TECHNOLOGIES such as artificial intelligence (AI) have emerged as transformative forces in the modern business landscape, and promise significant benefits for early adopters, but they are not without disruptive impacts, including the possibility of disproportionately affecting more vulnerable members of society.
The League of Corporate Foundations (LCF) is organizing the highly anticipated 2024 CSR Conference and Expo to rally corporate social responsibility practitioners to collaborate and harness the potential of technology and innovation while overcoming their risks.
This year's conference is on July 3 and 4 at Dusit Thani Manila, while the Expo is on July 4 and 5 at the Glorietta Activity Center, both in Makati City.
Aptly themed "Reimagining a New and Inclusive Future," this year's Expo brings together leaders, experts and representatives of different industries to tackle significant topics ranging from how technology can enhance CSR practice and ESG reporting to AI's role as a catalyst for innovation and as a source of disruption.
The gathering of CSR experts will showcase the application of CSR and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting can help mitigate the challenges posed by technology. The sector aims to ensure that these technologies are inclusive and contribute to true societal and national development that benefits the 51 percent of Filipinos living in poverty.
"Corporates should view these innovations as vital opportunities to take part in, if not lead an all-of-nation implementations of CSR and ESG that maximize these innovations' potential and promise while offsetting and minimizing their potential ill effects," said Shem Jose Garcia, LCF vice chairman and Vivant Foundation Inc. executive director.
The speaker lineup includes keynote speaker Dr. David Hardoon, CEO of Aboitiz Data Innovation; forum speakers Leo de Velez, co-founder of Frontlearners Inc.; Sherwin Yap, founder of Kaizen Robotics International; and Sherlo Reyes, director for the Center for Partnership and Development, School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde.
In celebration of National CSR Week, LCF will award noteworthy examples of CSR excellence concurrently with the Expo, which will also serve as a venue for the launch of LIFE or LCF's Initiative for Food Security, Nutrition and Empowerment.
Established in 1991, LCF is a network of operating and grant-making corporate and family foundations and corporations in the Philippines.
Visit lcf.org.ph and bit.ly/2024CSRExpo for more information.