i-CiTY Summit 2017

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) together with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) recently organized the first i-CiTY (intelligent city) Summit in the Philippines.

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The two-day summit, held on March 13 and 14, 2017, gathered local and international industry leaders from government and private institutions to share and discuss the significant role of technology in shaping a safer and better connected Philippines.

As a first step towards sustainable development, speakers shared globally successful use cases, project experiences, challenges, and practices that would help in creating an ICT blueprint for the country’s digital transformation.

With the knowledge gained from the summit, DICT and DILG hopes to encourage more interagency collaborations for readily accessible information and faster response rate. These will result to an increased digital economy, better employment opportunities, improved living conditions, and a more globally competitive Philippines.