Local Heroes and Speakers at Startup Asia Jakarta

Our own Willis Wee and business development wizard, Minghao, are currently based in Jakarta to prepare for Tech in Asia’s Startup Asia Jakarta which will be happening this June 7 – 8. All this would not be possible without the wonderful support from the local Indonesia tech startup community.

So, who’s heading down to our Startup Asia Jakarta? We’re going to slowly unveil the all the goodies, such as speakers and topics, week by week, so do stay tuned. Today, we’re ecstatic to introduce the key Indonesian local heroes and speakers we have for this upcoming June:

Local entrepreneurs:

• Adi Kusma, president director at Biznet Networks
• Didi Nugrahadi, co-founder at Detik.com, Inmark, Teladan, and SalingSilang
• Tedy Djajawinata, co-founder and CEO of VAIA
• Yazid Faizin and Pandu Wirawan, co-founders at Adstars
• Donald Wihardja, chief technology officer at PT Indomog
• William Tanuwijaya, Co-founder of Tokopedia

Local investors:

• Antonny Liem, CEO of Merah Putih Incubator (MPI)
• Andi S. Boediman, director at Ideosource

Industry leaders:

• Andy Zain, director (Indonesia) at The Founder Institute, director at PT Skybee, founder and CEO of PT Numedia Global
• Edi Taslim, vice director at KOMPAS.com
• Rudy Ramawy, country head of Google Indonesia
• Norman Sasono, architect advisor at developer and platform group, Microsoft Indonesia

Community Builders:

• Reza Prabowo, co-initiator at FOWAB
• Fachry Bafadal, CEO of Onebit, co-founder of Guava Games and Bancakan 2.0
• Natali Ardianto, co-initiator at StartupLokal and board member at Project Eden

We are absolutely thrilled to have these distinguished speakers joining our event to share their many insights and experiences. You can find out more about the speakers here. As an attendee, you can also expect engaging one-on-one coffee chats and panels with local entrepreneurs, local investors, industry leaders, and community builders from across Indonesia.

Apart from these talks, Startup Asia Jakarta will also play host to Startup Arena where about 20 startups will pitch and compete to win US$10,000. So if you are a startup who would like to be considered in Startup Arena, please submit your application here as soon as possible, since applications are on a first-come-first-served basis.

Startup Asia Jakarta is a chance to connect with new startups, hear the insights of local speakers and judges, rub shoulders with talented developers and entrepreneurs, and have meaningful exchanges with like-minded individuals on the technology and startup scene in Indonesia.