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CYBER REPUBLIC Weekly Update/Issue 15 Economic Zone Authority in Northeastern Luzon), and the prominent Loyalcoin, headed by local celebrity Paolo Bediones, which runs loyalty programs built upon the NEM blockchain; and Fintech Philippines, which is heavy on professionals in the formal financial sector, and auditing and consulting firms. Alex has also participated in government and industry events representing Elastos to build links with relevant state offices. Key events he's attended are the DICTs Internet Governance symposium which connected us to leading regional tech players and infrastructure providers, and the larger DICTs Incubators annual meetup attended by tech incubator operators around the country.This has enabled us to obtain access to key officials and identify state programs that sync with Elastos' objectives. One example is DICTs Rural Impact Sourcing program which trains countryside folk to access online paying jobs in software development, web development, content creation and design. If we can form a partnership with them, we could have Elastos development and content creation among their recommendations list. We have brand presence activities by proxy with college and university tech groups, and moving forward, with several key dev groups. We provide them event support in terms of snacks and food items, and they place a large vertical banner at their venue while encouraging members to sign up for Cyber Republic. We've done this at the University of the Philippines, Polytechnic University in Quezon City, Unibersidad de Manila, and recently De La Salle University's Computer Engineers. It's cost efficient, and doesn't require our presence. Last Christmas, we participated in two blockchain event Christmas parties, where we also brought along a group of students from universities we've been in touch with. //18 Levelling up, we conduct, on a recurring basis, booth presence during school tech events, where we have a booth display and sign ups for the Cyber Republic. In these events, I lead the booth team, sometimes with Alex, sometimes with a team of students from the host school or an organization from another school. We are able to collect dozens of sign ups and strengthen links with the school organizations, as well as other Elastos enthusiasts. We've done this at De La Salle University and Unibersidad de Manila as sponsors of events organized by Coding Girls, organizers of school events; and at FEU-Tech and Angeles University upon the invitation of student groups themselves. We have around a dozen more invitations for the months ahead. So, that's our secret. Rather than organize our own events, we support and participate in student organization led events if it provides the right audience for Elastos. It reduces costs per signup, and minimizes logistical requirements, and we provide value by linking up student groups from other schools and signing them up to Cyber Republic. The highest level of involvement we do is a speaking event.Alex spoke at two such events sponsored by Elastos. At the College of St.Benilde School of Arts and Design, he spoke on the basics of blockchain and how Elastos provides a secure publishing platform to monetize creative works.At La Verdad Community College's ICT Week, he spoke on SMEs and Startups, in deference to the Blockchain talk by our friends at NEM. In both cases, Elastos branding was clearly presented and the technology welldiscussed during the speeches. Our involvement with LVCC has even greater potential going forward. Located in Southern Pampanga, they have the largest school campus in that area, with a student body known for their skills in mass
communications. We hope that we can work with them as they evolve into a technology hub in their area, a complementary partner to the already established MetroClark ICT Council in Northern Pampanga, with whom we have also connected. How is the interaction with the community in the Telegram and Facebook groups that you run? Our interaction is really good! We always make sure to share latest news about Elastos especially on Telegram. We encouraged students we met to join us to our facebook group. We post some videos and resources to increase their knowledge of Elastos. The Telegram group incorporates the global Filipino diaspora, some developers, and others are crypto investors of Elastos enthusiasts.The Elastos Philippines Facebook group is more local in character; membership includes students and developers seeking updates on Elastos. Much work still needs to be done to encourage interaction among these members. If you were to give the Elastos Foundation any constructive criticism , what would it be? Elastos Foundation needs to grow beyond crypto enthusiasts and developers and craft marketing programs for the different stakeholders in its ecosystem, from consumers to content creators. We've identified that developers, independent content creators, content publishers, secure financial transactions, and consumers are key stakeholders of the ecosystem.Another would be VCs to fund promising software and hardware projects being built using Elastos technology. I could say that we've already gone ahead of Elastos, presenting the technology as a secure means for content creators to monetize their works.Alex delivered a talk at College of Saint Benilde, to its students in content creation, and we attended the local launch of Huion, meeting animators and anime artists, including the Head of the Cebu Animators Guild, who is enthusiastic to encourage independent animators to publish on elastos.At both events, and at others, content creators are eager to publish on a secure platform where they can monetize their works. We'd like to see more push in branding as a consumer technology, much like “Intel Inside.” Widespread awareness sparks widespread interest in developing and publishing on the platform in a circle that could leapfrog Elastos way ahead of similar rivals. Elastos' advantage is that it has a consumer device on the market, according to the CTO of another network blockchain Alex spoke with. Let's build on this. Soon, there could be tens of millions of TV boxes, and Elastos enabled Wi-fi (like Fon), Elastos secured smart homes and home devices, as Rong Chen mentioned on LinkedIn. What are your thoughts about the Cyber Republic? Cyber Republic underwent an overhaul shortly after we introduced Elastos to the Philippines in October 2018. Such an open platform may be prone to abuse, with some gaming the tasks system at the expense of legitimate projects. I understand it's being reworked to be more effective, and we are eagerly awaiting a revamped Cyber Republic. That aside, it's a fantastic idea to have a forum for the global community, with the caveat that there may be competitors, fraudsters, spies and other unsavories lurking within its confines. The site needs more focus and structure. It should be easier to find people and form groups, and there should be private workspaces for virtual teams. //19
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