The Beta program
Welcome home to Beta, and three days with the kindest, smartest media community in the world. This is the Beta program across October 31, November 1, and November 2, 2022.
Here’s the best way to make the most of your Beta experience.
About the formats
Each day has different session formats for you to choose from so you can make Beta your own.
Clinics are for one-on-one coaching
Workshops are for one-to-few training
Presentations are one-to-many
Conversations are two-to-many
Each time-slot will have several concurrent sessions, so pick the ones you want to attend.
The best part? The session formats are also the room names. So all conversations will run in a room called Conversation; all workshops will run in rooms called Workshop 1 and Workshops 2. You get the idea. (Plus… colour-coding 🤯)
Lunches are long so that you can take the time to hang out and get to know people away from the program.
Have a happy time, and remember — be Beta, be tuktuk ❤️
About the venue
All the sessions are in different rooms at the same venue.
All Beta sessions will be at the new CIC building at Chiang Mai University (map this) EXCEPT for the opening session on November 1 at 9.30 am, which will be at the Auditorium, Faculty of Mass Communication, Chiang Mai University (map this) a few meters away.
Why are we doing this? Because the opening session needs a different venue to hold all of us together 🥳
Day 0
Monday, October 31
All day
People fly in
5 pm
Beta registration opens at Eat@Rincome
Day 1
Tuesday, November 1
All Beta sessions will be at the new CIC building at Chiang Mai University (map this) EXCEPT for the opening session on November 1 at 9.30 am, which will be at the Auditorium, Faculty of Mass Communication, Chiang Mai University (map this) a few meters away.
9.30 am
Auditorium, Faculty of Mass Communication,
Chiang Mai University (map this)
Let’s get this thing started! Welcome to Beta!
Alan and Rishad Co-founders, Splice
10-10.45 am
Clinics
10 am-5.45 pm
Workshop 1
10-10.45 am
How to raise funds from media investors
Sasa Vucinic Co-founder, North Base Media
Presentation
10-10.45 am
Local language podcasting is one of the biggest opportunities in media. Here's how we build our business around it.
Padma Priya Co-founder, Suno India
Workshop 2
10-10.45 am
How to write a code of conduct for your organisation
Kirsten Han Founder, We, the Citizens
11-11.45 am
Clinics
10 am-5.45 pm
Workshop 1
11-11.45 am
Why brand is what you need to survive in media
JP Campos Founder, editor, Media Commoner
Presentation
11-11.45 am
How a team of journalists was fired, reunited, and went on to build the most important media startup at the center of the Russian-Ukrainian war
Jakub Parusinski Co-founder and CFO, The Kyiv Independent
Conversation
11-11.45 am
Hey program funders, this is the help that journalism training in Asia needs
Yu Yu Din News partnerships, Meta + Dilrukshi Handunnetti Co-founder, Center for Investigative Reporting
12.30-2 pm
Lunch 🥳
2-2.45 pm
Clinics
10 am-5.45 pm
Presentation
2-2.45 pm
How to make freelancing work for you
Kirsten Han Founder, We, the Citizens + Nithin Coca Founder, Asia Undercovered
Conversation
2-2.45 pm
I'm a funder, and this is what I want to see in a great grant application
Nishant Lalwani CEO, International Fund for Public Interest Media
3-3.45 pm
Clinics
10 am-5.45 pm
Workshop 1
3-3.45 pm
How to model out your business plan for investors… and make it your North Star
Koreel Lahiri Investment Director for Asia, Media Development Investment Fund
Presentation
3-3.45 pm
Your About page is one of your most important media products. Here’s how to build one that works for you
Rishad Patel Co-founder and head of product + design, Splice
4-4.45 pm
Clinics
10 am-5.45 pm
Workshop 1
4-4.45 pm
