About SpeechCon: the Philippines’ Longest-running, Biggest Speakers Convention
What is SpeechCon?
SpeechCon is short for Speech Convention, where the top Filipino professional speakers in the Philippines gather annually for a highly anticipated joint assembly among various public speaking groups.
Convention OVERVIEW
SpeechCon 2026 is the Philippines’ longest-running international convention for Filipino professional public speakers, trainers, and subject matter experts dedicated entirely to the craft, strategy, and execution of high-impact communication.
Moving away from personality-driven spectacles, SpeechCon is built on a singular, uncompromising premise: human connection through message authenticity.
While other events focus heavily on the celebrity status of the speakers, SpeechCon focuses squarely on the speech itself—anchoring on the truth that ultimately, it’s the speech that changes the world.
The Convening Bodies
SpeechCon 2026 is a powerful collaborative summit convened by the nation’s leading professional speaking and advocacy institutions such as the Philippine Association of Professional Speakers (PAPS), a member of Global Speakers Federation; Yaman Advocacy Cooperative, The Top Filipino Speakers in the Philippines; Public Speaking Institute, The Best Public Speaking Training Philippines; Philippine National Academy of Speakers, a speaking club for public speakers.
Insights From this year’s Filipino International Speakers Convention 2026
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Theme: True To The Message: Human Connection Amidst AI Utilization
In a landscape flooded with polished perfection and performance-heavy personas, SpeechCon cuts through the noise. The 2026 convention centers on message authenticity—the raw truthfulness embedded in every speech, every training module, and every high-stakes engagement both on and off the stage.
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The AI & Human Connection Imperative
In the age of artificial intelligence, the importance of authentic human connection and messaging has never been more critical. SpeechCon explores how speakers can preserve genuine human resonance while responsibly harnessing AI. Participants will learn how to take advantage of the ethical use of AI specifically within the vital areas of research and speech development, ensuring technology amplifies human truth rather than replacing it.
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The Professional Difference
Be part of a community where collaboration persists over competition
Learn speaking strategies from global and local professional speakers
Be inspired by the journey of speaking professionals
Our NSTA Strategic Direction
The National Speakers and Trainers Alliance (NSTA) unites diverse training and speaking groups to elevate industry standards, foster cross-sector collaboration, and amplify the national impact of Filipino speakers through unified leadership.
About Our Founding Convenor
Sgt. Lloyd A. Luna, Philippine Air Force Reserve, has changed the professional speaking industry in the Philippines. He is a sought-after global Filipino motivational speaker, best-selling author, executive presence coach, college professor, social entrepreneur, composer, and media personality in the Philippines. He has written 20 inspirational books since 2004, founded an anti-poverty advocacy cooperative, and contributed as a columnist of The Manila Times since 2006. He is a television talk show host on ALIW Channel 23 and DWIZ 882AM.
Over the past 20 years, he has spoken on leadership, communication, and human connection that leads to workplace engagement, professional success, and personal development. He has been featured as a keynote speaker of Fortune 500 companies and local business organizations in over 2,000 conventions, conferences, and seminars in four continents: North America, Europe, Oceania, and Asia. His engagements have touched various audiences from 26 countries since 2005 covering primary to quinary global industries such as technology, healthcare, banking and finance, manufacturing, agriculture, education, retail, hospitality, energy, and transportation.
The man of many “firsts” that made him one of the “Global Speakers Who Matter,” Lloyd has become the first Filipino to have been member of the board of Global Speakers Federation in 2017, the first Filipino to represent the Philippines in the Global Speakers Summit in Auckland, New Zealand and Asia Professional Speakers Convention in Singapore in 2018, the first Filipino to have spoken in French and European Speakers Convention in Paris in 2019, the first Filipino to speak in Professional Speakers Summit India in 2023, and the first Filipino to earn the Registered Speaking Professional designation in the Philippines given by the Philippine Board of Professional Speaking. He’s the founder of Philippine Association of Professional Speakers.
An Asian leader and passionate voice in the global speaking community, Lloyd has worked with speakers and audiences from 26 countries across 4 continents since he started his professional speaking career in 2005. He has engaged Certified Speaking Professionals (CSP) from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Malaysia, Middle East, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom & Ireland, and the United States.
He has also shared virtual and actual stages with global speakers, subject matter experts, business leaders, and thought leaders in countries like Belgium, South Africa, Thailand, Ukraine, Namibia, Sweden, Bangladesh, Vietnam, England, and Jersey during the Generational Leadership Summit 2019.
At age 37, he was conferred the Quezon Medal of Honor, the highest recognition given by the provincial government of Quezon to its distinguished civilian achievers. In 2022, he became the only Filipino author to have spoken at Sharjah International Book Fair in United Arab Emirates—the world’s largest book fair. Well-known speakers in this event included world-renowned personalities such as Dr. Deepak Chopra, The Daily Show host Trevor Noah, Ms. Universe competition host Steve Harvey, and The Da Vinci Code best-selling author Dan Brown, among other inspirational global literary luminaries.
In 2020, Lloyd joined the Philippine Air Force as a reserve soldier, where he teaches leadership and communication subjects to officers and personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. In 2021, he put up the Public Speaking Institute®— a certifying body for CPS® Certified Public Speaker and PSF® Public Speaking Fellow. It now has a branch in Indonesia. Now a social entrepreneur, he founded in 2025 Yakap sa Mamamayan or Yaman Advocacy Cooperative, the first-ever cooperative for professionals, speakers, and subject matter experts who teach and train the underprivileged for free.
He had in previous years put up Stepback®, a leadership and culture development program aimed at helping broaden the social perspective of leaders. As the author Stepback Leadership: How to lead and manage the Filipinos, Lloyd teaches the philosophy of putting people at the center of leadership; a program now offered in Ateneo de Manila Graduate School of Business — Center for Continuing Education. His latest book, Even Chairs Do Their Best: How Presence Leads to Influence is now translated and published in Bahasa language in Indonesia.
In 2024, he returned on television and radio as host of “Work-Related” on ALIW Channel 23 and DWIZ 882AM, where he engages workplace experts and business owners in insightful, informative, and inspiring interviews.
A hobbyist, traveling golfer, Lloyd is also president of TOL Marketing Corp., the maker of Veyl™ SunglareGuard. He is also the founder of House of Advisors Inc., a topnotch executive coaching company in the Philippines, and a founding director of PT Adhyapaka Kendra Indonesia (AKI), the operator of expeedu.