MIBF2019: ASLP Forum on Block chain

This year, ASLP moves ahead of the curve with a novel topic for the Manila International Book Fair happening on September. We believe librarians, information professionals and all and sundry must be kept abreast with the latest developments making noise around the globe. More than the awareness these developments radiate, we avouch the importance of its application and significance to our daily work.

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You are invited to join us for a discussion on Blockchain: Revolutionizing Data Privacy and the LIS Profession with the following objectives: (a) gauge understanding on the concepts of blockchain, data privacy and the LIS profession; (b) assimilate connections and impacts of blockchain to data privacy and the LIS Profession; and (c) apply gained knowledge in our personal data protection measures and in our LIS professional practices.

Joan is a qualified lawyer in the Philippines and California, USA, having previously supported the IT/C Group of Baker McKenzie as a Professional Support Lawyer. She has over 6 years of demonstrated experience in implementing global key projects around privacy & information governance, solving complex regulatory compliance problems and addressing global information management issues. She collaborates closely with Baker McKenzie's IPTech practitioners in managing global knowledge initiatives. She was the Associate Editor of Baker McKenzie's Global Privacy & Information Management Handbook (2014-2017 editions) and Baker McKenzie’s Global Data Breach Notification Handbook (2016). Joan has a Juris Doctor from the Ateneo de Manila School of Law.

Eugene was Legislative Library Specialist (Legislative Staff Officer II) at the Legislative Library Service, House of Representatives from 2008 to 2015. He is over-all administrator of the cloud server of the Legislative Library and over-all in charge on the review, installation and administration of the Koha Library System. Through Koha ILS, he was hired as Library Systems Analyst/Consultant by the Food and Agriculture Organization David Lubin Memorial Library in Rome, Italy from April 2015 to December 2015. He worked as Systems Services Librarian of the De La Salle University from May 2018 to March 2019. Moving from the Lower House (House of Representatives in 2015) to the Upper House, he is currently Legislative Staff Officer II at the Senate of the Philippines. Eugene took his MLIS from UP Diliman and ranked 4th in the 2005 Librarian’s Licensure Exam.

Only on-site registration will be available for this forum subject to the following applicable fees:

Php. 400.00 for non members
Php. 300.00 members
Php. 200.00 students

#ASLPBlockchain Forum @ the #MIBF2019
11 September 2019
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Manila International Book Fair
Meeting Rooms 2 and 3, 2nd Floor
SMX Convention Center Manila