Time

Title

Speakers

8:00

-

9:00

Registration

Registration, Collection of Merchandise, App Support

All

9:00

-

9:05

Safety Video

Safety Video & Housekeeping

9:05

-

9:15

Opening

Welcome Remarks

9:15

-

9:45

Keynote Address Q&A

Terung Asam — A Story of Place, Identity, and Representation

9:45

-

10:15

Keynote Address Q&A

Food, Memory, and the Knowledge Systems Climate Conversations Keep Overlooking

Erika Xananine Calvillo Ramirez

10:15

-

10:50

Planet Futures Forum Briefing Q&A/Networking

Planet Futures Forum (PFF): If This Is the Future — What Do We Choose?

10:50

-

11:10

Break

11:10

-

11:40

Panel

Who Owns the Story?

Sarah Lois Dorai

Mod: Alfred Low (WWF-Malaysia)

11:40

-

12:10

Keynote Address Q&A

Beyond Activism: Building Communities People Can Belong To

12:10

-

13:15

Documentary

Forgotten Pacific

13:00

-

14:30

Lunch

14:30

-

14:35

Welcome Back

Welcome Back to Mainstage

14:35

-

14:40

Opening Ceremony

Arrival of VIP and other guests

YB Dato Sri Haji Abdul Karim bin Rahman Hamzah

14:40

-

15:13

Opening Ceremony

Welcome Speech, Thematic Opening Address 'Being the Ancestors of the Future' & Artistic Interlude

Sarah Lois Dorai

YB Dato Sri Haji Abdul Karim bin Rahman Hamzah
Sarah Lois Dorai
Special Guest Performer

15:13

-

15:20

Opening Ceremony

"Songs of the Highlands" Documentary

Featuring Sarah Lois Dorai

15:30

-

16:00

Break

16:00

-

16:30

Delegate Speaker Panel

Delegate Speaker Panel: Ways of Knowing

Hairul Mafahir Abdullah
Nurfatin Najihah Hamzah
Mandy Chen Wei Xing

Mod: ⁠Cresencio Mendigo Bacolod

16:30

-

17:00

Talk & Guided Practice

You Can Lead, But Can You Regulate?

Maryam Evetovics

17:00

-

17:30

Recap and Reflection

What Changed You Today?

Time

Title

Speakers

11:30

-

12:00

Masterclass

How to Start an NGO?

12:00

-

12:30

Masterclass

AI Knowledge and Experience: Transitioning from Academia to Industry

Dr. Azzam Abuhabib

12:30

-

13:00

Masterclass

Introducing RAYS Fellowship Programme

Liza Kummrow

13:00

-

14:30

Lunch

15:30

-

16:30

Press Conference

16:30

-

17:00

Masterclass

How to Build a Purpose-Driven Project From Scratch

17:00

-

17:30

Masterclass

Climate Reality Talk

Baida Hercus (Free Tree Society)

Time

Title

Speakers

Location

11:30

-

13:00

Wellness

Yoga Movement for Wellbeing

Maryam Evetovics

Patio

11:30

-

13:00

Workshop

Earthen Architecture and Natural Building Techniques

Workshop 1 (Dove)

11:30

-

13:00

Workshop

Build The Place You Wish Existed (Part I)

Diwigdi Valiente

Workshop 2 (Finch)

11:30

-

13:00

Workshop

Basic Necessities Survey (BNS) Methodology Through an Implementation Lens

Azuana Tashee Kulleh (Wildlife Conservation Society)

Workshop 3 (Sunbird)

11:30

-

13:00

Workshop

Death & Ecology

Joanne Nathaniel

Workshop 4 (Kingfisher)

11:30

-

13:00

Workshop

GHGAPS and Real Policy Conversations

Aina Aaliyah Kamarulzaman (Sunway Centre for Planetary Health)

Workshop 5 (Flamingo)

13:00

-

14:30

Lunch

PFF Luncheon
Briefing and Issue Exploration (PFF Participants only)

‍

Workshop 6 (Hornbill)

16:00

-

17:00

Workshop

Build a Personal System to Stay in Climate Work (Not Burn Out)

Workshop 4 (Kingfisher)

17:00

-

19:00

Workshop

PFF Position Paper Development:
Thematic Working Group 1
(PFF Participants only)

Workshop 1 (Dove)

17:00

-

19:00

Workshop

PFF Position Paper Development:
Thematic Working Group 2
(PFF Participants only)

Workshop 2 (Finch)

17:00

-

19:00

Workshop

PFF Position Paper Development:
Thematic Working Group 3
(PFF Participants only)

Workshop 3 (Sunbird)

Time

Title

Speakers

9:00

-

9:30

Keynote

How to Save Species
- IUCN Conservation Cycle, How People Play a Part

9:30

-

10:00

Keynote

Spot Misuse: How Indigenous Knowledge Gets Extracted in Practice

Diwigdi Valiente

10:00

-

10:30

Delegate Speaker Panel

Delegate Speaker Panel: Living with the Earth

Linh Nhac Ly
Arooj Fatima Tul Zahra
Shawne Goh
Dayang Nur Shahidah Adilah Abang Suhardi

Mod: ⁠Robberta Renuka Lazarus

10:30

-

11:00

Documentary Screening

No Monastery No Village

Featuring Tashi Lhazom

11:05

-

11:20

Break

11:20

-

12:00

Panel

Climate, Burnout, and Staying in the Work

Maryam Evetovics

12:00

-

12:45

Panel

Crisis in Biodiversity Realm - how to bring the big B forward in tackling climate change

Dzaeman Dzulkifli

Mod: Fiana (IFSA)

12:30

-

14:00

Lunch

14:00

-

14:30

Keynote

Showing Up Where Decisions Are Made

14:30

-

15:00

Keynote

The New Frontier: Space, Humanity, and Representation

15:00

-

15:30

Documentary Screening

Overheated

15:30

-

15:45

Break

15:45

-

16:30

Keynote Address Q&A

Reviving Patrimony Through Vernacular Architecture

16:30

-

17:00

Delegate Speaker Panel

Delegate Speaker Panel: Power & Responsibility

⁠Phui Yi Kong
Aina Aaliyah Kamarulzaman
Gretel Seet
Latdavanh Keodala

Mod: TBA

17:00

-

17:15

Recap and Reflection

Reflection: Who is Responsible?

