Raid The Fridge: Built for Breakthroughs: How Great Spaces Inspire Great Ideas

​The best ideas don't happen by chance. They happen by design.

​Great workplaces do more than house people; they shape how people think, collaborate, and innovate. In this month's Raid the Fridge, Paulo Alcazaren, Editor-in-Chief of BluPrint Magazine, explores the often-overlooked role of physical space in driving creativity, culture, and business outcomes. Whether you're a founder, builder, or business leader, discover how intentional design can unlock better conversations, stronger teams, and breakthrough ideas.

​Who Should Attend:

• ​Startup Founders

• ​Corporates

• ​Investors

• ​Startup Enablers

• ​Academe

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About the Speaker
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​Paulo G. Alcazaren completed his BS Architecture and Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degrees at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He has a Master’s degree in Urban Design from the National University of Singapore. He is a registered and licensed Landscape Architect and Environmental Planner, a member of ICOMOS Philippines, the Heritage Conservation Society, the Philippine Institute of Environmental Planning, a fellow of the Philippine Association of Landscape Architects, and of the Philippine Institute of Architects. Paulo's professional practice in planning, urban design and landscape architecture covers the last 40 years with twelve of those spent in Singapore as Managing Director of PDAA Design Pte Ltd. He has a portfolio of over two hundred fifty completed projects in fourteen countries and is currently head of PGAA Creative Design, Manila. His best known projects in the Philippines are the Iloilo and Pasig Esplanades. His masterplans and designs in the Philippines include townships, urban districts, civic centers, parks and plazas, as well as resorts, campuses, commercial and institutional complexes. Paulo is recipient of several awards for urban design and landscape architecture from the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia. He won the CCP Gawad para sa Sining award for Architecture in 2016. He was awarded the Haligi ng Dangal honors from the NCCA in 2018 and 2022, as well as the Good Design Award from the Design Center Philippines in 2019 and 2026.

​Paulo is also an award-winning writer and photographer with several books and publications to his credit. He was editor-in-chief of BluPrint Magazine from 2002-2012, and editor-in-chief of The Philippine Yearbook for four of the last seven editions. He also wrote a regular column in the Philippine Star on architecture, planning, urbanism and design from 1999-2024. He is currently back as editor-in-chief of BluPrint Magazine and hosts the show BluPrint Conversations on YouTube and social media.  His advocacies are in heritage conservation, green cities, inclusive mobility and bringing back parks, open spaces and sidewalks to our cities.

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Program Flow:
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5:00 PM Doors are open to guests; networking and raiding the Kickstart Fridge begin!

​6:30 PM Start of Presentation + Q&A

​7:30 PM End of Program: Closing Remarks; Networking resumes

​9:00 PM End of Raid The Fridge
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About The Organizer
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​Kickstart Ventures owns and organizes Raid The Fridge, the longest-running monthly startup networking and learning mixer for the Philippine startup community of founders, investors, and entrepreneur-enabling organizations since August 2012.

​Driven by its vision to shape a better future, Kickstart Ventures invests in tech startups that solve real-world problems through sustainable and holistic innovation. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Globe Telecom, Kickstart Ventures is the largest corporate venture capital firm in the Philippines with 70 investments globally led by 130+ founders. The company also advises the Ayala Corporation Technology Innovation (ACTIVE) Fund, the largest venture capital fund to come out of the Philippines.