case Studies: Communicating Innovation for Real-world Impact

• Ms. Iris HSU (ies Research, Singapore)
• Topic: AI Literacy by Design: Educating Ethical AI Practices in Higher Education

• Dr. Woei Fuh WONG (Consulting, Singapore)
  • Topic: Health Research Outreach: Building Public Trust in the AI Era