Silangan Mindanao Mining Company Inc. chief operating officer and MVP Group of Companies managing head Michael Toledo (third from left) delivers the keynote speech on behalf of chairman Manuel Pangilinan on the first day of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association annual conference at Shangri-La at the Fort, Bonifacio Global City. IPBA is an international organization of lawyers with 1,700 members coming from 70 different jurisdictions. With Toledo are (from left) IPBA president Denis McNamara, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez, incoming IPBA president Perry Pe and past IPBA president Dhinesh Bhaskaran.