UPDATES: 30th Manila International Book Fair

wow its finally just around the corner. Mark your calendars fellow book worm for next week on sept16-20 will be the 30th manila international book fair. and these are the schedule of activities as follows:

September 16-20, 2009 • 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Exhibit Halls 1-4, SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines

SCHEDULE OF SPECIAL EVENTS
(As of August 25, 2009)

Wednesday, September 16, 2009
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Meeting Rooms 4 & 5
Net Generation Libraries Forum
Speaker: Mr. Johann Frederick Cabbab
Forum Fee: Member-P 100.00, Non-Member-P 200.00, Student-P 50.00
Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines (ASLP)

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Meeting Room 6
Focusing on our Health: Enhancing Wellness in the Workplace Forum
Forum Fee: Member- P 150.00, Non-Member- P 200.00
Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines (MAHLAP)

10:00 AM - 12:00 NN
Stage Area
Holy Eucharistic Mass and Opening Ceremonies Program

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Stage Area
Pasiklaban sa Paaralan Grade School Division
Diwa Learning Systems Inc.

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Meeting Room 4
The Revised Penal Code: Toward a More Humane and Responsive Criminal
Justice System in the Philippines Forum
Speaker: Justice Caroline Aquino
Forum Fee: Member- P 100.00, Non-Member- P 150.00, Student- P 75.00
Philippine Group of Law Librarians (PGLL)

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Stage Area
A-Z English Proficiency Championship Round
A-Z Direct Marketing, Inc.


Thursday, September 17, 2009
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Meeting Room 4
Creative Techniques in Teaching Library and Information Science Forum
Speaker: Dr. Allan de Guzman
Forum Fee: Member & Student- P 150.00, Non-Member- P 200.00
Philippine Association of Teachers of Library Science (PATLS)

8:00 AM - 12:00 NN
Meeting Rooms 5 & 6
Digital Debate on Archives, Museum and Libraries Lecture/Forum
Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians (PAARL)

10:00 AM - 12:00 NN
Stage Area
Pasiklaban sa Paaralan High School Division
Diwa Learning Systems Inc.

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Meeting Room 5
Book Care 101: Introduction to the Care and Repair of Books
University of the Philippines Library Science Alumni Association (UPLSAA)

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Meeting Room 6
Reed Exhibitions Seminar - Join Book Expo America and The London Book Fair
Reed Exhibitions Ltd

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Meeting Room 6
Anjala Book Presentation
Stora Enso Southeast Asia

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Stage Area
Isang Pagtatanghal ng Balagtasan nina Teo T. Antonio, Michael M. Coroza at Vim Nadera
Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP)

Friday, September 18, 2009
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Meeting Rooms 5 & 6
Talks by Valerie Cruz-Tapalla on Professional Etiquette for Librarians and Andrew Matthews on Being Happy
Forum Fee: Member-P 100.00, Non-Member-P 150.00, Student-P 75.00
Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI)

10:00 AM - 12:00 NN
Stage Area
Chess Demo Game
Diwa Learning Systems Inc.

10:00 AM - 12:00 NN
Meeting Room 4
Book Launching of Ang Batang Nangarap ng Kapayapaan
Katha Publishing Co., Inc. (Goodwill Trading Co.)

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Meeting Room 4
Book Launch of Diksyunaryong Tagalog: Makabago at Pinagaan
Katha Publishing Co., Inc. (Goodwill Trading Co.)

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Stage Area
Book Launch
Philippine Christian Literature, Inc.

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Meeting Room 6
SRA, Science iLabs and Asya: Kasaysayan at Kabihasnan Product Launch
Abiva Publishing House, Inc.

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Stage Area
Talks by Andrew Matthews on Being Happy
National Book Store

3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Meeting Rooms 2 & 3
ICT in Basic Education Seminar Series
Diwa Learning Systems Inc.

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Meeting Room 4
Book Launching “The Word of the Lord”, The Subsidized Popular Edition of the Christian Community Bible
Asian Catholic Communications, Inc. (ACCI)

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Meeting Room 6
Product Launch
Paulines Publishing House

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Stage Area
Book Launch
Vibal Publishing House, Inc.

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Meeting Rooms 4 & 5
Book Launch
St Pauls

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Stage Area
CSM New Titles Book Launching
Church Strengthening Ministry

Saturday, September 19, 2009
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Meeting Room 5
Book Selling 101: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask Series Year 2
Publishers' Representatives Organization of the Philippines (PROP)

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Meeting Room 5
Model Drawing, Speaker: Mr. Ling Yuen
Edcrisch International Inc.

10:00 AM - 12:00 NN
Stage Area
Tribute to Teachers Live Broadcast
Diwa Learning Systems Inc.

12:00 NN - 7:00 PM
Meeting Rooms 4, 5 & 6
Rex Bookstore International Reader's Theater Fluency Award Grand Finals and Awards Night
Rex Bookstore, Inc.

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Stage Area
Storytelling
Precious Pages Corp. and Alitaptap Storytellers

5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Meeting Rooms 7, 8 & 9
Central Books Multiple Book Launching
Central Book Supply, Inc.

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Stage Area
Festival of Love Mini Concert
Jesuit Communications Foundation, Inc.

Sunday, September 20, 2009
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Meeting Rooms 8 & 9
Customer Service: Learning Techniques and Projecting Good Image of the Library or Office Forum
Forum Fee: Member-P 150.00, Non-Member-P 200.00, Student-100.00
Ortigas Center Library Consortium (OCLC) Inc.

11:00 AM - 12:00 NN
Stage Area
SRA Science iLabs Hands-On Experiments
Performed by: Mad Science Scientists
Abiva Publishing House, Inc.

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Stage Area
Storytelling
Precious Pages Corp. and Alitaptap Storytellers

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Stage Area
Holy Eucharistic Mass

SEE YOU THERE.. coz Book Wench will surely be there ^_^