Engineering an AI-Ready Nation
Fast forward to 2026: 13 locations, a 60,000+ strong network, and 120+ free events every year.
What DEVCON 17 stands for
Seventeen years in, this is what we believe about building an AI-ready Philippines, and how we will do it.
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AI readiness starts with people.
Not products, not hype. We invest in the Filipinos who will build, teach, and lead with AI.
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Every Filipino child deserves computer science.
Hour of AI for Kids brings AI and coding to public schools, and trains teachers to keep it going.
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Builders learn by shipping.
Open-source AI code camps and AI Fluency & Agentic Training end with working projects, not certificates alone.
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Beyond the capital, by design.
13 locations across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, run by the people who live there.
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Open by default.
Open-source tools like OpenCode, Anthropic Claude, Ollama, and more, and an open Community Playbook anyone can use.
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We pay it forward.
Every speaker, mentor, and organizer is a volunteer, giving back to the community that helped them grow.
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We are not an events company or a tech summit company.
Events are how we teach. The community, and the public good it creates, is what we build.
This year's theme
Engineering an AI‑Ready Nation
- Hour of AI
for KidsComputer science and AI for every Filipino child. - Open-Source
AI Code CampsFree, hands-on open-source AI for students. - AI Fluency &
Agentic TrainingMasterclass, Agentic AI Hackathon, and training for chapter leaders. - AI Engineering
InternshipsTop students build real AI with industry mentors.
Institutions aligned. The rest is ours to build.
DEVCON, Amihan and Avtica, and DOST signed an MOU to deliver the formula together.
- Human capital
DEVCON
Peer learning at national scale, global certifications, and AI Certification Scholarships for the first wave of Filipino FDEs.
- Platforms
Amihan and Avtica
Democratizing access to AI, so emerging nations can tap the world's best models, tools, and agents.
- Infrastructure
DOST
National compute, R&D funding, and the rails for science and entrepreneurship.
Volunteer-ledA community, not an events company. Every program is free and built for the public good.
Help engineer an AI-ready nation
Volunteer in your city, or join DEVCON+ to find free events and start earning points.