Y4IT 2007: Philippine Youth for Information Technology Congress

September 12, 13, & 14, 2007

SM City North EDSA, Quezon City

(Theaters 9, 10, 11, & 12)

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On September 12 - 14, 2007, the biggest information technology event in the country, the Philippine Youth for Information Techology (Y4IT 2007) will be held at SM City North Edsa, Quezon City.

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The main organizer of the event is the University of the Philippines Information Technology Center (UPITTC) headed by my colleague, Dr. Jaime "Jimmy" Caro. Jimmy is also the Assistant Vice-President for Development of the University of the Philippines and the president of the Computing Society of the Philippines or CSP (Note: I am the immediate past president of CSP).

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I will be giving the opening remarks on the third day of the event, Friday, September 14, 2007.

The I.T. event will feature lectures on the following topics:

• Digital Entertainment
• Machine Intelligence
• Digital Libraries
• Challenges in Automation
• Information Security
• Digital Video Production
• Human Interfaces and Interaction
• e-Government
• e-Market Place
• Network Business
• ASP and e-Business
• Job Structures in ITEnterprise
• Resource Planning
• Computational Biology
• Mobile Learning
• Success Stories in Animation
• Technology Entrepreneurship
• Best Practices in the e-Services Industry
• Latest Trends in Hardware Technology
• Emerging Technologies
• 3D Animation
• Biomedical Robotics
• On-Line Gaming / MMORPG

Below is the schedule on the 3rd day:

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Third Day: September 14, 2007

SM City North Edsa, Quezon City

Theatre 12

08:00 to 09:00 Registration

09:00 to 09:15 Opening Ceremonies/National Anthem

09:15 to 09:30 Opening Remarks

Dr. Rafael P. Saldaña

Assoc. Prof., Ateneo de Manila University

Former President, Computing Society of the Philippines (CSP)

09:30 to 10:00 Keynote Speaker

Hon. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan

Senator, Senate of the Phlippines

10:00 to 10:45 Ethics in Computer Science

Prof. Rommel Feria

Computer Science Department

University of the Philippines, Diliman

10:45 to 11:00 Break/Intermission

11:00 to 11:45 Success Stories in Animation

Mr. Ranulf Goss

Slycesoft Games Development

11:45 to 12:30

Mr. Jose Timoteo S. Vergel De Dios

Microsoft Philippines

12:30 to 01:30 Lunch Break

01:30 to 02:00 Intermission/Raffle

02:00 to 02:45 Broadband Technology

Invited, plenary speaker

Globe Telecom, Inc.

02:45 to 03:30 Best Practices in e-Services Industry

Mr. Albert Mitchell L. Locsin

Executive Director

Business Processing

Association Philippines (BPA/P)

03:30 to 03:45 Break/Intermission

03:45 to 04:30 Digital Video Production

Invited, plenary speaker from

UP Film Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman

04:30 to 05:00 Distribution of Certificates

Visit the Y4IT website ( http://y4it.up.edu.ph/ ) for other schedules.

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Raffy

The Pisay '77 Blogger

9/11/07