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As part of the AsiaBusinessTour, Canonical representatives plan to visit Manila, Philippines on 2 February 2006. If you have information or contacts to help us plan this trip, please fill in the relevant sections below, or contact us at asia2006@canonical.com

Who to Meet

Technology Companies (e.g., contacts at OEMs, system builders, etc.)

• Villman
• PCExpress
• Openpinoy
• PCBodega

Government (e.g., contacts in ministries of education, culture, information technology)

• Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT)

• [http://www.asti.dost.gov.ph/ Advanced Science and Technolgy Institute (ASTI)]

• [http://www.ncc.gov.ph/ National Computer Center (NCC)]

Linux User Groups (LUG) (e.g., we would love to meet with members of the community, so let us know if there are any meetings while we are there)

• [http://www.ubuntu-ph.org Ubuntu Team Philippines (Ubuntu-PH)]

• [http://www.linux.org.ph Philippine Linux Users Group (PLUG)]

• ...

Universities (e.g., contacts in computer science/information technology departments)

• University of the Philippines
• De La Salle-University/College of Saint Benilde
• MSU-IIT

• [http://ateneo.edu Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU)] [http://discs.ateneo.net Department of Information Systems and Computer Science (DISCS)] (confirmed with dept already)

  • (if you plan of visiting the south...)
• Universidad de Zamboanga
• Western Mindanao State University
• Ateneo de Zamboanga

Volunteers

If you would like to help us navigate during our stay in Manila, Philippines please let us know by signing up below or sending us an email to the address at the top of this page.

• EaldenEscanan

• ZakElep

• Cindy Trinidad
• ...

Where to Stay

Last but not least, any suggestions of decent hotels/accomodation would be extremely helpful! We are particularly looking for someplace

• [http://www.manila-hotel.com.ph/ The Manila Hotel]

• [http://www.dls-csb.edu.ph/hotel/ Angelo King International Center] - Part of the De La Salle System, this is just 40 minutes away from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and managed by the College of Saint Benilde. This is a Hotel-School and has a very good communications infrastructure and campus-wide wireless internet service. (Not to mention the faculty are very huge Ubuntu supporters) - JeromeGotangco

• [http://www.shangri-la.com/manila/makatishangri-la/en/index.aspx Makati Shangri-La, Manila]

• [http://manila.peninsula.com/ The Peninsula Manila]

• [http://www.mandarinoriental.com/manila/ Mandarin Oriental Manila]

• convenient to airports
• convenient for local businesses
• appropriate to host a business breakfast
• well-wired (i.e, broadband!)