A major part of the Philippine Government's job is to seed the fertile field upon which the Filipino people's talents can yield even more global success stories. The country's smashing success in Global IT-BPO is the leading edge of a bigger success story still unfolding..

1. Seeding the Digital Ecosystem to
Fuel the Philippine Renaissance,
Part I
Alejandro P. Melchor III
Deputy Executive Director for ICT Industry Development
Department of Science & Technology
Information and Communications Technology Office

2. The Digital Ecosystem is the fertile environment
which enables our shared vision to become a reality
Transparent, effective, accountable governance
IT-BPO Hypergrowth
Booming tourism industry
Global Knowledge Professionals
World renowned ICT-enabled
creative industries
Successful Filipino technopreneurs
Countryside development through
ICT & BPO Global competitiveness Poverty reduction

3. Elements of a Digital Ecosystem to fuel the Philippine Renaissance
1- Supportive Policy, Legal &
Investment Incentives 5- Startup culture & technology
Framework business incubators
2- Universities networked
together and focused on 6- Innovation clusters &
developing Global Knowledge technology parks
Professionals and doing R&D
3- R&D Institutes doing applied
research, aimed at 7- Investment in Smarter Cities
commercialization
4- Local & global collaboration
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and Knowledge Transfer 8- Pervasive ICT
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Cities TM

4. A fully functional Digital Ecosystem facilitates technopreneurship, supports
domestic small and micro enterprises, and draws out the potential of ICT to
accelerate economic development
Scientists and researchers Technologists and Engineers translate new Technopreneurs, businessmen
research nature and build a inventors use scientific technologies into new and marketers convert the
knowledge base upon which knowledge to develop product and services. products and services into profits
new technologies can be new technologies by selling in the market
invented.
Research Invent Commercialize Market
Nature Science Technology Economy Utility
Exist Discover Manipulate Embed Use
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An effective Digital Ecosystem will also enable our IT-BPO Industry to move up the value
chain to high-growth segments such as Creative Processes Outsourcing, Applications
Development and IT Outsourcing, and Engineering Services Outsourcing

5. The Europeans focused their Digital Ecosystem
Initiative on supporting small & micro enterprises
When yoked to an effective Digital
Ecosystem, ICTs have an
enormous power to enable
technopreneurship and accelerate
http://www.ve-forum.org/apps/pub.asp?Q=1270 economic development.

6. The Europeans found that innovation clusters
lead to global leadership in focus industries
The European Cluster Observatory: Uppsala: An innovation cluster of over 60
http://www.vinnova.se/upload/dokument/vinnova_gemensam/
kalender/2008/klusterkonferens_jan08/plenum_22jan/orjan_s biotech companies which makes Sweden a
olvell.pdf global supplier for life science innovations.
INNOVATION HOTBEDS: http://www.vinnova.se/upload/dokument/Verksamhet/Starka_FoI-
miljoer/vinnv%C3%A4xt/InnovationHotbeds.pdf

7. Metro Manila is home to world-class Cyberparks…
Lowest rental rates in the region; dedicated IT parks right in the center of business districts
METRO MANILA
Ortigas Center,
Eastwood City Cyberpark
Mandaluyong City/Pasig City
Quezon City
Bonifacio Global City,
Makati City Taguig City
McKinley Hills
Cyberpark
Taguig City
Glorietta 5 Northgate Cyberzone
Makati City Muntinlupa City

8. …but we also need R&D innovation cluster
technoparks such as CleanTech Park, Singapore’s
“Living Lab” for Smarter Cities R&D

9. CleanTech Park: an innovation cluster on green
technologies for tropical Smarter Cities
Singapore’s first eco-business park, built
on a 50-hectare site next to Nanyang
Technological University (NTU).
Close proximity to NTU will enhance
integration between academia, R&D
institutes and the clean technology
business industry—a clean tech
http://www.edb.gov.sg/etc/medialib/downloads/pdf_documents_fo
innovation cluster.
r.Par.59860.File.tmp/CleanTech%20Park%20Factsheet.pdf
CleanTech Park will position Singapore
as a global leader for green technology
solutions for tropical Smarter Cities.
Expected to contribute $3.4 Billion to
Singapore’s GDP and create jobs for
18,000 by 2015.
Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre, a partnership
between Nanyang Technological University and the University of
New South Wales, will be an R&D center on water production
and water purification.
http://www.cmb.unsw.edu.au/about/CMBAnnualReport2010.pdf

10. There is a global trend to develop Smarter
Cities as the ultimate digital ecosystems
Europe’s North Sea Region Programme:
http://www.smartcities.info/smart-city-memoripng

11. Europe is developing an Innovation Network of Smarter Cities
focused on excellence in delivery of e-government services
FREE DOWNLOAD:
http://www.smartcities.info/files/Smart
%20Cities%20Project%20Guide.pdf
Philippine cities may consider
emulating the European model
and specializing in different e-
government services, then
exchanging best practices
among themselves.

