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Welcome to Splice Beta, a celebration of media in Asia.

Our mission is to support and celebrate the work of bold, forward-looking innovators in fulfilling the promise of digital media — building, connecting, and informing communities across Asia.

Splice Beta will be the stage where we highlight, share, and learn from the innovative and truly transformative work that is happening in media. We believe you deserve a stage to share your ideas — and have them seen.

If you’re joining us in Chiang Mai, add youself to this WhatsApp group for all delegates. See you there!
Wednesday, May 1
 

12:30pm GMT+08

1:00pm GMT+08

Masterclass: Leading your startup successfully with honest core values, a strong vision and a clear differentiation (Registration Closed)
If you have emailed us to attend this session, we have captured your name and you'll receive a confirmation email. 

Speakers
avatar for Henrik Keith Hansen

Henrik Keith Hansen

Media Management Advisor, International Media Support
Henrik is a reporter and editor turned media strategist. He’s worked with news organizations across the world on digital transformation, balanced election coverage, and capacity building for media in war zones. At Beta, Henrik will facilitate a workshop on mission- and vision-setting... Read More →


4:00pm GMT+08

Masterclass: Keeping your newsroom and your journalists safe. Security, encryption, and privacy in a modern newsroom (Registration Closed)
Speakers
avatar for Bobby Soriano

Bobby Soriano

Digital Security Trainer, Digital Safety Advisor
This is one of the hardest snippets to write because there isn't much about this guy on the interwebs; he's that good. Bobby trains newsrooms on how to keep their data and their journalists safe. Everything from privacy, to security, to encryption. Bobby will run a masterclass on... Read More →


6:00pm GMT+08

 
Thursday, May 2
 

8:15am GMT+08

Transportation to CMU STeP available at 3 Pick-up Points
Look out for pink balloons and a Splicer (wearing a Beta t-shirt!) at these 3 pick-up points:
(1) L. Nimman Hotel entrance
(2) At Pingnakorn Chiang Mai Hotel entrance
(3) Wawee Coffee Nimmana (near The Nimmana Condo)

These 3 pick-up points are walking distance from all our recommended hotels so it should be easy to locate! The last red taxi will leave at 8.30am so if you can't make it to the pick-up points on time, you can book a Grab taxi and head down to CMU STeP. (~35 minutes during rush hour)

Thursday May 2, 2019 8:15am - 8:30am GMT+08
Read more for details

9:00am GMT+08

9:30am GMT+08

Splice Beta begins
Speakers
avatar for Rishad Patel

Rishad Patel

Co-founder, Splice Media
Rishad is a product and design professional. He is the co-founder of Splice Media. For over twenty years, Rishad has designed and developed products for the web, mobile, radio, advertising, newsrooms, newspapers, magazines, podcasting, branding, books, and floor rugs for companies... Read More →
avatar for Alan Soon

Alan Soon

Co-Founder, Splice Media
I started Splice to help drive the transformation of the media industry in Asia. I believe we're seeing the unraveling of the mass media model into niche media startups serving smaller but highly engaged communities. I believe we're in a golden age of media. Our mission at Splice... Read More →


9:45am GMT+08

10:00am GMT+08

Media is a long game. This is what we learned in building Asia’s most resilient media startup
Speakers
avatar for Prem Chandran

Prem Chandran

Co-founder, Malaysiakini
As the granddaddy of digital news in Asia (they launched in 1999), Prem will talk about keeping resilience and opportunity in mind when playing the media long game.


10:20am GMT+08

Creation Stories: How we built our startups and what we've learned
Moderators
avatar for Prem Chandran

Prem Chandran

Co-founder, Malaysiakini
As the granddaddy of digital news in Asia (they launched in 1999), Prem will talk about keeping resilience and opportunity in mind when playing the media long game.

Speakers
avatar for Joji Thomas Philip

Joji Thomas Philip

Founder, DealstreetAsia
As a business reporter, Joji saw the need to make financial deals in Southeast Asia and India less opaque. Today, venture-backed DealStreetAsia is taking on Bloomberg with their membership model.
avatar for Sonny Swe

Sonny Swe

CEO and Founder, Frontier Myanmar
Sonny is co-founder and CEO of Frontier Myanmar, a Yangon-based independent media organisation that reports on current affairs, business and culture in English and Burmese. He entered the industry in 1996 as a printer and four years later co-founded The Myanmar Times – the country's... Read More →
avatar for Devi Asmarani

Devi Asmarani

Co-founder, Magdalene
Magdalene is a staple for young Indonesian audiences who want an alternate perspective on women’s rights and gender equality. Devi will share her experience covering feminist issues.


11:30am GMT+08

Bold Moves: How we've made tough pivots in our news orgs
Two very different stories of facing up to the challenges and building successful startups.

