THE RISE OF CEBU CITY IN THE THOLONS LIST Dr. Gregg victor gabison President, Cedf-it

MILESTONES 2001 2005 2007 First Cebu IT Summit CEDF-IT was organized Cebu City aspired to become an IT Hub of the Country during the Cebu IT Summit Dreaming Big and Early! CEDF-IT was organized First Cebu IT Summit CEDF-IT was organized Cebu ICT 2005 The First IT Conference No. 4 Emerging Outsourcing Destination First Cebu IT Summit was on Mar. 29-30 , 2001 attended by the leaders and movers from Academe, Industry, Govt Agencies, NGO's etc.  CEDFIT was founded by the 8 big Universities, NEC, Lexmark, Ngkhai, plus the gov't agencies, AGFI, and Cebu Chamber which until today is a vital partner of CEDFIT. Flagship Projects of CEDFIT: HR survey to establish baseline data- talent pool and talent requirement CEDFIT's IT Teachers Academy Partnership/Linkages with Industry- bridge course trg programs Phil IT GCE

Emerging Outsourcing Destination MILESTONES 2008 2010 2013 2009 2012 2015 No. 1 Emerging Outsourcing Destination No. 9 Emerged Outsourcing City No. 8 Emerged Outsourcing City First Cebu IT Summit was on Mar. 29-30 , 2001 attended by the leaders and movers from Academe, Industry, Govt Agencies, NGO's etc.  CEDFIT was founded by the 8 big Universities, NEC, Lexmark, Ngkhai, plus the gov't agencies, AGFI, and Cebu Chamber which until today is a vital partner of CEDFIT. Flagship Projects of CEDFIT: HR survey to establish baseline data- talent pool and talent requirement CEDFIT's IT Teachers Academy Partnership/Linkages with Industry- bridge course trg programs Phil IT GCE

MILESTONES 2016 No. 7 Emerged Outsourcing City First Cebu IT Summit was on Mar. 29-30 , 2001 attended by the leaders and movers from Academe, Industry, Govt Agencies, NGO's etc.  CEDFIT was founded by the 8 big Universities, NEC, Lexmark, Ngkhai, plus the gov't agencies, AGFI, and Cebu Chamber which until today is a vital partner of CEDFIT. Flagship Projects of CEDFIT: HR survey to establish baseline data- talent pool and talent requirement CEDFIT's IT Teachers Academy Partnership/Linkages with Industry- bridge course trg programs Phil IT GCE

Transformation from Lahug Airport to Cebu IT Park Circa 1945 Photo Credit: USAAF via Robert Rocker Photo Credit: Fred Umabong 1989 Before the closure of Lahug Airport Photo Credit: Flickr/acewideshot Asiatown IT Park/Cebu IT Park in early 2000 series of pics from aerial view of Cebu in 1945 to the present( to show the transformation of Lahug Airport to the present Cebu IT Park)

E-Offices + Incubation for start-up companies at AsiaTown IT Park  e-Office shot where NEC, Tsuneishi, NCR and People Support started their operations around mid 2000. on the mid right is the original office of CEDFIT +

SkyRise 1 + One of the First few IT/BPO Buildings in AsiaTown IT Park

PGMA’s Cyber Corridor Tour + at AsiaTown IT Park in Lahug, Cebu City last Feb. 3, 2010

The Present Cebu IT Park  latest shot of IT Park at night, the lower left portion is the site of the original e-offices now being transformed into a mall Photo Credit: ARTHUR BALAGA of STYLE ASSEMBLY MULTIMEDIA

