In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).

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Andre D'Rozario

Artist

Andre D’Rozario is of Portuguese and Dutch-Eurasian descent. His Eurasian identity has always been an integral part of who he was, and he felt an immediate connection to the language. He was the Art Director for Ila-Ila Di Sul, the first professionally-developed Kodrah Kristang board game, and has a passion for the Arts, Animation, Storytelling. He is currently working on a Kristang comic under The Futures of Our Past: Histories Reimagined, a grant and festival organized by Yale-NUS. He hopes to create new media and stories for the language and the community in the future, and currently supports and fronts Kodrah Kristang’s 1A and 1B classes.

Chris Hwang

Co-Founder (The Golden Duck Co.)

Chris Hwang is a proud NUS Law dropout with a ferocious appetite for start ups, this being his 5th. Fresh out of painful failures in the F&B and nightlife scene, he Co-Founded The Golden Duck in 2015. With an infectious vision, Chris now leads the company in finance, R&D, production, and drives international business development together with partner Jonathan Shen.

Florence Tay

Entrepreuner

An advocate for eco-friendliness, Florence has long believed in reducing unnecessary food and packaging waste. After coming across a video about a zero-waste lifestyle, Florence realized that she finally had a label to encapsulate her beliefs. Seeing the need for more local zero-waste options, she started UnPackt with co-founder Jeff Lam. Building community awareness has long been a part of her career - she has experience as a project manager for MyResponder by SCDF, an emergency response app. Additionally, her marketing background and experience in small-medium enterprises helped her in starting UnPackt. Staying true to her community-minded ethos, she wants to support and empower others with her business. With UnPackt, Florence aims to cultivate a more conscious and caring community, one grocery run at a time.

Lewis McLellan

Student

Lewis Mclellan. Lewis is 15 years old and is from Southampton in England. He has lived in Singapore now for just under a year, before moving to Singapore he lived in Istanbul in Turkey for four years. Painfully, he is a supporter of Southampton football club and has been since he can remember. In his free time he likes to spend time with family, watch films and read. As part of his extra-curricula school activities he also participates in The Debate Society and the school’s football team. Lewis feels passionately that in a world of plenty, alleviating global poverty is a problem this generation can, with the right policies and attitude, most certainly overcome. Exploring a handful of these policies as well as our current attitude towards the issue, will be the subject of his talk.

Manveer Bedi

Student

Manveer Bedi is a 15-year-old boy who studies at Saint Joseph's International in Singapore. He loves to play golf and is passionate about public speaking. He is an outdoors person who relishes being with people and has a curious mind. He has an interest in physics and economics, and in his free time he enjoys following various sports and listening to classic rock with his father.

Nurul Hussain

Founder (The Codette Project)

In December 2015, Nurul Jihadah Hussain founded The Codette Project, a non-profit ground-up initiative to improve access and opportunities for minority/Muslim women in tech. The Codette Project runs events, workshops, panel discussions, networking sessions and social events regularly, including Singapore’s only women-only hackathon. In 2018, she was selected as one of 115 global community leaders who will be part of Facebook's inaugural Community Leadership Programme. She wants to create better communities, networks and opportunities for minority/Muslim women, and to diversify what success means in society – to prove that success can look like anyone.