AIMING to weld a much stronger link that would showcase the inter-connectedness of businesses in the region and effect a more effective ease of doing business, Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) would be hosting this July 27 and 28 the 32nd Visayas Area Business Conference (VABC) at the Bellevue Hotel in Doljo, Panglao.
By then, leading and respected businessmen all over the Visayas would gather with very distinguished speakers from the government, local government units (LGUs), national and local business community, and including foreign investors and organizations to talk about, share and exchange insights on local business, analyze trends and find potential opportunities in this thriving region and the country’s bosom economic treasure chest.
An event organized by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and hosted by the BCCI, about 250 to 300 businessmen, resource persons and delegates would sit together to hear updates on business trends especially when the very strong retail industry in the region is now taken over by online selling, something that local and regional business establishments must adopt to, stresses BCCI president Dominic Butalid, during a General Membership Assembly, July 4 at the Bellevue.
Picking on the theme Exploring New Economic Frontiers in Technology, Governance and Innovation, the 32nd VABC promises to bring in one location resource speakers who could present to industry leaders in the region potential solutions, business hacks and banking trends that could help them bring their businesses up to the top, helping in bringing the local economy up for its revving recovery from the pandemic.
Coming at a time when the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) handed over to Bohol its designation as a global geopark, Butalid, along with the strong BCCI intends to cash in on the added tourism and visitors for their educational and scientific and cultural studies in Bohol, Butalid added.
We did not volunteer, but we were choses by popular demand, he shared excitedly before the members assembly specifically called to recruit for participation to the upcoming event.
We did not commit then, and we told them we will inform the Board, he shared, but the clamor for Bohol to host was so overwhelming, according to Butalid.
On board as resource person during the conference is banker Eric Villanueva, a known financial wizard in banking and innovating business operations through adoption of accurate procedures, compiling and analyzing accurate and timely fiscal reports or exceeding goals and expectations.
Another speaker is Senator Win Gatchalian, who then sat as senate chairman of the Committee on Energy and Committee on Economic Affairs in the 17th Congress and now serves again as the chairman of the energy committee. He would be speaking on Powering Visayas Industries.
Senator Cynthia Villar is also another plenary speaker who would be sharing her tips on developing business, herself a leading figure in digitization, and an expert in government corporations.
In the recent years, the VABC came to Bohol in 2011 and is back now. (rahc/PIAbohol)
