How do you identify the next ‘big thing’ in the region and become a successful entrepreneur in the process?

Finding a gap in the market and growing a viable business venture from your idea is, for most, fun dinner table conversation. But as support grows across Australia and Asia for innovation and young entrepreneurial talent, we invite you to hear from a fellow young leader who has fulfilled this dream in more ways than one. 

On Wednesday March 9, join Jade Diep, Co-Founder of Dr Glitter and Director of JTYD Global, as she shares her path to success across the media, health and tech sectors in both China and Australia. Launching her first venture in Beijing during her early twenties in the Chinese film industry, explore how Jade continues to work with China whilst living in Melbourne through the export of healthcare and laboratory supplies, the global distribution of Chinese movies, and is expanding her interest in Asia through startups and venture capital in consumer products such as health supplements that look like edible glitter!

For those looking to jump on ‘the next big thing’, Jade will also give her take on where she thinks new opportunities are emerging in the region for NFTs and the Metaverse, so this is a masterclass not to be missed.

Date: Wednesday 9 March 2022
Time: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. AEDT
Venue: Online

Please note this event will run as a interactive Zoom meeting and is for Gen A members only. Registration is essential. For any enquiries, please contact [email protected]

About our Speakers

Jade Diep, Co-Founder Dr Glitter and Director, JTYD Global

Jade Diep 叶翠瑩 is a media and health entrepreneur focused on growing businesses that connect Asia and the West.

Since 2015, she has worked with Chinese filmmakers and was an early mover in the industry when she started her first company China Product Placement in Beijing and Hong Kong. Clients and partners have included the Turkish Government, Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), Melbourne Fashion Week (M/FW), Volcom Apparel, Antipodes Nature, Trina Solar, China Media Capital (CMC), China’s most acclaimed comedy and film company Kaixin Mahua, and A-list actors Liu Ye and Xu Jinglei.

Across her time in Beijing and Melbourne, Jade has remained involved in the development and global distribution of Chinese film.

Passionate about health & life science, Jade also oversees a valuable supply chain that has exported over 300,000,000 units of laboratory and healthcare consumables to the United States, Europe and Australia.

With a diverse global network, and hands-on experience managing the complexities of cross-border business at times of rapid industry change, Jade is available for advisory roles, speaking engagements and community development.

Jade is multilingual with business proficiency in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, and is conversational in Spanish.

Darcy Moore, Gen A Member, Co-Director at ASEAN-Australia Strategic Youth Partnership and Editor at China Policy 

Darcy is from Melbourne, Australia. He is TV Co-Director at ASEAN-Australia Strategic Youth Partnership and Editor at China Policy.

Having studied Chinese language throughout secondary college in Australia, Darcy continued his Chinese studies at the University of Melbourne's Asia Institute, from which he also holds a Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies) and a Master of Translation and Interpreting (Chinese). Darcy has spent over 5 years studying and working in China. He graduated from the School of Government at Peking University with a Master of Public Administration.

Darcy’s interest in the ASEAN-Australia relationship lies in its potential to mitigate tensions between China and the US in the Asia-Pacific region. He believes strongly in ensuring that ASEAN-Australian youth are provided with multimedia platforms from which to voice and contest their ideas. 

Eloise Dolan, Program Manager, Asia Society Australia 

Eloise Dolan is Program Manager at Asia Society Australia. As Program Manager, Eloise drives design and delivery of the organisation’s Victoria-based programming. She also leads the organisation's Generation Asia pillar of work, a commitment to spotlighting younger voices on and from Asia.

Eloise previously worked as the Project Coordinator for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Australia-Indonesia Youth Exchange Program, a bilateral initiative strengthening Australia-Indonesia relations through cultural and youth exchange.

Passionate about intercultural learning and youth engagement, Eloise has served as both a board director and volunteer for AFS Intercultural Programs - a volunteer-run international education organisation. Eloise regularly conducts workshops on global competence and works in a team of international trainers to design and facilitate webinar content exploring the intersection of intercultural learning and issues of social justice.

Eloise was named a 2021 young woman to watch by Young Australians in International Affairs. In her spare time Eloise plays soccer for North Melbourne Athletic FC and is a mentor for international students undertaking work experience through Practera, an Australian experiential EdTech company.

Gen A is Asia Society Australia’s young leaders network. It is a learning and leadership development platform for early career professionals (under 35) from our member and partner organisations. Gen A activities are content-driven and designed to enrich participants understanding of Asia and Australia’s place in the region. Gen A members gain access to leading business, policy, trade, diversity and cultural thinkers on Asia and join a network of peers who are passionate about our region.from the business, political, educational and cultural institutions that make up the Asia Society network.

Asia Society Australia acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government.