Where?
Makati Shangri-La, Manila
Ayala Avenue, Makati Ave, Makati City, 1200 Metro Manila, Philippines
LocationUpcoming In-Person Event
D2L Executive Forum: Manila
September 14, 2026 | 10:00 AM PHT | Manila
Speakers
Dr. Arturo J. Patungan Jr. LPT, Ph.D.
Assoc. Professor, University of Santo Tomas (UST) & Council Advisor, AI Association of the Philippines
Dr Cristi Ford
Chief Learning Officer, D2L
Ling Lee
Regional Director, Asia, D2L
About This Event
Teach Forward: Building the Philippine Higher Education Institution that Students, Employers, and the Future actually need
Higher education in the Philippines is entering a period defined by converging shifts: artificial intelligence entering both teaching and assessment, a national micro-credential framework taking shape, and the work of scaling strong teaching practice from a few classrooms to an entire institution.
This forum brings together institutional leaders, academic managers, faculty, and technology practitioners to examine what each shift demands in practice: from redesigning pedagogy alongside AI, to determining what makes a credential genuinely valuable to a graduate, to bringing that same rigor to how teaching is scaled across a campus.
Attendees will leave with a sharper understanding of what these changes mean for their own institutions, and a clearer sense of who else is already working through them.
What to Expect
Real Conversations, Grounded in Practice Spend the day with institutional leaders, faculty, and technology practitioners working through the realities of Philippine higher education and the challenges we face today
Who Should Attend
- University/College Presidents
- Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs (VPAA)
- Deans and Associate Deans
- Directors of Technology / MIS / ICT
- Quality Assurance and Accreditation Officers
- Faculty and Program Chairs
Why Attend
- See what AI-augmented teaching looks like in practice, including how to design assignments that still require real thinking, and how to assess students fairly now that AI is part of how they study
- Hear how Philippine institutions are putting CHED’s memorandum into practice, what the industry considers real employability, and how a leading Singaporean institution approaches micro credentialing
- See how one Singaporean institution scaled strong teaching from a handful of classrooms to the whole campus, and where AI inside the LMS is already catching at-risk students early and cutting down on grading time
Register Now
80+
Industry Attendees
10+
Expert Speakers
5+
Engaging Sessions
Agenda
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Registration & Networking
10:30 am – 10:40 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Speakers:
- Ling Lee, Regional Director, Asia, D2L
- Mary Salazar, Country Manager, D2L
10:40 am – 11:25 am
Teaching in the Age of AI: Reclaiming Pedagogy Without Rejecting the Technology
Educators’ resistance to AI is often misread as fear of the future. In reality, it is frequently a rational response to tools that were never designed with educators in mind. This honest conversation between academics explores what genuine AI-augmented teaching looks like. How do you assign work that AI cannot simply complete? How do you assess authentic learning when tools are everywhere? And how do you reclaim the parts of teaching that make it meaningful, while letting AI carry what it genuinely can?
Moderator:
- Dr. Cristi Ford, Chief Learning Officer, D2L
Panelists:
- Dr. Arturo J. Patungan Jr., Professor, University of Santo Tomas (UST) & Council Advisor, AI Association of the Philippines
- Adriel Cid C. Tandoc, 2nd year student in De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde’s Bachelor of Arts in Diplomacy and International Affairs
11:30 am – 12:15 pm
Invited Speaker Session
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch and Networking
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
The Credential Gap: Why Philippine Higher Education Must Close the Distance Between Compliance, Learning, and Work
A national micro credential policy is now in place, but a policy does not guarantee a credential that works. This session brings together every layer of an institution to examine the same uncomfortable question: Are the credentials we are designing, approving, building, and delivering actually worth something to the graduates who earn them?
Moderator:
- Dr. Cristi Ford, Chief Learning Officer, D2L
Panelists:
- Dr. Dodjie S. Maestrecampo, President and CEO, Mapua University
- Dr. Eric Chua, Director, Centre for Learning Environment & Assessment Development (CoLEAD), Singapore Institute of Technology
1:50 pm – 2:35 pm
Customer Sharing Session
2:40 pm – 3:20 pm
SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT | Smarter Systems, Better Learning: AI's Growing Role in an LMS
Most of the AI conversation in education jumps straight to chatbots and content generation, skipping over the system already holding all the data: the LMS. This session looks at how AI is already at work inside learning platforms today, helping administrators spot risk earlier, freeing faculty from manual grading and content design, and giving students a personal assistant grounded in their own coursework. We’ll explore what’s possible now, what’s coming next, and how institutions can put these tools to work responsibly as adoption grows.
Speakers:
- Moses Lim, APAC Solutions Manager, D2L
3:20 pm – 3:35 pm
Refreshment Break
3:35 pm – 4:05 pm
Facilitated Roundtable Discussions
Join small-group discussions led by D2L facilitators around key findings of the day and what matters most for institutions in the Philippines.
4:05 pm – 4:15 pm
Thank You and Closing Remarks
Speaker:
- Mary Salazar, Country Manager, D2L
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm