The Second Philippine Communication Centrum Forum on Development Changes

in cooperation with the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication and the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines and Partnership with MosCom, Inc. and CITEM

e-Learning

Dr. Felix Librero, Chancellor, UP Open University, UP Los Banos, College of Laguna

• He is the Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU);
• He is a Member of the Governing Board of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Open Learning Center (SEAMEO-SEAMOLEC) based in Indonesia;
• He is also a Member of the Technical Review Committee on Open Learning and Distance Education of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED); and
• He is a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Development Communication in Kuala Lumpur;
• He is also the Vice President of the UPOU Foundation Inc.
• He holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology in Indiana University

e-Policies

Usec. Virgilio L. Pena, Exe. Dir., ITECC, Dept. of Transportation and Communication

• He is the Undersecretary for Information and Communications Technology of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC)
• He is also the Executive Director of the Information Technology and E-Commerce Council (ITECC), a government/private sector planning and advisory body chaired by the president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo;
• He was a president of IBM Philippines;
• Was a president and managing director of San Miguel Brewing International in Hong Kong;
• Before joining the government, he was President of Transform Management Consultancy and Managing Partner of CEOs Inc.;
• He is a graduate of Electrical Engineering in California State Polytechnic University, the Executive Program of Columbia University.

e-Governance

Dir. Valentin Abuan, Director, Information Resource Department, NSO

• He is the Director of the Information Resource Department of the National Statistics Office, the Winner in the Web Awards for Government E Service
• Was a Consultant as a Data Processing Expert in "Strengthening the Statistical System," a project of the Asian Development Bank in Kathmandu, Nepal
• He was also a Statistical Information Specialist Consultant of the Asian Development Bank in Cambodia
• He is a part-time Lecturer in Statistical Programming Courses, Master in Applied Statistics Program at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines
• He holds a masters degree in Public Management at the Development Academy of the Philippines and
• He has a masters degree in Applied Statistics Program in P.U.P.

e-Legal

Atty. Ivan John E. Uy, Deputy Clerk of Court and Chief, Management Information Systems Office, SC

• He is the Deputy Clerk of Court and Chief of the Management Information Systems
• Office (MIS Office) of the Supreme Court of the Philippines;
• He is the Chairman of the Court Technology Department of the Philippine Judicial Academy;
• He attended graduate studies at the Hubert Humphrey International Fellow on Law and Technology, Fullbright Foundation, University of Minnesota;
• He is a Fellow of the Southwestern Legal Foundation, Academy of American and International Law, Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas

e-Business

Mr. Edgardo Herbosa, Managing Director, B2bpricenow.com

• Founder of B2Bpricenow.com the Philippines' first and only e-trade site as endorsed by the Department of Agriculture and Department of Trade and Industry;
• He is also the Managing Director of Galleon One Holdings
• He holds a Masters in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) Arizona, USA
• He has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science degree with emphasis on Asian Studies from the University of the Philippines.