A local tech community in Cebu, TechTalks.ph, officially announced its plans for a Startup Weekend Cebu.
Startup Weekend Cebu is set for June 1-3, 2012 (tentative date) with its venue at UP Cebu INIT (tentative venue). The event is open for developers, designers, marketers, product managers, business and startup enthusiasts.
The participants will be immersed in ”an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skill sets – primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people – to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.”
A similar event, Startup Weekend Manila, was organized in Manila last year and was held in MINT College in Taguig City. Twenty eight teams were formed at the end of the event. HobbyMash won and got invited for the JFDI Bootcamp, a tech bootcamp in Singapore.
Right now, the organizers are calling for volunteers who can help organize the event. Interested parties may email the event hosts on the meetup thread.
TechTalks.ph is spearheaded by Ms. Tins and run by local event organizers Ms. Paola Galan and Ms. Honeylyn Balingcasag.
