On July 23, 2025, SMX Convention Center Aura in BGC hosts AICON PH 2025, bringing together decision-makers, professionals, educators, and students for the Philippines’ flagship AI learning event.
Now in its 10th year, what began as the Big Data Analytics Conference in 2016 has evolved into a national platform for AI learning and collaboration. This year’s theme, “Making AI Real, Making AI Matter,” focuses on practical applications over hype—showcasing what’s working, where help is needed, and how to make AI more helpful, fair, and accessible.
Organized by the Analytics & Artificial Intelligence Association of the Philippines (AAP), AICON PH bridges curiosity and capability, helping Filipinos understand AI as a problem-solving tool for communities, classrooms, and companies.
Keynote speakers include:
- Michelle Alarcon, AAP President
- Arsenio Balisacan, PhD, DEPDev Secretary
- Edwine Carrie, UNDP Philippines Resident Representative
- Pedro Campelo, LTPlabs Partner
- Wing Kin Cheung, BEEINFOTECH President & CEO
Two panels feature leaders from Alibaba Cloud, AWS, BeeInfoTech, Google, LTPlabs, SGV & Co, and UNDP discussing the human side of AI and sovereign AI.
Afternoon breakout tracks offer hands-on learning across five roles: Developer, Development Manager & Tech Leader, Strategist & Business Leader, Deployer, and Educator. Highlights include Globe’s AI innovation strategy, GCash’s ethical AI workshop, Cambridge University Press on AI in education, and RCBC’s ML/AI Ops showcase.
The event concludes with the 1st National AI Prompt Design Challenge awards by Straits Interactive and AAP.
AICON PH 2025 is proudly organized by the AAP together with co-organizers Alibaba Cloud and BeeinfotechPH, and co-presented by JPMorganChase, LTPlabs, and SGV & Co.
Official ambassadors include Acer, AMD, Ayala Corporation, Cambridge University Press & Assessment, Google, and PMI Philip Morris International. Session sponsors include Accenture, AWS, Eskwelabs, GCash, Globe, and Káyana; while De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde, Emerson, Insight, KPMG, Multisys, N-PAX, Philtech, and Stratpoint are featured exhibitors.
AICON PH 2025 is also supported by QBE Insurance, Reyes Tacandong & Co., San Miguel Corporation, and ST Telemedia Global Data Centres.
The event is made possible with media partners NEN Digital, Malaya Business Insight, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Business Mirror, Business World, VRITimes, Philippines Graphic, Kwento Co, Out of The Box Media, Village Connect Magazine, and WhenInManila.com.
