Pangasinan ICT Council co- organizes DICT Congress 4
The annual Digital ICT Congress is now in its
4th year, and this time, the newly-reorganized Pangasinan ICT Council (PICTC)
is co-organizing it.
Sonny Ramirez of
1Digitech Philippines told FOCUS that the 4th staging of DICT Congress to be
held in Lingayen and Dagupan subsequently on October 9 to 11, 2014 will be in
partnership with Pangasinan ICT Council.
Pangasinan ICT Council Media Affairs Officer
Davett Santiago said that the council decided to support DICT 4 because the
Council wanted to see what Pangasinan students are capable of doing and what
area in technology can we specialize on.
“Since Pangasinan is late bloomer in terms of
IT, and seeing that a lot of other provinces in the Philippines have already
made it to the global tech scene, we wanted Pangasinan to and thrive in the
industry, too”, says Santiago.
DICT4 will be open to all college students in
Pangasinan as well as 3rd year and senior high school students. Various
competitions relative to the theme are also up.
Digital ICT Congress Year 3
Santiago added that the Pangasinan ICT
Council welcomes the gesture, and calls the partnership a “perfect union”. He
said that while it is true that the DICT has been partnering with big brands
for the past three years, the entry of PICTC will make it more beneficial to
the students.
This year’s theme, “The Internet of Things,
Start tomorrow now!”,DICT4 is eyed to keep improving every year. Previously,
the event encouraged Pangasinenses to be awesome, and not settle on average
things, average careers, and average lives.
Now that the world is gearing towards
interconnected devices, and cloud technology, it is better for Pangasinan
students to specialize on creating apps and devices that will lead to the
internet of things.
According to Vanj Padilla, topics during the
seminar-workshop include the house of the future: how your household appliances
connect and communicate with each other and talk to your phone; the healthcare
of the future; how your devices and wearables warn and tell you about your
health conditions and the things you need to do to maintain your well-being;
the car of the futurewhich connects it to your phone, gets data from the road
you take, and tells you the information you need to know; and all other things
that the future holds.
“We wanted Pangasinan to be known as major
player and maker in The Internet of Things technology so that our entry to the
global tech industry is more futuristic where not only the developed countries
or the Silicon Valley locals can say that we just watched and never played. Maybe
not now, but in the few years to come, but somehow we have to start from
somewhere and the perfect venue for this is the DICT 4. It sure is an
ambitious project but at least we are going to get there”, hopeful Padilla
said.
DICT is an event by 1Digitech Philippines
that gathers thousands of students for a seminar and competition. Last year, it
invited speakers from other Asian countries like Malaysia and Thailand and this
year, new sets of international speakers will once again visit Pangasinan to
share valuable insights and knowledge about “The Internet of Things (IoT)”
Companies who are interested to be part of
this tech event, and for more information on how you can participate, you can
directly contact the organizers thru mobile at 09235931677 or email at isiptikwak@gmail.com.
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