How to write an amazing grant application… and what to do when it all goes pear-shaped
Jacopo Ottaviani Data, Code for Africa
Presentation
4-4.45 pm
Five things you need on your way to building a modern media business in 2022
Alan Soon Co-founder and CEO, Splice
Conversation
4-4.45 pm
I’m not a journalist. But that didn’t stop me from starting a media startup. Don’t let it stop you
Ankhbayar Tserenvandan Co-founder and CEO, Lemon Press + Amanda Cua Founder, BackScoop
5-5.45 pm
Clinics
10 am-5.45 pm
Presentation
5-5.45 pm
Leaving Myanmar might have been the best thing we could have done for our business. This is how we rebuilt Frontier
Sonny Swe Publisher, Frontier Myanmar
Conversation
5-5.45 pm
Planet Splice Live — Why every media startup needs a community — and how the best way to run one is to ask your user
Mili + Rishad + Alan Splice
Sponsored by GNI
Day 2
Wednesday, November 2
All Beta sessions will be at the new CIC building at Chiang Mai University (map this)
9 am
Mohinga breakfast
10-10.45 am
Clinics
10 am-5.45 pm
Workshop 1
10-10.45 am
How to listen to your audience… and realise that what you create isn’t what they come to you for
Carl Javier CEO and podcaster, PumaPodcast
Presentation
10-10.45 am
As platforms shift to short video, this is how to build your video strategy around Reels
Woody Milintachinda Creator, founder, Woody World + Sorradithep Champ Supachanya Media partnerships, Meta + Pacharapun Petch Tinnabal News partnerships, Meta
Sponsored by Meta
Conversation
10-10.45 am
How to build media businesses for younger audiences
Lachmi Baniya Co-founder, Icarus Media interviewed by Marwa, AlHudood
11-11.45 am
Clinics
10 am-5.45 pm
Presentation
11-11.45 am
How we turned our mission statement into an action plan at the Daily Maverick
Styli Charalambous Co-founder and CEO, The Daily Maverick
12.30-2 pm
Lunch 🔥
2-2.45 pm
Clinics
10 am-5.45 pm
Workshop 1
2-2.45 pm
How to report on women’s sports without the gender bias
Beatrice Go Freelancer journalist + researcher
Conversation
2-2.45 pm
Google supports news startups at scale. Tell us what your startup needs
Filip Shen News partnerships, Google News Initiative + Bhanupriya Rao Founder, BehanBox + Rakesh Kamal Co-founder + COO, Suno India + Sonny Swe Publisher, Frontier Myanmar
3-3.45 pm
Clinics
10 am-5.45 pm
Presentation
3-3.45 pm
How we built a modern news business for young people on Instagram
Zara Seidler Co-founder, The Daily Aus
Conversation
3-3.45 pm
What we learned building a viable media startup at the School of Splice
Annelis Putri Founder, Indonesia Business Post + Bhrikuti Rai Co-founder, Boju Bajai + Dulamkhorloo Baatar Co-founder, Nest Center for Journalism Innovation and Development + Nabilah Said Editorial Lead, Kontinentalist + Alan Soon Co-founder + CEO, Splice
Sponsored by Meta
4-4.45 pm
Clinics
10 am-5.45 pm
Workshop 1
4-4.45 pm
What you need to know about where media grants are headed
Sameer Padania Strategy + policy + funding, Macroscope
Presentation
4-5.45 pm
Startup Pitch Stage
Hosted by
Darathtey Din Founder and writer, Campuccino
The pitchers
1. Annelis Putri
2. Lachmi Baniya
3. Duuya Baatar
4. Yan Oak
5. JP Campos
Sponsored by GNI
Conversation
4-4.45 pm
How I’m using podcasts to address gender inequality in India
Bhanupriya Rao Founder, BehanBox + Pei Ying Loh Co-founder + head, Kontinentalist
5-5.45 pm
Workshop 1
5-5.45 pm
Pull out your phones. We’ll show you how to create engaging Reels videos
Sorradithep Champ Supachanya Media partnerships, Meta + Pacharapun Petch Tinnabal News partnerships, Meta
Sponsored by Meta
Clinics
10 am-5.45 pm
Presentation
4-5.45 pm
Startup Pitch Stage continues…
Hosted by
Darathtey Din Founder and writer, Campuccino
The pitchers
6. Rakesh Kamal
7. Timi Siytangco
8. Beatrice Go
9. Mohammed Rayaan
10. Mariko Tsuji, Nanami Nakagawa, Yuka Ogura
11. Nang Nyi
Sponsored by GNI