PSIA’s 5th SOFTCON.ph: Gearing the Philippine IT industry to capture a larger share of the global outsourcing market

The level of competitiveness of the Filipino IT talent in the billion-dollar global outsourcing market, the industry response to challenges like the entry of AI into the business world, and the impact of constantly evolving technology on employment and the economy – these vital issues will take center stage in the upcoming 5th SOFTCON. ph (The Philippine Software Industry Conference).

More than 600 industry leaders and practitioners are expected to attend the whole-day event which will be packed with keynote speeches, breakout sessions, and various exhibitions showcasing the industry’s leading players’ latest technological trends and innovations.

The 5th SOFTCON.ph will be held on October 24, 2017 at the SMX Convention Center Aura, 3rd and 4th Levels, SM Aura Premier, 26th Street McKinley Parkway, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City. It is organized by the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA), the premiere nonstock, non-profit organization of around 160 software & IT service companies in the Philippines.

“The Philippines has already established its mark in the call center and business process outsourcing sectors – the time has come for us to do the same as far as IT services are concerned,” says PSIA president Jonathan De Luzuriaga.

Some of the issues that the conference will cover include the following: “How AWS Helps with Deep Learning” (Steve Shirkey, ASEAN Solutions Architect , Amazon Web Services); “Threats & Opportunities of A.I.” (George Yang, Founder & CEO, AI-Pros); “AI and Big Data in the Age of the Customer” (Rhex Ryan Santos, Head of Process Governance, Globe Telecom); “Google Cloud Machine Learning Insights” (Franco Liu Eisma, Google Cloud Crusader for South East Asia); “Application Digital Differentiation through Bluemix APIs” (Aris Coronel, Technical Sales, IBM Philippines); and “The Enterprise DevOps Journey” (Archie Roboostoff , Director - Software & Test Portfolio, Micro Focus).

For more information on the 5th SOFTCON.ph, visit www.softcon.ph | softcon@psia.org.ph.