Moderators
avatar for Erika Tapalla

Erika Tapalla

Senior Business Development Manager, Reuters
Erika is an experienced and successful multimedia professional who has spent the last 9 years working in content production and business marketing across both traditional and digital environments.Erika's role at Reuters spans media strategy, commercial partnerships, creating efficiencies... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Duncan Greive

Duncan Greive

Founder and Editor, Spinoff
Duncan Greive is founder and managing editor of The Spinoff, a startup digital magazine in New Zealand which creates text, audio and video across politics, pop culture and social issues. The Spinoff is distinguished by having been bootstrapped from day one and eschewing CPM advertising... Read More →
avatar for Chad Williams

Chad Williams

Editor-in-Chief, Coconuts
In March 2018, Coconuts Media became one of the earliest adopters of the paywall model in Southeast Asia. Chad Williams, the first journalist to hold the title Editor in Chief at the regional news outlet, will be discussing the challenges and opportunities presented by that decision... Read More →


11:30am GMT+08

Investing in Asian media startups: Everything you need to know when it comes to fundraising
Interested to know how active investors see the opportunities and challenges in the media space, and how they might judge your startup for investment? Don't miss this session! We might even have time for a couple of pitches!

Moderators
avatar for Jacqui Park

Jacqui Park

Head of Research and Strategy
Jacqui is a journalist, media strategist and social entrepreneur. She is the Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific journalism and innovation at the Centre for Media Transition, University of Technology, Sydney, and founder and principal of Engagement By Design Pty Ltd where she advises on... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Chua Boon Ping

Chua Boon Ping

CEO, SPH Ventures
SPH Ventures is a S$100 million venture capital fund set up by Singapore Press Holdings Limited, the leading media company in Southeast Asia.We invest in early-growth technology companies globally. Although the fund is stage agnostic, most of our portfolio companies are at Series... Read More →
avatar for Kevin Brockland

Kevin Brockland

Senior Investment Officer, Media Development Investment Fund
Kevin is rare in this media space. He's a CFA with plenty of experience in private equity. He's based in Kuala Lumpur, where he's a Senior Investment Officer supporting the good work that the Media Development Investment Fund is doing in Asia. Kevin is also a business coach to various... Read More →
avatar for Sasa Vucinic

Sasa Vucinic

Managing Partner, North Base Media
Sasa is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of North Base Media, a boutique investment firm which invests in digital media companies and technologies that support media. Notable NBM investments include The News Lens, IDN Times, Deal Street Asia, Piano, Rappler, Pocket Aces, and others... Read More →


12:20pm GMT+08

12:30pm GMT+08

1:20pm GMT+08

Getting the business model right when building a media startup
Join this panel as they share their different business models and the thinking and journey behind each, what’s worked, what hasn’t, and what they’ve each learned along the way.

Moderators
avatar for Ross Settles

Ross Settles

Adjunct Professor, University of Hong Kong / Splice Advisor
Ross brings almost two decades of experience working in strategy, marketing and product development for media companies in the U.S. and East Asia. During the last decade, Settles has seen advertisers and publishers struggle with the rapidly evolving media environment. As both a consultant... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Huawei Ling

Huawei Ling

Editor, Caixin Media
Caixin pulled off something rare in China. In 2017, it became the first local media to put up a paywall. Huawei explains how they pulled it off, and she'll also talk about how Caixin drives innovation in the newsroom.
avatar for Prem Chandran

Prem Chandran

Co-founder, Malaysiakini
As the granddaddy of digital news in Asia (they launched in 1999), Prem will talk about keeping resilience and opportunity in mind when playing the media long game.
avatar for Joey Chung

Joey Chung

Founder & CEO, The News Lens
You rarely see this in the media startup space. But Joey has been acquiring companies to build TNL into one of Taiwan's most forward-looking media companies. He'll explain how he got TNL to a Series-C round.
avatar for Simon Park

Simon Park

Content Strategist, Mediati
Simon runs Mediati, Korea’s first and only media startup incubator. It is helping South Korea’s new media mavens navigate a tough market that has long favored legacy outlets.


1:20pm GMT+08

Bold Moves: How we've made tough pivots in our news orgs
Hear the inside story on how these  different media organisations  -- NewsPicks in Japan, Rappler in the Philippines  and the South China Morning Post - have responded to challenges and taken different routes to success.


Moderators
avatar for Alan Soon

Alan Soon

Co-Founder, Splice Media
I started Splice to help drive the transformation of the media industry in Asia. I believe we're seeing the unraveling of the mass media model into niche media startups serving smaller but highly engaged communities. I believe we're in a golden age of media. Our mission at Splice... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Malcolm Ong

Malcolm Ong

Head of Product, South China Morning Post
Malcolm joined SCMP in 2017 from Silicon Valley. He co-founded Skillshare, and was worked on product and growth at little company called Lyft. He’s just led his team through an overhaul of SCMP and launched two new editorial products. Malcolm will share what he’s learned about... Read More →
avatar for Naoyoshi Goto

Naoyoshi Goto

Technology & Business Editor, Newspicks
Uzabase's NewsPicks is a business social news platform that brings together a high-quality community around original content. Naoyoshi is one of three core members who built the editorial team at NewsPicks. The company now has over 95,000 paid subscribers in Japan. In 2018, Uzabase... Read More →


2:30pm GMT+08

How to make it rain: Getting into a commercial mindset and showcasing your media brand's value
What makes a good media salesperson today? We'll talk about the need for creativity, a consultative approach, scrappiness, and above all being the customer advocate in the room.

In this panel, we feature two accomplished media sales professionals who did not start in sales. Erika was a journalist and Barrett ran public policy programs.

