Reaction Paper: OPEMAN Forum by Rocky Gabatin Spentrep AGSB H de la Costa,

Rocky Gabatin

S09 - ENTREP

     The OPEMAN forum was very enlightening and informative. Despite this, I wished that Atty. Layugan had shared more concrete examples and/or personal experiences in relation to the status of the Energy sector. This would have been more appealing for me rather than focusing her lecture on the regulations. For me, the role of ERC is very critical in energy prices, as depicted in the recent intervention of ERC on WESM, so I find it important to understand the current energy issues in relation to how ERC is helping in solving those issues.

Spentrep Class attended the Opeman Energy Forum instead of having a class

To support the 17th Opeman forum which was about energy, our class in Spentrep decided to  attend  the forum instead of holding a class. I saw Gracey Agustin (who manned the registration for their MM class)) Gen Ursua, Rocky Gabatin, Trizha, Zordialine and Francis.

Energy is an important and significant opportunity look into.  We have dwindling fossil fuel resources;  China is blocking our potential source of cheap energy (the Scarborough shoal).  Fuel prices are on the way up because of growing scarcity.  KSA oil fields yield are on the way down, and its even investing  in solar to show how scarcity is affecting theem too.   USA claims it does not have to import oil, but its Bakken fields costs are exceeding revenues. 

The Spentrep students are to submit a paper

Congratulatilons to the Opeman MM class under Prof Gus Arguelles who did the 17th Forum on Energy

 Angono, Rizal, Philippines | March 26, 2014

                                   The Opeman Cluster Professors

Congratulations to the MM Opeman Class under Prof Gus Arguelles and the Opeman cluster under Prof Ralph Ante.  It was  well attended forum and the speakers were all distinguished:  Sec Jericho Petilla of DOE, his Executive Director Patrick Aquino, a senior Officer of ERC, an ADB expatriate and senior officers from Meralco.   I understand from Gus is that the forum is a true test of project management:   organization, process, timeline, resources, marketing,  My class in entrep conducted several fora on guest entrepreneurs who included Francis Kong and Vicky Belo.  We did the social entrep forum on the l50 year of Ateneo.

Prof Jorge with DOE Secretary Jericho Petilla at Empowering Juan forum of Opeman yesterday March 24, 20

                           Sec Jericho Petilla and Prof Jorge at the Opeman Empowering Juan Forum last night

Makati City, Philippines March 25, 2014

Several key personalities from ERC, DOE, from PCCI were the guest speakers at the Opeman Forum last night at the APS auditorium  One of them was no less than DOE Secretary Jericho Petilla, former governor   of Leyte.  He was simply engaging and very erudite about the power nd energy.

He answered well the query by a French MBA studentnwhy not go nuclear.  The over all impact would be only P0.20 kwh ( 600 megawatt capacity at P2.00/kwh) without considering the perils associaed with meltdown as in TIPPCO in Fukugshima Japan, (Japan is now going solar) and that our future energy sources shall be RE in combinationn with coal and other fossil fuel baseload.

He hinted that China is frustrating our vision for natural gas/energy self sufficiency

Opeman ASEAN Integration Forum Last Night

AGSB Auditorium, APS Building Makati City | November 5, 2013

These are some of the photos of the ASEAN Integration Forum sponsored by Opeman operations cluster.   It had all the works:   loot bag with medicines, mouthwash, softdrinks in can, Purefoods meat in pandesal,free Nestle icea cream, post forum snacks.  It was well attended. Here are the pictures that tell a thousand words:

                                      The faculty who attended the forum

                                   The tarp for the forum and the sponsors

                            Prof Polly Ng of the operations cluster, former chair of the cluster

                                Prof Ralf Ante, chair of the Opeman cluster;  note the loot bags

                                        The Purefoods free pandesal with corned beef

                                          More booths of the sponsor

                                 Large attendance;  well executed and well prepared

But are we prepared for the integration?

ASEAN Integration Roadmap/Blueprint

Readying for ASEAN integration - From Tempo

Ready or not for ASEAN integration by Rafael Alunan III at Businesss Inquirer

Opeman holds forum on Revival of Manufacturing in the PHL

Ampitheather, APS, Rockwell Center, Makati City | March 13, 2013

The Opeman cluster, headed by Prof Ralph Ante and under the class of Prof Gus Arguelles held a forum - "Made by Juan for Everyone"  (Revival of Manufacturing in the PHL).  It was well funded, well organized and well supported by sponsors.  There was an overflow of attendees on account of the buzz (campaign by the class prior to the forum) posters , website, prizes, and gifts for the attendees (loot bags). Prof Jorge watched the forum at a remote location:  the ampitheater

The forum featured:

1.  Former Usec of DTI and BOI Cristino Panlillo (former AdeMU basketball star in the l970s, a batchmate of Prof Jorge at AdeMU, Class l972)

2.  Dr. Nerio Usui of Asian Development Bank

3   Director Roberto Batungbacal,  Federation of Phil Industries.

                                Dr. Usui  -  Change your mindset

                               Usec Panlillo discusses the stage 1 of  DTI framework of investment

                           Mr. Roberto Batungbacal, Profs Arguelles and Ante of Opeman Cluster