Microsoft Azure Virtual Hackathon to Create Innovative Solutions using Artificial Intelligence

While avoiding crowded places like schools and workplaces and staying-at-home to avoid coronavirus infection, making innovative projects and solutions can be a unique opportunity at the comfort of your own home.

Technology allows people to connect with each other despite physical distancing and can make lives more comfortable and productive by exactly knowing when the next ride arrives or minimize crop losses in urban farms. Artificial intelligence mimics human behavior and thinking, while cloud computing allows access to system resources and data storage without owning and managing expensive servers. Combining AI with the cloud enables developers and engineers to use and access cutting-edge technologies and resources to solve complex problems affecting people and society.

Microsoft, ride-hailing app Grab, and the United Nations Development Programme partner with AngelHack to bring together talented developers, engineers, designers, technologists, and entrepreneurs to solve real-world business challenges from the Asia-Pacific region. This free "virtual" hackathon enables teams to collaborate online and use Azure technologies like computer vision and natural language processing to create innovative and transformative solutions.
 
"We are teaming up with Microsoft to organize this virtual hackathon to engage our talented developers community across APAC to code for a meaningful cause. We are excited about what our community will innovate," according to Asia-Pacific regional manager Jasmine Nguyen of AngelHack.

Surface tablets, job opportunities, visit to Singapore, and $ 3,000 are waiting for those who will create best applications and solutions.

This virtual hackathon is open for residents in Singapore, Korea, New Zealand, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, or Brunei. Age should be 18 years or older and part of a team up to five participants.

The first phase starts on April 17 until May 17 where ideas has to be formed and, solution design and architecture has to be submitted. Prototypes must be submitted on the second phase on May 25 to June 14 addressing the challenges presented.

Register for free at https://www.msazurevirtualhack.com/ to join the virtual hackathon.

Deadline of registration is on May 17.

This competition is powered by AngelHack. Visit the website at https://angelhack.com/

About AngelHack

AngelHack is an organization founded with the desire to connect the tech-loving community to make new ideas come true. Within 7 years, AngelHack has been a pioneer in innovative promotion programs, co-organized and helped organize hackathons, digital-based competitions, accelerators, meetups, and ideas developed in more than 20 cities worldwide.

With a diverse community of more than 160,000 programmers, designers and entrepreneurs, AngelHack is a trusted bridge for individuals and groups who want to find innovative solutions. Arriving in Vietnam from January 2019, AngelHack Vietnam has successfully organized two Hackathons in Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City and opened many new and effective ideas and solutions for sponsors and businesses. The goal of 2019-2020 is to focus on building the community, improving the quality of human resources, and working with other businesses to find new solutions.

Impact Hub Manila and Philippines' Largest Hackathon

MAKATI CITY, Philippines. (November 19, 2019) Startup founders, representatives from government agencies and private corporations, top executives and consultants, and hackathon participating teams hailing from 13 cities across the Philippines came together as Impact Hub Manila concludes the Impact Hackathon at the 2050fest - the ultimate pitching event held at The Eye, Green Sun Hotel in Makati City on November 19, 2019.

Mounting the biggest hackathon in the Philippines is no small feat for Impact Hub Manila, even during this era of coding marathons. Not only was it successfully executed, but Impact Hub Manila has welcomed and embraced the best team of coders and IT professionals from various industries to its community as they push forward a common goal: to utilize the untapped potential of the country and create new solutions to the existing social problems of the world. In the same event, the leadership of Impact Hub Manila also announced Impact Hackathon 2020, this time, spanning beyond the Philippines and extending throughout Asia Pacific.

The event featured talks from industry experts, gave what Asec. Kristian Ablan of the Presidential Communications and Operations Office as the "budding innovators" an insight to the public-private department relations in the startup landscape, along with the existing initiatives and programs they could benefit from. Several talks followed which pre-empted the actual pitching were concluded with a session about community building moderated by 18-year-old technologist Audrey Pe of WiTech (Women in Technology) who said that "community-building is not easy." Experts in the field, including the likes of Andrew Wong of E3 Entrepreneur Hub, Robert Reyes of Mozilla Philippines, and Eah Antonio of YFPH all likened it to child-bearing, birthing, and raising - from the labor pains to remembering the why while looking at your child, and just powering through. Wong had said that once the why (mission and vision for startups) is clear, "Nothing is impossible, impossible is nothing."

One of the main highlights of the event were the actual pitching, where 15 of the MVP projects were chosen from the Impact Hackathon and presented before an esteemed panel of jurors.