Time

Title

Speakers

9:00

-

9:30

Masterclass

Reclaiming Spaces for Communities in the City

Karmila, Chok (Youths United For Earth)

9:30

-

10:00

Masterclass

Turn Knowledge into Community Learning Tools

11:05

-

11:20

Break

11:30

-

12:00

Masterclass

Bamboo to Big Ideas: Classroom Case Study of Green School Bali

Ibu Luh Peni Betasari

12:00

-

12:30

Masterclass

Powering The Change : Geoscience, Offshore Wind, & the Future of Clean Energy

Sarah Marzuki

12:30

-

14:00

Lunch

PFF Luncheon
Position Paper Presentation, Perspective Sharing and Recommendation Drafting Briefing (PFF Participants only)

12:30

-

14:00

Lunch

14:30

-

15:00

Masterclass

Conservation Starts with People: Connection, Coexistence, and Care for the Land

15:00

-

15:30

Masterclass

Beyond Tree Planting: Understanding Ecological Recovery

Dzaeman Dzulkifli

15:30

-

15:45

Break

16:00

-

16:30

Masterclass

How Satellites Already Shape Everyday Life on Earth

Time

Title

Speakers

Location

9:30

-

11:00

Workshop

From Coastlines to Corridors: Pacific Strategy and Narrative in Global Climate Advocacy

Workshop 1 (Dove)

9:30

-

11:00

Workshop

Disaster Risk Reduction: How Smart Systems Strengthen Recovery & Resilience of Remote Communities

Dr. Azzam Abuhabib

Workshop 2 (Finch)

9:30

-

11:00

Workshop

Sustainable Tourism Workshop

Daniel Riky Gomez (Hiduplah Hati Indonesia)

Workshop 3 (Sunbird)

9:30

-

11:00

Workshop

Pocket Pantun: People, Plants & Poetry

Syuhada Sapno (Forest Learning Centre)

Workshop 4 (Kingfisher)

9:30

-

11:00

Workshop

How to Start Your Own Project

Workshop 5 (Flamingo)

11:05

-

11:20

Break

11:30

-

13:00

Workshop

Rooted in Forests, Rising for Climate Action

Rayvanda Walyafi (International Forestry Students' Association)

Workshop 2 (Finch)

11:30

-

13:00

Workshop

Kickstarting Your Film Idea

Sarah Lois Dorai

Fabian Joseph

Workshop 3 (Sunbird)

11:30

-

13:00

Workshop

How to be YOU in a Changing World: Learning about Yourself in Order to Shape Society

Kong Phui Yi (Sustianable Development Solutions Network)

Workshop 4 (Kingfisher)

11:30

-

13:00

Workshop

Design a Local Food System Using Indigenous Knowledge

Erika Xananine Calvillo Ramirez

Workshop 5 (Flamingo)

14:00

-

15:30

Workshop

Systems, Behavior and Acting for Sustainability

Sherlina Kaur (Sustianable Development Solutions Network)

Workshop 1 (Dove)

14:00

-

15:30

Workshop

Hutan Sarawak: Live Simulation on Rainforest Conservation Finance

Omar Fateh (Free Tree Society)

Workshop 3 (Sunbird)

14:00

-

15:30

Workshop

Biodiversity Scavenger Hunt

Aishah Sabrina, Alfred Low (WWF-Malaysia)

Workshop 4 (Kingfisher)

14:00

-

15:30

Workshop

Mapping ASEAN Youth Needs in Biodiversity Conservation

Gretel Seet, Shawne Goh (Mandai Nature)

Workshop 5 (Flamingo)

14:00

-

15:30

Wellness

Meditation for Wellbeing

Maryam Evetovics

Workshop Room 2

16:00

-

17:30

Workshop

Designing Regenerative Futures: From Waste to Possibility

Luca Bardwell (Green School Bali)

Workshop 1 (Dove)

16:00

-

17:30

Workshop

Weaving Workshop

Workshop 2 (Finch)

16:00

-

17:30

Workshop

Build the Place You Wish Existed (Part II)

Diwigdi Valiente

Workshop 4 (Kingfisher)

16:00

-

17:30

Workshop

The Ripple Effect

AIESEC Kuching

Workshop 5 (Flamingo)

17:15

-

19:00

Workshop

PFF Evening Session: Working Group 1

Workshop 1 (Dove)

17:15

-

19:00

Workshop

PFF Evening Session: Working Group 2

Workshop 2 (Finch)

17:15

-

19:00

Workshop

PFF Evening Session: Working Group 3

Workshop 3 (Sunbird)

Time

Title

Speakers

8:30

-

10:00

Planet Futures Forum

Constituents Assembly: From Many Voices to Shared Priorities

All

10:00

-

10:30

Break

10:30

-

11:30

Planet Futures Forum

Declaration Congress: Choosing What We Carry Forward

All

11:30

-

11:45

Closing

Youth Statement

11:45

-

12:30

Closing

Closing Remarks
RAYS Recap Video
End

YB Datuk Gerald Rentap Jabu,
Dr. Sharzede Datu Hj. Salleh Askor

12:30

-

13:00

Lunch Collection

Time

Title

Speakers

RWMF Ticket Collection

Time

Title

Speakers

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