The Second Mindanao Internet Cafe Associations Summit (MICAS) hopes to be the venue for the adoption of a “Davao Declaration” which will define the initiatives of the different internet café associations in the promotion of Online Child Safety in Internet cafes.

It hopes to initiate discussions that will lead to an increase in awareness of the great responsibility of internet cafe operators as ICT access centers at the community level and in ensuring the online safety of their customers.

The 2010 Mindanao Internet Café Association Summit (MICAS) is slated on February 18 and 19 at SM City Davao. As with the First MICAS in 2007, the Internet Café Association of Davao headed by its president Adolfo Solanor is taking the lead in organizing this year's gathering.

“It is an honor and a privilege for I-Café Pilipinas to be part of the team led by ICAD that would organize the 2010 MICAS in Davao City in February” remarked Ed Zafra, Chair of I-Café Pilipinas the national organization mainly composed of the internet café associations and operators in the Philippines.

“We believe the 2010 MICAS will serve as a vehicle in the further development of the Internet cafes as a leader in community ICT access for peace and development in Mindanao” added Zafra.

The Second Mindanao Internet Cafe Associations Summit has the support of Internet Cafe Association of Davao and I-Café Pilipinas.

Intel Technology Philippines and the Genuine Equity for Mindanao, a USAID Project in Mindanao, as its Gold Event Partners. The Commission on Information and Communication Technology and Department of Trade and Industries as Institutional event partners and iGlobe Technology and Cubinet Interactive as Event Exhibitors.