ECCP: Major Benefits of Cloud Computing to Your Business

Date: 27 April 2012
Time: 8AM-11AM
Venue: Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Makati – Ballroom1

Is Cloud Computing good for your business?

Cloud computing is designed to deliver software, infrastructure and platform resources as on-demand services from a shared pool with a high degree of efficiency and flexibility toward the delivery of accurately sized workloads to meet business units’ needs.

It enables IT organizations and users to provide / requisition the exact computing power and capacity needed to dynamically support products and services. Moreover, having a cloud infrastructure also allows enterprises to leverage third-party cloud services such as hosted software or offsite disaster recovery with nil or minimal capital investment. Understanding IT infrastructure options is the critical first step of any journey into the cloud. Cloud technology is necessarily flexible so one size definitely does not fit all.

ECCP: Human Resource Forum

Date: 24 April 2012
Time: 8AM-10AM
Venue: Nash Room, Mandarin Oriental, Makati, Philippines

The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines is pleased to invite you to a Human Resource Forum. We have several special guest speakers and resource persons namely: Undersecretary Ma. Lourdes Trasmonte (Department of Labor and Employment), Undersecretary Rebecca Chato (Department of Labor and Employment), and Executive Director Marta M. Hernandez (Technical Education & Skills Development Authority). This will be on Tuesday, 24 April 2012 from 8.00 AM - 10.00 AM. Registration starts at 7:30 AM. Venue will be at Nash Room, Mandarin Oriental, Makati, Philippines.

PCCI Launches Youth Affairs Group

The PCCI Youth Affairs Committee (YAC) was formally launched in January this year taking the lead role in fostering activities for young entrepreneurs. With over 90% of PCCI membership base belonging to small and medium businesses, the YAC formation is in line with the PCCI’s agenda to push for the development of Philippine SMEs.

Composed of young business executives and entrepreneurs representing diverse industries, YAC seeks to create opportunities for SMEs and develop their management skills as potential industry leaders.

Initiated by PCCI President Atty. Miguel B. Varela, the Committee is foreseen to bolster PCCI’s goal of developing and attracting young talents and expertise that will help push the growth of Philippine economy. Developing a strong alliance with the National Youth Commission (NYC), its counterpart in government, is part of its overall plan to cascade opportunities to young entrepreneurs in the regions.

Forum 6: Ethics in Procurement and Supply Management

The forum is sixth in a series of events and workshops organized by Integrity Initiative to promote ethics, integrity, compliance, and good governance, and to continuously educate the private sector in these areas. The Integrity Initiative is a private sector-led campaign that aims to promote common ethical standards among various sectors of society. It operates on the principle of inclusion and collective action.

FORUM DESCRIPTION Integrity Initiative is pleased to present experts in the field of procurement, with special emphasis on ethics. They will discuss how ethics in procurement and supply management can drive the needed change in business and government, the importance of adopting global standards in procurement, and the possibility of the Philippines and Asia to lead global trends in ethics in procurement and supply management. The forum will provide enough time for interaction with the resource persons and get practical tips to help companies strengthen ethics in their supply management processes. Participants will leave the forum challenged and armed with grounded insight into what ethics mean, beyond simply not taking or offering bribes.

RESOURCE PERSONS CHARLIE VILLASENOR -- Chairman & CEO, PASIA DENIS NIXON -- President, PASIA SVANTE AXELSSON -- President, IFPSM CHARLES HOLDEN -- Secretary General, IFPSM The Procurement and Sourcing Institute of Asia (PASIA) is Asia’s leading procurement and sourcing organization and is at the forefront of driving value across the whole gamut of procurement and supply management functions and increasing bottom line as end result. International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management (IFPSM) represents 46 country associations and over 250,000 procurement professionals.

REGISTRATION FEES PhP 500 per participant (company is a Signatory to the Integrity Pledge) PhP 800 per participant (company NOT a Signatory to the Integrity Pledge) List of Signatories can be found at www.integrityinitiative.com. Please fax to (+632) 759-6690. Kindly attention to Ms. Zyra Fastidio or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . For inquiries, call (+632) 845-1324 local 246. ETHICS IN PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY MANAGEMENT Friday, 20 April 2012, 2 - 5pm (Registration starts at 1:30pm) SGV Hall, AIM Conference Center, Benavidez St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, Philippines PLEASE RESERVE SEATS FOR (Use separate sheets if necessary) PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS: Early reservation/payment is encouraged to confirm hotel guarantee and avoid bottle necks at the entrance. Please make checks payable to Makati Business Club for the account of Integrity Initiative. Payments should be received no later than April 18, 2012, also the last day to make cancellations without penalties. You can download a printer-friendly form here.