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Be with us for **Asia CEO Forum DAVAO**, presented by **PLDT ALPHA**, with Elite Sponsorship of **Aspen**, **JLL**, **Regus** and **Sprout Solutions** features many of the nation’s and the region’s most remarkable women. The theme is “You’ve Come a Long Way Filipina.” Any enterprise that does not harness the power of women is doomed to failure or gross under-achievement. Learn how to dramatically improve your business by better developing these under-appreciated dynamos. Speakers include: **Ace Itchon** – built one of the nation’s fastest growing pharma organizations **Cathy Saldana** – owner of one of the nation’s most innovative international architecture firms **Sam Melchor-Santos** – winner of the Global Educator Award from United Nations **Cora Ballard** – Chairman of the global board of RLB, Cora also heads the country’s largest firm in her industry **Kate Bellosillo** – built one of the most successful sales careers in Philippines as a mother of 8. **Alexa Gentry** – co-founder and COO of the country’s leading online payroll and HR system company **Celeste Ilagan** – SVP of the country’s largest homegrown KPO company **Dottie Wirgler-Cronin** – GM of the most prominent hotel facility in the entire Mindanao region **Sheila Lobien** – one of the nation’s most powerful commercial real estate leaders **Rebecca Bustamante** – President of Asia CEO Forum started as a nanny and became CEO Many issues to be discussed: +Do women have to “act like men” to be successful in business? +How real is the “gender gap”? +Does having a successful career mean failure in personal life? +Can men ever see career women as partners rather than threats to manhood? +Are women only happy with men who are more successful than them? Be with us for **Asia CEO Forum DAVAO**, presented by **PLDT ALPHA**, with Elite Sponsorship of **Aspen**, **JLL**, **Regus** and **Sprout Solutions**.