A selection of recent conferences, corporate workshops, panels, judging engagements, and academic events where Jerry Ilao has contributed on AI, business transformation, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Private and confidential engagements are not listed.
Jerry Ilao is an AI business strategist and creator of The 4A Blueprint by Jerry Ilao, known for practical talks and workshops on AI adoption for Philippine businesses.
Session: Human-Centered Technovation
Jerry Ilao served as a panelist for the Inclusive Innovation cluster at Capstone Demo Day of the Asian Institute of Management's Master in Innovation and Business program, evaluating student ventures as eleven teams pitched solutions to real Philippine problems.
Session: The Best Time to Be a CPA in the Philippines Is Right Now — Here's Why AI Changes Everything
Jerry Ilao joined accounting, technology, and business leaders on the JuanUp 2026 panel to discuss how AI is changing the work and opportunities of Filipino accountants and finance professionals. JuanUp is JuanTax's annual "Accounting and Tax, Unified" conference, in its second edition.
Session: The 4A AI Roadmap for Philippine Businesses
Jerry Ilao spoke at the launch of Treston International College's Center for Continuing Education & Professional Development (CEPD), sharing The 4A AI Roadmap and how Philippine businesses can adopt AI in practical ways to transform how they work and grow.
Session: Harnessing the Power of AI
Jerry Ilao trained the managers and executives of a Philippine cosmetics company — a group where 87% already used AI multiple times a week, the highest he had seen among companies trained to date. The session focused on moving from casual AI use to structured, well-governed adoption.
Session: Harnessing the Power of AI
Jerry Ilao conducted a hands-on AI workshop in Cebu for Motor Ace Philippines' President, CEO, department heads, and management team. During the session, a business analysis that previously took about two weeks was reproduced with AI in minutes, with key conclusions aligning with the manual version.
Session: Enterprise Application, Market Use & Adoption
Invited by DOST and the Iloilo Business Club, Jerry Ilao joined the enterprise adoption panel at the AI Speaks executive forum of AI Fest 2026, discussing how Philippine SMEs and LGUs can adopt AI practically — starting costs, employee adoption, governance, and AI skills for the regional workforce — alongside enterprise-scale perspectives from Globe's data leadership.
Jerry Ilao served on the panel of judges for the final deliberations of DITO's BizBayani Awards, which recognize Philippine SMEs for growth and innovation — hearing the stories of the entrepreneurs behind the finalist businesses.
Jerry Ilao was interviewed as a key informant for research by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, the government's socioeconomic policy think tank, on AI adoption and digital economy integration in the Philippines — sharing how Philippine businesses, particularly MSMEs, are adopting AI and what support would help them benefit from it.
Session: Building Microsoft Copilot Agents Around Real Business Work
Republic Cement invited Jerry Ilao back — after an October 2025 workshop for its HR managers and directors — to help its AI Champions move beyond Copilot chat and build reusable AI agents around real work. One daily supply-chain report went from about 40 minutes manually to under five minutes.
Session: Harnessing AI for Business
Jerry Ilao spoke at the general membership meeting of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Pasig City chapter, showing member businesses practical ways to put AI to work in their operations.
Jerry Ilao was invited to speak on AI for the Philippine printing industry at PrintCon 2026, the industry's annual convention — on what AI changes for print businesses and what it doesn't.
Jerry Ilao facilitated a full-day AI strategy and implementation workshop for members of the Anvil Business Club, covering the AI adoption levels beyond personal assistants — workflow automation, AI agents, and live hands-on demonstrations with the members' own business cases.
Session: How AI Is Changing the Business Industry — and What It Means for Schools
Ateneo de Naga University invited Jerry Ilao to speak to its administrators, deans, and faculty on how AI is changing the business industry, and how schools like Ateneo can adapt to the industry's changing needs — followed by a moderated open forum.
At the media launch of DITO's BizBayani Awards — a national program recognizing Philippine MSMEs for growth and innovation — the Philippine AI Business Association was introduced as an awards partner and co-presenter of the innovation award category, with Jerry Ilao recognized on stage as PAIBA Founding President alongside partners including DTI, GCash, JobStreet, and PCCI.