They understand how to articulate a media brand's value -- including pricing and differentiating yourself from the competition.

We are also open to doing a mini pitch clinic. If you are a media startup working on your pitch, step right up for the panel's feedback. Or share a commercial challenge you're dealing with and we'll discuss how we might tackle it.

Moderators
avatar for Timi Siytangco

Timi Siytangco

TIMI SIYTANGCO is an online media professional with 20 years of creative and commercial experience. She’s helped build digital media businesses in Asia from the ground up, including CNET Networks International and Outbrain, and has held management roles in audience development... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Erika Tapalla

Erika Tapalla

Senior Business Development Manager, Reuters
Erika is an experienced and successful multimedia professional who has spent the last 9 years working in content production and business marketing across both traditional and digital environments.Erika's role at Reuters spans media strategy, commercial partnerships, creating efficiencies... Read More →
avatar for Barrett Bingley

Barrett Bingley

North Asia Media Sales Director, The Economist
Barrett has been at The Economist for 7 years. He's part of the Publisher Team which combines the circulation and subscription side of the business with the media businesses including advertising, content and events. Barrett works with corporations, foundations, NGOs and governments... Read More →


2:30pm GMT+08

What the Membership Puzzle Project has learnt from studying supporters of independent news around the world
Speakers
avatar for Emily Goligoski

Emily Goligoski

Head of Research, Membership Puzzle Project
How rare is this: Emily is first an advocate for consumers, helping newsrooms figure out how to build engaged communities. She was the first UX research lead at the NYT with plenty of membership case studies up her sleeve.


2:30pm GMT+08

Masterclass by Facebook: Getting your content in front of your audiences through organic and paid strategies
Speakers
avatar for Dibyo Haldar

Dibyo Haldar

Director, Small Business Programs, Facebook
Dibyo's mission at Facebook Inc, for the last 5 years, has been to help small-businesses connect with their customers. In this time he's seen countless enterprises of all shapes and sizes leverage the Facebook and Instagram platforms to grow. Catch his masterclass at Beta. Essential... Read More →


3:00pm GMT+08

Navigating the world of branded content: here are the people who are making it work
For any media company, branded content is a balancing act. Everyone has their own definition and approach, and while it is a good revenue stream that is key to media independence, there are inherent tensions in paid content. Our panelists are in the midst of building and growing a branded content offering and will share how they're designing the product, guidelines and processes to operate a successful branded content studio.

Check out their work:

The Spinoff produced a series with the Inland Revenue aiming to rebrand tax, including this video explainer where an economist simplifies ideas.

South China Morning Post launched Morning Studio less than a year ago.

The Outriders set up an ethical content studio which includes clear guidelines on working with brands -- and when not to.

Viddsee has 3,000 of Asia's best filmmakers on its platform, and commissions them for branded short films.  For the Singapore Tourism Board, they produced a short film series entitled Interwoven as part of a global STB campaign. Here's Jian's interview with Splice.


Moderators
avatar for Timi Siytangco

Timi Siytangco

TIMI SIYTANGCO is an online media professional with 20 years of creative and commercial experience. She’s helped build digital media businesses in Asia from the ground up, including CNET Networks International and Outbrain, and has held management roles in audience development... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Duncan Greive

Duncan Greive

Founder and Editor, Spinoff
Duncan Greive is founder and managing editor of The Spinoff, a startup digital magazine in New Zealand which creates text, audio and video across politics, pop culture and social issues. The Spinoff is distinguished by having been bootstrapped from day one and eschewing CPM advertising... Read More →
avatar for Jia Jian Ho

Jia Jian Ho

Founder, Viddsee
Ho Jia Jian co-founded Viddsee, a Singapore-based video entertainment platform for short premium content that's getting traction across the region. Viddsee wants to help storytellers create more films — and get them to the right audiences. He'll explain how he connects the dots... Read More →
avatar for Jakub Górnicki

Jakub Górnicki

Co-founder, Outriders
Jakub co-founded and runs Outriders, a Polish non-profit journalism organisation. They begun with magazine that stemmed from a crowdfunding campaign supported by 630 people. They focus on migration, tech and the environment, producing about 2-5 stories a week. Outriders recently launched... Read More →
avatar for Michala Sabnani

Michala Sabnani

Branded Content Director, South China Morning Post (SCMP)


3:00pm GMT+08

How has India created so many media startups?
Moderators
avatar for Jacqui Park

Jacqui Park

Head of Research and Strategy
Jacqui is a journalist, media strategist and social entrepreneur. She is the Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific journalism and innovation at the Centre for Media Transition, University of Technology, Sydney, and founder and principal of Engagement By Design Pty Ltd where she advises on... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Rajesh Tahil

Rajesh Tahil

COO Scroll/Founder Audiomatic, Scroll/Audiomatic
Despite having worked in print, music television, and advertising, Rajesh has a two-decade old infatuation with the audio medium. So when he co-founded Audiomatic, India's first podcast network, he learned a lot really quickly — about the medium, the audience, and the product. He... Read More →
avatar for Sidharth Bhatia

Sidharth Bhatia

Founding Editor, The Wire
Sidharth is a co-founder of The Wire, an Indian news portal which was started by three journalists in 2015. He was also among the co-founders of the English newspaper DNA. A journalist and author, he writes on politics and society and has written several books on popular culture... Read More →
avatar for Praveen Krishnan

Praveen Krishnan

Head of Products & Marketing, The Ken
Praveen is the Head of Product at The Ken. Before joining The Ken, his last role was Director of Product at InMobi - the world's largest independent ad-network. He holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore and an engineering degree from NIT Trichy.