The finalists included Herbal Plant (Vigan), Kugel Tech (Baguio), Dashwerq (Iligan), Crimera (Bacolod), UPark (Iloilo), MedFind(Batangas), NutriScan(Manila), Help Aid(Davao), iServe (Catbalogan), Hemria (Catbalogan), Agua Meter (Bacolod), Transfarm (Manila), Ayamica (Iloilo), Asboc (Batangas), and Transcash (Metro Manila). The pitching which lasted for approximately two hours, had presenters, ranging from age 9 to beyond 30, showing the judges the workings of their conceptualized solutions in a bid for support. The pitching was shortly followed by deliberations which lasted for some time, and eventually concluded with the announcement of Transfarm as the National Impact Hackathon winner.

Transfarm walked away with 170,000 php (70,000 of which was from winning the Manila leg of the hackathon) in cash prize and a full year incubation program that includes a global membership access to the Impact Hub network, intensive training, access to vast pool of expert mentors, network, and coworking. The year long incubation program is valued at over 1,500,000 pesos.

The top 15 apart from receiving the prizes from winning the student (15,000 php) and professional category (20,000 php) will also be receiving a full year of incubation support from Impact Hub Manila.

The winning IT-based solution, Transfarm, is an end-to-end ecommerce and marketing solution, created in a bid to bridge the gap between the local producers and the large scale business consumers with the goal of enabling farmers to appropriately market their harvest and avoid wastage from oversupply.

The team who made the winning pitch said that they were from different backgrounds, but "from the Hackathon, [we] really did our best to collaborate, deliberate, and build the idea."

Some of the mentors and judges also offered support, starting with PLDT who said that they "don't just provide support" but are also "ready to co-incubate." Jhaze Asuncion of Upscale Innovations Lab and Department of Science and Technology Tech-Business Incubators (DOST-TBI) lauded Impact Hub for the "great opportunity for startups from the regions" and said, "We will be more than happy to support these startups if they will apply to us incubators."

“This is how startups are born. You change everything on the fly." says Rondario of Impact Hub and added, "This event is not the end. This is the beginning. It is Day 0 and the real work starts tomorrow."

After acknowledging the support and presence of this year's event sponsors including Quezon City Government under the leadership of Mayor Joy Belmonte, the Araneta Group, Asian Development Bank, PLDT, Smart, NutriAsia, Unilab, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Science and Technology PCIEERD, Department of Information and Communication Technology, the Tourism Promotion Board of the DOT, Freidrich Neuman Foundation, Dentsu Aegis Network, The PhilStar Group, Businessworld SparkUp, Microsoft Philippines, ClinkIT, Green Sun Hotel, KMC Solutions, ASEANHR, GIZ Philippines, Forest Foundation Philippines,Mozilla Philippines Community, DevCon Philippines, 2030 Youth Force Philippines, Edukasyon, Canva, Manila Wordpress, Women In Technology, Women Who Code, When In Manila, Alfox Printing Services, Google Developers Philippines, Girls Who Code, Deskera, Pantheon, Manila Angel Investors Network, JobStream Philippines, Global Entrepreneurship Network, Veer Philippines, PhilRobotics, PCI Tech Innovation Center and many more, Rondario also extended an invitation for partnerships for the Impact Hackathon 2020, as they prepare to launch a regional hackathon next year.

ASUS Philippines Leads Educational Advancement Anew, Equips Training Center for Filipino Chinese Cultural and Economic Association (FCCEA)

October 10, 2019 -- ASUS Philipp­ines, together with its long-term partners in ASUS Foundation and the Fil-Chi Love and Care Foundation, showed once more its commitment and might in providing better learning opportunities for educational and career advancement. This time around, ASUS Philippines and its key partners equipped the training facility for the employees of the Filipino Chinese Cultural and Economic Association (FCCEA), with twenty-two (22) units of the ASUS Vivo AiO, an All-in-One PC which is designed to maximize their productivity and intuitive learning.

 “We chose ASUS Philippines and the ASUS Foundation as our partner for this program to ensure that the employees of FCCEA will be provided with the best learning experience,” shares Bella Huang, CEO of Fil-Chi Love and Care Foundation.

“Here, they see ASUS as a great help in bridging digital transformation. ASUS is always on top of our minds, as they are easy to approach, and are always willing to give back to the community in need,” she closed.

Deputy Ambassador James Chu (First row, 3rd from left), Director Herman Chong (First row, 2^nd from left), Dr. Jeffrey Cheng Yu a (Second row, 4^th from left), and  Bella Huang (First row, 5^th from left) together with the members of FCCEA experiencing the ASUS Vivo AiOs in the brand new learning center.

