Nomad Fest Bangkok: Our First Event

Thursday 13th of November I was cruising around hostels in Bangkok, showing the app to other travellers and grabbing as much feedback as I could before we launch in January. All was calm until Nathan, our marketer, basically blew up my phone. I don’t remember the exact words but it was something like, “Nomad Fest Bangkok. No ifs, buts or maybes, we have to go.” So that’s exactly what we’re doing.

Me and Samar started connecting with people going to the event, plus a few of the speakers, hoping a couple of faces might recognise us when we walk around over the next few days. Nathan’s been prepping me on how to answer questions too. I feel for him. I’m difficult enough on a normal day and the last few have been stressful, but he still pulled through. Am I ready? Not sure. We’ll see.

Since this is our first proper networking event as a team, I’ve got no idea what to expect. This isn’t my world. I come from construction management where networking isn’t exactly a big deal. But I’m excited. The last nine months building BudgetBro have been full of little milestones and learning curves, and diving into new sectors has actually been fun.

The next few days are packed with the main event during the day and extra events in the evenings. It’s going to be busy, but I’ll share parts of the itinerary with you now.

What's Happening and When?

Wednesday 19th November

• ProductTank Bangkok

Thursday 20th November

• Nomad Fest Opening Event Party (this is coupled with another weekly event held for nomads called Bangkok Digital Nomads)
  

Friday 21st November

• 07:00 - 08:00 Yoga & wellness
• 09:30 - 10:00 Kickoff presentation
• 10:00 - 11:45 Workshop sessions
• 13:30 - 18:00 Workshops in the wild
• 19:00 - late - One night in Bangkok party (you'll 100% see me there throwing some shapes)

Saturday 22nd November

• 08:00 - 09:00 Yoga & breathwork
• 10:00 - 10:15 Opening intro
• 10:15 - 11:00 John Ho
• 11:15 - 12:00 Kash Bhattacharya (I'm excited to meet Kash and listen to his session)
• 13:00 - 13:45 Matt Gibson
• 13:45 - 14:30 - Gianni Bianchini
• 14:30 - 15:00 - Bangkok Hosptial
• 15:15 - 16:00 Andre Battah
• 16:00 - 16:15 Alex Dufort (GigSky)
• 16:15 - 17:00 Awards Presentation
• 19:00 - 22:00 Closing party
• 22:00 - Late - After party

Believe it or not, there's actually even more going on but I didn't want to drown the blog in events, this is more about why we are heading to Nomad Fest BKK.

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See you all at Nomad Fest this week 💚