3:50pm GMT+08

Masterclass by Facebook: Best practices in using Instagram for news
Speakers
avatar for Chiman Ng

Chiman Ng

Strategic Partner Manager, News Partnerships, Facebook
Chiman handles news partnerships at Facebook where she helps bridge the company with publishers. She was formerly an anchor and China correspondent at i-Cable News. 


4:00pm GMT+08

Masterclass: The secret sauce on how a VC works and how to win an investment
Speakers
avatar for Sasa Vucinic

Sasa Vucinic

Managing Partner, North Base Media
Sasa is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of North Base Media, a boutique investment firm which invests in digital media companies and technologies that support media. Notable NBM investments include The News Lens, IDN Times, Deal Street Asia, Piano, Rappler, Pocket Aces, and others... Read More →


4:00pm GMT+08

Engagement trends in Asia and around the world
Speakers
avatar for Jacob Anderson

Jacob Anderson

Global Media Partnerships, Chartbeat
Jacob manages global media partnerships for Chartbeat, the leading content analytics platform for publishers around the world. He has a strong background working with editorial and product teams to leverage data toward stronger audience engagement, loyalty, and organizational gro... Read More →


4:30pm GMT+08

Creating long-term value in a new media enterprise
Moderators
avatar for Rishad Patel

Rishad Patel

Co-founder, Splice Media
Rishad is a product and design professional. He is the co-founder of Splice Media. For over twenty years, Rishad has designed and developed products for the web, mobile, radio, advertising, newsrooms, newspapers, magazines, podcasting, branding, books, and floor rugs for companies... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Tariq Ansari

Tariq Ansari

Managing Director, Next Mediaworks
Tariq took over Mid-Day, his family’s small newspaper business in Mumbai, India, when he was just out of university. He proceeded to completely change the way the company — and the industry — worked, with constant experimentation with how news served audiences across print... Read More →


4:30pm GMT+08

Surviving regime change: How the Myanmar media industry is evolving
Moderators
avatar for Lars Bestle

Lars Bestle

Regional Director for Asia, International Media Support (IMS)
Lars stepped off a plane in Sri Lanka in 1997 to intern in TV and ended up writing his Master’s thesis on the role of the internet for diasporas. Since then, he has been engaged with media development and access to information in Asia for over 20 years, working for the UN Development... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Sonny Swe

Sonny Swe

CEO and Founder, Frontier Myanmar
Sonny is co-founder and CEO of Frontier Myanmar, a Yangon-based independent media organisation that reports on current affairs, business and culture in English and Burmese. He entered the industry in 1996 as a printer and four years later co-founded The Myanmar Times – the country's... Read More →
avatar for Aung Zaw

Aung Zaw

Founder, Irrawaddy
Aung Zaw is the founder of The Irrawaddy, and a journalist, writer, and former activist. He went into exile following the 1988 military coup in Myanmar, and launched The Irrawaddy four years later. He contributes to various publications around the world, and lives and works in Chiang... Read More →


4:30pm GMT+08

What blockchain can do for journalism
Speakers
avatar for Matthew Iles

Matthew Iles

CEO, Civil Media
Matthew heads up Civil Media, a community-owned platform for independent journalism. Civil is a growing network of news organizations and supporters committed to a free press, civil discourse and public accountability. Matthew studied journalism at Duke University before embarking... Read More →
avatar for Vivian Schiller

Vivian Schiller

Executive Director, Aspen Digital, The Aspen Institute
Civil is founded on the principle that a free press is essential to a fair and just society. Vivian wants to build a community-owned platform that would help enhance the sustainability of trustworthy journalism. A longtime executive at the junction of media, tech and journalism, Vivian... Read More →


5:00pm GMT+08

The Startup Showcase: Four-minute pitches from 8 startups
Moderators
avatar for Timi Siytangco

Timi Siytangco

TIMI SIYTANGCO is an online media professional with 20 years of creative and commercial experience. She’s helped build digital media businesses in Asia from the ground up, including CNET Networks International and Outbrain, and has held management roles in audience development... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Bidhya Chapagain

Bidhya Chapagain

Co-Founder, Herne Katha
Bidhya quit her job as the presenter of a popular BBC show to start Herne Katha, a YouTube video series in Nepal. She wants to bring stories of everyday people to a digital-first audience, something that reflects the lives of people and communities of Nepalese.
avatar for Colum Murphy

Colum Murphy

Founder, Chinarrative
Chinarrative Founder Colum Murphy is an award-winning editorial leader and global journalist. He helped create Sixth Tone, an English-language news and media organization based in Shanghai, and is a former China correspondent with The Wall Street Journal, and a past deputy editor... Read More →
avatar for Namnandorj Bayaraa

