TIME | Topic | Detail | Speakers |
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14:00 – 14:05 | Event Welcome | - Welcome statement by Kacific’s CEO, Christian Patouraux
| Christian Patouraux, Chief Executive Officer, Kacific Broadband Satellites Group |
14:05 – 14:15 | BSP’s Digitalisation Initiatives Towards Financial Inclusion | - Challenges faced in improving the country’s financial inclusion
- BSP’s digitalization efforts/ roadmap towards financial inclusion
- Executive Order No. 127 on “Expanding the Provision of Internet Services through Inclusive Access to Satellite Services”
- The opportunities in reaching the unserved and underserved
| Mhel T. Plabasan, Director - Technology Risk and Innovation Supervision Department (TRISD), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) |
14:15 – 14:25 | Serving the unbanked & underbanked in Philippines | - Landscape about unbanked and underbanked
- Why it is important to connect them and how this can impact them
- Opportunities in the unbanked and underbanked
| Jose Paolo M. Palileo, Vice President of Luzon, Rural Banking Association in Philippines |
14:25 - 14:35 | Importance of connectivity to bridge the unbanked & underbanked | - To share the different solutions that Eastern has in terms of connectivity and the trends in the industry
- To introduce currently how they use Kacific’s Gigstarter as a last mile connectivity solution for the banks
- How Eastern Communications is providing connectivity solutions and other ICT solution
| Edsel Paglinawan, Head of Products, Eastern Communications |
14:35 – 14:45 | How satellite connectivity can link rural branches in Philippines effectively and securely | - How Kacific’s solution can help to address the security concerns
- How Kacific can dedicate a gateway for the rural branches to transfer the signal to HQ without compromise
- Kacific to also share about Ka-band (only Ka-band in PH), and how this helps to provide speeds and affordability
| John Loke, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Kacific Broadband Satellites Group |
14:45 – 14:55 | Executive Q&A | - To address any questions the audience may have from the past 4 sessions and may have dropped in the chat box
| Mhel T. Plabasan, Jose Paolo M. Palileo, Edsel Paglinawan & John Loke |
14:55 – 15:00 | Closing | - Closing statement by Eastern Communications’ Head of Sales, Michael Castaneda.
| Michael Castaneda, Head of Sales, Eastern Communications |