TEDxJakarta: “Ribut/Reboot”

Grace Natalie is a chairperson and co-founder of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI). This year she competed as a member of the legislature where she received the most votes in her electoral district with 179.949 votes. Grace started her career as a journalist and television host for 8 years, working at various prominent national stations including ANTV, SCTV and TV One. Grace also hosted Apa Kabar Indonesia Malam, a talk show program focused on the latest controversial political and social issues. She believes that participatory politics culture, meritocratic leadership, and an accountable & professionally managed political party are mandatory requirements needed for politicians of today.

Widharmika is a Gemini, and like many Geminis he has many interests and personalities. He was trained as an Industrial Engineer at Bandung Institute of Technology for his undergraduate study, got his Master degree from Kennedy School of Government, but has been spending his entire professional career in the private sector transforming business. He uses his diverse background and network to help build Indorelawan.org, Indonesia’s largest web based volunteer matching network. He believes to solve challenges in today’s world people from various background e.g private, public, and civil society need to work together as one despite all their differences.

Fadly Rahman works as a historian specializing in food history studies and works as teaching staff in the Department of History and Philology at Padjadjaran University. He has completed his undergraduate education in the History Study Program of Padjadjaran University (2006) and his Masters in the History Study Program at Gadjah Mada University (2014). Fadly has published two books on the culinary of our archipelago, namely Rijsttafel: Budaya Kuliner di Indonesia Masa Kolonial, 1870-1942 (Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2011 & 2016) and his most recent book, Jejak Rasa Nusantara: Sejarah Makanan Indonesia (Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2016). He has since received several awards related to his writings which discusses Indonesia’s food and culinary issues.

Teater Pandora is an independent theater that was established in 2014 by the alumni and students of the Universitas Indonesia from various faculties. Breaking away from the label “campus theater” to “independent theater”, Teater Pandora puts forward the spirit of the younger generation to work and dedicate themselves to the advancement of Indonesian performing arts . Throughout their conception, Teater Pandora has conducted several experiments, most recent of which is the #MempermainkanRuang campaign. This campaign is a form of protest against the lack of cultural space – especially theater space – in Indonesia, and in Jakarta in particular. Teater Pandora has one determination: to become a Reactor! that is ready to be blown up to create a more disciplined, educational, innovative and fun theater culture.

From 2004 to July 2019, Ahmad Arif had written 5,239 articles in Kompas daily and 1,723 of them were related to disasters, ranging from earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, floods and landslides. In one of his writings, in May 2017 titled “Beware of the Great Earthquake in Sulawesi” he warns us about the potential earthquake in the Palu Koro fault, which was recently hit by an earthquake and tsunami. Currently, Arif is completing a book on disaster culture in Indonesia and Japan, by comparing the social responses of the people of Aceh and Tohoku after the tsunami.

Erik Prasetya is a pioneer of street photography here in Indonesia. For around 35 years he has worked as a photographer to publish several books. He recorded various moments of the Reformation era 21 years ago, from day to day, from events long before and also up until Suharto’s fall. The series of events in 1998 sharpened his work instincts – Erik’s work is an image that explores the emotions of the city (in this case Jakarta and all its changes) in the public sphere. He records everyday normal happenings but prioritizes the beauty and crudeness of it all, or what he calls, banal aesthetics.

Ms. Dodd is an attorney and land tenure specialist. She has a decade of experience at Landesa, an INGO that works to secure land rights for millions of the world’s poorest people, mostly rural women and men, to create opportunity and to promote social justice. Her expertise is in land policy, law, regulatory reform and implementation, fighting and advocating for women’s land rights; gender-responsive land governance; and customary/community land rights.

Graduated with a master’s degree from the University of Queensland, in 2012 Wiza Co-founded Hutan, Alam, dan Lingkungan Aceh (HAkA) an NGO that empowers local leaders and organizations in policy making to build a sustainable Aceh socially, environmentally, and financially. This Whitley Award Winner works at the Leuser Jungle, home to four gigantic beast–orang utans, elephants, tigers, and rhinos. Speaking for Indonesia from one conference to another, she uses her spare time as a PhD candidate in Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

For a lot of people, Kenny Santana’s life as seen through his social media account, @kartuposinsta, is to die for. Whether it be circling around the globe, airport hopping, staying at fancy accommodations, or attending concerts, festivals, and other events worldwide. On top of it all, getting paid doing it. He will take us on an immersive journey to the place of myth and philosophy, to the never-before-seen real #KartuPosTrip, only on the TEDxJakarta stage.

Educated in classical music in Yogyakarta doesn’t mean Anton Suryanto, Agung Wibisono, Dwipa H. Pratala, Achdinanti Victoria, Dessy Saptany, and Andika Candra aren’t fluent in traditional music. In 2016, they founded Keroncong Musyawarah, a band that can rock that keroncong.