The Beta 2025 program
Welcome home to Splice Beta, and two days of learning, sharing, and celebration with the kindest, smartest media community in the world.
Here’s the Beta program across November 25-27, 2025.
All times listed are Chiang Mai time.
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 and are available only by appointment (coming soon!)
Rooms Goodcery 2A and 3B
Workshops are for one-to-few training
Presentations are few-to-many
Each time-slot will have several concurrent sessions, so pick the ones you want to attend.
All social and plenary sessions, including lunches and dinners, will be marked on a yellow background.
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 around The Goodcery and the Darley Hotel.
About the rooms
The Goodcery
Ground Floor + Lawn for hanging out or meeting over coffees and meals
2A (Clinics) and 2B on the second floor
3A and 3B (Clinics) on the third floor
The Darley Hotel
Conference Room
Day 0
Tuesday, November 25
Tuesday, November 25
5.00 pm - 9.00 pm
LIVEHOUSE
Registration, hugs, we open Splice Beta 2025, dinner!
Alan & Rishad, Splice
Day 1
Wednesday, November 26
Wednesday, November 26
9.00 - 10.00 am
Goodcery Ground Floor + Lawn
Coffee
Wednesday, November 26
10.00 - 10.45 am
Clinic 1: Goodcery 2A
10.00 - 10.45 am
Using AI for investigations and data
Kuang Keng Kuek Ser, Pulitzer Centre
Clinic 2: Goodcery 3B
10.00 - 10.45 am
Coming soon
Goodcery 2B
10.00 - 10.45 am
I talk to machines about journalism all the time. Here’s what they don’t understand, and what we can do about it
Sannuta Raghu, Scroll.in
Goodcery 3A
10.00 - 10.45 am
Global funders come with agendas. We avoided those, and used our funding for community-driven investigations
Eva Constantaras, Lighthouse Reports
Darley Hotel Conference Room
10.00 - 10.45 am
How Documented rebuilt its infrastructure and workflows to allow immigrant voices in every decision-making process
Nicolás Ríos, Documented
Wednesday, November 26
11.00 - 11.45 am
Clinic 1: Goodcery 2A
11.00 - 11.45 am
Using AI for investigations and data
Kuang Keng Kuek Ser, Pulitzer Centre
Clinic 2: Goodcery 3B
11.00 - 11.45 am
Coming soon
Goodcery 2B
11.00 - 11.45 am
Coming soon
RFTW partner
Goodcery 3A
11.00 - 11.45 am
Why you should support alternative tech infrastructure for journalism – and how
Michael J. Oghia, Journalism Cloud Alliance
Darley Hotel Conference Room
11.00 - 11.45 am
Coming soon
Shereen Daver, cXc
Wednesday, November 26
12.30 - 2.00 pm
Lunch
Wednesday, November 26
2.00 - 2.45 pm
Clinic 1: Goodcery 2A
2.00-2.45 pm
Coming soon
Shereen cXc
Clinic 2: Goodcery 3B
2.00-2.45 pm
Coming soon
Goodcery 2B
2.00-2.45 pm
Here’s how to build independence from the expertise you already have
Khalil A. Cassimally
Goodcery 3A
2.00-2.45 pm
How a leadership reset toolkit can rebuild your team's well-being
Sanne Breimer, Inclusive Journalism
Darley Hotel Conference Room
2.00-2.45 pm
Workshop
How to use AI to create testable prototypes for your community
Phandeeyar
Wednesday, November 26
3.00 - 3.45 pm
Clinic 1: Goodcery 2A
3.00 - 3.45 pm
Coming soon
Clinic 2: Goodcery 3B
3.00 - 3.45 pm
Coming soon
Goodcery 2B
3.00 - 3.45 pm
How I dropped out of traditional media to build my own creative lab
Jacque Manabat, Amber Studios
Goodcery 3A
3.00 - 3.45 pm
