

TEDx Forbes Park 2025
🎙️ TEDxForbesPark is back for its second year — 2025 edition!
After a wildly successful launch last year, we’re returning bigger, bolder, and more global than ever. 🌍
🗓️ TEDx Forbes Park 2025 – Speaker Program
📍 Cinema High Street, Bonifacio Global City
🕗 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Registration, Red Carpet Photos & Media Interviews
Speakers, thought leaders, and guests are invited to walk the red carpet, check in, take official photos, and participate in media interviews. Coffee will be served.
🕣 8:30 AM – Program Begins Promptly
Please ensure all guests are seated before this time.
🔴 Batch 1: Systems, Family & Future Thinking
🕣 8:34 AM – 9:55 AM
Opening Talk: Shekhar Natarajan
“The Pause That Could Save Humanity: The Last Human Choice Between Love and Speed”Dr. Jacqueline M. Tolentino
“Alexa, Help! Parenting 2.0: How to Raise Resilient Kids in the AI Age”Vugar Usi Zade ✅
“The Next Billion Minds: Why Blockchain Education Matters More Than Blockchain Itself”Kimberly Lim — The Power of Comeback
Marge Aviso
“Anchors of Survival: How to Lead Through Crisis”Ben Nadareski
“The Death of Financial Anonymity: Why It’s the Key to Trusting DeFi”
🧃 Networking Break: 9:55 – 10:10 AM
🔵 Batch 2: Belief, Vision & Clarity
🕙 10:10 AM – 11:35 AM
Dr. Bryce Appelbaum — Why Everything You Know About Vision Is Wrong
Prudencio Garcia — Success is Not What You Gain, But What You Give Back
Amanda Marino — The Unstoppable Power of Believing in Yourself
Erika Aquino — Own Your Story: Turning Strengths into a Life Without Limits
Veejay Madhavan — We Built the Runway for Gen Z, But Forgot to Teach Them How to Land
Annette M. Hines — What Fear Costs Us, What Hope Creates
Ivy Manilag — Why Having Many Passions Is a Gift
Nikhil Gujral — The Forgotten Joy of Hobbies: Rediscovering Passion in a Productive World
🥐 Networking Break: 11:35 – 11:50 AM
🟢 Batch 3: Comebacks, Legacy & Stardom
🕚 11:50 AM – 1:20 PM
Hanky Lee — Lead from Behind: Servant Leadership
Igor Vainshtein — Inevitably Exceptional: 4 Pillars to Inevitable Success
Catherine Jalandoni — The Impact of Others: What We Choose to Do With It
Jo Rose — Stop Playing Small: How to Escape Mediocrity and Lead with Impact
Marvin Agustin — Final Speaker
🕐 1:20 PM – Closing Remarks
Kate Hancock, Executive Producer
📸 Group photos with all speakers & final media shots will follow.
💬 Please share this with someone who needs a fresh spark of inspiration. This might be the moment that changes everything for them.
🗓️ September 8, 2025
📍 Central Square, BGC
🎟️ Tickets: lu.ma/tedxforbespark2.0
Please note that your credit card receipt will show as:
👉 “Bintana sa Paraiso”
⚡ Limited Seats Only — Don’t miss this experience and be part of a global movement of ideas worth spreading.