Systems Integration Philippines 2010

Systems Integration Philippines launched a three-part expo at the SMX Convention Center last August 19 to 21—Signs and Media World Expo, an international signage, multimedia presentation technology, equipment materials and services exhibition; the Total Office Products and Services show, an 8th International Business IT Solutions, Audio and Video Communications, Digital Printing, Graphics Design and Office Automation Technology, Products and Services Exhibition; and Corporate Gifts Expo, the 8th Corporate Giveaways, Office Supplies, Stationery, Incentives, Premiums, and Souvenirs Exhibition.

The event highlighted innovative office supplies to marketing solutions. Moreover, the exhibits showcased free seminars and product presentation from top exhibitors and associations such as: The Value of Corporate Wellness Programs to Corporations by Philippine Kettlebell Corporation; How to Choose the Best Office Supply by Crown Supply; Digital Printing Busienss by Graficad Creation; and Sanus Wallmount Systems: Make Room for Life by Goldway Digital Equipment.

The three-day exhibit will not be a complete success without the help of its partners and sponsors: China Business Philippines, Business World, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Gadgets Magazine, Gadgets Philippines Inc., 88db.com, Agility Logistics, MultisTiQ, ANC, Wave 89.1, Jam 88.3, Resort World Manila, PowerSpeak Inc., Sanyo, SMX Convention Center, Manila Pavilion, TV Style Video, PLDT myDSL, and Panasonic.

For more information about the event, contact Global-Link MP Events International Inc. at (632) 750-8588, 887-1304; fax (632) 750-8585; email info@globallinkmp.com or visit their website at www.globallinkph.com or www.globallinkmp.com.

COMDDAP Expo Manila 2009 Set to Showcase Best of Philippine IT

The best and the latest technology of the information technology (IT) industry will be present in this year’s biggest IT selling exhibit, the Computer Manufacturers, Distributors and Dealers Association of the Philippines (COMDDAP) Expo Manila 2009, to be held on December 3 - 6, 2009 at the SMX Convention Center of the SM Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City.

Aptly titled “Maximum Exposure,” the event serves as the biggest one-stop-shop for IT products and services. The event will be highlighted by four major activities designed to exhibit the best of Philippine IT.

Twelve of the best minds and companies of the local IT industry will be featured in the special exhibit, Open Pinoy Solutions (OPS). It aims to place the Filipino IT geniuses into the spotlight and give them their well-deserved recognition.

3D Philippines Initiative or 3DPI is a one-of-a-kind program, featuring incredible and usable virtual models of the Philippines’ breathtaking sites found on Google Earth using Google SketchUp.

Reprising its widely popular shootout events, COMDDAP Expo Manila stages the back-to-back blockbuster this 2009. Now sharper, brighter, and with more brands in the running, The Great Projector Shoot-Out and LCD Monitor Shoot-Out are sure to help experts and consumers determine which brands are the most superior.

Finally, in the tradition of the COMDDAP Shootouts comes the latest showdown of pixel proportions. Visitors will train and challenge their sights in choosing the best quality inkjet printers at the Printer Shootout. The most popular printer brands will face off in a showdown of printing prowess by displaying photographic printouts for display and intense scrutiny.

Aside from this year's series of special events and seminars, offering the most up-to-date discussion and hottest tech trends on Adobe, Microsoft Windows 7 and data loss prevention, lucky expo-goers have the chance to win amazing gadgets and other exciting prizes in the daily raffle.

For inquiries, contact COMDDAP Secretariat at (632) 8103814, 8927947, 7509456 or visit their website at www.comddap.org for more details.

Print Philippines ‘09

Organized by the Printing Industries Association of the Philippines, the Print Philippines ‘09 held at the World Trade Center Manila last September 3-6, 2009 was a response to a call on the nation’s printers to battle to survive as the industry tasked with printing and disseminating relevant knowledge and information.

With the convention theme “Turning Economic Crisis Into Opportunities,” the exhibition was held in conjunction with the 14th National Printers Convention scheduled on September 1, 2 and 5 at the nearby Heritage Hotel on Roxas Boulevard.

