Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

09:00 am • Opening Program

9:00 am–9:15 am
OPENING PROGRAM

National Anthem of the Philippines
Welcome Remarks
          Fidel Nemenzo, DSc, Chancellor, University of the Philippines Diliman
Cecilia de la Paz, PhD, Director, Office for the Initiatives of Culture and the Arts, University of the Philippines Diliman
Joefe B. Santarita, PhD, Dean and Professor, Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman
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