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2018 6 DECEMBER | the WESTIN JAKARTA Page 2 About 2018 6 DECEMBER | THE WESTIN JAKARTA Page 2 About Catcha Group started Wild Digital in 2015, with the vision of creating a platform for leaders within the digital ecosystem to come together. Three years later, it has become Southeast Asia’s premier tech conference, where these leaders gather to showcase their bold and wild visions for Catcha Group is Southeast Asia’s building disruptive businesses. leading internet group. We build and invest in disruptive internet • Every speaker must be a CEO, MD companies across emerging (SEA/APAC), Founder of Co-Founder markets globally, where we deploy • Startups must have raised at least capital and resources towards the US$10 million creation of transformational value • Venture capital or corporate venture propositions solving fundamental firms must have a fund size of at least societal problems. US$100 million The Group was established in 2004 This year, we expect 500 CEOs, founders and is headquartered in Kuala and investors of leading tech companies Lumpur, Malaysia. from around Southeast Asia to attend our 1- day Indonesian conference. Event Highlights HIGH-PROFILE FIRST-CLASS FAST-PACED STAR-STUDDED ATTENDEES PROGRAM FORMAT SPEAKER LINEUP Top entrepreneurs, Specially curated agenda First-class industry Industry giants and founders, C-suites and with insights into the presentations in rising disruptors from investors latest tech trends 10 to 15 minutes various countries WOMEN IN TECH STARTUP RAPID MINGLE NETWORKING INITIATIVE DISRUPTOR ARENA TOOL OPPORTUNITIES Committed to Showcasing the region's Schedule 15-min Wide array of support gender most innovative meetings to discuss networking activities to diversity startups potential opportunities enrich your experience © 2018 Wild Digital. All rights reserved. www.wilddigital.com Page 3 Wild Digital Indonesia Advisory Board: The Wild Rockstars Our Advisory Board comprises the “who’s who” of the startup ecosystem – so, we call them The Wild Rockstars. These movers and shakers make collaborations, conversations and deals possible. With their help, we can create that unique Wild Digital magic and continue bringing innovative Southeast Asia businesses to the world. Alex was the CEO of Indosat Ooredoo from 2012 to 2017, where he led the transformation of the company through Digital Transformation and innovation. As a result, the company became #2 on cellular RMS, doubled its market cap, and started the ideabox incubator and FTTH business. Previously, Alex was a Partner at Northstar Pacific, and had a nine-year career for the Government of Indonesia as Special Advisor for MCIT (Kementrian Kominfo) and MSOE (Kementrian BUMN). Currently, Alex serves as an independent Board Member for PT Medikaloka Hermina, Tbk; PT Unilever Indonesia, Tbk; and PT Sarana Menara Nusantara,Tbk (Protelindo). He founded PT Digi Asia Bios, a consolidated fintech holding that offers digital payment, credit and remittance financial services in Indonesia. He is also the Alexander Rusli Chairman of iFlix Indonesia, and advisor to LotusFlare. Alex has PhD degree in Information Technology from Curtin University of Technology, Australia. Adrian is Founder and Managing Partner of Convergence Ventures (“CV”), Indonesia’s largest local focused early stage Venture Fund. He has made investments in over 30 companies with combined valuations of over US$350M since 2015. He is a board director/Investor at several Internet companies including East Asia’s largest live streaming company, M17; Indonesia’s largest female Fashion e- Commerce, Salestock and Indonesia’s largest media site Qraved. Previously, Adrian had co-founded and run successful digital startups in both China and Indonesia. Adrian graduated from Cambridge University with a BA and MA in Economics and was elected a Hawk in recognition of his contributions to University and National level Judo. He obtained his MBA from Stanford while studying in the dual degree Adrian Li MBA & Education MA program and is a Kauffman Fellow Class 21. He speaks Mandarin and English fluently and is proficient in Cantonese and basic Bahasa. © 2018 Wild Digital. All rights reserved. www.wilddigital.com Page 4 Wild Digital Indonesia Wild Rockstars Andi Boediman is a well-know player in Indonesia creative industry scene. He is Managing Partner at Ideosource Venture Capital, a venture capital focusing on digital industries, including content, media, ecommerce and its digital infrastructures. Ideosource’s current portfolio include Touchten, Saqina, aCommerce, Orori and FemaleDaily. He also sits as a Commissioner in Bhinneka.com, the leading B2B e-commerce in Indonesia. Successfully initiated and facilitated the highest value digital media deal in Indonesia between Singapore-based media giant MediaCorp and Indonesia’s KLN Group (KLN), one of the