The new and bigger venue at the WTC catered to a total of 151 booths for exhibitors. Hon. Arthur T. Yap, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, graced the event as guest of honor and speaker.

Aside from the sponsors, companies who participated as exhibitors included Akinto Marketing Corporation; Ascend Innovative Business Solutions, Inc.; American Technologies, Inc.; Big Pix Graphics Systems, Inc.; Book Media Press, Inc.; Bughaw Electro-Carbon Factors, Inc.; Bullseye Solutions, Inc.; Central Books Print on Demand; Chang Zhou; Chase Technologies Corp.; Citibind Corporation; Commerce Asia, Inc.; Computer Graphics, Inc.; Copylandia Office Systems, Corp.; Fastline Trading, Inc.; Foremost Pre-Press Supplies, Inc.; GMP Philippines; Graphic and Prints Solutions; Graphic Sales Center, Inc.; Greatwall Machinery and Manufacturing Phils., Inc.; Heidelberg Philippines, Inc.; Heritage Hotel; Hicor Manufacturing Corp.; Hi-Gloss Lamination, Inc.; Marinora International; Multistiq, Inc.; Norde International Distributor; Orix Metro Leasing and Finance Corp.; PPMS Commercial; Premium Graphics Asia Center, Inc.; Print Solution Hub; Printers Pavilion; Redcross; Ricoh Philippines; Secomp, Inc.; Shimodate Ent., Inc.; SIGAP; Spectrum Icontek Int’l Corp.; Tarpographics Advertising; Touch Art Digital Design; TPT International, Inc.; Qualiplus Int’l Trading; U-Bix Corporation; Veco Paper Corporation; and Ynzal Marketing Corp.

Print Philippines ’09 was sponsored by Ideal Marketing & Manufacturing Corp.; APP (Philippines) Inc.; Canon Marketing Philippines; CGI Design & Enterprise; JND International Corp.; Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation; Metrocolor Corporation; Philippine Vacuum Pumps & Printing Parts Trading Corp.; Purity Paper, Inc.; Triplex Enterprises, Inc.; Toppan Paper Products Co., Inc.; and Yunitrade Marketing Center Corp.

The Printing Industries Association of the Philippine (PIAP) may be reached at (632) 8945224; 8109109; 8109754; fax (632)8945224; or you may e-mail piap_org@yahoo.com. Visit their website at http://www.piap.org.ph.

Print, Online, and Mobile Media Heads Gather for Asian Publishing Convention

Local and international companies involved in print, mobile, and, online media industry took part in the Third Asian Publishing Convention (APC) held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Makati City last July 16 to 17, 2009.

With the theme, “Multimedia Content Development, Deployment, and Management: Evolving Best Practices, Technology, Organization Structures, Biz Models”, the annual event has essentially established itself as the conference that brings worldwide publishing management thinking and expertise to multimedia publishing managers in Asia. It has proved itself as the annual convention that directs itself to the continuing professional development of publishing professionals in an atmosphere of learning and interacting with counterparts from all over the region.

The two-day event was filled with information-packed plenary and special interest sessions, designed to address different issues and concerns of publishers in this modern age. Speakers during the plenary sessions include Ms. Patricia Go, Corporate Communications Director of JG Summit Holdings, Inc.; Mr. Dondi Gomez, Vice President and Head of Corporate Marketing of Jolibee Foods Corporation; Mr. Erik Hartman, Strategic Partner Development Manager of Google Singapore; Mr. Chris Stevens, Global Account Manager of Swiss Post International; Ms. Lizelle Maralag, Managing Director of Starcom Mediavest Group Phils. Inc., Mr. Eugenio 'Gabby' Lopez III, Chairman and CEO of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation; Mr. Peter Loh, Sales and Marketing Director – Asia for ATEX; and Mr. Chris Schaumann, Global Advertising and Digital Lead of Microsoft Corporation.

As part of the culmination of the APC, eight winners and 16 excellence awardees from seven categories were awarded during the third Asian Multimedia Publishing Awards (AMPA) - Asia's premier awards program that recognizes best publishing practices in Asia.

