Knowledge Exchange

Panel Discussion

Postponed | Best Emerging Talent Festival 2025

27 Nov 2025 18:30 - 21:00
  • Member Price: RMB 150
  • Non-member Price: RMB 225
  • Students: RMB 100 (required to show student ID)
  • In-person event
  • Language: English

Eight creative leaders. Eight bold stories.
Join us for a series of Lightning Talks that will inspire, challenge, and energise Shanghai’s next generation of creative talent.

Event Details

Please kindly notice that this event has been postponed.

This year marks the fourth year that BritCham Shanghai’s Creative Industries & Marketing Committee is organising the Best Emerging Talent Festival. It’s an annual event designed to inspire and groom the next generation of creative professionals in Shanghai.

This year, the event will run a two-part series:

  1. Tue, 25 Nov | BET Workshops on Creative Career Hacks
  2. Thu, 27 Nov | BET Festival Lightning Talks with 8 amazing speakers

The BET Festival on 27 November will feature 8×8 Lightning Talks. Eight leading figures from the creative industries share the bold moves and big lessons that have shaped their careers. Each talk is designed to inspire, challenge, and energise emerging talent, offering real insight into the creative journey — from breakthrough moments to lessons learned along the way.

Participants will leave inspired and equipped with real-world insight into creative careers.

Speakers will help shape Shanghai’s creative community — sharing their expertise, building visibility, and encouraging the next generation of creative talent.

Admission includes finger food and drinks.

Agenda

  • 6:30 – 7:00 pm | Arrival and Registration
  • 7:00 – 7:05 pm | Welcome & Introduction – Opening remarks and Festival overview
  • 7:05 – 8:15 pm | 8×8 Lightning Talks – Eight speakers × 8 minutes each
  • 8:15 – 9:00 pm | Networking Mixer
  • 9:00 pm | Event Ends

* The Chamber reserves the right to alter the above agenda at its sole discretion.

Disclaimer: By joining this event, you agree that photos, video, and audio recordings taken onsite may be publicly shared by the Chamber for promotional and communication purposes.

Notes:

In case of cancellation, please kindly note you must email the BritCham Shanghai Event staff eloise.zhang@britishchambershanghai.cn before 5 pm, 25 November. Due to the service charges of Glueup and online payment platforms, we can only partially refund up to 90% of your ticket price and payment will be processed within 14 days after the event via your original payment method. However, it is non-refundable for a cancellation request made beyond the above-mentioned timeframe.

The Speakers

Speaker
Alex Mok 莫秀曼
Architect and Co-founder, Linehouse
Speaker
Natasha Ivachoff
Co-founder & Creative Director, Central Studios
Speaker
Harriet Gaywood
Founder, Anoumis Communications
Speaker
Jacky Yang
Founder, anytowear
Speaker
Danma
Founder and director, YAKMA
Speaker
Paul Copeland
Director

Creative Sponsor

Multi-Media Sponsor

Organiser

Location

BritCham Shanghai Office Lounge

Room 2107, 699 West Nanjing Road, Oriental Centre,

Jing’an District, Shanghai

上海市静安区南京西路699号东方投资大厦2107室

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