Two rooms, running simultaneously. All times Philippine Standard Time (PHT).
Main Hall — Business Summit
Function Room — Hackathon Hub
Morning — Arrival & Opening
9:00 AM
Registration & light refreshments
Event Team
Hackathon team check-in & desk assignment
API keys distributed to all teams
10:00 AM
Welcome address — "Evolution of the Philippines"
Chris Peralta, SVHQ
Sandbox access confirmed for all teams
10:15 AM
"The Philippines: Voice of Asia?" + Deepgram Cortex live demo
Kris Efland, VP of Engineering — Deepgram
Problem statement released · judging rubric distributed
11:00 AM
Government approach on AI
Dr. Renato Solidum Jr., Secretary — DOST
Masterclass
Build a voice agent in 30 minutes
Deepgram engineering team
11:30 AM
"BPO Nation to an AI Economy?" — fireside chat
Jack Madrid, CEO — IBPAP
Masterclass continues
Mentors circulate to all teams
Midday — Lunch & Spotlights
12:00 PM
Lunch
Investor VIP Lunch in a private room
Lunch
Grab-and-go for teams who want to keep building
1:00 PM
Sponsor spotlights
5–15 min brand presentations
Sprint begins
All 50 teams lock in — building starts now
Afternoon — Keynotes & Hacking
1:30 PM
Digitisation of businesses — corporate + MSME AI showcase
Deepgram + GoHighLevel
Hacking in progress — Deepgram engineers on floor
2:15 PM
AI for universities — showcase: PUP, UE, NCF
University representatives
Hacking in progress
3:00 PM
Silicon Valley case studies
Chris Peralta, SVHQ + video messages from SV partners
Checkpoint
Every team shows a working STT log to proceed
3:45 PM
Tanke ng Pating — open mic
Up to 20 startups · 90 sec each · audience votes Top 5
Hacking in progress
Evening — Party & Late-Night Hacking
5:00 PM
Party + networking — live performance
All 1,000 attendees
Dinner & lightning talks
5-min live demos by hackathon teams
7:00 PM+
End of main programme
All night
Late-night hacking begins
Deepgram engineers on standby til midnight · Red Bull service
Main Hall — Business Summit
Function Room — Hackathon Hub
Morning — Final Sprint & Keynotes
8:30 AM
Networking + light refreshments
Breakfast & final debugging
Last-call Deepgram support until 10 AM
10:15 AM
"The AI-powered MSME"
Sami Kizilbash, Head — Google for Startups APAC
Hacking in progress — final sprint
10:45 AM
"From student to AI builder"
Dr. Ettikan K. Karuppiah, Director — NVIDIA
Hacking in progress
11:15 AM
"Don't get disrupted — become the disruptor"
Roy Glasberg, 46C Group
Final preparations
Code freeze in 45 minutes — polish your demo
Midday — Code Freeze & Science Fair
12:00 PM
Lunch
BPO Leaders Lunch in a private room
Code freeze
Hard deadline — all code pushed to GitHub + Devpost
No exceptions · late submissions disqualified
1:00 PM
Sponsor spotlights
Sponsor representatives
Science Fair
All judges tour the 50 team booths — live demos at each desk
1:30 PM
"The human advantage"
Q Harmani, CMO — GoHighLevel
Judges deliberate
Top 5 teams announced — move to Main Hall
Afternoon — Grand Final, Investor Pitch & Awards
2:30 PM
Hackathon Grand Final
Top 5 teams · 5–7 min pitch + live demo each
All teams now in the Main Hall
3:00 PM
Tanke ng Pating — investor pitch
Top 5 startups pitch investors for ₱1M · 3 min each
Hackathon judges deliberate
3:30 PM
Awards ceremony
Hackathon winners + Tanke ng Pating winner announced
₱1.5M hackathon prizes + ₱1M Tanke ng Pating on stage
4:15 PM
Closing remarks — "The future of AI in the Philippines"
Chris Peralta, SVHQ
Next steps: Deepgram Lab @ PUP · hiring pipeline opens
4:30 PM
Networking & celebration
All 1,000 attendees · Deepgram Power User certificates distributed