Factors Behind Cebu’s Success in IT/BPM 1 Cebu Investment Promotions Center 2 Cebu’s Vision to become one of the IT Hubs 3 Availability of Talent Factors behind the Success(on a per bullet)         1)  in the late 90's CIPC under Joel Mari Yu saw the decline of manufacturing due to China and Vietnam.  thus the need to explore other industries.  they went on a roadshow in Manila to invite the BPO companies to consider Cebu as a backup site.  in 2003, the first Call Center- Sykes Asia  came to Cebu and established a 17 man back up site, today Sykes is one of the big players in Cebu.by mid 2000 more BPO companies discovered Cebu and it just continues to grow to about 120,000 direct employees as of dec. 2015 2)  from a manufacturing hub in th e80's and 90's, it evolved and ventured into the BPO services 3) at the start of the BPO industry, a good number of Cebu's talents went to work in Manila but when the industry picked up a few years later in Cebu, those who went there came home and became the managers, supervisors, etc 4) CEDFIT is Cebu's biggest secret in the success of its IT/BPM industry. this secret was replicated in other Philippine Cities by mid 2000 and gave the birth of more than 40 ICT Councils who were instrumental in the success of cities like Bacolod, Iloilo, Dumaguete, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Sta Rosa, Metro Clark, and Legaspi Cities to mention some. 4 Cebu Educational Development Foundation for IT “ The Pioneering ICT Council of the Philippines”

Factors Behind Cebu’s Success in IT/BPM 5 Collaborative and Supportive Ecosystem: Industry–Academe–Support Group–Gov’t Agencies–LGU’s–NGO’s 6 Supportive Cebu Chamber of Commerce partner of CEDFIT in the ICT/BPM event for more than 10 years 7 Good Infra Power/Telco/Airport due to Export Zones 5)  the unique collaboration of the entire ecosystem catalyzed the industry devt. 6) Chamber support resulted in the overseas benchmarking/study tours and the more than 10 year partnership in the ICT/BPM conferences up to this year's summit 7) Cebu's good infra on power, telcom, and airport was a big plus carryover from the export zones 8)  very active private sector that moves fast/strategically and sometimes independently from the go'vt sector 8 More Privately Led Economy

Sustaining the Growth 1 2 3 4 Target for Higher Values Services Get support starting from Basic Education 3 More Academe - Industry Collaborations Sustaining the Growth Slide: 1) aim for more IT related activities or services requiring more skills especially with the coming of automation or robots 2) talent preparation should start with Basic education- so more collaboration with DepEd, CHED and industry 3) encourage more partnerships between Academe and Industry 4) get more talents ready for the industry 5) train the teachers like EMC -AAP 6) better infra a) BRT System for a more efficient, safe and affordable mass transit system and decongest traffic in the process b) 3rd bridge between Cebu and mactan- will decongest traffic in the 2 bridges c) better international Airport will increase volume from 4M to 13M passengers/yr and more international connections 4 Career Caravan w/ Senior High Students

Sustaining the Growth 5 6 Teachers Trainings/Talent Development Better Infrastructure Cebu Bus Rapid Transit Cebu’s Third Bridge New Airport in 2018 Factors behind the Success(on a per bullet)         1)  in the late 90's CIPC under Joel Mari Yu saw the decline of manufacturing due to China and Vietnam.  thus the need to explore other industries.  they went on a roadshow in Manila to invite the BPO companies to consider Cebu as a backup site.  in 2003, the first Call Center- Sykes Asia  came to Cebu and established a 17 man back up site, today Sykes is one of the big players in Cebu.by mid 2000 more BPO companies discovered Cebu and it just continues to grow to about 120,000 direct employees as of dec. 2015 2)  from a manufacturing hub in th e80's and 90's, it evolved and ventured into the BPO services 3) at the start of the BPO industry, a good number of Cebu's talents went to work in Manila but when the industry picked up a few years later in Cebu, those who went there came hoem and became the managers, supervisors, etc 4) CEDFIT is Cebu's biggest secret in the success of its IT/BPM industry. this secret was replicated in other Philippine Cities by mid 2000 and gave the birth of more than 40 ICT Councils who were instrumental in the success of cities like Bacolod, Iloilo, Dumaguete, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Sta Rosa, Metro Clark, and Legaspi Cities to mention some.

THE RISE OF CEBU CITY IN THE THOLONS LIST Dr. Gregg victor gabison President, Cedf-it