FILCOLS is Going to Bacolod!

This is from nbdb.gov.ph.


NBDB holds 2011 Academic Publishing Conference in Bacolod City

On March 3 and 4, the National Book Development Board (NBDB), in partnership with University of St. La Salle Bacolod, will hold an academicpublishing conference themed “Venturing into Academic Publishing” at theUniversity of St. La Salle in Bacolod City.

The conference targets universities and commercial publishers in the regions and aims to provide them with the necessary knowledge needed to start and sustain a university-based publishing house. The NBDB will be flying in experts from the biggest university and commercial publishers in the country, including UST Publishing House’s John Jack Wigley (The UST Publishing House’s Experience), De La Salle University’s Isagani Cruz (The Academic Publishing Market and Distribution Channels; Putting Together an Academic Journal), Ateneo de Manila University’s Oscar Campomanes (The Basics of Writing Articles and the Journal Review Process), Central Book Supply’s Paolo Sibal (Publishing on Demand), and Vibal Publishing’s Kristine Mandigma (E-Publishing for Academic Publishers). Intellectual Property Office’s Atty.Louie Calvario will also give a talk on copyright basics for publishing and Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society’s (FILCOLS) Alvin Buenaventura will discuss authors’ reprographic rights. The title of his presentation is FILCOLS: Enforcing the Economic Rights of Copyright Owners.

Since 2007, the NBDB has been holding academic publishing conferences in key cities around the country.

To register, call the NBDB at 920-9853.