The only non-government speakers were HSBC (Phils) president and chief executive officer Warner Manning (who talked about why the market prefers bonds to equities) and Social Weather Stations president Mahar Mangahas (who talked about the leading contenders in next years presidential election).
The one-day conference was organized by Knowledge Institute, which has Guillermo Luz as its executive director. Mr. Luz is also executive director of the Makati Business Club. MJGrey