Programme

SESSION NAME TIME SESSION DETAILS SPEAKERS SPEECH TOPIC
Registration Opens 8:30 AM Arrive early and settle in. Grab your badge, collect your materials, and find your seat. While you wait, enjoy sponsor slideshows and TEDx videos to get you in the mindset. Take a moment to breathe, connect with fellow attendees, and prepare yourself for an inspiring day ahead.
Event Starts 9:00 AM Kicking off the event and setting the tone for a day of bold ideas, meaningful conversations, and lasting inspiration.
Space to Play 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Sound shapes space. Play reshapes trauma. Silence gives meaning to words. This session explores the invisible forces that construct our reality, what we don't see is often what's doing the most work. Discover how presence, clarity, and meaning emerge from what we thought was empty. Nikki Mark The Healing Power of Play
Tay Vui Kit You Can't Speak Well Without Thinking Well
Tech Demo Cyber Psychology Tech Demo
Amir Ward Music Shapes Space
Faheem Ahmed The Economics of Empty Space
Tea Break 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Step away, recharge, and reflect. Enjoy refreshments, stretch, and continue conversations with speakers and fellow attendees. This 30-minute pause gives you space to process what you've heard and prepare for the next wave of ideas.
Against the Algorithm 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Stop following the blue line. The world tells you how to succeed, how to sound, how to build. But what if your greatest power lies in deviation? This session celebrates the outliers, the originals, and those who dared to ask: what if I'm not supposed to fit? Roger Hurni Stop Following the Blue Line
Evelyn Ang Can Data Storytelling Be Your Superpower?
Mister Two Five Musical Performance: "You Will Never Be Me"
Anuradha Mishra A Room Was All I Needed To Build My Galaxy
Faith Tang A Sustainable Mind: The Art of Synaptic Pruning
Ocean WhiteHawk Medicine Voice for Inner Wealth and Outer Success
Lunch Break 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Take time to breathe, eat, and reconnect. Whether you grab a meal or step outside for air, use this break to digest both the food and the ideas. It's a moment to reset before the final, most powerful session of the day.
Plot Twist 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM Everything you thought was fixed can be rewritten. This session celebrates the unexpected turns, the women who chose differently, and the people who discovered they had more power than they ever knew. Alex Tan Which Version of You Was Actually Yours?
Qi Zhai-McCartney Room to Be Human: Our Future is Relational
APU Psychology Department Performance
Sherlyn Chan Not Every Stage Sets Women Free
Dr Manju Appathurai “You Are Not One Person”
Connections Beyond the Stage 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM The talks end, but the conversation continues. Stick around for photos with speakers, exchange contact info, and build relationships with the community you've just shared this experience with. This is where ideas turn into action.