Speaker
Ika Lestari Damayanti is an Associate Professor at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI), the Director of UPI’s Language Centre, and the President of Primary English Language Teachers of Indonesia (PELTIN). Her research includes ELT methodologies and genre pedagogy, storytelling, and teacher professional development. She has been involved in key projects with MoCERT in Indonesia, such as textbook development and assessment, and has delivered workshops and talks around Indonesia.
Ika is a journalist for Harian Solopos for arts and cultural sector whom also interested in writing about gender and inclusion issues. Aside from actively working at Harian Solopos, Ika has attended trainings and fellowships that focuses on gender and inclusion issues. She is also actively involved in social activities, at Ruang Solidaritas Jolijolan, and Kelas Inspirasi.
Invisible Flock is an interactive arts organisation based in Leeds; Ben Eaton, Victoria Pratt and Richard Warburton. They make highly participatory live and digital work on a large scale. Described by the Guardian as 'real innovators' of digital & interactive art they are renowned for creating ground breaking hybrid work across forms.
Irma has recently embarked into new territory; the exciting overlapping area between arts and technology. She was the co-curator for Jakarta Biennale 2015: Neither Forward Nor Back. She is currently a Senior Programme Manager responsible for building relationships in the arts and creative industries for British Council Indonesia, a freelance lecturer at the Jakarta Institute of the Arts’ Department of Photography, and curator of the Water Connections project in Liverpool.