iBlog10: FREE 10th Philippine Blogging Summit in Manila 2014

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As a blogger for 4 years and counting, the annual Philippine Blogging Summit is one big event I always look forward. Not just because I get to meet a lot of fellow bloggers but I get a lot of tremendous inspirations from speakers about their advocacy and success stories! 

My first two years in the blogosphere was the hardest because I did not know where I am heading. I reached the point when I seriously want to know if blog posts can take me to somewhere I want. Luckily after years of immersing myself to the blogosphere, It was all worth it! 

WHAT: iBlog:The 10th Philippine Blogging Summit #iblog10

WHERE: Malcolm Theatre, College of Law, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City

WHEN: April 4 and 5, 2014

This event is spearheaded by Janette Toral, often dubbed as the "Mother of e-commerce law in the Philippines".  I have copy - pasted the schedule from her official website. For more information please click here. 

DAY 1 AGENDA (Names of speakers and panelists will be posted and updated this week)

9:00 to 9:20 Flag ceremony, prayer, participant intro (limited)

9:20 to 10:20 Bloggers as New Media Personalities (Carlo Ople, Noemi Lardizabal Dado, and more to be added)

10:20 to 10:40 BREAK

10:40 to 11:40 Building Communities through Blogging (Azrael Coladilla, Jinoe Gavan, Vince Golangco, and more to be added)

11:40 to 1:00 LUNCH

1:00 to 1:30 SPONSOR TALK

1:30 to 2: 10 Bloggers as Digital Marketers (Grace Bondad Nicolas, Jonel Uy, Fitz Villafuerte, Boris Joaquin)

2:20 to 3:00: Blogging as Part of Internet Marketing and Advertising (Jeoff Solas, Mannix Borromeo Pabalan, Brad Geiser, and more to be added)

3:00 to 3:20 BREAK

3:20 to 4:00 Bloggers as Activist (Tonyo Cruz, Francis Acero, and more to be added)

4:00 to 4:40 State of Blogging in the Philippines – report from bloggers in the countryside

4:40 RAFFLE / GROUP SHOT

DAY 2 AGENDA (Names of speakers and panelists will be posted and updated this week)

9:00 to 9:20 The Rise of the Sports Bloggers (Ivan Stewart Saldajeno)

9:20 to 9:40 Future-Proof Link Building: No Spam, More Juice (Jayson Bagio)

9:40 to 10:00 Why Doctors and other Professionals should Blog? (Bien Nillos)

10:00 to 10:20 BREAK

10:20 to 11:00 Bloggers as Entrepreneurs (Genesis Reonico, Sonnie Santos, Vanj Padilla, and more to be added)

11:10 to 12:00 Crowdsourcing, Social Media, and its Impact on Business (Richard Eldridge, Lace Llanora, Michael Ngo Dee, and more to be added)

12:00 to 1:00 LUNCH

1:00 to 1:30 SPONSOR TALK

1:30 to 2:10 Mentoring Entrepreneurs through Blogging and Social Media (Christian Blanquera and more to be added)

2:20 to 2:40 The Present and Future of Internet Regulation (Atty. JJ Disini)

2:50 to 3:10 The Philippine Internet at 20 years old (Janette Toral)

3:20 to 3:40 BREAK

3:40 to 4:40 Future of Blogging and Social Media

4: 50 RAFFLE and GROUP SHOT

EMCEE: Flow Galindez and Adrian Benipayo

Now on its 10th year, this is a decade long that is really worthy of a celebration. I heard they will get the best speakers they had for the past 10 years! Wanna share this to anyone who is thinking of having a "career" or life to blogging. This is a free two day event. I will only be joining the first day, as the second day I have to join another very valuable mentoring event to make sure I get the right exposure I need for living a location - independent style and entrepreneur in one.