Appendix 1.

Video Transcripts
1.1. Self-introduction of T.J. Walker51
Video clip 1:
Hi I'm T.J. Walker. I am president of Media Training Worldwide. I founded the company and
started training in 1984 and I provide a whole array of professional training services including
public speaking, media training, crisis communications. I've written numerous books on this
subject, and I really appreciate being here today and meeting all of you.
Video clip 2:
Imagine the New York Times calls you today and wants to interview you about your business.
And they talk to you for 20 minutes. Are you absolutely confident that the one or two quotes
you're gonna get tomorrow are going to make you look good and are what you want? Hi, I'm
T.J. Walker and I teach people how to speak to the media to get the results that they want. If
you give me a business card at the end of the meeting, I will give you a free copy of my book
Media Training A to Z.

1.2. Ashwin Charles Benedict’s three minute-slide presentation52

Have you ever dipped your feet into a cool bubbling stream or waited through crystal clear
water so clean, you can see the fishes darting in and out of the seaweed. Have you? I haven’t.
My whole life, my parents have told me about this fairy tale about how they went fishing or
swimming in the river, but all the rivers I’ve seen in Malaysia are so much polluted. If Nemo
fell inside, you would never find him (laughter). The movie Finding Nemo would just be a
brown screen (laughter).
When I first arrived in Australia, what really blew me away was how could drink water straight
from the tap here. You see, back at home, you can’t do that. You have to filter the water, boil
it, and then pray (laughter). Water pollution is a serious issue back at home, and the main reason
for this is the palm oil industry. For such a small country, Malaysia produces 41 percent of the
world’s palm oil. And this means we generate a whole lot of POME (or palm oil mill effluent).
For me, it is oily, acidic toxic substance with high chemical oxygen demand.
Currently, the industry deals with it by throwing it into a pond full of microbes and just leaving
it there to decay. The problem is this that process is inconsistent, and often large quantity finds
its way into a river, which is why it look like that instead of like this. What worst is this currently
a global movement called RSPO (or Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) spearheaded by
WWF that boycotts unsustainable palm oil practices. And this will hurt the Malaysia economy.
So that’s where I come in.
My research has found a cost-effective solution using photocatalysis. Do you know how plants
perform photosynthesis using sunlight and carbon dioxide to produce food? Similarly, I develop
a catalyst that under the right condition using sunlight to convert the harmful organic present in
POME into less harmful methyl and carbon dioxide gases. These gases then bubble out of the
liquid phase, leaving behind cleaner and less polluted water.

51 T.J. Walker, The complete PowerPoint and Presentation Skills Master Class, Section 28: Introducing Yourself -Speaking

About Yourself Doesn't Have to Be Awkward. Available: https://www.udemy.com/course/the-complete-powerpoint-and-

presentation-skills-masterclass/learn/lecture/17734828#content
52 Ashwin Charles Benedict, 2017 Asia-Pacific 3MT Winner & People’s Choice. Accessed: August 15, 2020 [Online]. Available:

https://vimeo.com/236860983
My initial findings indicate pollutant reduction of up to 80 percent, which means I’ve solved a
major headache for the industry at a very low cost. And more importantly, this entire process
is eco-friendly. I’m using sunlight, which is essentially free, and a cheap, recyclable catalyst.
Currently, I’m working on making it commercially available - a long term solution to the
problem of pollution.
I believe, someday in the near future, clean rivers in Malaysia will no longer be a fairy tale
because this research is catalyzing change, and there is definitely light at the end of the tunnel.
Thank you.

1.3. Gabriela Sitinova’s three-minute slide presentation53

We all know an element called carbon. Carbon atoms can be arranged in different geometries.
They can form beautiful diamond, hard as rock in nature, or graphite that is used in pencils.
One of the lesser-known forms of carbon is a structure called fullerene. Carbons in fullerene
molecules are usually arranged in pentagons and hexagons, and they can form hollow spheres,
tubes, or ellipsoids.
I work with a fullerene molecule called C60. C60 is a spherical carbon cage that consists of 60
carbons and resembles a football, only it is hundred million times smaller. In my Ph.D. project,
I chemically open C60, insert a single atom or molecule inside, and close it.
Why do I do this? Not long ago it was discovered that atoms and molecules placed inside C60
have spectacular physical and chemical properties. Because they are inside the cage, they are
protected from reacting with their environment. But we can still use and study their features.
This could find direct application in cancer diagnosis.
Helium gas gives a really strong signal in magnetic resonance imaging, also known as MRI
scanning. Patients inhale the helium and after an MRI scan, all abnormalities in the lungs are
detected. However, we cannot use this method to detect cancer anywhere else in the body
because we cannot inject helium gas into the bloodstream. On the other hand, it is safe to inject
helium atom enclosed inside C60, dissolve them in solution. We can attach them to cancer
seeking molecules that can latch themselves on the cancer cells, and patients would then be
scanned from head to toe, and the MRI scan will reveal even the smallest sign of cancer.
So far in my Ph.D. project, I found a novel efficient way of making helium inside C60 but also
other atoms and molecules such as hydrogen or neon. The use of these molecules is not limited
to medicine. They can be used in superconducting materials, nanotechnology, or quantum
computers. Currently, I’m working on putting inside even bigger molecules such as oxygen,
carbon dioxide, or krypton. And this could open a new exciting door to medicine, chemistry,
and technology.
Thank you for your attention.

53 Gabriela Sitinova, Three Minute Thesis '19, University of Southampton. Accessed: August 15, 2020 [Online]. Available:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXX86v6PCok