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VIDEO: CRC and UA&P IST host Webinar on “People Technology” with UnionBank’s Ms. Michelle Rubio

By |June 16th, 2020|CRC Events, Digital Sector, Ignite AsiaPacific, IGNITE AsiaPacific Discussion Series, Migration and Overseas Filipino Work, News, Social Economics, Trends|

Are you and your organization ready to "tech up" to the new normal? If the last few months, we - whether individuals or industries - have had to adjust to work from home setups, video meeting glitches, new client software, and all sorts of other new challenges. And as the business world struggles to adapt, ... continue reading

CRC and UA&P IST host Webinar on “People Technology” with UnionBank EVP and Chief Human Resource Officer Michelle Rubio

By |June 4th, 2020|CRC Communications, CRC Events, Digital Sector, Expertise, IGNITE AsiaPacific Discussion Series, News, Partnership Events, Trends, University News, Webinars|

In times of uncertainty and rapid change, organizations and workforces inevitably turn towards technology to provide solutions to unexpected problems and stability in an unpredictable business landscape.  And all of that can be either very daunting or very empowering – depending on the attitudes you and your organization have towards “people tech.” In a webinar ... continue reading

CRC & IST to host webinar on Standards & the future of Data Privacy Work

By |June 4th, 2020|CRC Communications, CRC Events, Digital Sector, Expertise, Ignite AsiaPacific, IGNITE AsiaPacific Discussion Series, News, Partnership Events, Trends, University News|

ORTIGAS, Pasig -- “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” If the various concerns and controversies of the COVID 19 Quarantine era have taught us to ask one question, it’s this one. Who watches the watchers?In the case of Data Privacy Professionals, it’s a question that’s even more urgent, since the law that created this essential profession only ... continue reading

Professorial Chair for Social Economics contributes chapters to “Waking the Asian Pacific Co-operative Potential;” new book out June 1, 2020

By |June 2nd, 2020|CRC Publications, News, Partnership Events, Professorial Chairs, Research Findings, Social Economics, Trends, University News|

ORTIGAS, Pasig --  The world increasingly looks towards the co-operative movement in its search for innovative new approaches to life and business. So Elsevier Publishing's June 1, 2020 release of its new book - "Waking the Asian Pacific Co-operative Potential" - marks an exciting moment for the co-operative movement in the Asia Pacific Region. No ... continue reading

CRC and UA&P IST host Webinar on “Digital Transformation” with UnionBank’s Mr. Henry Aguda

By |June 1st, 2020|CRC Events, Digital Sector, Expertise, Ignite AsiaPacific, IGNITE AsiaPacific Discussion Series, News, Partnership Events, Professorial Chairs, Trends, University News|

For any organization that wants to function effectively in the world of 2020, “Digital Transformation” is the name of the game. And at the forefront of digital transformation in the Philippine Banking sector is the UnionBank of the Philippines, with its commitment “to be the Philippines’ leading digital bank to best serve the growing needs ... continue reading

CRC and IST to host UnionBank Webinar on “Digital Transformation”

By |May 21st, 2020|CRC Communications, CRC Events, Digital Sector, Expertise, Ignite AsiaPacific, IGNITE AsiaPacific Discussion Series, News, Partnership Events, Trends, University News, Webinars|

For any organization that wants to function effectively in the world of 2020, “Digital Transformation” is the name of the game. And at the forefront of digital transformation in the Philippine Banking sector is the UnionBank of the Philippines, with its commitment “to be the Philippines’ leading digital bank to best serve the growing needs ... continue reading

4 Reasons to look forward to a “V-shaped recovery”

By |May 13th, 2020|Digital Sector, Energy Industry, Expertise, Finance, Food and Agribusiness, Infrastructure and Industry, News, Research Findings, Social Economics, Transportation and Logistics, Trends|

CRC Director for Research and UA&P Professorial Chair holder for Social Entrepreneurship Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas shares his thoughts on the Philippine economy at PLDT Enterprise ONE News’ TechTalk on Air's April 23 Webinar Session. Pasig City -- Nearly two months into the Enhanced community quarantine throughout Luzon, and with so much of Philippine business ... continue reading

Staying Productive Despite More Limitations

By |May 5th, 2020|Digital Sector, Trends, University News|

CRC Consultant Cyrus Paolo Buenafe, who also chairs the UA&P Department of Information Science and Technology, talks to Consulting Clinical Psychologist and UP Assistant Professor Anna Cristina Tuazon, PsyD., about how professionals can stay productive under “Work From Home” arrangements Ortigas, Pasig -- If professionals want to maintain your productivity under work-from-home setups which have ... continue reading

Interview Part II — Parenting through the Quarantine: Helping Children Adjust to Life in the “New Normal”

By |April 28th, 2020|CRC Communications, Family and Youth Education, Trends, University News|

In part one of our two-part interview with the staff of the University of Asia and the Pacific’s Child Development and Education (CDE) Center about several issues related to COVID- 19, including how parents can prepare their kids emotionally for the upcoming “new normal”; how parents should adjust their approach in explaining the quarantine to ... continue reading

Interview Part I — Parenting through the Quarantine: Helping Children Adjust to Life in the “New Normal” 

By |April 20th, 2020|CRC Communications, Family and Youth Education, Trends, University News|

Perhaps more than most groups of people, parents were caught by surprise when the COVID-19 quarantine became a long-term reality. A month into the extended quarantine, there’s still no certainty about when it will all finally end. But after spending a month at home in constant contact with their kids, many parents – even more ... continue reading