TEDxUTP

Speakers

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• Amy Tan

  Co-Founder Tigabiri by Permaculture Perak-Authentic Sustainable Experiences

• Asrif Yusoff

  Asrif is currently the Head of Leadership and Competency Solutions at PETRONAS Leadership Centre. He holds a Masters in Social Innovation from Cambridge University, an MBA from Imperial College London and a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University. He is also an adjunct lecturer at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS and a doctoral student at Durham University.

• Haryanni Harun

  Madam Harryanni Harun is a business management lecturer for Universiti Teknologi Petronas She is too a founder and host of the Facebook Live Chat Show - "Supper Chat with Nonie".

• Irene Xavier

  Irene Xavier is an Executive Director of “Friends of Women, Selangor, who has been working on women worker’s issues since 1980 in Malaysia and on an ASEAN level.

• Kai Yuan Ng

  Ng Kai Yuan is the co-founder of Our Grandfather Story (OGS). A Singaporean video publisher that is dedicated to uncovering overlooked stories of people throughout Asia. OGS is famous for its series such as O+, Can Ask Meh and Something Private podcast.

• Lex Low

  Lex Low is a proud owner of OTHRS, a Hairdressing studio. After being in the hairdressing industry for over 15 years, he founded his current company to teach students to learn about haircuts. Lex Low has too started initiatives such as Asli Barber Project, Barbering Sponsorship Course and Cut X Dignity. These projects aim to touch lives via the act of haircutting.

• Mariani Ramli (Bam)

  Mariani Ramli a.k.a Bam Arrogancia is a former wildlife ranger with the Wildlife Department of Peninsular Malaysia for more than 10 years. Throughout those years, she worked in animal conservation projects as a researcher. She founded the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project (GReP) in 2013 and the Gibbon Conservation Society (GCS), formerly known as the Gibbon Protection Society Malaysia in 2016, after learning about the plight of the endangered gibbons and other primates in Malaysia.

• Nicolette Wei Mei Wong

  Nicolette Wong is currently finishing up her PhD in Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh in the US. She received her MSc in Sociology from the University of Oxford. She currently studies how digital technology interacts with one’s offline reality and ideologies.

• Norman Goh

  Norman Goh is a freelance journalist and a producer of 'Bicara Minggu Ini' podcast series. He is currently pursuing a Masters Degreee in Public Policy with the University of Malaya.

• Pasupathi Sithamparam

  Mr Pasupathi is currently an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya, and also a Director of MySkills Foundation.

• Renard Siew

  Renard is a climate change advisor to CENT-GPS, a Malaysia-based research firm. He is also involved in other climate change-related organisations globally and locally. Renard lobbies for education that focuses on climate change and sustainability to be made mandatory for all.

• Rizal van Geyzel

  Standup Comedian

• Veronica Tam

  Veronica Tam is a Project Manager at Me.reka, Partner of CORE-MUNITY and Ex-President of AIESEC in Malaysia. She has good experience in leading and coaching a diverse team of people. Veronica was also a marketing and partnership lead in which she had successfully established partnerships between corporates, social sectors and government.