Business chamber to showcase Davao Region as ‘ready for business’ as ICon 2017 opens
THE DAVAO City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. expects to have up to 500 participants in the two-day 4th Davao Investment Conference (ICon) that opens today, July 21. “There are already 300 confirmed participants as of today (July 20) and more than a hundred are foreign participants,” ICon Program Committee Chair John Carlos B. Tria said in an interview. This year’s ICon will focus on four sectors, namely: agriculture, infrastructure and connectivity, manufacturing, and tourism, which are all considered job-generating industries. Mr. Tria said the forum will focus on the status of these sectors not only in Davao city but throughout the Davao Region. “The goal of this year’s ICon is really to show the world that Davao is ready for business,” ICon 2017 Chairperson Arturo M. Milan said. — Carmencita A. Carillo
