You have to listen to how he does it,” said Amper who is now organizing the fifth Geeks on a Beach or GOAB. Yobie was awarded 2015 Technology Pioneer of the World Economic Forum and is an alumnus of the University of the Philippines. The strong and promising potential for the Philippines to be a location for tech start-ups is “tremendous” because of the talent pool, GlycoProX and Veem co-founder Aldo Carrascoso said. Palawan boasts of global environmental wonders like the underground river, the Tubbataha reef and world class beaches. PLDT, Smart, Voyager, PayMaya, ePLDT, Smart DevNet, PLDT Enterprise, and PLDT Innolab are supporting GOAB as co-presenters while A Space is co-producer.

Source: The Standard July 08, 2017 10:41 UTC