Intersections
Date
28th Jul, 2018
Time
2:00 - 4:00PM
Location
WeWork Spacemob, 8 Claymore Hill, Singapore 229572
―
No one denies technology is bringing a sweeping change with it’s unpredictable nature.
As the media obsesses over tech startups, AI and replacing jobs; we’re keen to take that conversation for a slight detour with five inspiring speakers who present thought-provoking ideas on reimagining communities, education, experiences and food in Singapore.
Here are our speakers:
- Nithiya Laila, a culinary anthropologist shares about foraging in Singapore and producing her conceptual dining club: Brunch Bandits.
- Hui Wen Chin, an early childhood educator reimagines education in 2030
- Marc Nair, a local award winning writer and poet gives us a spoken word performance
- Stuart Wee, co-founder of Andsoforth talks about producing interactive theatrical feasts immersed around stories, drama and secrets
- Chris Leow, general manager of Edible Garden City talks about innovation in food waste, building learning gardens and shared cooking spaces; and using urban farming to design, grow and build communities in Singapore
In our next Symposium #3: Intersections with our community partner General Assembly we explore work, play and education as our currency and how Singapore’s community is powering that current.
Join us for an afternoon of bold immersive presentations, listen to people you could disagree with, indulge in our house cocktails with a surprise (or two).
-
SPEAKER BIOS
Nithiya Laila is a culinary anthropologist who believes in sustainability and conscious consumption. This informs her approach to food, working with local farmers to preserve heritage herbs and spices for Brunch Bandits; a social dining clubs that she runs. From healing Asian Superfood brunches at Sofitel Singapore to soul food brunches that serve up cuisines from the West Indies, to Ethiopia and Brazil, these curated sessions explore culture through the lens of the global citizen. She currently host and develops recipes for Edible Wild, a 6 part series exploring the farm and foraging scene in Asia for Channel News Asia.
https://www.facebook.com/brunchbandits/
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/video-on-demand/edible-wild
-
Hui Wen Chin is an early childhood educator with MapleBear Singapore. A former dining editor at Asia City Media Group and the founder of Eastern Granola, Hui Wen has taken a circuitous route to joining the teaching profession. She has a Master of Arts in Food Studies as well as a Master of Education in Early Childhood Education. Currently working with 3- and 4-year-olds, she is concerned with issues such as equity and community in the classroom and wider society. When not trying to reinvent Pre-K education, she still cooks and dines out like it’s her job.
-
Marc Nair is a poet and photographer. He is a recipient of the 2016 Young Artist Award. He first started performing poetry in 2003 at poetry slams in Singapore. Marc has published five solo volumes of poetry and has released another three collections in collaboration with visual artists, photographers and graphic artists. Marc was the 2016-17 NTU-NAC National Writer in Residence and is the co-founder of Mackerel, a culture magazine.
http://www.marcnair.com
-
Stuart Wee is the co-founder of Andsoforth; a leading immersive theatre dining experience in Singapore that has hosted over 5000+ guests. Stuart produces interactive theatrical feasts immersed around stories, drama and secrets in Singapore. Together with his wife Emily they have produced 15 unique in-house experiences from Dinner in Wonderland to The Imaginarium of Disco David, The Adventure of Grimmsneyland and much more.
Andsoforth has a corporate arm (ANDSOFORTH +), which has produced and conceptualised experiential events for Volkswagen, National Arts Council, Phillip Morris International, Deloitte, JW Marriott Singapore and Singapore Tourism Board.
https://www.andsoforth.com.sg/gallery
-
Chris Leow is general manager at Edible Garden City (EGC). EGC is an urban farming social enterprise, which has designed and built 50+ food gardens in Singapore. Their clients range from restaurants (Labyrinth, Restaurant Andre, Jamie's Italian, Tippling Club, Common Man Coffee Roasters, etc), commercial (Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore Power Group, Procter & Gamble, Raffles City and more), schools (National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University, Ministry of Education, Nanyang Junior College, etc) and residences.
Chris hopes to break boundaries in urban farming and desires to elevate local produce to greater heights by bringing awareness and respect to local produce. His diverse background spans from being an aerospace engineer to a barista, cafe owner to a ramen chef consultant. Chris will speak about reimagining Singapore’s future in building learning gardens, shared cooking spaces, innovation in food waste and using urban farming to design, grow and build communities in Singapore.