iBlog: The 6th Philippine Blogging Summit

Hello everyone! Free up your evening after the iBlog5 because we will be holding the after-party. There will be free 200 beers for the first 200 to arrive in the event and we will also be serving a few pulutan!

Hope to see you in the main event and also on the after-party. The venue of the after-party will be announced during the event!

Registration starts at 8:00 am. Freebies await those who arrive early. The first 150 registered participants who will arrive will get the freebies.

There will be internet access in the venue, and for those who will be using plurk and/or twitter during the event, please using the hash tag #iblog5.

Also, we would like to ask everyone  to keep their phones in silent mode during the entire event.

After the iBlog5, there will be an after-event. Details will be announced during the event so free up your saturday night as well.

Registration will end on April 30, 2009 11:59 PM (GMT + 8). For those who have not yet registered, GO REGISTER. It is still FREE. No change in that. See you all on May 9!

We’re looking for more content for iBlog5, preferrably relating to more advanced issues in blogging or the Philippine blogosphere. We’re planning to open up 2 hours of sessions in another room at the Malcolm Hall for this purpose.  If you have an interesting topic you’d like to share with other bloggers, feel free to send us an email at newtopics [at] iblogph [dot] org.  Kindly indicate your preferred speaking time (we’re looking at 10-11 AM and 2-3PM).   The organizers will sit down on April 15, 2009 at 10:00AM (GMT +8) to discuss your proposals and will contact you directly. Thanks!

UPDATE

We have discussed your many suggestions in our meeting today and we have decided that we will not be holding parallel sessions this year for the iBlog5. Despite the interesting and varied topics that were suggested, we decided that it would be best to have everyone attend the plenary.  Our experience in the one of the previous iBlog was that having simultaneous sessions tended to distract the bloggers from the plenary session or distract those in the separate discussions rooms.

Again, we thank all those who emailed their suggestions and shared their ideas with us. We hope that next year you will still be available for possible parallel sessions. We assure you that next year, we will consider having simultaneous sessions and include it in the early planning of the event. We hope you will still share your great ideas with us. Thanks!

Awesome news for everyone! Anton Diaz will be one of the speakers on iBlog5! Anyone excited? I sure am! Updated schedule will follow soon.

For those who have not yet registered, what are you waiting for, REGISTER NOW! The event is FREE. So register and also spread the word about iBlog5!

The 5th Philippine Blogging Summit is expecting more than 150 participants from different companies and affiliations. Avail of the opportunity to increase your visibility in this highly-anticipated event. BE AN iBLOG5 SPONSOR! Special low-cost sponsorship packages are available. For further inquiries and/or copies of the sponsorship packages, do not hesitate to send an email to Ms. Hermie Nas at hermie(dot)nas(at)gmail(dot)com or call the UP ISP for details, look for Ms. Elen Arzadon at 927-0368. Do not let this once in a year event pass!

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