TEDxJakarta is a TEDx event/community in Jakarta, Indonesia. As one of the earlier TEDx licensees, the organizing team  (http://www.tedxjkt.org/team/) has seen the community grew exponentially over the past two years. 

Our last  event, on December 19th, 2010 , was dedicated to encourage attendees to visualize things differently and to act proactively in their respective communities to bring about progress and positive change. The event drew a full house of more than 450 people and received overwhelming media coverage.

The 3.5 minutes overview of the event can be found here: (http://on.fb.me/tedxjkt6)

It left an unforgettable impression and a TED 'High' feeling like none other, as this attendee's blog post (http://bit.ly/fGOzsc) aptly described the day as "Simply explosive."  

In the first session - Visualize - Chandra Tresnadi shared his efforts to re-popularize Batik (one of Indonesia's most treasured heritage) through the use of social, interactive, and touch-screen digital technologies.

Adi Panuntun, known for his video-mapping project of Museum Fatahillah, spoke about 'design-thinking' as an agent of change. He moved away from his film-making conventions to project a jaw-dropping video on to public buildings and museums to promote awareness for the lack of public space in Jakarta and to bring the 'cool' back to museums. 

In the second session - Act - Sanggar Roda, a community that brings together street and marginalized kids from East Jakarta and teaches them non-formal music education, entertained everybody with 3 great songs using basic musical instruments. They received a standing ovation from the whole auditorium.  

Betti Alisjahbana, former CEO of IBM Indonesia, talked about a scholarship program that hunts proactively for bright children from very poor families and give them the opportunity to attend the country's best schools with bridging programs that include soft-skills building courses. 

Anies Baswedan, rector of Paramadina University gave an update of Indonesia Mengajar (Indonesia Teaches), a program that sends Indonesia's best and brightest to the country's most remote areas, often without electricity, to teach for a year. 

Rene Suhardono, career coach and author of “Your Job is Not Your Career,” urged attendants to reconsider their conceptualization of happiness and passion. 

In 2011 - the team has prepared a great series of events which include TEDxJakartaLive this March 5th and a Best of TEDxJakarta event. We plan to hold 4 events this year. 

Contributed by: 

Benson Engelbert
Co-Curator , TEDxJakarta

www.tedxjkt.org 
benson@tedxjkt.org
tw: @bensonengelbert