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DEVCON Philippines is a credible, trusted, volunteer-led non-profit for developers, students, and educators. Here’s how it works, in two minutes.
Four things to know
Chapters and volunteer communities
DEVCON has 13 locations: 9 active chapters, each covering its province, and 4 volunteer communities that are working toward becoming chapters. Every one is run by local volunteers.
See all 13 locationsDEVCON+, where events live
DEVCON+ is our member platform. Create a free account to find upcoming events, register, and earn points when you attend or volunteer.
Find events on DEVCON+ (opens in a new tab)Volunteering
Event volunteers, chapter officers, and national leaders are all DEVCON volunteers. Start by helping at one event.
See volunteer rolesPrograms for every stage
From kids and teachers to students and professionals. Each program is free and runs through our chapters.
Explore programs
Which program is for you?
- For kids and teachersDEVCON Kids, Hour of AI for Kids, and DEVCON for EducatorsStart here
- For studentsCampus DEVCON, AI Engineering Internships, AI Scholarships, and code campsStart here
- For professionalsAI Fluency & Agentic Training, PRO Developers Summit, #SHEISDEVCON, and DEVCON CRESTStart here
- For chapter leadersThe Community Playbook, becoming a chapter officer, and starting a chapterStart here
Words you’ll see on this site
Plain-language meanings for the terms our community uses.
- Chapter
- A local DEVCON community with elected volunteer officers, covering its province.
- Volunteer community
- A local DEVCON network without active chapter officers yet, working toward becoming a chapter.
- DEVCON HQ
- The national office in Ortigas that sets standards, trains chapter leaders, and approves partnerships.
- DEVCON+
- Our member platform for events, registration, and points.
- DevRel
- Short for developer relations: how tech companies work with developer communities. Our Partner Success Stories show what those partnerships achieved.
- Code camp
- A hands-on coding workshop where you build something real in a day or less.
- Hackathon
- A time-boxed build challenge where teams create a working project and demo it.
- Move smart contracts
- Programs written in Move, the language of the Sui blockchain, that run on-chain. See the Sui code camps.
- AI orchestrator
- Someone who directs AI tools to get real work done. Taught in AI Fluency & Agentic Training.
- Playbook AI (Notebook AI)
- Each chapter’s AI assistant for the Community Playbook, built on Google NotebookLM. Ask your chapter president for access.
- Loopers
- Standard looping event videos played before a session starts and in the background.
- BIR invoice guideline
- How chapters issue official receipts to event sponsors so partnerships stay tax compliant.
Ready for your first event?
Most events are free. Create a DEVCON+ account, pick an event near you, and say hello.