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​[S14] Philippine AI Report: Ground Truth for the Creative Sector 🎨

​Deep Dive Part 2: Focus on Agencies, Creators, Artists, and Studios

​Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2026

​Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PHT
(Optional Networking: 7:00 PM – 7:15 PM)

Location: Online (Link provided upon registration)

​Stop guessing about Philippine AI usage based on global hype. We analyzed 175 local organizations to find the ground truth for our market. We will unpack the hard data on how local ad agencies, freelance creators, and artists are impacted by the fast-moving development in AI.

​In this deep dive, Tim Santos, Project Lead of the Philippine AI Report, will break down the practical steps required to transition to becoming AI-native creatives, how to complement and augment one's creative expertise with AI, and how to build resilience in this ever-changing landscape that's getting heavily disrupted by tech. The Philippine AI Report was a collaborative effort getting contributions from Swarm, AAP, and experts in the field such as Dexter Ligot-Gordon, Sherwin Pelayo, Dominic Ligot, Aldo Santos, Justine Rex Llanes, and team.

📖 Download and read the Philippine AI Report now! 👉 philippineaireport.com

​The "Strategic Playbook" for 2026:

• ​AI Lever: How forward-thinking PH agencies can overcome the disruption risk and leverage it to fundamentally restructure their operational costs.

• ​Creative Services Resilience strategy: How creators can develop resilience by offering new services and protect their service rates by augmenting AI workflows into premium services.

​Note from our speaker Tim Santos:

​​"Having spent years building global AI infrastructure and working alongside frontier companies, I want to bring that collective wisdom back home to the Philippines. A Silicon Valley playbook won’t just copy-paste to Manila, don't get me wrong, there's a lot to learn from these playbooks. We’re taking the ground truth from 175 Philippine organizations and translating between global best practices and local nuances. I’m here to help our local founders and talent get maximum performance out of this technology, bend it to their creative will, and build an ecosystem that actually works for the Philippines."

​Agenda

• ​6:00 PM: Opening Remarks & Industry-Specific Data

• ​6:10 PM: The Strategic Playbook: Opportunities and playbook for Creatives

• ​6:45 PM: Community Q&A

• ​7:00 PM: Main Session Close

• ​7:00 PM – 7:15 PM: Optional Speed Networking (Stay to meet fellow leaders!)

​Who Should Attend?

​Creative Directors, Agency Owners, Studio Leads, Freelance Artists, Creators, and Marketing Managers who want to move past basic prompting and into professional, secure AI implementation.

​Space is limited for the live session to allow for quality Q&A. Secure your spot now.

​#PHAIReport #CreativeEconomy #AgencyGrowth #GOABBeachClub

​This event is subject to change without notice.

​👤 About the Speaker

​​Tim Santos is a technology leader, author, and a key voice in the AI community who has dedicated his career to bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and real-world impact. His journey has spanned roles from a research engineer working on bleeding-edge R&D to leading large-scale AI transformations in banking and telecom as a founding member of multiple Enterprise AI Centers of Excellence.

​​With over 16 years of experience, Tim’s expertise ranges from building early AR prototypes to shipping production-grade AI solutions to millions of devices globally. He currently leads product strategy for the AI developer ecosystem as Director of Product at Graphcore, a global leader in AI hardware.

​​Beyond his corporate leadership, Tim is a dedicated community architect. He is the Project Lead for the Philippine AI Report, co-founder of the Beyond Commons innovation hub in Manila, and founder of London’s AI Hive. Driven by a mission to nurture the next wave of Philippine innovators, he actively advises early-stage startups on the development, go-to-market strategy, and lifecycle of AI-powered products.

​🌊 About GOAB Beach Club

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We are best known for our flagship international tech startup conference, GeeksOnABeach.com (GOAB), but we don't wait 12 months to reconnect. We meet year-round to keep the momentum—and the magic—alive

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Tina Amper
GOAB Organizing Team
GOAB Beach Club