Attended by no less than Taipei Economic & Cultural Office Deputy Ambassador James S. Chu, the grand opening of the newly-quipped learning facility in Binondo, Manila, also highlights the close ties between Taiwan and the Philippines, and how ASUS Philippines continues to be a strong proponent for good international relations between these two neighboring states.

“This partnership with ASUS Philippines and ASUS Foundation is really important. By providing these computers as an instrument, students will learn efficiently. So I think this [CSR] program is one step closer towards a brighter future,” shares TECO Deputy Ambassador James S. Chu.

George Su, Country Manager of ASUS Philippines closes, “We are always driven to stretch our resources to communities in need, of course with the help of our various partners. And as we celebrate our 30^th Anniversary, it is especially relevant for ASUS Philippines to be more active with our CSR programs. Our business is not just about creating innovative products. It is also our business to build a more incredible world for the greater good.”

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About ASUS

ASUS is one of Fortune magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies, and is dedicated to creating products for today and tomorrow’s smart life. Our comprehensive portfolio includes Zenbo, ZenFone, ZenBook and a range of IT devices and components, along with AR, VR and IoT. ASUS employs more than 16,000 people worldwide and over 5,000 world-class R&D talents. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, the company won 4,511 awards and earned approximately US$13 billion of revenue in 2017.

Impact Hackathon, the WORLD'S BIGGEST HACKATHON – an official Guinness World Records attempt this October 30-31, 2019

Quezon City, Philippines ​–​ The world’s biggest hackathon, “Impact Hackathon”, is set to take place at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines, along with more hackathon coding-teams from over 15 nationwide locations simultaneously participating in this 24-hour on-the-spot coding marathon.

With a mindset to be part of Guinness World Records history, Impact Hub Manila is interfacing with programmers, developers, and innovators towards creating sustainable solutions for specific problem statements proposed by the Hub’s multi-stakeholder partners.

The current Guinness World Records (GWR) record-holder is the Hajj Hackathon, a coding event in Saudi Arabia with 2,950 participants. Impact Hackathon is an official attempt by Impact Hub Manila and its partners to break the said record by official GWR standards by activating more than 10,000 participants with 3,500 of them coding from a single venue in Quezon City – at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Future-proofing today, envisioning 2050

The Impact Hackathon teams will create technology-based solutions anchored to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals targeting global issues in Climate Change, Education, Agriculture, Smart Cities, and Health. These themes are specifically highlighted because of their global relevance and the ability of the hackathon participants from this part of the world to offer their own insight to efficiently address these issues.

Described as one of the world’s most ambitious technology events this 2019, the Impact Hackathon also encourages its participants to think bigger and farther out into the future and use technology as a platform for scaling the impact. The main event organizer, Impact Hub Manila, has set the year 2050 as the horizon and viable target for these larger-scale solutions foreseen to roll-out from the hackathon event. 10,000+ Participants, 2,000 teams, and 800 mentors

Everyone’s going to be there!

Besides more than 10,000 hackathon participants, Impact Hackathon brings together the biggest network of personalities representing brands from the technology, startup, and entrepreneurship sectors in the region. The Philippine Government, together with its local government units, and with various international government organizations, will proactively participate to ensure that Impact Hackathon will be a great global moment for incubating solutions and implementing large-scale delivery of these solutions.

As one of the longest-running start-up incubators in the region, Impact Hub Manila is in cooperation and partnership with the following representatives of the government, private, start-up, and corporate sectors, namely: the Asian Development Bank, Dentsu Aegis Network, KMC, GIZ, SparkUP Business World, Forest Foundation, WWF, KumuMedia Technologies, Smart, PLDT, the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Information and Communications Technology, the Department of Trade and Industry, the League of Cities of the Philippines, Microsoft, Team Bam Aquino, UnionBank, and Gawad Kalinga.

The Impact Hub Manila with some of their partners for Impact Hackathon: KMC, GIZ, Department of Trade and Industry (HQ, EMB, and NCRO), SparkUp BusinessWorld, Forest Foundation, WWF Philippines, Gawad Kalinga, Department of Tourism, Team Bam Aquino, PLDT, UnionBank, Kumu Inc, Smart, and the Department of Energy.

The Philippines as a mega solutions-incubator for the world

“There are so many problems in the Philippines and in the region and where there are problems, there’s opportunity for entrepreneurship to rise. It opens the door for people to think, do, and be better,” says Impact Hub Manila Founder and CEO Ces Rondario. She adds that “this is a time for better thinking and solutions-finding, and the region and the Philippines can lead in this. This is our chance to define our future and the world in 2050. This is our time.”

