Mindanao is
ready for AI.
The region with the resources, the resilience, and the diskarte to lead. This is the home for AI fluency across Mindanao — for educators, businesses, and communities from Davao to CDO to GenSan.
The Argument
Mindanao has advantages
Manila doesn't talk about.
The ASEAN AI race is underway. Mindanao — with its agricultural dominance, BPO growth, halal trade corridor, and a workforce built on diskarte — sits in a position no Manila-centric AI narrative has properly claimed.
AI doesn't erase the infrastructure gap. It inverts it. The Davao business that knows how to use it competes with Manila. The teacher in CDO who is AI-fluent can produce what a fully staffed curriculum team produces. That is the Mindanao advantage.
Economic breadth, not just BPO
Agribusiness, halal manufacturing, logistics, ecotourism. AI amplifies every one of these sectors — and no one in Manila is building AI capacity for them yet.
A workforce built on diskarte
Resourcefulness under constraint is Mindanao's operating system. AI rewards exactly this — the ability to try, iterate, and build with what you have.
The timing window is open — but not forever
Regional AI leadership is not yet claimed in Mindanao. This is the window to build it — for speakers, educators, and business communities alike.
Educators who already give everything
Mindanao teachers manage multi-grade classrooms, curriculum transitions, and resource gaps — and still show up for Saturday training. AI fluency gives them back time.
Who This Is For
If you lead, teach, or build in Mindanao,
this is for you.
AI fluency is not an enterprise resource. It belongs to the classroom, the chamber meeting, and the barangay business association. Mindanao AI exists for all three.
Educators & School Leaders
Teachers, department heads, principals, and school administrators navigating the MATATAG curriculum and DepEd AI integration.
- AI fluency workshops for faculty
- Curriculum-aligned prompt libraries
- DepEd Order 003 implementation support
- Parent-community AI sessions
Business Owners & Chambers
SME founders, BPO leaders, agribusiness operators, and chamber associations from Davao, CDO, GenSan, and across the region.
- AI for SME keynotes and workshops
- Workflow integration consulting
- Chamber and industry forum sessions
- Sector-specific AI strategy briefings
Organizations & Communities
NGOs, LGU training offices, universities, and community organizations building AI capacity for their people and programs.
- Kenzo AI for Good (subsidized programs)
- Organizational AI readiness assessments
- Community AI literacy campaigns
- University partnerships and lectures
Mindanao's AI Speaker
Jay Jaboneta is Mindanao's
AI voice on the national stage.
Founder and AI Strategist of Kenzo AI — an AI Fluency specialist practice and a member of Anthropic's Claude Partner Network — and co-founder of the Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation, which has reached over 200 communities across the Philippines.
He has delivered AI keynotes and workshops from Davao to Manila, from school faculty rooms to executive management summits. His frameworks — RECIPE, ADOPT, CARE — are built for Philippine contexts, not imported from Silicon Valley. His forthcoming book, AI Fluent, is the first Philippines-first guide to working with AI.
He is from Mindanao — born and raised in Cotabato City, studied and graduated in Davao City.
Signature Talks for Mindanao
Five talks built for Mindanao audiences — from business chambers and management summits to faculty days and community forums. Each is tailored to the sector, not repurposed from a Manila or Singapore keynote.
See All Five Talks ↓Signature Talks
Five talks.
One clear category.
Practical, non-technical AI for decision-makers — built around organizational capability and real Mindanao contexts, not tool hype.
AI and the Mindanao Advantage
How Leaders and Organizations Win in the AI Age
For chambers, companies, investment forums, and senior executives. The regional competitiveness case — built on Mindanao's specific strengths.
From AI Curious to AI Fluent
How Organizations Move from Experimentation to Capability
For companies, schools, NGOs, and government offices. The ADOPT framework and the five moves that turn AI pilots into organization-wide practice.
The AI-Fluent Teacher
Practical AI for Mindanao Educators
For faculty in-service days, school leadership forums, and DepEd convocations. Built around MATATAG and DepEd Order 003 — not a generic AI talk.
AI Para sa Negosyo
Practical AI for MSMEs and Entrepreneurs
For DTI forums, chambers, business associations, and cooperatives. Real workflows for Mindanao SMEs — agribusiness, catering, logistics, F&B, and services.
Mindanao in the Age of AI
Talent, Infrastructure, Investment and the Next Regional Economy
A regional competitiveness keynote for conferences, investment summits, LGU forums, and senior government leaders. The case that Mindanao's AI window is open — and what it takes to claim it.
Why Book Jay — Mindanao's AI Keynote Speaker
Beyond the AI demo.
The goal is not to impress a room with a tool. It is to give leaders a shared language and a practical next move.
Built around the audience, sector, and event objective — not repurposed from a Manila or Singapore keynote.
Clear frameworks, real workflows, and decisions leaders can use the next day. No tool hype, no jargon.
AI fluency, adoption, and governance — with judgment and human accountability built into every session.
Keynotes can ladder into executive briefings, AI Clinics, workshops, and organization-wide programs.
Formats
Built for the room you have.
From conference stages to leadership rooms and hands-on capability building sessions.
Keynotes
Executive Sessions
Workshops
2026–2027
Mindanao AI
Fluency Roadshow
A local-host model bringing practical AI fluency and adoption conversations city by city across Mindanao. Partner with us to bring the roadshow to your city.
Interested in hosting a roadshow stop in your city? Reach out to discuss a local partnership.
The Community
Mindanao's AI community
is being built right now.
Join educators, business owners, and community leaders across Mindanao who are building AI fluency — one practical session, one shared insight, one conversation at a time. Be first to hear about local events, free resources, and community workshops.
No spam. Mindanao events, resources, and AI updates — that's it.
Bring an AI talk
to your Mindanao stage.
Whether you're organizing a chamber summit, a faculty in-service day, a management forum, or a community conference — reach out to discuss a keynote or workshop for your Mindanao audience.