In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDxKesawanSquare is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience in Medan. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The theme for this 2016 is The Rise of The Ideas. We hope that from this first TEDx event in Sumatra, Ideas will rise, find momentum and positive change will take birth.

Elisabeth Subolo, Yoga instructor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSXIMmPySCM

Elisabeth began doing yoga in 2010. she joined Kamalini Yoga Studio in 2011 and started teaching yoga in 2012. She is one of the committees at Art Yoga - Cemara Asri. She always join yoga workshops at any places and experienced in teaching yoga.

Fajar Maulana Harahap, Comics artist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHoYWsM91_g

Fajar Maulana Harahap completed his Bachelor Degree in Computer Science at Universitas Sumatera Utara. He is the CTO/Co-Founder of Digidoy Comic, which began in January 2015. Digidoy Comic is an idea or movement to raise the prestige of the local culture, especially Medan, and to introduce the diversity of cultures, languages, travel and daily habits of society in Medan. He was a Senior Programmer at PT Pelindo I (2010 – 2013). He is a Certified Copilot at topcoder.com and an AppXpress Copilot at Appirio.com, managing 184 international projects for IBM, Apple, GE, Cornell University, to name a few, via crowdsourcing.

Ika Natassa, Writer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXnipBj-Ab4

IKA NATASSA is a bestselling Indonesian author who is also a banker at the largest bank in Indonesia and the founder of LitBox, the first literary startup of its kind in the country, which combines the concept of mystery box and onine promotions for writers. She loves writing since since was a little kid and finished writing her first novel in English at the age of 19. She is best known for writing a series of popular novels focusing on the lives of young bankers in Indonesia. Her debut novel A Very Yuppy Wedding is published in 2007, and she has released seven books since: Divortiare (2008), Underground (2010), Antologi Rasa (2011), Twivortiare (2012), dan Twivortiare 2 (2014), Critical Eleven (2015), and The Architecture of Love (2016). A Very Yuppy Wedding is the Editor's Choice of Cosmopolitan Indonesia magazine in 2008, and she was also nominated in the Talented Young Writer category in the prestigious Khatulistiwa Literary Award in the same year.

JinWoo Lim, Social entrepreneur

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgp_2tl0tv0

Jin Woo Lim is a financial risk manager and social entrepreneur. He graduated from Yonsei University in Korea with business major. He has suffered from some disorders, such as OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder), perfectionism and depression. Even with those difficulties, he tries to give others hope to get through their own difficulties with gratitude. He was the founder of the biggest and most advanced English Discussion, Debate and Presentation club in Korea. He is also the creator of a Collective Intelligence group, and has been a Praise Team Leader in a church in Sydney, the President of Table Tennis Association of all universities in Korea, a Social Interpreter and a Couchsurfing Event Organizer.

Juhendri Chaniago, Literary performer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhpYPBOdCAE

Juhendri Chaniago was born in Medan, North Sumatra. He was a writing class tutor and theatre trainer at PKBM Madya Insani (2010-2012), the facilitator of the Writing Class in Anthropology at UNIMED (2013), and a facilitator in training for citizen journalism for rural communities at the Bitra Indonesia Foundation. He has also been on the jury for a copyright stories competition at North Sumatra Provincial Library and a poetry reading competition at Yayasan Perguruan Sultan Iskandar Muda. He has also been a tutor in an acting class at John Robert Power Medan. Currently, he is active as a journalist at Bitranet (alternative media of the Bitra Indonesia Foundation), the Regional Coordinator for the Indonesian Literature Community (KSI), a member of Medan Art Council and also in Sanggar Bale Marojahan and Deli Art Foundation for the performing arts.

Kurniasari Mulia, Professional mother