12. Smarter Cities are booming in Asia…
In China, as many as 18 cities have announced smart cities plans
Nanjing was the first
Chinese city to be
designated as a “Renowned
Chinese Software City.” Its
software sector posted 40%
growth from January to May
2012

13. India plans to spend $130 billion on creating Smart Cities
http://www.2degreesnetwork.com/groups/smart-cities/resources/india-spend-130-billion-creating-smart-cities_2/

15. More and more countries are investing in
master-planning Smarter Cities from ground up
Putrajaya, Malaysia New Songdo City, South King Abdullah Economic City,
Korea Saudi Arabia
Wuxi Huishan, China Dubai Central, UAR Living PlanIT Valley, Portugal

16. The Anatomy of a Smarter City
Download the Smart City Infographic:
http://farmwars.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/anatomy-of-a-smart-city-final.pdf

17. Even countries are now branding
themselves as “Smarter” or “Intelligent”
Malta: The Smart Island National IT Strategy
Singapore’s Intelligent Nation 2015 i-Taiwan: Intelligent Taiwan

18. The “Smart City” as a brand is an investment magnet
In response to Singapore’s iN2015
Masterplan, tech giant IBM announced
a $38M investment in an Asia Pacific
cloud computing data center
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/smart-takes/-8216smart-city-tech-investment-to-
total-108-billion-by-2020/19541
http://vaticproject.blogspot.com/2011/12/agenda-21-total-surveillance-smart.html

19. Smarter Philippines: leveraging scientific research, technology-driven
innovation, Filipino creativity and digital communications for a vibrant domestic
knowledge economy and competitiveness in the global knowledge economy
1- Smarter Government 4- Smarter Transportation
-- iGov and Green Technology
-- eLGU -- Eco-Jeep (DOST NCRP)
-- Community e-Centers -- UP Monorail (DOST MIRD)
-- National Information Infra
-- CIO Forum & gCIO Training
2- Smarter Education 5- Smarter Healthcare
-- Developing the 21st Century (PCHRD) & Nutrition (FNRI)
Global Knowledge Professional -- Phil Health Research Registry
-- Industry-driven curriculum -- Public health surveillance &
-- Computer Gaming for health intelligence systems
Leadership Development -- Sulong Pinoy anti-malnutrition
-- Analytics & research innovation -- Nutritious brown rice
3- Smarter Industry 7- Smarter Cities 6- Smarter Disaster
-- Global Leadership in IT-BPO -- Digital Ecosystem Mitigation
-- $50 B ICT Industry -- Smarter Local Government Svcs -- Project Noah (DOST-PAGASA)
-- ICT-Enabled Creative Arts -- Smarter Buildings -- Earthquake & Tsunami Early
-- Smarter Agribusiness -- Smarter Energy & Utilities Warning (DOST- PHIVOLCS)
-- Smarter Manufacturing -- Smarter Public Safety -- 3D LIDAR Mapping (DOST & UP
Geodetic Engineering)

20. Recommendations for the Way Forward
• Put attention on building out the major components of the
Digital Ecosystem to realize the power of ICT.
• Innovation clusters at R&D-focused techno-parks will
accelerate local technopreneurship, our domestic ICT
industry, and engineering services.
• Jump on the Smarter Cities bandwagon to accelerate
countryside development and draw in investments all around
the archipelago.
• Get the international donor agencies involved in funding
Smarter Cities Projects. They know from experience this
framework works.
• In particular, test the waters for donor agency funding for e-
Government projects based on the Smarter Government
Services framework.

21. Internet Resources on Smarter Cities: Leading Tech Companies
CISCO: SMART + CONNECTED COMMUNITIES ACCENTURE: INTELLIGENT CITY
http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/smart_connected_communities.html http://www.accenture.com/us-en/pages/insight-building-managing-
intelligent-city.aspx
SIEMENS: SMART HOMES AND CITIES IBM: SMARTER CITIES
http://www.siemens.com/innovation/en/publikationen/publications_pof/pof_fall http://www-03.ibm.com/innovation/us/thesmartercity/index_flash.html
_2008/gebaeude/vernetzung.htm

22. Printed Resources on Smarter Cities
Intelligent Cities: Innovation, Knowledge Beyond Smart Cities: How Cities The Smart Growth Manual
Systems and Digital Spaces Network, Learn and Innovate By Andres Duany
By Nicos Komninos By Tim Campbell

23. Thank You
Social media for knowledge dissemination:
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budmelchor@yahoo.com
Department of Science and Technology-
Information and Communications Technology Office

24. “Smarter Philippines” is the brainchild of Science
& Technology Secretary Mario G. Montejo
Sec. Montejo is an inventor, a trained engineer, and a successful
businessman who knows how to commercialize scientific
inventions. A member of the Top 100 Graduates of the University
of the Philippines College of Engineering, his vision is to create a
vibrant domestic knowledge economy in which Filipino technology
companies and Filipino technopreneurs deliver indigenous
technologies to solve the problems that beset ordinary Filipinos.
iGov, the central program under “Smarter Government,” is the
brainchild of the DOST Information & Communications
Technology Office’s Executive Director Louis Casambre. His focus
is all-out support for President Aquino’s promise of a transparent,
equitable and effective government service, through ICT.