The creative industry conference EARS - Europe-Asia Roundtable Sessions brings Asia's latest trends and top professionals including Modern Sky Entertainment CEO Shen Lihui and singer-songwriter Sunwoo Jung-A to Helsinki, Finland this August.
In Asia, creative industries are booming and the new generation of consumers suggests opportunities for business and international collaboration between East and West. Asian professionals are looking for opportunities for internationalization. At the same time, the West wants to establish business in new markets, which require time and resources, both often scarce for creative industries.
EARS – Europe-Asia Roundtable Sessions is the premier creative industry conference that supports international collaboration by showcasing the latest trends from Asia and offering the chance to meet people behind them.
“Creative professionals of marketing and media, music, design, and performing arts share the passion for international collaboration. But to be successful in foreign markets you need to know local people and understand the cultural differences. EARS was set up in 2012 because professionals needed a place to meet and share ideas. The mission was to connect the fastest growing creative industry market, Asia, to the rest of the world.
Today EARS has become the leading event to meet Asia’s top creative professionals and delegates attend all the way from Australia”, says EARS CEO Ossi Luoto.
The 8th EARS event, taking place August 27-30 in Helsinki, will again be the best place to hear about the latest developments in Asia. EARS speakers from key positions in the Asian creative industries will share their insights on virtual reality, Asia’s festival boom, social media marketing, and more.
Top speakers include Sehoon Chang, Head of Animation Global Business at CJ E&M, South Korea’s leading content and media company, and Dong Il Dillon Seo, one of the main influencers in the South Korean gaming and start-up scene, and ex-partner of Oculus Rift.
In addition to EARS, at the end of August Helsinki will host Modern Sky Festival with new international music from Asia’s metropolitan cities. The annual Helsinki Festival also celebrates its China focus year with the broadest showcases of Chinese culture in Europe in the past years. EARS connects to both events through introducing the talents behind them to each other at EARS on Helsinki 2014.
Press accreditation for EARS on Helsinki 2015: http://www.ears.asia/media
Interview inquiries:
Kristiina Tolvanen
Marketing and Communications Manager
kristiina.tolvanen@ears.asia
+358407552468
EARS – Europe-Asia Roundtable Sessions
EARS - Europe-Asia Roundtable Sessions is a platform focusing on creative industry collaboration between Europe and Asia. Both EARS events and online media, ears.asia, are dedicated to introducing the latest trends and developments from Asia through talented professionals. Since its start in 2012, EARS events have been organized altogether seven times in Helsinki, Beijing and Shanghai. The latest EARS event gathered more than 300 professionals from almost 30 countries to Helsinki to discover new business opportunities. In 2015, EARS delegates represent over 30 countries as well as media including BBC World Service, Daily News, and CNN.
EARS on Helsinki 2015 speakers include:
Media, marketing & virtual reality
Sehoon Chang
Sehoon Chang is Head of Animation Global Business at CJ E&M, South Korea’s leading content and media company. Prior to his current position, Sehoon developed strategy for CJ E&M business expansion in Vietnam, Indonesia and China, and oversaw the production of several animation feature movies, including box-office hit Tarbosaurus at CJ Entertainment.
Dong Il Dillon Seo
Dong Il Dillon Seo is one of the main influencers in the South Korean gaming and start-up scene, and ex-partner of Oculus Rift, a company revolutionizing virtual reality headsets for consumer markets. As an expert on the opportunities and challenges presented by virtual reality, he will address why VR matters in both industry and content perspectives, and what creative industry professionals should do to prepare for what is ahead.
Min Yoo
Originally from Korea, and reared in the US, Min has been living and working in China and Asia for the past 15 years. He has worked for organizations like the Economist Intelligence Unit, and advised to Fortune 500s, government ministries, corporate enterprises and agencies on strategy, marketing and PR.
Min is currently the Managing Director, China & Korea for online and mobile research firm YouGov. He is also a stakeholder in several other businesses in the F&B, entertainment, hospitality, adventure travel and education industries.
Music industry
Shen Lihui
Founder and CEO of Modern Sky Entertainment, the leading festival organizer and music entertainment company in China. The company started its business as the first independent record label in China and is now the producer of China’s largest music festivals Modern Sky Festival and Strawberry Music Festival.
Sunwoo Jung-A
Reputable singer-songwriter working with the biggest K-pop artists such as 2NE1, GD&TOP and Leehi. Sunwoo Jung-A mixes pop, jazz, rock, r&b and electronica to her music making her unique and award winning (‘The artist of the year’ & ‘The best pop album’ by Korean Music Awards) Korean artist.
Performing arts
Anna Cy Chan
Head of Artistic Development (Dance) of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority. A former professional dancer, leads artistic direction for performing arts facilities in the District, as well as oversees audience, capacity and partnership building programs for Dance. Chairperson of the Hong Kong Dance Alliance from 2006–2011 and serves as Emeritus Chair; Vice-President (East Asia) of the World Dance Alliance Asia Pacific (WDAAP); Dance Advisor of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
Cheung Fai
A new media, marketing and performing arts guru with experience of China’s major media companies, producing performing arts projects and managing cultural organizations. Currently the President of Beijing Fever Culture and Shanghai Marvels Marketing, two cultural companies he founded in 2007.
Curator for Helsinki Festival’s China focus program 2015.
Austin Wang
An internationally renowned set designer from Taiwan, who has been designing set and lighting for many well-known Taiwanese performing arts productions of different genres, including opera, Chinese opera, modern dance, drama and events In 2013, he took over the management of the Taipei Performing Arts Center (TPAC), a new cultural landmark that will be open in Taipei in 2016.
Design
Pan Jianfeng
An internationally awarded graphic designer and one of China’s foremost typeface creators and design strategists. He has delivered branding communication for international clients in the Chinese market such as Coca-Cola, Nike, WWF and Johnnie Walker. Before starting SHTYPE Pan worked in senior positions at JWT and McCann Erickson.
More names and program info at ears.asia/helsinki
Contact Person: Kristiina Tolvanen
Email: kristiina.tolvanen@ears.asia
Telephone: +358407552468
Organization: EARS
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