On May 10, over a hundred students and young professionals shifted to high gear as they
gathered at the University of the Philippines – Diliman School of Statistics for LIMITLESS 2025:
National Youth Summit on Statistics. Anchored on the theme “Accelerating into the Future,” the
summit proved to be more than just a showcase of knowledge in the field of statistics. To great
success, the UP Statistical Society (UP StatSoc) was eager to hold an event that empowered
youth-led learning and collaboration.
With a record-breaking 202 registrants and 191 active participants, LIMITLESS 2025 marked
the summit’s biggest turnout to date. The event proved this to be more than a statistic—it was
an indicator that young people are ready to launch toward greater heights to use data to make a
difference.
Seeing the participants engage with each other and enjoy the talks and activities that the team
prepared was my personal event highlight,” shared Francis Villegas, one of the summit’s overall
directors. “LIMITLESS, at its core, is a youth summit. Our goal was to create a space where
attendees could freely explore what the event offers together.
One of the standout changes this year was the interactivity of the summit. The organizing team
introduced “strata booths”—educational game stations that allowed attendees to engage with
complex concepts through play. The workshop competition also included mini-games, making
the learning process more dynamic and collaborative.
LIMITLESS 2025 also expanded its scope with diverse and timely topics, including Statistics in
Nation-Building, Banking and Finance, and Sports Analytics. These additions are a stark
reflection of UP StatSoc’s mission: to show how statistics is not just a technical field, but a
powerful tool for real-world change.
To close the summit, Villegas encouraged attendees to carry their learnings forward:
“May all of us strive to use data and statistics in whatever we do to forge a healthier, more
sustainable, and stronger future—for ourselves and for the country.”
LIMITLESS 2025 proved that the future doesn’t belong to tomorrow—it belongs to the young
minds who are learning, collaborating, and accelerating today.
LIMITLESS is proud to be co-presented by the UP School of Statistics and endorsed by the
Philippine Statistics Authority, the Analytics & Artificial Intelligence Association of the
Philippines, and the Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute.