decision-makers
Founders, C-suite, investors, enterprise buyers, and public-sector stakeholders -- not students or tire-kickers.
3rd Philippine editionA returning Echelon platform for the local startup and innovation community.
Age of theAI-PRENEUR
For founders, funders, and operators shaping how Philippine startups work, raise, buy, and grow in the AI era.
e27'spremier event organized byBrainsparks
3,000+expected RSVPs
1,500+startups and SMEs
1,000+corporates
500+investors
2026 audience projections
What is Echelon?
Echelon is a Tech and Innovation Conference that supports SouthEast Asia’s Founders and Entrepreneurs
The Philippine edition brings startups, investors, corporates, SMEs, government institutions, and ecosystem partners together for market insights, growth programs, product discovery, brand visibility, and practical collaboration.
Community board
Vote on topics. Nominate speakers.
Tell us which AI adoption questions and speaker lessons should shape the Echelon Philippines program.
Agenda topicsVote for sessions worth building
Add or support the questions, pain points, and examples you want the agenda team to prioritize.
Vote on topicsSpeakersNominate someone worth hearingPoint us to operators, founders, investors, or policy voices with a practical lesson from AI adoption work.
Nominate a speakerThe community board is separate from speaker applications. Suggestions are reviewed before publishing, and votes guide curation without guaranteeing a session slot.
Get involved in Echelon Philippines 2026
— whether you're here to learn, sell, show, or teach.
Sponsor
Reach the room where AI adoption decisions are forming.
Stage presence, content tie-ins, and smaller formats for conversations with the founders, operators, investors, and corporates deciding what to adopt next.
What sponsors build: stage visibility · curated sessions · content placements · lead reporting
Explore sponsorship →2026 focus
The useful questions start after the AI demo.
This year is about the work that comes next: what teams change, what adoption costs, who funds it, and how the Philippine ecosystem can move with more focus.
What changed
How operating models shift when small teams can do more with better tools, clearer workflows, and fewer layers.
What it costs
The hidden work behind adoption: training, downtime, process changes, governance, and time from senior people.
Who gets involved
Where founders, talent, buyers, suppliers, investors, and public-sector partners now need each other.
Where to begin
Practical sessions for teams deciding which workflows to test first and how to learn without stalling the business.
Content pillars
The questions behind AI adoption.
These pillars organize the agenda and speaker curation around practical decisions.
- 01
Operating shift
Then vs. Now
Compare older startup playbooks with AI-native ways of building teams, workflows, and early operating leverage.- Team design
- Workflow changes
- Founder leverage
- 02
Adoption reality
True Cost of Change
Look at the costs that do not show up on a software invoice: training, downtime, governance, and process changes.- Hidden costs
- Change management
- Enterprise adoption
- 03
Market signals
Talent & Capital
Understand how AI changes hiring, fundraising, corporate buying, and the proof investors now expect.- AI-era hiring
- Capital discipline
- Buyer readiness
- 04
First steps
Pragmatic Deployment
Move from blank page to first test through workshops, roundtables, and practical implementation examples.- Sandboxing
- Workflow tests
- Implementation playbooks
Event map
Know where each zone fits.
See how the main stage, showcase, sandbox, and booth areas sit together across the floor.
Click a zone card to locate it on the floor plan.