DevFest x BizFest Cebu 2018 Press Conference at Inspire Team Office

Frances Marie Teves
Google Developers Group Cebu
4 min readOct 20, 2018

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Main organizers of DevFest x Bizfest Cebu held a media day for members of the press last October 17, 2018 at Inspire Team Office, 8th Floor, Mabuhay Tower, Cebu IT Park.

The event was started with an introduction to each track’s program for DevFest x Bizfest Cebu 2018 this coming October 27 at the Summit Galleria Cebu.

Lead Community Manager, Shad Roi de la Cruz gave everyone a brief history of Google Developers Group who is celebrating its 10th year anniversary this year. As the goal of the group in the previous years was ‘growth’ this year, they wanted to provide an environment that promotes sustainability both in quality of audience and knowledge gathered after each event.

Communications Manager, Frances Marie Teves stated that this year DevFest will be opening its doors for open source projects and prototypes for local developers in Cebu and its nearby cities.

Womenwill lead for Google Business Group Cebu, Maryanne Apale and Community Manager Nicole Padin shared about the topics and workshops for BizFest track, highlighting the “How to start a startup workshop for entrepreneurs who want to venture to the startup world”. They also expressed that business should be able to adapt and grow together with tech as it changes every day. The talks and sessions on DevFest x BizFest Cebu are relevant whether you’re starting a business or reshaping it to follow the trend.

The press conference then focused on talks of Artificial Intelligence, how both developers and business should be open to this new technology that will be a game changer in the future. As DevFest BizFest Cebu 2018 will be having a deep learning workshop of the basics of Machine Learning by 2 Google Developer Experts from Singapore.

Here are some media pickups from our official PR Partner: PR Works.

SHARE: LIVE DEVFEST X BIZFEST CEBU 2018 INTO THE FUTURE PRESSCON — Facebook | phliv.com | Oct. 17

https://www.facebook.com/vatski/videos/vb.1055415563/10215612185871796/?type=2&theater

LIVE DEVFEST X BIZFEST CEBU 2018 INTO THE FUTURE PRESSCON — Facebook | Liv G. Campo | Oct. 17

https://www.facebook.com/vatski/videos/10215612185871796/

GDG CEBU CELEBRATES 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH DEVFEST X BIZFEST — The Queen Cebu | Oct. 17

https://queencebu.com/post/179145702485/gdg-cebu-celebrates-10th-year-anniversary-with

GDG CEBU CELEBRATES 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH DEVFEST X BIZFEST — Travelling in Tandem

https://travellingintandem.wordpress.com/2018/10/18/gdg-cebu-celebrates-10th-year-anniversary-with-devfest-x-bizfest/

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN DEVFEST X BIZFEST CEBU 2018? — Pop Inq.

https://pop.inquirer.net/64118/join-devfest-x-bizfest-cebu-2018

GOOGLE DEVFEST X BIZFEST CEBU 2018 KARONG OKTUBRE 27 [GOOGLE DEVFEST X BIZFEST CEBU 2018 THIS OCTOBER 27] — Bastabisaya | Oct. 1

https://bastabisaya.com/google-devfest-x-bizfest-cebu-2018/

DEVFEST X BIZFEST CEBU 2018: BE A PART OF CEBU’S BIGGEST GOOGLE TECH CONFERENCE — Cebu Finest | Oct. 15

https://cebufinest.com/devfest-x-bizfest-cebu-2018-google-tech-conference/

GDG CEBU CELEBRATES 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH DEVFEST X BIZFEST — Cebu Tech Guide | Oct. 17

https://cebutechguide.com/gdg-cebu-celebrates-10th-year-anniversary-with-devfest-x-bizfest/

5 Reasons to Go to DevFest x BizFest Cebu 2018! — Utterly Random Techie | Oct. 17

https://www.utterlyrandomtechie.com/devfest-x-bizfest-cebu-2018/

AI is now inevitable in the workplace, says tech expert — Cebu Daily News| Oct. 19

https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/cebu-daily-news/20181019/281814284837818

MSMEs told: Don’t shy away from AI — Sunstar| Oct. 18

https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1769807

Devfest x Bizfest Cebu 2018 is sponsored by Google, brought to you by GDG Cebu and GBG Cebu. Presented by Accenture. Official internet provider and Co-presented by PLDT Innolab. In collaboration with the Department of Trade and Industry Cebu. Special thanks to Inspire team, Unionbank, and Symph. Supported by Kyocera Document Solutions Development Philippines Inc. and Bubble Tea Station. Our community partners: Devcon Cebu, HTML Cebu, UVNS, Wordpress Cebu and Laravel Cebu. Our media partners: Istorya.net, Third team Media, Inquirer.net, Cebu Daily News, Basta Bisaya, Utterly Random Techie, Cebu’s Finest, Cebu Tech Guide and Halo Halo Radio. Our PR Partner PR Works.

If you want your company to partner with us in making this event a success, message us in Facebook or email us in contact@gdgcebu.org for more information.

For more information about Devfest x Bizfest Cebu 2018, make sure to follow us in social media at GBG Cebu and GDG Cebu. Also join their official meetup group @GDGCEBU and visit their website at gdgcebu.org

DevFest x BizFest Cebu is a week away! Register now @ devfest.gdgcebu.org!

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Frances Marie Teves
Google Developers Group Cebu

Project Manager. Developer. Tech Host. TV Show Geek. Young adult venturing through life.