Namnandorj Bayaraa

Founder & CEO, Remo Media
Namnandorj — or Namka, as he's better known — started Remo to help drive media literacy in Mongolia, where much of the population is discovering the internet for the first time. Misinformation is rife and so he's building a digital literacy program for schools.
avatar for Niki Torres

Niki Torres

Founder, Chief Best Friends
I started Chief Best Friends out of the desire to hear more women’s voices in a growing medium like podcasting. We want to be the first few to create a quality podcast from Asia that’s globally recognised. It was also a way to feed my curiosity on all the women movers, shakers... Read More →
avatar for Tarutr Malhotra

Tarutr Malhotra

Growth Lead, Homescreen Network
Tarutr Malhotra is part of the founding team at India-based video content startup Homescreen Network. Tasked with building out a network of video producers, Tarutr leads a team that currently publishes daily videos in 5 languages from 15+ regions in India. If you would like to learn... Read More →
avatar for Prateek Pradhan

Prateek Pradhan

Founder and editor, Baahrakhari
Prateek started Baahrakhari about 3 years ago, bringing together more than two decades of experience in journalism. Prateek started his career at Kathmandu Post, and was its editor from 2003-2008. He was also the founding editor of Karobar Economic Daily. Prateek holds a master's... Read More →
avatar for Dilrukshi Handunnetti

Dilrukshi Handunnetti

Executive Director, Center for Investigative Reporting, Sri Lanka
Dilrukshi Handunnetti is the Executive Director of the Center for Investigative Reporting, Sri Lanka. A senior journalist, media trainer and a lawyer, Dilrukshi is also the Co-Convener of South Asian Women in Media- Sri Lanka, a regional group of women journalists.
avatar for Roby Alampay

Roby Alampay

Founder, Puma Podcasts
Roby Alampay started PumaPublic Productions, which aims to be the top audio production outfit in the Philippines.PumaPublic's PumaPodcast is a first-mover in the Philippine podcasting space, producing daily news roundups, explanatory journalism, and features since January 2019.Roby... Read More →


6:15pm GMT+08

Community Photo
Speakers
avatar for Alan Soon

Alan Soon

Co-Founder, Splice Media
I started Splice to help drive the transformation of the media industry in Asia. I believe we're seeing the unraveling of the mass media model into niche media startups serving smaller but highly engaged communities. I believe we're in a golden age of media. Our mission at Splice... Read More →
avatar for Rishad Patel

Rishad Patel

Co-founder, Splice Media
Rishad is a product and design professional. He is the co-founder of Splice Media. For over twenty years, Rishad has designed and developed products for the web, mobile, radio, advertising, newsrooms, newspapers, magazines, podcasting, branding, books, and floor rugs for companies... Read More →


6:30pm GMT+08

Transportation leaves for 3 drop-off points in Nimman
We have red taxis ready to bring you back to three drop-off points:
(1) L. Nimman Hotel entrance
(2) At Pingnakorn Chiang Mai Hotel entrance
((3) Wawee Coffee Nimmana (near The Nimmana Condo)

These 3 drop-off points are walking distance from all our designated hotels!

7:30pm GMT+08

Festival party
Thursday May 2, 2019 7:30pm - 10:00pm GMT+08
Cainito Homemade Restaurant
 
Friday, May 3
 

9:00am GMT+08

9:00am GMT+08

9:00am GMT+08

9:30am GMT+08

Product is the strategy: Creating a product mindset and leading media transformation at SPH and SCMP
Moderators
avatar for Janie Octia

Janie Octia

Strategic Partner Development for APAC & India, CrowdTangle
Janie trains some of the biggest newsrooms in Asia on the use of Facebook's CrowdTangle social analytics tool. She started her career at the Inquirer in Manila, and later moved to Yahoo and CNN. Her experience in the region's newsrooms have given her deep insights into not just workflows... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Gaurav Sachdeva

Gaurav Sachdeva

Chief Product Officer, Singapore Press Holdings
SPH has never had a Chief Product Officer. Half a year into that role, Gaurav Sachdeva is trying to change mindsets at the 173-year-old company by focusing on users.
avatar for Malcolm Ong

Malcolm Ong

Head of Product, South China Morning Post
Malcolm joined SCMP in 2017 from Silicon Valley. He co-founded Skillshare, and was worked on product and growth at little company called Lyft. He’s just led his team through an overhaul of SCMP and launched two new editorial products. Malcolm will share what he’s learned about... Read More →


9:30am GMT+08

Masterclass: Understanding your audience to build a reader revenue strategy for your newsroom
Speakers
avatar for Emily Goligoski

Emily Goligoski

Head of Research, Membership Puzzle Project
How rare is this: Emily is first an advocate for consumers, helping newsrooms figure out how to build engaged communities. She was the first UX research lead at the NYT with plenty of membership case studies up her sleeve.


9:30am GMT+08

Masterclass: Getting the basics right in creating, distributing, monetising, and tracking podcasts
Speakers
avatar for Kristofor Lawson

Kristofor Lawson

Founder and Podcaster, Lawson Media (Moonshot)
It's hard trying to build scale with podcasts in a place like Australia. That's why Kris has bigger sights: securing a global audience for his podcast, Moonshot.