Impact Hub and Ces Rondario

Impact Hackathon is the second of four installments of the larger Impact2050™ Program, an integrated and innovative multi-year entrepreneurial program that aims to catalyze the impact entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Asia-Pacific. The entire four-phase program–the Elevate National Startup Roadshow, Impact Hackathon, 2050fest, and Incubate 2020–was developed following the natural progression of a successful startup: education, ideation, discovery and networking, and incubation.

The four phases of the Impact2050 Program:

the Elevate National Startup Roadshow, Impact Hackathon, 2050fest, and Incubate 2020 (not in the image as it is a for 2020 onwards)

Impact Hub (Global Community – ​www.impacthub.net​) is the world’s largest network of impact entrepreneurs with more than 17,000 members from more than 100 hubs located in more than 50 countries around the world. Impact Hub’s Global Community headquarters is in Vienna, Austria.

Impact Hub Manila CEO and Founder, Ces Rondario is also the lead of Impact Hub Asia, with hubs in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Taiwan.

Impact Hub Asia Pacific Lead and Impact Hub Manila Founder and CEO, Ces Rondario

Highlighting the value of being part of a global community of entrepreneurs, Ces Rondario says: “I have always believed that access to opportunity is the key differentiator between those who make it and those who don't. That's why bringing in the global network of Impact Hub is so important, in that it's a platform for Filipino entrepreneurs to aspire for, helping them scale globally.”

Registration and more information
To be part of the world’s largest impact event for 2019, register at www.impact2050.com/tickets​.

Please visit www.impact2050.com/hackathon for more information about Impact Hackathon.
Or send an email to Camille Lim camille.lim@impacthub.net.
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IPv6 and 5G Technology to Feature in the 4th Internet of Things Summit 2019

Manila, Philippines, The biggest Internet experts gathering will convene at the 4th IoT Summit PH which is co-located with the 2nd IPv6 + 5G Global Summit on a two-day event in Manila on September 18-19, 2019 at SMX Convention Center, SM Aura Premier, Bonifacio Global City (BGC), Taguig City.

The co-located events is made possible in collaboration with Internet Things (IoT) Summit PH, IPv6 Forum Philippines and the IEEE 5G . It will showcase tech-based companies and start-ups at the exhibits while also offering professionals and participants the chance to meet and talk with international tech experts at the conference proper.
This year, the 4th IoT Exhibition and conference will focus on 5G and IPv6 implementations, deployment strategies, and challenges met among participating countries. The speakers are 5G and IoT experts coming from Asia & Europe headed by the President of the Global IPv6 Forum and IEEE 5G IoT, Mr. Latif Ladid.

Devices and services enabled by IoT is expected to hit a major surge as the tech world and researchers work around the impending saturation of IPv4 address, as more and more smart gadgets connect to the internet daily. The development of 5G networks together with the IPv6 is expected to push international tech innovators to deploy new ways of accessing the internet and implementing IoT services.

The IoT Summit Ph is an annual gathering of tech-based entrepreneurs, researchers, and professionals where they scout for exciting new ventures and development in cutting-edge technology to stay ahead of competition and prepare for new business horizons.

“5G over IoT will power the next internet. With the implementation and deployment of IPv6, the network infrastructure will benefit the global connectivity and it’s a good start for the Philippines as we are being valued by our global alliance in this initiative to make the Philippines ready for the future” said Medel Ramirez, President of IPv6 Forum Philippines.

“We also want to present the importance of 5G in of Internet of Things, it is more than a technology but it is a backbone for IoT applications such as Virtual Reality, Smart Cities, Smart Homes and others” according to Elaine Cedillo added, the Founder and Project of IoT Summit Philippines.
“5G will become mainstream, and businesses need to start now with developing and reimagining services and products to leverage 5G's superior capabilities and that includes the IoT deployment, Cedillo added.

The 4th IoT Summit PH is organized by Redwizard Events Technology, in partnership with IEEE 5G IoT and IPv6 Forum Philippines and supported by PLDT Enterprise.
This year, IoT Summit PH will also conduct network engineering workshops previously offered abroad in partnership with Sixcape.. The training is comparable to Cisco CCNA, but all related to IPv6.

IoT and IPv6 + 5G Global Summit aims to promote and empower IoT ecosystem and 5G Adaptation in the Philippines. Interested participants can take advantage of the Early bird rate promos and discounts for groups or corporate, and are also available for a limited time.
For more info, you may visit their website at http://iotsummit.ph. You can also check out, http://philv6forum.org/ or https://www.ieee.org. For further inquiries, you may contact the Redwizard Events Secretariat at (02) 2189023 or at 09209734926 and 09179048777.

