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Come Day 3, we were pretty much knowledgeable about digital business BUT acknowledge that there’s so much we still don’t know. Our schedule looked like this: Demonstration IoT and Sharing Session 5: Multiplayer AR and VR as an effective virtual collaborative work environment Session 6: Building up the best in digital business Session 7: What’sContinue reading “Day 3: All You Need To Know”

Day 2 was when many of the more serious stuff happened! 🙂 It started with a keynote from Mr. Steven Sim Chee Keong, the Deputy Minister Youth & Sports Malaysia, followed by the first four sessions: Session 1: ASEAN Towards a Digital Business Community Session 2: Online Platform & Sharing Economy: Reshaping Entrepreneurship & BusinessContinue reading “Day 2: What You Need to Know”

Day 1 was essentially the first chance we met with the rest of the delegates. We had dinner, followed by a quick briefing and ice-breaker. This night, we were able to get to know some delegates from some countries, mainly due to the QR Code Game. I was paired with a delegate from Japan andContinue reading “Day 1: What Went Down”

Day Zero is Travel-to-Malaysia Day! Jamiya, Valen, and I all gathered at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), days after we officially met for the first time at the National Youth Commission (NYC) office for introductions and briefings. I was excited for the trip, this having been my first to Malaysia, and to represent theContinue reading “AYDBS: Day 0 Lowdown”

I have previously posted about my key takeaways from the ASEAN+3 Youth Digital Business Summit in relation to digital business. (Read it here.) Now, I have decided to share my key takeaways in creating a collaborative work environment for businesses. Traffic is horrendous in Manila and it seems to get worse every year. It doesn’tContinue reading “Key Takeaways from AYDBS 2019: Collaborative Work Environment”

As a marketing and e-Commerce practitioner, the ASEAN+3 Youth Digital Business Summit 2019 agenda truly excited me. I am already very familiar with the Philippine digital business market and looked forward to learning new things from the summit – and I most certainly did. Not only did I learn from the speakers, but I alsoContinue reading “Key Takeaways from AYDBS 2019: Digital Business”

I previously wrote about what it’s like to be a delegate, particularly what to do before your departure. (Read it here.) Now, I’ll share with you what it was like to be a delegate selected by the National Youth Commission for the ASEAN+3 Youth Digital Business Summit 2019, particularly on what it was like duringContinue reading “Philippines Represent! What It’s Like to Represent the Philippines in AYDBS 2019: During and After”

Being selected as a Philippine delegate for the ASEAN+3 Youth Digital Business Summit 2019 is my second experience of being an ambassador of the country for an international program. (Read about my experience as an AIESEC Exchange Volunteer in Thailand here.) It can be nerve-wracking experience, since you’ll be staying in an unfamiliar country andContinue reading “Philippines Represent! What It’s Like to Represent the Philippines in AYDBS 2019: Pre-Departure”