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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

Companies listed in Ubuntu Martketplace

• Inceptions Inc.

• Ingram Systems Philippines

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

• Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT)

• Advanced Science and Technolgy Institute (ASTI)

• 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)

• Ubuntu Team Philippines (Ubuntu-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

• Mindanao State University - Iligan Institude of Technology (MSU-IIT)

• Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU)

• AdMU Department of Information Systems and Computer Science (DISCS) (confirmed with dept already)

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

Media (e.g., local magazines/television/radio/newspapers who are requesting for an interview)

• PC Magazine Philippines (c/o Charo Nuguid charo.nuguid@pinoyweb.net)

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 (cindytrinidad@tri-global.org)

Where to Stay

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

Manila

• The Manila Hotel

Makati City Central Business District (CBD) (These places are so close to each other)

• Makati Shangri-La, Manila

• The Peninsula Manila

• Mandarin Oriental Manila

• InterContinental Manila

• Oakwood Premiere Ayala Center (just beside a shopping center)

Place should be:

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