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BET Festival 2024: Building Successful Careers in Creative Industries – From Graduate to Industry Leader

14 Nov 2024 18:00 - 21:00
  • Member Price: RMB 200
  • Non-member Price: RMB 250
  • In-person event
  • Language: English 中文

Join us to celebrate emerging talent in the creative industries! Where Creativity Meets Career Success!

Event Details

The Best Emerging Talent (B.E.T) Festival is a unique event that brings together and celebrates talented students and professionals from the creative industries in both the UK and China. Organised by the British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai Creative Industries and Marketing (CIM) Committee, this festival aims to provide a platform for the most promising and innovative individuals in the creative sectors to showcase their skills, network, and explore new opportunities.

The B.E.T Festival is a celebration of creativity and innovation that will explore the latest trends, developments, and opportunities within the creative industries in both China and the UK. The festival will give participants insights into the latest industry trends and how to grow and develop their careers in the creative sectors through a series of keynote speeches, and networking opportunities.

This year, the BritCham CIM Committee, in collaboration with the Education and SME Committees, is proud to present the Best Emerging Talent Festival 2024 (B.E.T. Festival 2024) on Thursday, 14th November, 2024.

And the theme of this year, Building Successful Careers in Creative Industries – From Graduate to Industry Leader, aims to:

  • Provide a platform for industry professionals to share insights, experiences, and thought leadership.
  • Offer professionals and recent graduates a chance to learn from and network with senior industry leaders.
  • Facilitate broader networking opportunities within the creative industry.

Who should attend?

This event is ideal for recent graduates, aspiring creatives, senior professionals, mid-level managers, and entrepreneurs. It’s an opportunity for senior professionals and managers to gain fresh perspectives, mentor emerging talent, and build valuable connections within the industry.

*Price include drinks and finger food.

Event Speakers

Speaker
Nash Luk
Co-founder, Slasssh Studio
Speaker
Ranjit Singh
CEO, Fugumobile
Speaker
Samuel Jesse
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Digital Creative Asia & UX Spot
Speaker
Paul Copeland
Executive Creative Director, The Mill Shanghai
Speaker
George Pitman
Design Director, Medusa Consulting
Speaker
Ruohan Nie
Creative Director & Founder, RUOHAN
Speaker
Alex Lin
VP, Regional Merchandising and Product Design APAC & Global Softlines Design, Disney Consumer Products
Speaker
Yang Liu
Country Manager of Greater China, Mulberry
Speaker
Cynthia Zhong
Head of Luxury Division, Xiaohongshu
Speaker
Sam Minns
Senior Director, APAC Head of Marketing, Timberland

More speakers are to be updated.

Agenda

  • 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm: Registration & Networking
  • 6:30 pm – 6:40 pm: Opening remark
  • 6:40 pm – 8:00 pm: Lightning talk sessions (English & Chinese)
  • 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Networking

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

Notes:

In case of cancellation, please kindly note you must email the Chamber at Eloise.Zhang@britishchambershanghai.cn before 5 pm, 12 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 refund 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.

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Venue Sponsor

Multi-media Sponsor

Organiser

Location

WE Red Bridge

2-3F, Building 10, 546 Yuyuan Road,

Jing’An District, Shanghai

上海市静安区愚园路54610号楼2-3

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