10:30am GMT+08

Building tools and structures for investigative journalism: threats, new opportunities, and making watchdog newsrooms sustainable
Speakers
avatar for Syed Nazakat

Syed Nazakat

Founder & CEO, DataLEADS
Syed Nazakat, India, is an award-winning journalist, media entrepreneur, founder and CEO of DataLEADS, a tech and digital media company he founded to promote open data and democratization of information at scale. He leads DataLEADS in New Delhi, as well as oversees its outreach across... Read More →
avatar for Dilrukshi Handunnetti

Dilrukshi Handunnetti

Executive Director, Center for Investigative Reporting, Sri Lanka
Dilrukshi Handunnetti is the Executive Director of the Center for Investigative Reporting, Sri Lanka. A senior journalist, media trainer and a lawyer, Dilrukshi is also the Co-Convener of South Asian Women in Media- Sri Lanka, a regional group of women journalists.


11:15am GMT+08

Audio Stories: Things I learned from building India’s first podcast network
Speakers
avatar for Rajesh Tahil

Rajesh Tahil

COO Scroll/Founder Audiomatic, Scroll/Audiomatic
Despite having worked in print, music television, and advertising, Rajesh has a two-decade old infatuation with the audio medium. So when he co-founded Audiomatic, India's first podcast network, he learned a lot really quickly — about the medium, the audience, and the product. He... Read More →


11:30am GMT+08

Building media across Asia: Opportunities and challenges when you're trying to build a business across Asia
Moderators
avatar for Alan Soon

Alan Soon

Co-Founder, Splice Media
I started Splice to help drive the transformation of the media industry in Asia. I believe we're seeing the unraveling of the mass media model into niche media startups serving smaller but highly engaged communities. I believe we're in a golden age of media. Our mission at Splice... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Jianlong Hu

Jianlong Hu

Co-Founder & CEO, The Passage
Jianlong wants to bridge India and China — he believes there isn't enough coverage to explain the tech ecosystem on either side. A Chinese citizen, he now lives in Bangalore where he started The Passage to cover tech on both sides of the border, and the rest of Asia.
avatar for Minh Bui Jones

Minh Bui Jones

Publisher, Mekong Review
Despite distribution issues and the watchful eye of authoritarian governments, Mekong Review has found a readership in Asia. Minh will talk about why a great print product matters (and why he still delivers his by hand).
avatar for Roshni Mahtani

Roshni Mahtani

Founder and CEO, Tickled Media
Roshni's Tickled Media runs some of Southeast Asia's biggest mother and child platforms, including theAsianparent.com, Asianmoneyguide, Nonilo and HerStyleAsia. She also started the Female Founders Network, a group of over 2,000 female founders. Roshni will share her insights around... Read More →
avatar for Vidya Balachander

Vidya Balachander

Editor-in-Chief, Roar Media
Vidya handles all things editorial at Colombo-based Roar Media. She is best known for her work as a food and travel journalist — she was the features editor of BBC Good Food's Indian edition. Her work has also appeared in Saveur, CNN's Parts Unknown, and NPR's The Salt. At Beta... Read More →


11:45am GMT+08

Audio Stories: Creating the killer podcast series
Moderators
avatar for Rajesh Tahil

Rajesh Tahil

COO Scroll/Founder Audiomatic, Scroll/Audiomatic
Despite having worked in print, music television, and advertising, Rajesh has a two-decade old infatuation with the audio medium. So when he co-founded Audiomatic, India's first podcast network, he learned a lot really quickly — about the medium, the audience, and the product. He... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Kristofor Lawson

Kristofor Lawson

Founder and Podcaster, Lawson Media (Moonshot)
It's hard trying to build scale with podcasts in a place like Australia. That's why Kris has bigger sights: securing a global audience for his podcast, Moonshot.
avatar for Roby Alampay

Roby Alampay

Founder, Puma Podcasts
Roby Alampay started PumaPublic Productions, which aims to be the top audio production outfit in the Philippines.PumaPublic's PumaPodcast is a first-mover in the Philippine podcasting space, producing daily news roundups, explanatory journalism, and features since January 2019.Roby... Read More →
avatar for Bhrikuti Rai

Bhrikuti Rai

Co-Founder, Boju Bajai
Bhrikuti Rai is an award-winning Nepali journalist and co-founder of Boju Bajai podcast, which she started with Itisha Giri in 2016. Boju Bajai began as a passion project to address the void that exists in the discourse around gender and the politics of gender in Nepal and South Asia... Read More →


11:45am GMT+08

Data Case Study: Finding insights in a data haystack. What we found by combining data science and design in the Thai elections
Speakers
avatar for Thitiphong (Thiti) Luangaroonlerd

Thitiphong (Thiti) Luangaroonlerd

Boonmee Lab
Thiti co-founded Boonmee Lab because he wanted to bring together tech, human-centered design, and data science in a way that would create impact for society. They recently launched ELECT, an online data journalism startup, providing data and insights into this year's election in Thailand... Read More →


12:30pm GMT+08

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1:30pm GMT+08

Partner-led: How Nordot is building a common content platform for publishers
Speakers
avatar for Aya Uryu