The seven categories of this year's AMPA include: multimedia communication; use of digital technology; multimedia strategy and business model; multimedia advertising delivery; best use of multimedia marketing by a book publisher; best book/best writer on Asian media; and innovative corporate communications in a multimedia world. The AMPA incorporates the Asian Book Publishing Awards and Asian Corporate Communications Awards, which attracted 74 entries from 44 companies representing 9 countries worldwide.

The winners for this year’s AMPA are:

Category	Company name	Project / Project Name	Country
Multimedia Communication	CommonWealth Magazine Group	Grow Up 400	Taiwan
Use of Digital Technology	Studio Classroom	Cyber Village – an online English learning community	Taiwan
	UDN.com	UDN Self-Publishing	Taiwan
Multimedia Strategy and Business Model	ASAPP Media Pvt Ltd	CONSTRUCTION WORLD	India
Multimedia Advertising Delivery	Cyber Media India Ltd	“Saahas”	India
Best use of multimedia marketing by a book publisher	Commonwealth Publishing Co., Ltd.	Hot, Flat, and Crowded	Taiwan
Best book / Best writer on Asian media	HarperCollins Publishers India Ltd.	India on Television by Nalin Mehta	India

Philippine company Ayala Corporation won this year’s Asian Corporate Communications Awards for their Ayala: Celebrating 175 Years project.

APC 2009 is supported by Swiss Post International, Synovate, and Atex, in partnership with ACC Group of Companies, Cordillera Coffee, Asian Massage, ABS-CBN Publishing Inc., PLDT Sweetspots, and the following media and PR partners: AdAsia, Adobo Magazine , Media Partners Asia, Yehey.com, The Employer Magazine and Trainer Magazine, ACN Newswire, Weber Shandwick Worldwide, Amex Team Advertising Ltd., Creative Crest Integrated Public Relations, and Public Relations Society of Indonesia.

Conference partners include: ASEAN Book Publishers Association (ABPA), Asia Digital Marketing Association (ADMA), Asian Media Information & Communication Centre (AMIC), Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines (IMMAP), Magazine Business Association of Taipei (MBAT), Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), Magazine Publishers Association of Malaysia (MPA), Magazine Publishers Association of Singapore (MPAS), National Book Development Board (NBDB), National Book Development Council of Singapore (NBDCS), Philippine Association of National Advertisers (PANA), Publishers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PAPI), Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA), Telesis Consultation Inc. and OIC Events.

For additional information on the Asian Publishing Convention, contact OIC Events at (632) 813-0711 or the APC secretariat at (632) 818-3289 or visit www.publishingconvention.com

Religious and Academic Books Went on Sale at Philippine Academic Book Fair

Numerous religious and academic books were sold at fair prices during the 13th Philippine Academic Book Fair held last June 23 to 27, 2009 at the SM Megatrade Hall I, SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City.

Organized by the Academic Booksellers Association of the Philippines (ABAP), this year’s book fair carried the theme “The Filipino Booksellers: Responding To Academic and Information Needs In The Midst Of Global Challenges”.

Association of Local Colleges and Universities (ALCU) and the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) President Atty. Adel Tamano, and University of the Philippines – Diliman Head University Librarian Prof. Salvacion Arlante led the ribbon cutting ceremony to signify the formal opening of the five day event.

Atty. Tamano talked about the importance of the reading culture today and how instrumental the booksellers are to address this issue. Meanwhile, Prof. Arlante shared about the UP Library experience with booksellers and how they have bridged the needs of the Library. ABAP President Mr. Lino Dagus briefly discuss the state of the Association and the book and publishing industry itself.

Filipino folk singer and composer Mr. Noel Cabangon also graced the occasion and serenaded the audience with his inspiring compositions.

This year’s fair featured 44 exhibitors in the book publishing and book selling. It became a perfect venue for librarians, students, professionals and book enthusiast and took advantage of purchasing new books sold at fair prices.

The 13th Philippine Academic Book Fair is co-organized by Primetrade Asia, Inc., and supported by the Department of Education and Commission on Higher Education with the following media partners: St. Paul Libreria, 99.5RT, 101.1 Yes!FM, and NU107.

