"Embracing Innovation. Empowering Business. Enriching Lives"

As the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry celebrates the 50th year of the Philippine Business Conference and Expo (PBC&E), it looks back to the role the PBC&E has played over the years in promoting a transformative agenda for the country. Through the years, the PBC&E has strategically positioned businesses to take advantage of new and emerging opportunities. At the core of the agenda is the adoption of innovation as a tool to empower businesses and enrich the lives of PCCI’s stakeholders, community and the country.

The theme, “Embracing Innovation, Empowering Business, Enriching Lives” underscores the crucial role of innovation and learning as drivers of economic growth and long-term and inclusive development. It deep dives into sustainable growth strategies that are essential for businesses and organizations looking to thrive in today’s ever changing, competitive landscape. It focuses on the role of the private sector in championing a solid policy environment to expand the growth of the economy and enable it to integrate more strategically with the rest of the world. Furthermore, it solicits the support of various coalitions to create a solid base of partners that will complement the government’s direction to seize, create and manage opportunities for the future.

The 50th PBC&E will unleash innovation as tool and strategy that enables businessmen from across various segments to understand the mechanics of an emerging global market and develop keen acumen on firm competitiveness, market access, value chain development, good governance and global opportunities for investments, joint ventures and exports. As an embedded business tradition spanning five decades of unparalleled advocacy for business and economic development, the 50th PBC&E will serve as a foothold to sensible and no-holds-barred public-private interaction and dialogue on programs and key policy initiatives in the country

Plenary Sessions