CC is turning 5 and to celebrate we’re throwing a party. We, in Creative Commons Philippines, are also taking the opportunity to soft launch the finished Creative Commons Philippine jurisdictional licenses, and the Philippine Commons, on the same event. The latter is a prelude to the formal launching of the licenses and the Philippine Commons in January 2008.

The event will be held at the Arellano University School of Law, Taft Avenue corner Menlo Street, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines at about 2:00 p.m. on 15 December 2007.

The programme, for the event, is as follows:

• Ladder to main:
  • Introduction to Creative Commons and Creative Commons Philippines
    • Speaker: Atty. Jaime N. Soriano, CC-PH jurisdiction project lead
  • Introduction to Creative Commons Philippine Licenses
    • Speaker: Atty. Michael Vernon M. Guerrero, CC-PH jurisdiction deputy project lead
  • Soft launch of Creative Commons Philippine licenses (prelude to license hard launch on 14 January 2008)
  • Soft launch of the Philippine Commons (relates to CC licensing, FLOSS, OpenEd, Free Culture, etc.)
• Main:
  • CC 5th Birthday Party (includes free discussion, food, and alcohol)