For more information about the event, contact Primetrade Asia, Inc., at (632) 896-0661, 896-0682, fax (632) 896-0695, email: bookfair@primetradeasia.com or visit their website at http://www.primetradeasia.com/

Digital Art and Design Professionals, Enthusiasts Participated in 14th Graphic Expo 2009

Graphic arts, printing, photography, and creative design enthusiasts and professionals filled the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) in Pasay City for the 14th Graphic Expo 2009 held last June 03-06, 2009.

Organized by Fiera de Manila, Inc., in cooperation with Philippine Center for Creative Imaging and Zone V Camera Club, the event lives up to its reputation as the country’s premier trade show in creative and graphic design, digital photography and imaging, pre-press, print production, large format advertising, web publishing, multimedia, and animation.

The four-day event was filled with seminars on the following topics:

Speaker	Topics
Mr. Jun Miranda, Faculty Member, PCCI	- Color Management Made Simple - Mastering Channels and Masking in Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Advanced Photoshop CS4 for Graphic Designers - Killer Photoshop Tips and Techniques for Photographers - The Secrets to Portrait Retouching - Mastering Color in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Mr. Mario Ramirez, Faculty Member, PCCI	- Beginning Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Upgrading to Adobe Photoshop CS4: What's New?
Mr. Noel Rosos, Faculty Member, PCCI	An Introduction to Premiere Pro CS4
Mr. Reynaldo Mendoza, Jr	Designing for Web 2.0
Mr. Michael Martinez, Faculty Member, PCCI	Migrating to InDesign CS4
Mr. Guillermo Ramos, Faculty Member, PCCI	The Basics and Beyond of Publication Design
Mr. Antonio Bucu, Faculty Member, PCCI	- The Adobe Power Cube of Graphic Design - Guerrilla Graphic Design
Mr. Santiago Lucero, Faculty Member, PCCI	- Final Cut Studio From Start to Finish - Final Cut Studio Tips and Tricks
Mr. AJ Siytangco, Faculty Member, PCCI	- What's New in Maya 2009 - Integrating Maya and Photoshop
Ms. Catherine Crisostomo, Faculty Member, PCCI	Stylizing Photos in Illustrator (Converting Photos to Cool Vector Graphic Images)
Mr. Jon Danao, Faculty Member, PCCI	- Adobe Flash CS4 Cartooning - Energizing Adobe Flash CS4 Projects (with Action Script)
Ms. Ronna Lara-Bes	Integrating 3D Graphics Into Live Action Shots
Mr. Stanley Coloma, Faculty Member, PCCI	After Effects CS4 Unleashed
Mr. Ronnie M. Millevo, MillevoMedia	Making Powerful Corporate Presentation Materials and Web Projects
Mr. Hanz Joseph Dy, Faculty Member, PCCI	- Creating Forms in Acrobat - Multimedia in PDF
Mr. Sonny Leon, Faculty Member, PCCI	- More Power Into Power Point with CorelDRAW - CorelDRAW Cheat Codes: Tips and Tricks
Mr. Christopher Tan	Implementing An Effective Storage Strategy
Mr. John Mateos Ong, Imagine Nation Photography	Wedding and Portrait Photography: Insights, Tips, and Techniques

The 14th Graphic Expo is sponsored by Canon, Hewlett Packard (HP), SII Color Painter, and the following media partners: The Philippine Star, Business World, Business Mirror, Computerworld Philippines, Enterprise Magazine, Philippine Graphic, Hardware Magazine (HWM) Media G8way Corp., PC World Philippines http://pcworld.com.ph/, i-mag Photography Magazine, PC Buyer's Guide, Adobo Magazine, Optimind Technology Solutions, and The Radio Partners, Inc. (Jam 88.3, Wave 891, Magic 89.9, Killer Bee FM, 99.5 RT, and 103.5 Max FM)

For more information about the event, contact Fiera de Manila at (632) 896-0637, 899-2952, 896-0639, 899-6216, 890-2101, fax (632) 890-2101, 896-0637, email fiera@info.com, or visit their website at www.fmi.com.ph.