TEDxiACADEMY

Speakers

Speakers may not be confirmed. Check the event website for the latest lineup.

• Ben&Ben

  Miguel and Paolo Guico’s music is often centered on simple but heartfelt themes of love, life, inspiration, and anything else in between. Their Kundiman-inspired song entitled, “Tinatangi,” recently won 2nd runner up and Best Music Video at this year’s PhilPOP Songwriting Competition.

• Adeline Setiawan

  Chief Creative Officer at Saturday Kids

  Adeline is an anthropologist who cares deeply about how people use technology to solve humanity’s problems. As Chief Creative Officer at Saturday Kids, she enjoys tinkering and playing with technology. Together with the team of Saturday Kids Changemakers, she designs experiences for kids to have fun while engaging meaningfully with tech. Adeline believes that human-centric design, creativity, and technology can be meaningful tools for kids to tackle problems in an increasingly fast-paced digital world. She has been designing experiences, imagining stories, creating, making, and inventing with kids since 2012. Adeline was a design researcher at frog Design, documentary producer, and is co-founder and Design Director of FabCafe Singapore.

• Aisa Mijeno

  Co-Founder and CEO of SALt

  Aisa Mijeno is an award-winning inventor and entrepreneur who co-founded Sustainable Alternative Lighting (SALt), an LED lamp powered by a salt water solution which serves as a renewable and environment-friendly alternative light source. Her love for hiking brought her to the mountains of Kalinga where her journey began. The product concept was formed after living with the natives of the Butbut tribes who rely only on kerosene lamps. This game-changing invention has garnered her various awards and recognition from organizations in the Philippines, Singapore, Japan and South Korea.

• Arizza Nocum

  Overall Head of KRIS Library

  Arizza is the Overall Head of peace and education organization, KRIS Library. Her leadership of the organization has led her to receive numerous awards such as the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines-NCR, the Gawad Tsanselor Para Sa Natatanging Mag-aaral, and the global Young Women for Public Affairs Award from Zonta International. She has also been nominated to the 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World. She is presently one of 10 young leaders worldwide hand-picked by the Kofi Annan Foundation to counter violent extremism. She is also an ambassador for One Young World - the eminent summit for young leaders from 196 countries. She recently graduated with a degree in BS Industrial Engineering from the University of the Philippines - Diliman.

• Jess Española

  Animator

  Jess is a multi-award-winning animator based in Los Angeles, USA who has worked for studios like Fil Cartoons (a subsidiary of Hanna-Barbera), Warner Brothers, Burbank Animation Studios, and L.A. Animation. In 2008, he became the first Filipino to win an Emmy award when an episode of “The Simpsons,” for which he was Assistant Director, was awarded "Outstanding Animated Program."

• Marika Callangan

  Founder of Woman, Create

  Marika Callangan is the founder of Woman, Create, a local arts platform that aims to engage and empower women through art, creativity and open discourse on relevant women-related issues such as body positivity, domestic violence, breast cancer, and reproductive health. She is also the creator of 365 Wonders, a creative planner that encourages creative productivity and self-empowerment in everyday life. Recently, she spearheaded a creative collage art school called School of Collage and has channeled creativity by holding Art Immersions as a means to connect and raise awareness for children in need. On the side, Marika designs for local events and brands and continues to practice the medium of Collage Art.

• Reese Lansangan

  Reese Lansangan is a singer-songwriter, visual artist, graphic+fashion designer, & author – all rolled into one convenient sushi.