largest and most successful online media companies in the archipelago. Andi founded IDS |International Design Andi Boediman School, a visual communication school in Design, Animation & Filmmaking. Andi’s past positions include Chief Innovation Officer at Plasa.com–a subsidiary of PT. Telkom Indonesia (TLKM:IJ) in the area of content and e-commerce. Khailee Ng loves creating tech startups. As an entrepreneur, he has founded an e- commerce site, Groupsmore (acquired by Groupon) and media company Says.com (acquired by Catcha Group). Khailee is Managing Partner of Silicon Valley's most active seed venture capital firm. The firm has done over 1,800 investments in 60 countries, of which he has led 120+ investments in Southeast Asian tech startups, including Grabtaxi, Carousell, Bukalapak and other regional champions. As every industry continues to be disrupted by new technology and evolving consumer behaviour, Khailee and 500 Startups specialize in looking for patterns of business opportunity and investing in entrepreneurs who will realize them. His investment Khailee Ng activity and industry opinions are featured by Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, and Fortune, and the 500 Startups portfolio of companies have collectively raised over USD10 billion. © 2018 Wild Digital. All rights reserved. www.wilddigital.com Page 5 2017 Wild Digital Indonesia Attendees Overview 217 ATTENDEES Others 9 10% Managers Directors JOB SENIORITY COUNTRIES 14% 33% Founders 15% Others 30 6% Chief Corporate SPEAKERS Executives 16% 28% Startup 40% PROFILE SME 15 18% SPONSORS & BREAKDOWN Investor PARTNERS 20% 189 ORGANISATIONS © 2018 Wild Digital. All rights reserved. www.wilddigital.com Page 6 Preliminary Program* 6 DECEMBER (WILD DIGITAL MAIN STAGE) 09:00 – 9:30 ARRIVAL & REGISTRATION 09:30 – 10:15 KEYNOTE: 8 PREDICTIONS FOR THE SEA TECH SCENE Patrick Grove - Co-Founder & Group CEO (Catcha Group) 10:15 – 10:30 UNICORN SPOTLIGHT: FUELLING SEA’S INTERNET ECOSYSYEM Moderated by Patrick Grove - Co-Founder & Group CEO (Catcha Group) Leontinus Alpha Edison – Co-Founder & Vice Chairman (Tokopedia) 10:30 – 10:45 INVESTOR SPOTLIGHT: SECRET TO A GREAT BOARD MEETING Vinnie Lauria – Founding Partner (Golden Gate Ventures) 10:45 – 11:05 WOMEN IN THE ASEAN E-COMMERCE WAVE Moderated by: Roshni Mahtani - Founder & CEO (Tickled Media) Teresa Condicion – Co-Founder & COO/CDO (Snapcart) 11:05 – 11:45 THE NEXT UNICORN BUSINESSES IN INDONESIA Moderated by: Adrian Li - Managing Partner (Convergence Ventures) Benedicto Haryono - CEO (KoinWorks) Lingga Madu - Co-Founder & CEO (Sale Stock) Alfonsius Timboel - Chief Product Officer (Halodoc) 11:45 – 12:00 GROWING YOUR CROSS BORDER BUSINESS WITH FACEBOOK Ferdy Nandes – Team Lead for SMB Indonesia & Philipines (Facebook) 12:00 – 12:30 CLOSING THE SERIES B ONWARDS FUNDING GAP IN INDONESIA Yuan Lee Chung - Investor, SEA (SIG) Stefan Jung - Managing Partner (Venturra Capital) Jeffrey Chi - Managing Director (Vickers Venture Partner) Nicko Widjaja – CEO & Investment Director (MDI Ventures) 12:30 – 13:00 NETWORKING BREAK 13:00 – 13:50 REVOLUTIONISING ENTERTAINMENT Moderated by Alexander Rusli – Chairman, Indonesia (iflix) Andi Boediman - Managing Partner (Ideosource) Alistair D. Johnston - CMO (Telkomsel) 13:50 – 14:10 THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN BLOCKCHAIN PARTY HAS JUST BEGUN Moderated by Dinesh Ratnam – Director of the CEO Office (Catcha Group) Regi Wahyu – Founder & CEO (HARA) Vinnie Lauria – Founding Partner, Golden Gate Ventures Joshua Ho – Managing Partner, QCP Capital 14:10 – 14:25 FOUNDERS’ PLAYGROUND: POST-ICO – MAKING IT WORK Constantin Papadimitriou – President (Pundi X) *Program is subject to change Continued on next page © 2018 Wild Digital. All rights reserved. www.wilddigital.com Page 7 Preliminary Program* (CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE) 14:25 – 14:40 FOUNDERS’ PLAYGROUND: 2019 WILL AUGMENT YOUR REALITY Daniel Surya – Co-Founder & CEO (WIR Group) 14:40 – 15:10 UNLOCKING OPPORTUNITIES IN A SMART CITY Moderated by Marlin R. Siahaan – Country Manager, Indonesia (Waze) Justin Wood – Head of APAC (World Economic Forum) Setiaji Setiaji – Head of Jakarta Smart City (Jakarta Provincial Government) Vanessa Hendriadi Li – Co-Founder & CEO (GoWork) 15:10 – 15:40 AI – A KEY ROLE IN INDONESIA’S FINTECH REVOLUTION Moderated by Retno Dewati – SEA Regional Manager (Fenox Venture Capital) Eddi Danusaputro – CEO (Mandiri Capital) Akshay Garg – Co-Founder & CEO (FinAccel) Dave Ng – Principal (B Capital Group) Leo Shimada – Co-Founder & Group CEO (Crowdo) 15:40 – 16:00 THE E-WALLET BATTLEFIELD Moderated by Richard Elridge – Co-Founder & CEO (LenddoEFL) Christopher Davison – Co-Founder & Group CEO (BigPay) Shailesh Naik – Founder & CEO (MatchMove Pay) 16:00 – 17:00 STARTUP DISRUPTOR ARENA Isabel Gonzalez - Founder &
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