How investigative journalists can get funding after their stories result in outcomes
Devansh Mehta, Ethereum Foundation
Darley Hotel Conference Room
3.00 - 3.45 pm
Workshop
How to use AI to create testable prototypes for your community
Phandeeyar
Wednesday, November 26
4.00 - 4.45 pm
Clinic 1: Goodcery 2A
4.00 - 4.45 pm
Coming soon
Clinic 2: Goodcery 3B
4.00 - 4.45 pm
Coming soon
Goodcery 2B
4.00 - 4.45 pm
Hold for RFTW partner
Darley Hotel Conference Room
4.00 - 4.45 pm
Good Commons
Madeline Earp, Good Commons
Goodcery 3A
4.00 - 4.45 pm
How a psychologist turned a mental health project into Mongolia’s first well-being media startup
Altanzul Batochir, Positive Dadal
Wednesday, November 26
6.00 pm onwards
Dinner
Day 2
Thursday, November 27
Thursday, November 27
9.00 - 10.00 am
Goodcery Ground Floor + Lawn
Coffee
Thursday, November 27
10.00 - 10.45 am
Clinic 1: Goodcery 2A
10.00 - 10.45 am
Using AI for workflow automation
Yan Oak, Thibi
Clinic 2: Goodcery 3B
10.00 - 10.45 am
Coming soon
Goodcery 2B
10.00 - 10.45 am
How to recalibrate your grant work in the post-USAID era
Jacopo Ottaviani, Code for Africa
Goodcery 3A
10.00 - 10.45 am
What you can learn from Swifties and BTS Army about turning communities into diehard fans
Marga Deona, 317 Group
Darley Hotel Conference Room
10.00 - 10.45 am
Your reporting is nothing without impact. This is how you stand up for a community through journalism
Tessa Pang, Lighthouse Reports
Thursday, November 27
11.00 - 11.45 am
Clinic 1: Goodcery 2A
11.00 - 11.45 am
Using AI for workflow automation
Yan Oak, Thibi
Clinic 2: Goodcery 3B
11.00 - 11.45 am
Coming soon
Goodcery 2B
11.00 - 11.45 am
How I took over a media business while grieving — and somehow made it work
Darshini Kandasamy
Darley Hotel Conference Room
11.00 - 11.45 am
Media needs money. Here's how to incentivise and activate local capital
Clare Cook (& Roby Alampay?)
Goodcery 3A
11.00 - 11.45 am
How we’re rebuilding local media through trust and connection
Neringa Jurciukonyte, Media4Change.co
Thursday, November 27
12.30 - 2.00 pm
Lunch
Thursday, November 27
2.00 - 2.45 pm
Clinic 1: Goodcery 2A
2.00-2.45 pm
Coming soon
Shereen cXc
Clinic 2: Goodcery 3B
2.00-2.45 pm
Coming soon
Goodcery 2B
2.00-2.45 pm
How I reset my life, found myself in AI ethics, and stumbled back into media
Carl Javier
Goodcery 3A
2.00-2.45 pm
How I’m rebuilding journalism’s trust infrastructure by working with creators
Adriana Lacy, Influencer Journalism
Darley Hotel Conference Room
2.00-2.45 pm
Coming soon
Thursday, November 27
3.00 - 3.45 pm
Clinic 1: Goodcery 2A
3.00 - 3.45 pm
Coming soon
Clinic 2: Goodcery 3B
3.00 - 3.45 pm
Coming soon
Goodcery 2B
3.00 - 3.45 pm
Coming soon
Goodcery 3A
3.00 - 3.45 pm
Coming soon
Darley Hotel Conference Room
3.00 - 3.45 pm
Coming soon
The Splice Beta cXc reCulture Climate Startup Pitch Stage
Ten pitches. Five minutes. Five slides. Five thousand dollars.
Come cheer on some of our sparkliest minds pitch their fresh news media ideas around how culture can better include climate and nature.
See you at the reCulture Climate Pitch Stage!
4.00-5.30pm
The Goodcery Lawn
Thursday, November 27
4.00 - 5.30 pm
Thursday, November 27
6.00 pm onwards
Farewell dinner and drinks + krathong
Sai Ping Bar & Restaurant
89 Charoen Rat Road, Wat Ket Subdistrict, Mueang Chiang Mai District Chiang Mai 50000
