Hello Steemians! Here are the photos from the first ever Steem Summit here in Cebu last April 22 at ASPACE.

Steemians and Future Steemians at the Photobooth

Hive account@jsmalila,

Hive account@thegaillery,

Hive account@ybanezkim26,

Hive account@sorienkierkegard with the team of

Hive account@kryptonia (brothers Michael and Nathan Senn with Dimple and

Hive account@cristinealimasac)

Hive account@iamqueenlevita,

Hive account@liamnov,

Hive account@ninyea proving that pretty girls are not always late

Hive account@indayclara - winner of the Photography Contest (DSLR)

Hive account@mikeyurnero smiling with glee as one of the early birds

Hive account@sorenkierkegaard sharing his (finger) heart to everyone

Hive account@jsmalila,

Hive account@thegaillery,

Hive account@ybanezkim26 showing off their pearly whites

Hive account@jembee before he serenaded us with his original composition for his girlfriend

Hive account@christney - 2nd runner up art winner and

Hive account@zalvinlowell smiling for the camera

Hive account@jsmalila and

Hive account@jan.lives(moi)' excited faces for their first ever meet up

Hive account@jaderpogi - leader of the Steemit Beatbox Community

Hive account@juichi happy to be in the venue

Hive account@dapmonylia giving the Steem Summit a thumbs up

Hive account@abchro giving us another "like"

Hive account@mps01k doing his pose

Hive account@maefe30 -one of the sponsors

future Steemian

Hive account@jacobpolicediez and a future Steemian

another future Steemians and members of the Steemit Beatbox Community

Hive account@gecaintristan looking happy to be in the summit

Hive account@chuuuckie^_

Hive account@carlitojoshua showing off his smile

Steemians doing a Bayanihan pose

with one of the core leaders

Hive account@fernwehninja

Hive account@aljunecastro - 1st runner up of photography contest (DSLR)

Hive account@iamwhatiamnot,

Hive account@joancabz

future Steemians including the kids

Steemit Beatbox Community

some of the Steem Summit team

Hive account@geeyang15 - winner of the art contest,

Hive account@jayniel,

Hive account@daisydelta - 1st runner up of the poetry contest

Hive account@smaeunabs and

Hive account@nikkabomb -1st runner up of the travel post contest

Hive account@jason04,

Hive account@jmsenening,

Hive account@ryancalaunan,

Hive account@steembytes

A little background on how Steem Summit came to be.

I asked Steem Summit's Overall Head and Exhibit Manager, Kim Ybañez (

Hive account@ybanezkim26) on how this event was brought to life and this is his response.

When we had a meet up last Sinulog, Hive account@jassennessaj approached and gave me an idea of having an activity that could cater the increasing number of steemians in Cebu. It was crudely called a convention then. I had an idea of having a different avenue for steemians to convene which is unconventional from the usual meet and greets.
When I opened to Hive account@legendarryll and Hive account@thegaillery about the idea, they embraced it and said that it would like Steemit in real life. It will celebrate every kind of passion and talent that Cebuanos can offer. That's what makes Steem Summit different from the usual meet ups.

There were a lot of meetings and online discussions on how to make the event the first of its kind. Then we came with the idea of calling it SteemitCon. We thought of making it big! A convention! But when we approached Hive account@themanualbot and the core leaders of Hive account@steemph.cebu, many things were changed and accorded with the demands of Cebuanos.

It was Hive account@themanualbot who submitted the proposal to Hive account@donkeypong, who made a very valuable input. He said the SteemitCon is not a good name. We had a problem of finding another name that could fit Hive account@legendarryll's branding. While searching for cool names for the event, an old idea which was familiar to me came to mind (I guess you know what I mean). I said why not apply it to the event? When I suggested it to the group, Hive account@legendarryll liked it because it has no conflict with any other names and brands. Then the rest is history.

TL;DR I didn't thought about Steem Summit. It was a collaboration of many great minds. I'm just a de facto leader. Not by right. Haha