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SPONSORS
MAJOR SPONSORS
MICROSOFT PHILIPPINES, INC.
Microsoft Philippines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based Microsoft Corporation, was established in August 30, 1995. As the world’s leading software provider, Microsoft strives to produce innovative products that meet customers’ evolving needs. Its mission in the Philippines is to enable people and businesses throughout the world to realize their full potential.
Microsoft offers a wide range of products and services, suited for both personal and business use. Each product is designed for two things: one, to make it easier and more enjoyable for people to take advantage of the full power of personal computing every day; and two, to provide enterprises with more efficient solutions to maximize productivity. Microsoft Philippines conducts business through its network of partners and resellers, which number more than 1,600.
In the Philippines, Microsoft is focused on enabling Filipinos to realize their full potential and on helping the country become a globally competitive economy. It has implemented several citizenship programs that aim to give underserved individuals and communities access to technology and technology training. Through these programs, Microsoft has trained more than 55,000 Filipinos on technology.
For more information, call Microsoft Support Services at (632) 672-7272 or visit www.microsoft.com/philippines.
PILIPINAS SHELL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
Shell’s partnership with the Filipino people dates back to 1914 when Shell established its corporate presence and organized its first trading office. Today, the Shell companies in the Philippines (SciP) are one of the largest private investors in the country, involved in the upstream and downstream aspects of the oil and gas industry and in promoting renewable energy in the country.
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation (PSPC) serves customers in almost every field of transport, commerce and industry with the wide range of high quality fuels, lubricants, liquefied petroleum gas, aviation fuel, bitumen and other specialty products it produces. Pilipinas Shell became a complete downstream business when it commenced operations of its first crude distiller in Tabangao, Batangas in 1962. Shell also opened a refrigerated LPG terminal in 1983, operated by Shell Gas Eastern Inc. with trading handled in the region by Shell Gas Trading Asia Pacific.
In the upstream business, Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX) is operator of the Malampaya Deepwater Gas-to-Power Project. Other businesses include promoting the use of alternative energy sources with Shell Solar Philippines Corporation (SSPC) and chemicals marketing with Shell Chemicals Philippines, Inc (SCPI).
In 2004, Shell established the Shell Shared Services Asia B.V. (SSSABV), which handles part of the transactional accounting work for Shell Oil Products US (SOPUS) and Motiva.
To further strengthen and support SciP’s corporate social responsibility, Shell established the Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc. (PSFI) in 1982, which has been serving as the social investment arm of Shell in the Philippines and implements various training and community development programs in communities nationwide.
SUN LIFE FINANCIAL - PHILIPPINES
Sun Life Financial - Philippines is a member of the Sun Life Financial group of companies. With over a hundred and twelve years of existence in our country, having pioneered life insurance in the Philippines in 1895, Sun Life Philippines provides a wide range of products and services to individuals and corporations, meeting their needs for protection, wealth accumulation and management.
Sun Life Philippines ranks as one of the three largest life insurance companies in the Philippines with over 500,000 policyholders nationwide. The company is backed by a network of some 3,000 life insurance agents and 600 employees.
Sun Life Philippines now also offers mutual fund products called Sun Life Prosperity Funds through its subsidiary, SLAMC (Sun Life Asset Management Company, Inc.). The Company has also introduced to the local market its pre-need products - education and pension plans - to help Filipino families cope with the rising cost of education and have a secure future after retirement. These pre-need products are managed and offered by another subsidiary, the Sun Life Financial Plans, Inc. (SLFPI). The offering of mutual fund and pre-need products is part of the company’s efforts to become a well diversified financial services institution in the country.
OFFICIAL AIRLINE
KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES
Founded on 07 October 1919, KLM – Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) – is the world’s oldest airline still operating under the same name. In its corporate history spanning more than 87 years, KLM has played a central role in shaping the airline industry worldwide.
In May 2004, Air France and KLM merged to form the first European airline group. Through complementary networks of the two airline brands, AIR FRANCE KLM has been providing passengers with increased number of services and shorter travel time. Plus a joint frequent flyer program, called Flying Blue, which offers reciprocal benefits to its members, and a corporate loyalty program, BlueBiz, that allocates free flights for business travelers.
In the Philippines, KLM has been operating in behalf of the AIR FRANCE KLM group since November 2004, flying non-stop between Manila and Europe, the only carrier that does so.
KLM has consistently been a leader in business innovation. Now on its 55th year of continuous operations in the Philippines, KLM is gearing up towards e-business. Hassle-free travel begins at www.klm.com.ph where SelfServices are available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week:
· Online booking, for travel and fare options with best price guarantee within
seconds
· E-ticket : the safe and convenient way to take a flight these days
· "Print your boarding pass" on a standard sheet to present right at the airport
boarding gate.
· Internet check-in, to beat the queues at the airport
Travling on KLM is now just a click away.
OFFICIAL MEDIA
BUSINESSWORLD PUBLISHING CORPORATION
BusinessWorld has taken the evolution of print media in stride. From merely reporting 
the latest news on business and the economy, the company has evolved to become a business consultant to the country’s industry movers and decision-makers, putting its readers in a position to observe and be at the forefront of movements in industry and government, both here and abroad.
And given today's sophisticated readers, the company has extended its offerings to meet their growing demands. Today's BusinessWorld comes with monthly and quarterly companion publications such as High Life, Corporate Profiles, Journal for Entrepreneurs, and timely special reports, in addition to existing innovative products such as BusinessWorld Files and the Top 1000 Corporations.
BusinessWorld, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, is poised to take on the next phase of print media's evolution. The future will see the company in continuous pursuit of new projects, introducing new publications, forging strategic partners, and giving its readers total business solution.
ABS-CBN NEWS CHANNEL
Originally the Sarimanok News Network (SNN), ANC was conceptualized to bring news that matter most to Filipinos. From just two newscasts a day, it has evolved into the only Filipino 24-hour news channel, operating seven days a week.
ANC now forms part of the Integrated News and Current Affairs Division of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation. As a key component of the largest broadcasting network company in the country, ANC has the ability to bring events live on the air, as it happens.
After ten years, the News Channel continues to develop itself as a credible source of information nationally and internationally.
Its programming has been designed to bring global news through Asian lenses…from a glimpse of the news to a full length report with analyses.
ANC can be viewed not only in cabled homes in the Philippines, but internationally through ABS-CBN’s The Filipino Channel (TFC), and through live streams on the internet via ABS-CBN Now!
