Program

4 February 2009 (Day 0)

Venue: Boulvar, Manila Pavilion Hotel, United Nations Avenue, Ermita, Manila, Philippines

1830-2030

Reception for conference participants

5 February 2009 (Day 1)

Conference Proper
Venue: Coral Ballroom, Manila Pavilion Hotel, United Nations Avenue, Ermita, Manila, Philippines
Emcees: Professors Jennifer Jimeno-Atienza & Enrile Teodoro

0800-0830	Registration
0830-0845	Opening Ceremonies Philippine National Anthem Arellano Law Singers Invocation Ms. Ia Bolos, President, IT Law Society, Arellano University School of Law Welcome Remarks Dean Jose Sundiang, Dean, Arellano University School of Law (Lead Public Institution) Atty. Jaime N. Soriano, Legal and Project Lead (Creative Commons Philippines)
0845-1000	CC-Licensed Projects in the Philippines Session chair: CC Philippines Open Content: Vibal Foundation by Kristine Mandigma Culture Commons: Trip Hop Band DRIP by Mark Laccay and Paul Pajo Adopting and Utilizing Creative Commons to Facilitate the Dissemination of Rice Knowledge and Technology : International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) by Gene Hettel and Atty. Ildefonso Jimenez
1000-1015	Break
1015-1200	CC-Licensed Projects in the Asia & Pacific Region Session presentors: CC Australia, CC China Mainland, CC South Korea, CC Singapore, CC Taiwan, and CC Thailand (The session provides a showcase or a sampling of prominent CC-licensed projects initiated by nationals from the participating jurisdictions.)
1200-1300	Lunch
1300-1400	CC Affiliate projects Session Chair: CC China Mainland Session Presentors – CC Australia, CC China Mainland, CC Philippines, CC South Korea, CC Singapore, CC Taiwan, and CC Thailand (The session provides a showcase of the CC-licensed projects of the participating Creative Commons jurisdiction projects, in consonance to their respective orientations towards the Commons.)
1400-1500	Collaborative projects for the Culture Commons Session Chair: CC South Korea (The session discussions revisit the regional collaborations initiated by such jurisdiction projects, such as the CC Taiwan-initiated CABACA project and the CC Australia-initiated 'Case Studies' project; and further the discussion on possibilities of initiating other projects that would entail regional collaborations.)
1500-1515	Break
1515-1615	Overview of CC license usage in the Asia & Pacific Region Session Chair: CC Singapore Session Presentors: CC Australia, CC China Mainland, CC Philippines, CC South Korea, CC Singapore, CC Taiwan, and CC Thailand (The session is designed to shed light on the usage of CC licenses through the observations of Creative Commons jurisdiction projects on the cultural orientations on the liberality of CC license adopted by third parties and/or the usage of both jurisdictionally ported and unported licenses by third parties; the effects that license-adoption have caused, and the prospects of CC licensing towards the broader "digital commons" practices.)
1615-1715	Organizing a CC Asia & Pacific Regional Knowledge Base Session host: CC Philippines (The session focuses on CC affiliate collaborations to enhance information-sharing related to their work, such as information resource involving license interpretation, discussion documentations, and event organization how-to's, among others.)
1715-1730	Traditional group pictorials
1730-1930	Break / Transport to Cultural Night venue

Culture Commons / Cultural night
Venue: Review Room, Arellano University School of Law, Taft Avenue, Pasay City, Philippines

1930-2230

Dinner and Cocktails Welcome Remarks Atty. Gabriel de la Pena, Executive Director, Arellano Law Foundation Traditional Filipino Dance CPGarcia-Pandacan Cultural Dance Troupe Mini-Concert of CC-Ph Artists Arellano Law Singers, Lisa Diy, DRIP and other artists

6 February 2009 (Day 2)

Conference Proper
Venue: Coral Ballroom, Manila Pavilion Hotel, United Nations Avenue, Ermita, Manila, Philippines
Emcees: Professors Jennifer Jimeno-Atienza & Enrile Teodoro

0900-1000	Creative Commons Global and Regional Updates Dr. Catharina Maracke, Executive Director, Creative Commons International
1000-1015	Break
1015-1200	Organization of CC jurisdictional projects : Overview, Comparisons, Challenges, etc. Session Chair: CC Taiwan Session Presentors – CC Australia, CC China Mainland, CC Philippines, CC South Korea, CC Singapore, CC Taiwan, and CC Thailand (The session provides for updates on how the participating jurisdiction projects are organized, and the issues they face under their existing structure, to allow other projects to learn from each other and face the challenges each confront or collectively confront.)
1200-1300	Lunch
1300-1400	Planning a CC Regional Conference Co-Presentors: CC Taiwan, CC Philippines (The session provides for the narratives on the organization, challenges, and the like, on hosting a CC regional conference to provide aid to the next host of the CC Asia & Pacific Conference.)
1400-1500	Regional Tie-Ins Session host: CC Philippines (The session provides for discussions on inquiries into possible commercial and non-commercial tie-ups with third-party organizations within the Asia & Pacific region, in furtherance of the collective goals of collaborating Creative Commons jurisdiction projects and Creative Commons as a whole.)
1500-1515	Break
1515-1530	CC Statistics Giorgos Cheliotis, CC Singapore (The session provides an update on the current usage of CC licenses, especially in the Asia & the Pacific region, especially in the interval between this conference and the past CC Asia conference in Taipei, Taiwan in January 2008 and the past iCommons summit in Sapporo, Japan in July 2008.)
1530-1600	Roadmap for the CC Asia & the Pacific Session Chair: CC Philippines
1600-1615	Acknowledgments Atty. Jaime N. Soriano, Legal and Project Lead (Creative Commons Philippines)
1615-1630	Closing Remarks Dr. Florentino Cayco III, Administrator, Arellano University School of Law (Lead Public Institution) Dr. Catharina Maracke, Executive Director, Creative Commons International
1630-1700	Press Conference / Briefing

7 February 2009 (Day +)

Option 1: Sun Fun
Venue: Terrazas de Punta Fuego, Nasugbu, Batangas

0700	Assembly time - Hotel lobby
0700+ - 1000	Terrazas de Punta Fuego Resort: Travel time, arrival, etc.
1030	Snack
1030+ - 1200	Free time (swimming, sunbathing, kayaking, golf)
1200 - 1330	Lunch
1330 - 1700	Free time (swimming, sunbathing, kayaking, golf)
1700	Assembly time - for travel back to hotel in Manila

Option 2: Old Manila
Venue: Intramuros, Manila; with trips to Macapagal Boulevard and SM Mall of Asia.

0800	Assembly time: Hotel lobby
0800+ - 1000	Fort Santiago; Casa Manila Museum; and Baluarte de San Diego
1000 - 1130	San Agustin Church/Museum
1130 - 1200	Assembly time: Luneta Park and short travel for lunch
1200 - 1330	Lunch @ Macapagal Boulevard
1330+	Shopping @ SM Mall of Asia
1800	Bus availability for those returning to hotel