Theme: Taming Chaos

TEDxP&GSingapore finally makes a return to our home in 2022 at the Drama Centre Theatre after 3 long years. During these last 3 years with the pandemic, we all have felt and experienced some form of chaos and disruption to our daily lives. It is easy to feel that the world is descending into disorder when our phones are constantly buzzing with updates on social and economic upheavals concerning governments, businesses and the environment.

We brought together speakers who have tamed chaos in their own way and have managed to blaze a trail despite the volatility and uncertainty around them. They left our audience with lessons on leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship that will not only enable us to grow our businesses but will also propel growth in our personal lives.

Drama Centre Theatre
100 Victoria St, #03-01 National Library Building
Singapore, Central Singapore, 188064
Singapore

Bee Rogers

14-year-old actress & full-time student

Fourteen-year-old American Bee Rogers was born and raised in Singapore. At four, Bee Rogers took to the stage in pantomimes with theatre company Wild Rice. At seven, she performed in English and Mandarin at Carnegie Hall. At Nanyang Primary School, Bee, the sole Caucasian, tamed chaos as head of Chinese Society and vice-head prefect. CCTV invited Bee to perform thrice for their Chinese New Year show. Bee entered Nanyang Girls’ High School where she’s now on the debate and Chinese emcee team.

Charles Anderson

Chief Strategy Officer, Eight Inc

Charles Anderson is one of Asia’s leading technology industry innovators and thought leaders. After 20+ years in the emerging technology industry, Charles recently joined Eight Inc., the global experience design firm behind such iconic concepts as the Apple Store and Lincoln’s “no salespeople” car dealerships in China. At Eight Inc., Charles helps clients identify the human outcomes necessary to drive the adoption of technology, prepare for the Future of Work, and engage the innovation ecosystem.

Clint Navales

Vice President of Communications, P&G AMA

Clint Navales believes in the unique power of Communications to enable the mission and purpose of an organization and support sustainable business growth. As Vice President of Communications for P&G Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, Clint leads a diverse team of Communications professionals across the region to deliver authentic, relevant and credible stories, demonstrating the ways in which P&G leads as a Force for Good and a Force for Growth. This means bringing to life P&G’s superior brands and spans the work of our company in Community Impact, Equality & Inclusion and Environmental Sustainability.

Grace Riggenbach

Vice President, Japan and Korea Hair Care, Procter & Gamble

Grace Riggenbach joined P&G in 2006 and has worked across Fabric Care, Beauty Care and Haircare in multiple geographies. She is a creative and energizing leader who believes that marketing is really just creative problem solving with the consumer at the heart of it all. She’s translated this passion for brand building into designing breakthrough innovation and strategies that have consistently delivered profitable and sustainable growth. She has also been recognized externally for her contributions in Diversity & Inclusion and believes in “building big people, who build big brands, who then build big businesses. Grace has a personal passion in creating and driving support systems to enable women in the workplace across their life stages.

Janice Wong

Founder, Janice Wong Pure Imagination

A Native Singaporean, Janice Wong fell into the world of culinary arts by chance through a life changing farm trip in Melbourne, Australia. She started her first dessert restaurant, 2am:dessertbar, in Singapore in 2007 and established the Janice Wong Singapore brand in 2014 to market a wide range of confectionery products, including custom chocolate bon bons, cakes and ice-cream. Janice also won the title of Pastry Chef of the Year from the World Gourmet Summit Awards in 2011, 2013 and 2015, as well as Young Woman of the Year from Her World in 2012.

Jessica Heidt

Department Manager, Pixar Animation Studios

Jessica Heidt joined Pixar Animation Studios in 2008 where she has worked in various capacities. She was a Script Supervisor on many of Pixar’s feature films including “The Good Dinosaur,” “Cars 3” and Academy Award ® winning “Soul,”. Jessica is also a fierce advocate for Inclusion and Representation across industries. Bloomberg News featured her as one of their Game Changers in 2022 and her work balancing representation in Pixar’s films is featured in the Disney+ docuseries, Inside Pixar, ep. 4, “Who Gets All the Lines.”

