"Corporate transformations planned for years took place in just a few months amid a pandemic. Remote work, heading to the Cloud, contactless payment - concepts unfamiliar to the general public before the pandemic are now part of our daily interactions whether for work, education, and even play.

It is a different world. It is different because of the monumental changes caused by the pandemic. And yet it is also different because we now see things differently. We see the world around us with a new set of eyes.

CIB.O seeks to make Cebu a choice IT/BPM location for higher value services. Our mission is to develop the strengths of Cebu and sustain the growth of its IT/BPM industry.

How we embody the CIB.O vision and move forward with our mission have changed. The challenges that lay ahead are numerous and daunting. And yet amid all these and the changes that we have to navigate, one thing remains the same: we all need to work together."

"Transformation Summit 2021 : Next Level Play

The year 2021, for CIB.O, is one that marks our forging ahead to the Next Level Play.

We have a new President, a new Executive Director, some new Trustees and Secretariat staff, as well as new members. We look forward to growing as an organization, as we embark on this new chapter in the Cebu IT BPM industry.

This is the phase where we are to work more strongly together as a team ready to confront the big challenge of overcoming the Tyranny of the S Curve. The Next Level Play will see us introduce more S Curves: i.e. More Innovation and More Business and Industrial Ecosystem Development. The Next Level Play will see us “volt in” to achieve a much stronger “Triple Helix” formation with the Industry, Academe, and Government in active collaboration.

Join us in this exciting journey of bringing CIB.O and Cebu to greater heights of business, industrial, and economic achievement."

"The Information Technology and Business Process Management or IT BPM industry has long been regarded as a major contributor to the Philippine economy, second only to remittances brought in via migration. The country has the world’s largest concentration of contact center workers. Thus, the sector impacts the country’s economic and geopolitical interests.

COVID-19 is also transforming lives around the world. Whether it is the wearing of masks, physical distancing, moving towards digital delivery, artificial intelligence, and data science, the way the world does business is changing at every level. How can the IT BPM sector stay ahead of the transformation? What capability building and developing services are required moving forward? How can we better collaborate as a sector along with our key stakeholders?

Join us at the 2021 Transformation Summit and together lead the next level play."