IoT and IPv6 5G Global Summit this September in Manila!

The leading IOT event in Manila is returning with its new home SMX Aura on September 18 to 19 for its global 2019 edition and it’s set to welcome The Philippine IPv6 Forum and Global IPv6 Forum, based in Luxembourg. Attracting senior decision-makers from major companies, the event will bring together attendees from different industries to explore the entire enterprise technology ecosystem across IOT, IOT 5G, and IPv6. Over the two days, there will be 2 co-located events, conference tracks with industry-leading speakers from Europe, North America and Asia sharing their use-cases and experiences to our country. In addition to the expert discussions, the event will host an exhibition of different companies and startups showcasing the latest technology and innovations.

With the theme “Converge. Digitize. Connect“ on September 18-19, 2019 at SMX Convention Center, SM Aura Premier, BGC, Taguig City.

We would like to also extend the invitation to your employees to attend the IOT Summit Conference that focuses on exploring and elucidating all facets of the next generation of IPv6, IPv6-based 5G technology, business and societal gaps and challenges between the current 3G-4G-LTE access-only Internet models and its proper technology vision, evolutionary or revolutionary, to go beyond just access by embracing and facilitating the upfront integration of all new technologies (IOT, SDN/NFV,  Cloud Computing, ..) to be user-transparent, app-oriented, service-ready, ubiquitous and lowest cost.

Our very own local IPv6 experts, technical users, policymakers and decision-makers will gather in the Summit. And some of the worldwide IPv6 pillars and 5G experts have been invited and attracted to share their state-of-the-art knowledge in the new and emerging IPv6-based 5G environment in various countries around the world in view of facilitating the worldwide harmonization of research and best industry practices for the adoption and deployment of viable user scenarios in the global IPv6-based 5G ecosystem.  Together in this   Summit,  Global IEEE 5G-IoT Summit will be collocated and to be led by the Founder and President of the Global IPv6 Forum, Luxembourg, Latif Ladid. With him is the IEEE 5G Technical sub-committee which is supporting technically this Summit.

We have an exclusive promo just for you! Buy four (4) tickets get one (1) for free! This promo is for Students, Professors, Corporate and LGU employees! 

Rates are as follows:

These are the inclusions:

✔️ 2 Day Conference Access

✔️ Free Exhibit Hall Pass

✔️ 2 Certificate of Attendance

✔️ Conference Kit

This is event is supported by DICT and Institute of Electronics Communication Engineers of the Philippines and Foundation and Radio Engineers Circle.

Internet of Things Summit Philippines on August 17 and 18, 2018

Now on its third year, the Internet of Things Summit Philippines is an annual gathering and showcase of IoT technology in the country. It is undeniable that technology makes the world simpler. People today have more positive view of how technology is affecting their lives. Based on the survey by Nielsen, more than 74 percent feel that new technology makes their lives easier. People are not just using technology to communicate but they also use it in making transactions. It is technology that gives businesses the opportunities to go beyond. It also help in making cities stay connected and smart. With the rise of technology, Internet of Things or simply "IoT" is indeed the “Next Big Thing” in the world of innovation. The 3rd IoT Summit will be held on August 17 and 18, 2018 at the Megatrade Hall 3, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City. The summit will focus on how we can maximize our knowledge in technology related to Internet of Things. It includes a conference divided into six tracks: Connected City, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Privacy and Security, Machine Learning and Wearables with experts from across the industry led by USEC. Monchito Ibrahim from the Department of Information and Communucations Technology.

Aside from the conference, they conducted an IoT Robotics Workshop last July 14 at the PLDT Innolab, Mandaluyong City, facilitated by PhilRobotics and Egizmo Mechatronix. The course outline of the workshop includes Introduction to Arduino, Arduino Programming Workshop, PBOT Programming, Building the Sumobot and Sumobot Battle. This workshop aims to give the knowledge to learn the basics of building a Sumobot in just a day. Participated in by kids and adults with zero knowledge in Robot programming and Arduino. 

The 3rd IoT Summit Philippines is organized by Red Wizard Events Technology and presented by Smart, PLDT Enterprise, Globaltronics, MiGuard and Unionbank of the Philippines. This is also co-presented by Accenture Technology, United Neon, ChatbotPH and Intel in partnership with the Department of Information and Communications Technology, National ICT Confederation of the Philippines and IoT Technology Inc.

For more information about the conference you check www.iotsummit.ph or call the secretariat at (02) 218 9023 or at 09179048777 and 09209734926