Picture this — Geeks in flip flops and board shorts! Yep, that’s what we are going to see at the 2014 Geeks on a Beach 2.0. This is after the successful GOAB 1.0 in Boracay last year. This year, all geeks around the world should be in Cebu.
Stronger startup support, investments eyed at ‘Geeks on a Beach’ Cebu conference
In photo: Dave Overton of Sym.ph, Tina Amper of TechTalks.ph, IdeaSpace President and Co-Founder Earl Martin Valencia, and SMART Developer Network’s Jim Ayson
TeckTalks.PH in partnership with Smart Bro, Smart DevNet and IdeaSpace, the organizer is eyeing more investments in local startups and stronger support for the technology community as a whole are expected to come in as Geeks on a Beach (GOAB), a unique technology startup conference that started in 2013, flies off to the historic island of Mactan in Cebu for its 2014 edition slated for August.
The first GOAB generated more than 300 participants from 17 countries last year. This year, TechTalks.PH is also expecting close to 300 international startup founders, technopreneurs, venture capitalists, developers, and industry experts and organizer TechTalks.ph hopes to surpass the successes of last year’s inaugural event held at Boracay Island in Aklan.
“It’s been a great year for startups so far, and we look forward to a better and more exciting year for the local community with this year’s ‘Geeks on a Beach’ conference in Cebu,” said Tina Amper, founder of TechTalks.ph and co-organizer of this year’s GOAB, which will be held on August 21 to 22.
GOAB 2.0 Pricing — ticket price is sold at USD225. You can get discounted tickets if you get the 2-day conference at only USD135, or a register a group of four and just pay USD123.75 per pax. [GOAB Tickets]
GOAB 2.0 has Powerhouse Guests & Speakers
Personalities gracing GOAB this year include tech and startup luminaries from Silicon Valley, and prominent SEA startup stars from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea and other areas.
They include 500 Startup venture partner Khailee Ng, Dolphin Browser VP of int’l business and dev’t Edith Yeung, e27 co-founder and CEO Mohan Belani, Department of Science and Technology-Information and Communications Office (DOST-ICTO) deputy executive director Mon Ibrahim, Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, and Gwendolyn Regina Tan of TechinAsia.
World Startup Report and World Startup Wiki founder Bowei Gai, IdeaSpace President Earl Valencia, Kickstart Ventures President Minette Navarette, Singapore-based IMJ Investment Partners Director Koichi Saito, Amarit Charoenphan of HUBBA Thailand, Richard Min of Fashion Tech Incubator South Korea, and Jim Ayson of SMART DevNet are the other speakers.
GOAB will also feature Paul Rivera of Kalibrr, Stephen Jagger of PayrollHero.com, Jay Fajardo of Roofcamp Launchgarage, Jason Torres of Proudcloud, Creative Director Patrick Cabral, Designer Camy Francisco-Cabral, Jack Madrid of Openovate Labs, John Dang and Chow Paredes of ZipMatch.com, Oliver Segovia of AVA, Rico Sta Cruz, Open Source Developer?, Janette Toral of DigitalFilipino.com, Richard Min of Seoul Space, Ron Hose of Coins.ph, Tomas Forgac of CoinOfSale.com, Sam Kaddoura of BuyBitcoin.ph, Christina Laskowski of Science and Technology Advisory Council-Silicon Valley (STAC-SV), Jojo Flores of Plug and Play, and Jay Aldeguer, CEO of Islands Group.?
If you are interested, check out the Geeks on a Beach website at www.geeksonabeach.com or contact hello@geeksonabeach.com.
