Monday, February 27, 2017

The Tribune Post at eTail Asia Singapore



eTail Asia brings together 300 VPs and Directors from Asia’s leading retailers to discuss the future of e-commerce on March 7 to 9, 2017 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. The Tribune Post, one of the leading regional newspaper in the Philippines under Nani Cortez with an award winning online counterpart (http://www.theonlytribunepost.blogspot.com) under Engr. Grace Bondad Nicolas will join this annual event as partners.

The complete set of speakers to grace the event are as follows:

Alokedeep Singh, Director of eCommerce and Digital, Titan

Roger Graell, Online Sales Director, Mango

Kevin Hagino, Senior Marketing Manager, LEGO

Akira Mitsumasu, Vice President, Marketing & Strategy, Japan Airlines

James Hansford, eCommerce & Customer Relationship Centre Manager, Nespresso

Singapore Jasper Knoben, E-Commerce & New Business Development lead, Philips

Anil Srinivas, Sr. Director – eCommerce, Levi Strauss & Co

Meysam Moradpour, Director, Digital Ventures, Pizza Hut

Betty Lam, Director, Vice President, E-Travel Retail, DFS Group

Daniel Chan, Head of E-Business & Digital, Asia-Pacific, L'Oreal

Ronan Hurl Chief Operating Officer, Sephora SEA

Aspa Lekka, Managing Director, Foodpanda

Aimone Ripa di Meana, Chief Marketplace Officer, Lazada

Praseed Prasad, Director of Brand Marketing, Flipkart (India’s biggest marketplace)

Daniel Lim, Co-Founder, Reebonz

Nanthekumar Tamilselvan, Regional Head of Lifecycle Marketing, PropertyGuru

Wouter Van Wersch, President and CEO, GE ASEAN

Elaine Wong, Co-Founder, BFMe.com (China’s 3rd biggest marketplace)

Ralph Manalo Wunsch, Founder, MetroDeal (Philippines biggest marketplace)

Sandeep Komaravelly, Senior Vice President, Snapdeal

Kuik Xiaoshi, Co-Founder, VanityTrove & Vanitee

Roger Yuen, Chief Executive Officer, Clozette

Muhamad Fajrin Rasyid, Co-founder and CFO, Bukalapak.com

Fadzarudin Founder & CEO, Fashion Valet

Khánh Hồ Quang, CEO, Cungmua

Pawoot Pongvitayapanu, Founder & Managing Director, Tarad.com
Rachel Lim, Co-Founder, Love, Bonito

Hamish Stone, CEO, iCarAsia

Veen Dee, Head of Marketing, Fashion Valet

Shobhit Datta, Paid Acquisition & BI, HipVan

Danny Baskara, Founder and CEO, Evoucher

Ganesh Kashyap, GM & Director, eCommerce - Asia Pacific, Mondelez International

David Chmelar, Co-founder and CEO, iprice Group

Jacqueline Van den Ende, Founder, Lamudi Philippines

Pushpendra Sharma, Founder & CEO, SpacesGenie.com

Thomas Kroman, Chief Marketing Officer, WearYouWant

Manoj Gupta, Founder, Craftsvilla

Frank Kang, CEO, Althea

Thanawat Malabuppha, CEO and Co-Founder, Priceza

Hanno Stegmann, CEO, Asia Pacific Internet Group (APACIG)

Benjamin Choo, Country Manager, Singapore, KKday

John Lawson, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Best Selling Author

Max-F. Scheichenost, Founder and Managing Partner, Alps Venture

David Lim, Motivational Speaker, Leader of the 1st Singapore Mt Everest Expedition

Yu Xian Lim, Author and Analyst, Euromonitor International

Siva Ganeshanandan, Director, Adobe Marketing Cloud, Asia Pacific

Jack Zhang, Co-Founder & CEO, Airwallex

Ronen Mense, VP, Asia, Appsflyer

Ander Orcasitas, General Manager, APAC, Dynamic Yield

Pankaj Khushani, Head of Media Technology Solutions - SEA, India & Korea, Google

Patrick Steinbrenner, Managing Director, APAC, Insider

Momchil Kyurkchiev, Co-Founder/CEO, Leanplum

Speaker TBC, Mastercard

Anthony Chan, Head of Strategic Products and Experience Consulting, Greater Asia, Sitecore

Venkataramana Rao Nott, Founder, CEO, Vinculum Group

John Tay, Senior Manager of Online Merchendising and Conversion, Adidas

Edwin Teoh, Head of Marketing, Canon

Chakkit Chatupanyachotikul, Senior Manager, Online, Lazada

eTail Asia is one of the region’s premier event for senior eCommerce and Multi-channel Directors of leading retailers. Each year, Asia’s biggest names attend to network and get a 360° perspective on the most pressing challenges and opportunities in digital retail.

Friday, February 24, 2017

Yamaha's Jose Mari Yupangco to promote the Philippines at Asia Leaders Forum


Jose Mari Laurel Yupangco, President, Yupangco Electronics as Keynote Speaker at the Asia Leaders Forum
last January 31st 2017 held at Misono Japanese Restaurant, Makati City.

The Asia Leaders Forum in Real Estate will happen once again on June 1st 2017 and this time, it will be held in Davao City. The second leg is being done in collaboration between Yupangco Electronics Corporation (Distributor of Yamaha Sound and Audio Technology) headed by Jose Mari L. Yupangco and TAG Media and Public Relations headed by Engr. Grace Bondad Nicolas. More speakers have been included in the line-up and I'd say all of them are subject matter experts in their respective fields. 

The first in the series for 2017 was so successful that this repeat is being requested. I learned a lot from the numerous speakers who shared their knowledge about current real estate trends. Held at Misono Japanese Restaurant in Makati last January 31st 2017, the speakers were Dr. Elton Tan of E-Hotels, Robert L. Yupangco of Zoomanity Group, Engr. Ben Co of BSC Construction, Mario Berta of Flyspaces, Congressman Prospero "Butch" Pichay of Surigao Del Sur, Koo Kwan Kon of Global Morning City Development among others. In attendance with me were representatives from ProFriends, DMCI, DibZ, and Megaworld. My director at SMDC International, Ms Aileen Penas was so grateful we got to participate in this forum that she told me we should attend more events of the same nature.


The Asia Leaders Forum comes just in time for the ASEAN 50th Anniversary which coincidentally is now under the chairmanship of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. Indeed, all eyes are focused on the Philippines as the host country, so it's time to showcase the skills of the Filipinos and the products and services the Philippines has to offer. This is just one way to promote the backbone of any organization and our world class infrastructures and talents.

The objective of the forum is to promote the Philippines as the premier business hub in Asia and to share to participants the updates in regards to the real estate landscapes in the Philippines and beyond, technology & digital marketing, and the government mandates and initiatives to improve the real estate sector in the country. Since I have just shifted career to the real estate industry, I will make sure I won't miss this. I'm sure I will learn more from it and there is no doubt that it will give me the competitive edge I need to beat the myriad of other real estate specialists chasing deals.

For more information on being a participant, speaking opportunities, or sponsorship, please contact grace@tagmedia.asia or call 09166299381.