Pepita Gunawan | Founder and Managing Director
REFO Indonesia

Pepita Gunawan attained her Bachelor and Master's degrees from the National University of Singapore. She started her career as a life-skills educator in Singapore (2003-2008), came back and worked at a tech university in Indonesia, and spent time at Google Asia Pacific (2012-2017) building the edutech ecosystem in Indonesia. In 2018, she founded PT. Reformasi Generasi Indonesia or REFO. REFO aimed to reform education stakeholders in Indonesia to generate holistic, purposeful, and godly leaders. Through REFO’s programs and YouTube channel, the lives of more than 1,000,000 educators nationwide have been impacted. Pepita had been actively engaged in local and global communities in education, edutech, and startups. Her engagements included: MY Startup NXT (MY-2023), EduTech Asia (SG-2023,2024), EduTech Asia Advisory Board (SG-2024), and Digital Universities Asia by Times Higher Education (ID-2024).

Appearances:

EDUtech Asia 2026 Conference Day 2 @ 11:30

Panel: “Why learn this when AI can do it?”

Re-examining the purpose of curriculum in an era where AI can automate many academic tasks
Identify the enduring human capabilities students must develop beyond what AI can perform
Understand how AI can be integrated meaningfully without diminishing intellectual challenge

Chasen Stahl, Group Director Of Innovation, Aoba-Japan International School