Yes, the long wait is over! iBlog2: The 2nd Philippine Blogging Summit will be held on Tuesday, April 18 at the U.P. College of Law, U.P. Diliman, Quezon City from 9 am to 5 pm. And yes, the event is FREE!

This is the tentative programme as prepared by Janette Toral:

Keynote Message
by Rebecca MacKinnon, Global Voices

Prospects and Challenges for Filipino Bloggers
by Atty. JJ Disini

Political Blogging Panel
Blogs and the battle for ideas: personalities and issues
by Manuel L. Quezon III
(According to MLQ3, “We have to address how people are concerned over how nasty the political debate is getting.”)

Legal Blogging Panel
Speak No Evil?: Libel for Bloggers
by Atty. Marvin Aceron

Art & Literary Blogging Panel
Write here, Write now: The Author as a Blogger
by Dean Alfar

Comic Books and Blogging
by Jonas Diego

Professional Blogging Panel
Problogging: Professional Blogging and Blog Monetization
by Abe Olandres

Blogging as a Profession: From Full-Time Employee to Full Time Blogger
by J Angelo Racoma

Putting Search Engines to Work for your Blog
by Marc Hil Macalua

Media Blogging Panel
Blogs as source for story leads
by Erwin Oliva

Personal Blogging Panel
Making your blog funny and humorous
by Anton De Leon

Shameless Self-Promotion: How to Be Heard in a Referral World
by Mike Abundo

Podcasting Panel
Use of Podcasting in Promoting Advocacy and Products
by Pocholo Gonzales

If you want to be a part of this event, register here. To see the list of participants, click here. Blackboard is the 12^th registrant.

Visit the iBlog 2 site for more details.

See you there!