Eagerly anticipating BlogFest.Asia
I’m very pleased to announce that a regional conference of bloggers is finally going to take place in Asia. It’s dubbed BlogFest.Asia, and is to be hosted by the Dot.Asia Organisation (the people behind the .asia domain registry). This isn’t specifically for WordPress, of course, but I’m hoping to connect with fellow WordPress advocates and enthusiasts at the BlogFest.
Together with my good friend and fellow Filipino blogger, Juned Sonido, we will deliver a joint presentation at this milestone event. This wonderful opportunity is thanks to Mozilla’s Gen Kanai, who gave our names to the conference organizers. Mozilla was our co-presentor at WordCamp Philippines 2009.
Along with other representatives of their respective Asian countries, Juned will give a primer on the Philippine blogosphere, and thereby provide a picture of how active Filipino bloggers have been vis-à-vis the East Asian region. I will talk about a particular activity that has been close to my heart ever since the inception of the Mindanao Bloggers Community: Peace Initiatives through Blogging.
BlogFest.Asia will run from 5 to 8 November 2009, in Hong Kong. Many Asian countries are expected to be represented by their contingent of bloggers and resource speakers. I sure hope there’ll be more Filipinos attending the event!
For updates, you can follow @blogfestasia on Twitter.