Jerry Ilao led PAIBA's hybrid "AI Roadmap for Business Owners" workshop — a half-day working session where Philippine business owners located their companies on the AI adoption roadmap and left with their next practical move.
Note: Jerry Ilao is the Co-Founder and Founding President of PAIBA.
Session: Technology Leadership in the Philippines 2026+: Building Resilient, Inclusive, and Future-Ready Enterprises
Jerry Ilao delivered the opening keynote of the Digital Transformation Summit by Exito Events, telling Philippine enterprise leaders that companies have roughly 24 months to lead or be left behind — because AI is no longer just about cost savings, but about changing what a business can be.
Session: Supercharge Your Future with the Power of AI-Driven Marketing
Jerry Ilao delivered an in-house seminar for DITO Telecommunity's marketing and sales teams on putting AI to work in marketing — from research and content workflows to governance and the prompts-as-IP discipline.
Session: Affordable AI Tools for SMEs
Jerry Ilao delivered "Affordable AI Tools for SMEs" on the main stage of SaaSCon PH '26, "The Rise of the AI-Native Business" — part of the well-attended afternoon SME Track giving Philippine SMEs practical, grounded advice on adopting AI.
Note: PAIBA, which Jerry Ilao co-founded and leads, co-organized the SME Track with Sprout Solutions.
Session: Enabling Innovation While Safeguarding Trust
Jerry Ilao shared insights on AI adoption for MSMEs at the AI for MSME Advancement in ASEAN forum, and joined the panel discussion "Enabling Innovation While Safeguarding Trust" on balancing innovation with responsible AI use across the region.
Jerry Ilao served as an invited industry expert in the National Wages and Productivity Commission's training-of-trainers for its MSME onboarding module, contributing a session on structured employee onboarding for small businesses.
Session: The Age of AI for Filipino Businesses
Jerry Ilao delivered the keynote at 3M Philippines' Channel Summit Meeting in Clark, Pampanga, walking distributor and partner business leaders through the four levels of AI adoption — and how businesses that have operated the same way for decades can grow beyond limits of resources, manpower, and time.
The Philippine AI Business Association signed a memorandum of understanding with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce Singapore at the Philippine Stock Exchange to advance cross-border AI collaboration between Philippine and Singapore-based businesses, with Jerry Ilao signing as PAIBA Founding President.
Note: Jerry Ilao is the Co-Founder and Founding President of PAIBA.
Session: AI in Business: Strategy and Tools
Jerry Ilao delivered a practical AI workshop for Lapanday Foods Corporation's CEO, department heads, and management team. In the weeks after, a finance manager with no software-development background built an operational application with AI assistance.
At PCCI Quezon City's first-anniversary program, Jerry Ilao delivered an effective-prompting masterclass for MSME owners and Quezon City LGU staff — a practical session on getting real business output from AI tools.
Note: PAIBA, which Jerry Ilao co-founded and leads, co-hosted this session with PCCI Quezon City.
Jerry Ilao facilitated a hands-on prompt engineering workshop for the Philippine STAR's media sales team, applying his prompting framework to the team's real day-to-day work.
Jerry Ilao joined the panel at SONAI 2026, the annual national congress uniting government, industry, academe, and startups to assess the Philippines' AI progress and turn AI policy into practical action — an edition focused on actionable strategies and the country's growing leadership in ASEAN AI development.
The Philippine AI Business Association — Asia's first AI business association — inducted its founding board of directors and founding members, with Jerry Ilao inducted and speaking as Founding President on PAIBA's mission of practical and ethical AI for Philippine MSMEs.
Note: Jerry Ilao is the Co-Founder and Founding President of PAIBA.
The Philippine AI Business Association signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Science and Technology – National Capital Region to fast-track AI-driven innovation for Metro Manila MSMEs, startups, and researchers. Jerry Ilao signed as PAIBA Founding President; the partnership was covered by The Manila Times and BusinessWorld.
Note: Jerry Ilao is the Co-Founder and Founding President of PAIBA.
Jerry Ilao delivers practical keynotes, panels, executive briefings, and masterclasses on AI adoption for Philippine businesses.