Yesterday, March 12, 2010 (Friday), some representatives from Google visited Cebu City for the 2010 Innovation Forum. The event was organized by Google, Inc. , UPV Cebu – DOST Technology Business Incubator (TBI), GTUG – Cebu, and Ayala Technology Business Incubator (TBI). As a GTUG member based in Cebu, we were tasked help with the registration during the event, along with some student volunteers from UPV Cebu.

With the theme of “Inspiring Innovation: The Google Way,” the innovation forum brought more than 300 employees from IT companies, students and faculty members from different school, and representatives from the local government and media. As the Innovation Forum tagline goes, “where business, science and technology  meet,” the event basically brought together representatives from the IT industry, academe, and government.

Going to the program proper, Michi M. Barcelon, Lead of the Ayala Technology Business Incubation program introduced the crowd with what to expect during the event. She mentioned something about introducing innovation to the community and how can it be a good venture to start-up and the role of Ayala Foundation TBI.