Business, academe lead forum tackling key econ, nat’l issues

Top business and government leaders will lead a conference on Dec. 8 at the Manila Peninsula in Makati City to share their insights on the most important national and economic policies.

Leading the list of speakers from the business sector during the First Pilipinas Conference are Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, chairman of Ayala Corp.; Manuel V. Pangilinan, chairman of Metro Pacific Investments Corp.; Enrique Razon Jr., chairman and CEO of International Container Terminal Services Inc.; and Joey Concepcion, chairman and CEO of RFM Corp.

Philippine Stock Exchange president Hans Sicat and Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry president George Barcelon will also join the list of speakers in the First Pilipinas Conference, organized by private think- tank Stratbase Albert del Rosario Institute.

“As the institute’s culminating activity for 2016, we are privileged to organize the First Pilipinas Conference to gather our country’s thought leaders in a forward looking perspective in rare forum for strategic thinking and constructive discussions in the Philippine policy space,” said Dindo Manhit, president of Stratbase ADR Institute.

Speakers from the government include Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Bases Conversion Development Authority president and CEO Vivencio Dizon.