Jaime V. Ongpin Annual Memorial Lecture

The Jaime V Ongpin Annual Memorial Lecture on Public Service in Business and Government was inaugurated in 2001 to help raise the awareness of the Filipino people about pressing national development issues, in order to empower them to actively engage in nation building. Delivered by business leaders, senior government officials and leading academics, the lectures tackle critically important themes in the nexus of democracy and development, including climate change, corruption, education, federalism, globalization, health inequity, poverty, and national leadership. 

Aimed to keep alive the spirit with which Jaime V Ongpin lived his life – the willingness to risk comfort and safety, wealth and personal security for the sake of freedom and democracy, and thus the greater good of our people and country – the lecture series hopes to bring together business and government leaders and Filipinos from every walk of life in a continuing national conversation on the present situation and the future direction of the country.

Now on its 21st year, the lecture highlights the importance of empowering farmers in ensuring the country’s food security. It emphasizes the need to support Filipino farmers as they are the most important resource to achieve food security in our country. 

The Jaime V Ongpin Annual Memorial Lecture is a program of the Jaime V Ongpin Center for Business and Government, School of Government, Ateneo de Manila University.

The JVO Lecture series was launched with a First Lecture by Professor Randolf S David in October 2001 entitled Philippine Society and the Challenge of Modernity. The succeeding JVO lecturers and lecture titles are as follows.