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... are Bridges.
Reconnect Lost Worlds?
Build New Bridges.
A Stupendous Panel — By 4 Wondrous Speakers
Rhea Solanki
Production Designer
AFI
(480) 758-0146
Los Angeles
& Mumbai
rheasolanki.com
Saori Osu
Founder & CEO
Global Stage, Inc.
(408) 334-3814
San Jose &
Tokyo/Nagoya
gl-stage.com
Janine Teo
Founder & CEO
Solve Education!
+65 9783-8562
Jakarta &
Singapore
janineteo.com
John Cheong
Maker ⊕ Builder
Two Bit Company
(650) 336-8886
SF Bay Area
& 500 Bridges
500.twobit.co
With the End in Mind — Let’s Begin Again?
“The past is a foreign country:
they do things differently there.”
Can Hollywood Go Virtual After Coronavirus?
“Physical Campus Goes վٳܲ”
All Locations Closed — Online Resets Everyone
How C19 Changes Everything — Online Classes, Live!
“In-Person Goes Online” vs. “Remote First, Live?”
C19 Resets The World — Everything Now Initialized
What Would Steve Do?
Build New Bridges.
An Extraordinary Destiny...
“Batman Effect” — Harnessing The Power of Pretending
… because playing Batman (or other heroic figures) helps more than just children’s performance.
To Commune with The Great Spirits of Yore
And So It Begins — A Hero’s Journey
Now — A Big Hero’s Journey.
“Reconnect Lost Worlds?”
“Build 500 Bridges.”
Slot “Focus15” Presentations (15 min. ea.) Speakers Role/Affiliation Industry Locale
1
“What Would Batman Do — Can Hollywood
Go Virtual After Coronavirus?”
Rhea Solanki
(15 min.)
Production Designer/
American Film Institute
Film Making
Los Angeles/
Mumbai
2
“Behind the Scenes Piloting a STEAM
Program Online for Innovators Tomorrow”
Saori Osu
(15 min.)
Founder & CEO/
Global Stage Inc.
Education
San Jose/
Tokyo/Nagoya
3
“Distance Learning for Out-of-School Youths
on Cheap Phones with Poor Connections”
Janine Teo
(15 min.)
Founder & CEO/
Solve Education!
Education
Jakarta/
Singapore
4
“From Hero to Big Hero — Introducing 500
Bridges ✌Silicon Valley”
John Cheong
(15 min.)
Maker ⊕ Builder/
Two Bit Company
Startup
Ecosystem
SF Bay Area/
500 Bridges
☝ Underlying Theme — 4 Unique Perspectives 3 women + 1 man, 3 ethnicities, 3 sectors, 5 countries represented
“Walls Turned Sideways are Bridges.”
“Connection in Disconnection”“The most haunting stories are
those that don’t provide answers,
but open up questions. Life moves
through disconnections as much
as it moves through connections.”
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