Jingmei Li

Group Leader, Genome Institute of Singapore

Dr Jingmei Li is a woman in science aspiring to do science for women. She spends her time looking for patterns and answers in the chaos that manifests as genetic and non-genetic data. Her ultimate vision is to change the perception of breast cancer screening, making it an insta-mammogram-mable lifestyle habit. She is a recipient of numerous scientific awards including a UNESCO-L'Oréal International Fellowship, a National Research Foundation Singapore Fellowship, and a Singapore National Academy of Science Young Scientist Award.

John Chung

Founder, Mason & Smith

John Chung founded Mason & Smith at the tender age of 21, Singapore’s first and only artisanal shoe shining and leather care store that grew from an obsession with restoring vintage men’s shoes. He has undertaken shoe-making apprenticeships with several renowned shoemakers in Japan and emerged as the 2018 World Shoe-Shining Champion in London.

Mason Lieberman

Senior Composer & Game Audio Supervisor, Tencent

Mason Lieberman is an award-winning composer, audio director, and producer known for his contributions to the gaming and anime zeitgeist. His music has enhanced franchises like Spider-Man, Mobile Suit Gundam, PUBG Mobile, and others. As a cellist, guitarist and vocalist, Mason has worked with dozens of IP, with favorites including Pokémon, Stars Wars, Super Smash Bros, League of Legends, The Walking Dead, and more. He was honored to be a part of the 2022 Forbes 30 under 30, Gaming category.

Petrina Loh

Chef Owner, Morsels

A former banker, Petrina Loh has come a long way after leaving her well-heeled private banking job of 8 years to fully pursue her passion and love for food and wine. A top cohort graduate of the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Program at the California Culinary Academy, she returned to Singapore in 2013 and founded Morsels, a creative atelier providing a concept of fine eclectic cuisine in Singapore which has bagged multiple awards at the World Gourmet Summit’s Awards of Excellence. Most recently in 2022, Petrina was awarded World Gourmet Awards Chef of the Year (Female).

Samantha Thian

Founder, Seastainable

Samantha Thian’s work in marine conservation began when she went to work with whale sharks in the Philippines 7 years ago. In 2017, she founded Seastainable to give back to marine conservation, which has since reached over 7 ASEAN countries, supported over 33 global projects and committed more than $50,000 SGD. Samantha also sits on the Climate Action Singapore Alliance as an Executive Member and leads the Public Hygiene Council’s Youth Action Group as Co-Chair.

Shavonne Wong

Fashion Photographer, 3D Virtual Human Artist

Shavonne Wong is a 3D Virtual Model Creator and artist in the NFT space. Building on her experiences as a Fashion and Advertising Photographer for the past decade, she creates life-like virtual models and places them in surreal environments and the metaverse. Shavonne was named Forbes 30U30 Asia in 2020. Since her venture into NFTs, she has collaborated with Vogue Singapore, Sotheby’s, the World Economic Forum and the World of Women project.

Simidele Adeagbo

Olympian, Entrepreneur, Author

Simidele Adeagbo is a trailblazing Olympian and vital voice in leading a movement to bring about greater inclusion and gender equality in sport. In 2018, Simidele became the first Nigerian Winter Olympian and the first African and Black woman to compete in skeleton (a sport in which athletes hurl themselves headfirst on a sled down an icy hill at 80 miles an hour) at the Olympics. She has since become the first African gold medal winner at an international bobsled race and is the most decorated Nigerian and African bobsled and skeleton athlete of all time.

Tim Kobe

Founder & CEO, Eight Inc

Tim Kobe founded the globally recognized strategic design firm Eight Inc. in 1989, which today has 8 offices in San Francisco, New York, Honolulu, Tokyo, London, Singapore and Beijing. Also called “Apple’s best kept secret”, Tim worked with the late Steve Jobs to design Apple’s first flagship store in 2001. Throughout his career, he has worked with international brands in various sectors including Xiaomi in China, Globe Telecoms and Singtel and National Gallery Singapore locally.