Aya Uryu

Director, Platform Sales, Nordot
Common plumbing is exactly what the media industry needs and this Japanese startup thinks it has the right solution. Nordot is building a common publishing platform to unite media outlets — and lower their costs. Aya Uryu, their Director of Platform Sales, will show us just how... Read More →


1:30pm GMT+08

Media for good: Building a movement with media and serving a community hungry for change
Moderators
avatar for Jacqui Park

Jacqui Park

Head of Research and Strategy
Jacqui is a journalist, media strategist and social entrepreneur. She is the Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific journalism and innovation at the Centre for Media Transition, University of Technology, Sydney, and founder and principal of Engagement By Design Pty Ltd where she advises on... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Chiranuch Premhaiporn

Chiranuch Premhaiporn

Co-founder, Prachatai
Chiranuch — or Jiew — is a co-founder of Prachatai, a Thai startup that focusses on human rights and democracy development. Jiew has worked as a media activist and journalist who has wrangled with issues like freedom of expression and HIV/AIDS campaigns for over a decade, including... Read More →
avatar for Kirsten Han

Kirsten Han

Editor-in-chief, New Naratif
New Naratif is one of the most agile startups we know. They report on Southeast Asia’s shared culture and history in a variety of formats (check out their comics and podcast), supported mainly by crowdfunding.
avatar for Devi Asmarani

Devi Asmarani

Co-founder, Magdalene
Magdalene is a staple for young Indonesian audiences who want an alternate perspective on women’s rights and gender equality. Devi will share her experience covering feminist issues.


1:30pm GMT+08

Masterclass by Google: Best practices on building and growing an engaged audience for news on YouTube
Speakers
avatar for Joyce Hau

Joyce Hau

Head of News Content Partnerships, YouTube Asia Pacific, Google
Joyce manages partnerships with news organizations for YouTube in Asia Pacific. She leads YouTube’s efforts to elevate authoritative news sources on the video platform in the region, as well as various initiatives to help the news ecosystem thrive on YouTube. Prior to this role... Read More →


2:00pm GMT+08

Insights from the first Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge, and what's next
Speakers
avatar for Irene Jay Liu

Irene Jay Liu

News Lab Lead, Asia Pacific, Google
Irene Jay Liu leads Google News Lab in the Asia-Pacific region, based in Singapore. She was previously an investigative reporter and data editor at Reuters, where she was a 2017 Pulitzer finalist in the national reporting category, and taught data-driven investigative journalism at... Read More →


2:15pm GMT+08

How to map, track, and evaluate impact — European Journalism Centre’s lessons at the frontlines of engaged journalism
Speakers
avatar for Kathryn Geels

Kathryn Geels

Director of grants programmes, EJC
Kathryn leads the grant-giving programmes at the EJC and is part of the senior management team. Her specialties include impact-driven change management, impact-driven programme design and execution, community-driven journalism, and stakeholder negotiations and influencing.


2:20pm GMT+08

We're on a movement to drive open data across Asia. This is why it matters to your newsroom's transformation
Moderators
avatar for Irene Jay Liu

Irene Jay Liu

News Lab Lead, Asia Pacific, Google
Irene Jay Liu leads Google News Lab in the Asia-Pacific region, based in Singapore. She was previously an investigative reporter and data editor at Reuters, where she was a 2017 Pulitzer finalist in the national reporting category, and taught data-driven investigative journalism at... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Syed Nazakat

Syed Nazakat

Founder & CEO, DataLEADS
Syed Nazakat, India, is an award-winning journalist, media entrepreneur, founder and CEO of DataLEADS, a tech and digital media company he founded to promote open data and democratization of information at scale. He leads DataLEADS in New Delhi, as well as oversees its outreach across... Read More →
avatar for Kuang Keng Kuek Ser

Kuang Keng Kuek Ser

Data Editor, Pulitzer Center
Kuek Ser Kuang Keng is the data editor for the Pulitzer Center, where he supports investigative journalists of the Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) and Ocean Reporting Network (ORN) to achieve their investigation goals. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Keng is a digital journalist... Read More →
avatar for Yan Naung Oak

Yan Naung Oak

Freelance Data Visualizer, Phandeeyar / Freelance
Yan’s experience is rare in Asia. This Myanmar native works at the intersection of civic tech and open data. He’s recently started to test some ideas through data visualization as a way to tell deeper stories around social change in Myanmar. Yan is also a senior advisor at Phandeeyar... Read More →


3:00pm GMT+08

Prototyping voice-first news experiences. My lessons from the Guardian Voice Lab
Speakers
avatar for Jeremy Pennycook

Jeremy Pennycook

Product Lead, Guardian Voice Lab
How do you build a voice-first news experience? Jeremy has been working to design voice interactions at the Guardian Voice Lab. It all starts with a simple prototype — little sketches to draft what potential interactions could look like. Jeremy also worked at SoundCloud and NPR... Read More →


3:30pm GMT+08

Pivot to reader: How should we think about, engage with, and involve our audience while living the real-time pressure of building a sustainable business model?
Moderators
avatar for Kathryn Geels

Kathryn Geels

Director of grants programmes, EJC
Kathryn leads the grant-giving programmes at the EJC and is part of the senior management team. Her specialties include impact-driven change management, impact-driven programme design and execution, community-driven journalism, and stakeholder negotiations and influencing.

