De La Salle University - Manila

Lecture on ICT for Development and Game Development

De La Salle University, through the  College of  Computer Studies, conducted a series of lectures on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for Development and Game Development in several universities in the country: the University of Cordilleras (Baguio), University of Sto. Tomas, and Holy Angel University (Pampanga). The lectures focused on topics of e-Governance, e-Learning and Game Development. Basic concepts and possible research topics were presented by Mr. Sherwin Ona (e-Governance), Mr. Oliver Malabanan (e-Learning), and Mr. Rafael Cabredo (Game Development). DLSU hopes to encourage other universities to do research and applications development work on these relevant areas.

Apart from a lecture series, DLSU is also hosting the Emerging Technologies for Philippines 2020 Conference, which aims to bring together representatives from academe, government and industry to discuss current local work on ICT for development and Game Development. Both serve as key areas in Science and Technology research for a progressive e-Philippines by the year 2020.

Sec. Virgilio Pena, Chair of the Commission on ICT and Comm. Emmanuel Lallana will give keynote speeches. The conference also features two parallel tracks: ICT for Development and Game Development. The ICT for Development track has three sessions: e-Governance, e-Learning and Knowledge Management. The Game Development track also has three sessions: Game Development for the PC platform and mobile devices, and a special session sponsored by the International Game Development Association (Manila Chapter).

The conference will be on April 17 and 18, 2006 at the New World Renaissance Hotel. Conference Registration is still on-going. For inquiries, please call Merlin Suarez at +632-536-0278 or email at cruzm_a@dlsu.edu.ph. Conference partners include Union Bank, Chase Pacific Technologies, Yehey.com (Official Online Media Partner) and Hero TV (Official Broadcast Media Partner).

Presentations Downloads

• ICT for Development: "Social development through E-Governance" (pdf/981kb)
• Research Directions in Computer Game AI (pdf/1.02Mb)