Clark hosts ICT council launching rites

CLARK FREEPORT, June 30 (PNA) -- This world-class Freeport will be the venue of the public launching of the Metro Clark ICT Council (MCICTC) on July 1 at the Mimosa Convention Center here.

MCICTC Chairman Goerge Sorio said the public launching, which coincides with the council’s induction of officers, will also kick-off the “2nd Philippine National ICT Summit 2009 from November 5-7.”

Sorio said the MCICTC will be the host of the 2nd Philippine National ICT Summit 2009 where ICT Councils here and abroad are expected attend the event dubbed “How Information and Technology Councils can help one another to grow productively competitive alongside our Asian counterparts in the still growing IT industry.”

“The Summit will be the platform for all IT-related industries in the Philippines to share best practices, broaden linkages, learn the latest IT-technologies and learn from the wisdom of the experts here and from around the world through the National ICT Conference of the Philippines (NICP),” Sorio said, adding that the NICP is an association of the different ICT Councils in the Philippines.

Sorio, who is also NCIP chairman, said the MCICTC is one of the emerging ICT Councils in the Philippines that envisions to “transform the Metro Clark as one of the preferred IT and BPO destinations in the country.”

“The council’s mission is to promote the development of the ICT industry as an effective instrument for investment and job generation,” Sorio added.

On July 1, Sorio will deliver the welcome remarks while Commission on Information and Communications Technology Secretary Anthony Ray Roxas-Chua will lead the induction of the MCICTC officers.