iBlog: The 8th Philippine Blogging Summit

Hello everyone.

The iBlog5 site is now up and runnning. For starters, the iBlog5: The 5th Philippine Blogging Summit will be on 09 May 2009 at the Malcolm Theater, UP College of Law, UP Diliman, from 8 am to 5 pm. Registration will still be FREE. Register NOW!

Also, help us spread the word about iBlog5 by linking to us in your blog or website.

This is final schedule for iBlog5.

Morning session: (some can be sponsored talk)

• 9:00 – 9:20 Blogging 101 (Micaela Rodriguez & AJ Matela)
• 9:30 – 9:50 Photo Blogging 101 (Faith Salazar and Fritz Tentativa)
• 10:00 – 10:15 Break
• 10:15 to 10:35 Video Blogging 101 (Azrael Coladilla and Kring Elenzano)
• 10:45 – 11:05 Mobile Blogging 101 (Edwin “Ka Edong” Soriano)
• 11:15 – 11:35 Do’s and Don’ts of Blogging 101 (Benj Espina and Juned Sonido)
• 11:45 – 12:05 Blog Promotion & Traffic Generation Strategies 101 (Winston Almendras and Coy Caballes)
• 12:05 – 1:00 Lunch break

Afternoon session:

• 1:00 – 1:20 Legal issues in Blogging
• 1:30 – 2:30 Preparing Bloggers for the 2010 Elections
  - COMELEC on Blogging & Bloggers (Dir. James Jimenez, COMELEC-EID Director)
  - Citizen Journalism for the 2010 Elections (Oliver Robillo, NAMFREL Chairman – Davao City)
  - The Bloggers Election Handbook project release (Janette Toral)
• 2:40 – 3:30 Blog Advertising Situation in the Philippines (Mannix Pabalan – AyosDito, Laszlo Lim, Business Development Head – Yehey, Jayvee Fernandez and Eric Ramirez)
• 3:30 – 3:45 Break
• 3:45 – 4:45 Blogging to the Next Level (Fitz Villafuerte
  and Anton Diaz)
• 4:45 – 5:00 Raffle & Group picture taking

7:00 pm onwards After-Event Party (sponsored)

See you all on May 9 for iBlog5! Spread the word.

This year, iBlog will be hosted by the U.P. College of Law. The venue will be the College of Law’s central auditorium, also known as Malcolm Theater.

U.P. College of Law

Here’s a map of the U.P. Campus (The College of Law is Number 12 in the guide)

If you’re going to drop in from orbit  – here’s where we are from space.

Registration via the iBlog Website will be closed by 5 P.M. (Manila Time) today. The registration will give us a rough idea on how many people will attend and how we should allocate resources: seats, food, freebies, and nametags. Although registration is not a guarantee that you’ll have all these, we do try to prioritize registered bloggers – up to a certain point.

If you will be unable to attend the event, please email Janette through: digitalfilipino[that-well-known-at-sign]gmail.com.

Check in will start at 8 o clock A.M. on April 26. Those who registered through the website would still need to sign-in to get their name badges.

Some other things to remember:

Please keep your mobile phones/wireless gadgets SILENT during the event.

Casual wear is encouraged (unless it’s not, you know, your thing

Those who may wish to volunteer as support staff may do so. Details over at http://ituloy–angsulong.blogspot.com/2008/04/call-for-volunteers-iblog4-4th.html