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I guess this is the best measure of success of the summit, when it managed to move everyone to action. My idea for a conference on Colon Street is just one of the many ideas I came up with. I am sure that every participant in that summit is moved, one way or another, to do something for their own hometown. By inviting the building owners to listen how their businesses can flourish when the place is revitalized, I'm sure that the mayor's plan will be a total success. I am now inspired to organize a similar conference focusing only on Colon St. His effort to revitalize the American-period Osmena Boulevard was a blooper when he announced that he was going to bring it back to its glory during the Spanish era. In Cebu, where I stay, the mayor just announced that he is setting aside funds to revitalize Colon Street, I wondered if his plan is based on some studies. It had the complete ingredients for the theme of the summit. There were also a couple of tech experts who shared some tools in documenting heritage sites and structures using the internet and other visualization software. ![]() There were also people from agencies who can be partners in the revitalization efforts who shared how they can help. In the conference, speakers from Iloilo, Escolta, and Vigan shared their success stories. ![]() There is a lot to learn in Iloilo in revitalizing a heritage district and I am inspired to bring everything I learned to Cebu. Now that they cleaned up the building, everything just looked different and fascinating. When I stayed there I didn't notice that all the buildings lining up the street of Calle Real were American period structures. Iloilo did a very good job in revitalizing their downtown. In my table alone there were two ladies from Dumaguete (an interior designer and a teacher in tourism), there was a lady who already migrated to New Zealand (a retired public school teacher), the owner of the Ruins in Bacolod and his three friends. It was refreshing to share ideas with non-architects. I also got to talk to a lot of people who are advocates of heritage conservation. ILOILO RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMNET WITH THE VERNACULAR FULLThe summit was a huge success: more people came than expected, everything was on time, the audience actively participated, the place was full of people until the end, and the talks were very relevant. Thanks to the internet, we managed to get connected again. I prefer eating Batchoy only when I'm in Iloilo! The next item on my list was to find my old friends. First on my list when I arrived was to eat La Paz Batchoy. The airport is new, SM was not there yet, and even the hotel where I stayed (Sarabia Manor Hotel) was located somewhere else back then. Everything has totally changed of course. The last time I set foot in Iloilo was 14 years ago. (I learned later on that they opened the activity to everyone). I lived in Iloilo for two years so I decided against the tour, and since I'm not a heritage building owner I also skipped that one. It was supposed to be a three-day event, with the first day meant for an exclusive group of heritage building owners and the third day for a tour around Iloilo. I attended the 3rd Heritage Conservation Summit held in Iloilo last October 25, 2014. Smile, Talk casually to the panel while waiting. It is not good to let people watch you struggle making things work. Make sure your laptop is charged or plugged, your files can be opened and will work, especially video and audio. The panelists should see you calm and collected. Have some people do the dirty work of putting up the boards or bringing in the model. You wouldn't want to be penalized for not being there for the new schedule. There are rare cases that the presenter before you ended up not presenting (for whatever reasons) so the schedules are moved up. Be at the venue even before your scheduled presentation. The thesis presentation is like a project presentation to a group of decision makers. First impression starts before the presentation. Let me just simplify it into four points:ฤก. Anyway, I promised a few students that I will write about it instead so here goes. ILOILO RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMNET WITH THE VERNACULAR HOW TOI was planning to give some tips on how to make a good presentation but I was not able to organize it well. The "season" for the thesis defense has started. ![]()
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