REDEFINE.
REINVENT.
RISE.
Every idea worth spreading starts as a small act of defiance against the way things have always been done. This May, six voices take the CAIAS stage to show what happens next.
The 2026 Theme
Three words. One stage. A whole new direction.
Last year we traced how sparks become movements. This year we go further — into the discomfort of questioning what’s given, the discipline of rebuilding it, and the momentum of standing taller because of it.
01 Redefine
Question the given
Before anything changes, the old definition has to break. Redefining means looking at a role, a rule, or a routine everyone accepts — and asking who decided this was the only way.
01 Redefine
Question the given
Before anything changes, the old definition has to break. Redefining means looking at a role, a rule, or a routine everyone accepts — and asking who decided this was the only way.
01 Redefine
Question the given
Before anything changes, the old definition has to break. Redefining means looking at a role, a rule, or a routine everyone accepts — and asking who decided this was the only way.
The Line-up
Six people. Six ways of redefining the rules.
From boardrooms to classrooms, kitchens to code — this year’s speakers built their own definitions of success before anyone gave them permission to.
Rajesh Roy
Entrepreneur · Founder, Roy Cruiser
An experiential travel innovator rewriting what a journey is supposed to feel like, one unconventional route at a time.
Rajesh Roy
Entrepreneur · Founder, Roy Cruiser
An experiential travel innovator rewriting what a journey is supposed to feel like, one unconventional route at a time.
Rajesh Roy
Entrepreneur · Founder, Roy Cruiser
An experiential travel innovator rewriting what a journey is supposed to feel like, one unconventional route at a time.
Rajesh Roy
Entrepreneur · Founder, Roy Cruiser
An experiential travel innovator rewriting what a journey is supposed to feel like, one unconventional route at a time.
Rajesh Roy
Entrepreneur · Founder, Roy Cruiser
An experiential travel innovator rewriting what a journey is supposed to feel like, one unconventional route at a time.
Rajesh Roy
Entrepreneur · Founder, Roy Cruiser
An experiential travel innovator rewriting what a journey is supposed to feel like, one unconventional route at a time.
Rajesh Roy
Entrepreneur · Founder, Roy Cruiser
An experiential travel innovator rewriting what a journey is supposed to feel like, one unconventional route at a time.
Rajesh Roy
Entrepreneur · Founder, Roy Cruiser
An experiential travel innovator rewriting what a journey is supposed to feel like, one unconventional route at a time.
Rajesh Roy
Entrepreneur · Founder, Roy Cruiser
An experiential travel innovator rewriting what a journey is supposed to feel like, one unconventional route at a time.
Where It Started
2025: From Sparks to Movements
Our first stage traced how a simple idea, a seed of discontent, or a novel perspective becomes the spark that ignites a movement. Four speakers — from reproductive medicine to plasma science, business strategy to social entrepreneurship — showed CAIAS what that spark looks like up close.
2026 picks up exactly where that spark left off: once the movement exists, what do you do with it?
"A simple idea, a seed of discontent, a novel perspective — these are the sparks that ignite powerful movements."
— TEDxCAIAS 2025, “From Sparks to Movements”