Speakers
avatar for Naoyoshi Goto

Naoyoshi Goto

Technology & Business Editor, Newspicks
Uzabase's NewsPicks is a business social news platform that brings together a high-quality community around original content. Naoyoshi is one of three core members who built the editorial team at NewsPicks. The company now has over 95,000 paid subscribers in Japan. In 2018, Uzabase... Read More →
avatar for Huawei Ling

Huawei Ling

Editor, Caixin Media
Caixin pulled off something rare in China. In 2017, it became the first local media to put up a paywall. Huawei explains how they pulled it off, and she'll also talk about how Caixin drives innovation in the newsroom.
avatar for Celine Wong

Celine Wong

Product Manager, Tech In Asia
Singapore-based Tech in Asia decided to go all-in with subscriptions in September 2018, making it one of Southeast Asia's first movers in that space. As a product manager, Celine is responsible for driving that move. She'll speak about what they've learned in that process, and some... Read More →
avatar for Sidharth Bhatia

Sidharth Bhatia

Founding Editor, The Wire
Sidharth is a co-founder of The Wire, an Indian news portal which was started by three journalists in 2015. He was also among the co-founders of the English newspaper DNA. A journalist and author, he writes on politics and society and has written several books on popular culture... Read More →
avatar for Tom Grundy

Tom Grundy

Editor-in-Chief, Founder, Hong Kong Free Press
Tom founded Hong Kong Free Press in 2015 and is the editor-in-chief. In addition to editing, he is responsible for managing the newsroom and company - including fundraising, recruitment and overseeing HKFP's web presence and ethical guidelines.He has a BA in Communications and New... Read More →


3:45pm GMT+08

Careers: Building a product career in a modern newsroom — pathways to getting there
Moderators
avatar for Janie Octia

Janie Octia

Strategic Partner Development for APAC & India, CrowdTangle
Janie trains some of the biggest newsrooms in Asia on the use of Facebook's CrowdTangle social analytics tool. She started her career at the Inquirer in Manila, and later moved to Yahoo and CNN. Her experience in the region's newsrooms have given her deep insights into not just workflows... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Nasr ul Hadi

Nasr ul Hadi

Executive Director, PROTO Studio
Nasr ul Hadi is a Knight Fellow with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).He is also founder of PROTO, a media development studio that uses community development → applied research → cohort training → embedded consulting, to instigate innovation and experiments across... Read More →
avatar for Sean Ho

Sean Ho

Senior Product Manager, Malaysiakini
Sean studied to be an architect, but got his first job designing websites. He then founded W3C Sites to promote web standards and accessibility. Sean is all about best practice across the news user experience. He now has a wide role managing Malaysiakini products for media, tech... Read More →
avatar for Praveen Krishnan

Praveen Krishnan

Head of Products & Marketing, The Ken
Praveen is the Head of Product at The Ken. Before joining The Ken, his last role was Director of Product at InMobi - the world's largest independent ad-network. He holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore and an engineering degree from NIT Trichy.


4:00pm GMT+08

Shorties: How we're prototyping formats for video storytelling
Moderators
avatar for Alan Soon

Alan Soon

Co-Founder, Splice Media
I started Splice to help drive the transformation of the media industry in Asia. I believe we're seeing the unraveling of the mass media model into niche media startups serving smaller but highly engaged communities. I believe we're in a golden age of media. Our mission at Splice... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Bidhya Chapagain

Bidhya Chapagain

Co-Founder, Herne Katha
Bidhya quit her job as the presenter of a popular BBC show to start Herne Katha, a YouTube video series in Nepal. She wants to bring stories of everyday people to a digital-first audience, something that reflects the lives of people and communities of Nepalese.
avatar for Jia Jian Ho

Jia Jian Ho

Founder, Viddsee
Ho Jia Jian co-founded Viddsee, a Singapore-based video entertainment platform for short premium content that's getting traction across the region. Viddsee wants to help storytellers create more films — and get them to the right audiences. He'll explain how he connects the dots... Read More →


6:00pm GMT+08

Closing Session: Splice on Tap Chiang Mai Edition
We're buying the first round of beers, so come hang out with us. Bar snacks on us too!

Speakers
avatar for Alan Soon

Alan Soon

Co-Founder, Splice Media
I started Splice to help drive the transformation of the media industry in Asia. I believe we're seeing the unraveling of the mass media model into niche media startups serving smaller but highly engaged communities. I believe we're in a golden age of media. Our mission at Splice... Read More →
avatar for Rishad Patel

Rishad Patel

Co-founder, Splice Media
Rishad is a product and design professional. He is the co-founder of Splice Media. For over twenty years, Rishad has designed and developed products for the web, mobile, radio, advertising, newsrooms, newspapers, magazines, podcasting, branding, books, and floor rugs for companies... Read More →
avatar for Timi Siytangco

Timi Siytangco

TIMI SIYTANGCO is an online media professional with 20 years of creative and commercial experience. She’s helped build digital media businesses in Asia from the ground up, including CNET Networks International and Outbrain, and has held management roles in audience development... Read More →


Friday May 3, 2019 6:00pm - 10:00pm GMT+08
Cube No. 7
 
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