The Youth Entrepreneurs & Leaders Speaker Series is designed to showcase, inspire, celebrate and connect young entrepreneurs and leaders that are making a difference to their societies across Australia and Southeast Asia.

Curated by the Social Good Outpost, the Brunei leg of the Youth Entrepreneurs & Leaders Speaker Series will feature Brittanie Dreghorn, founder of The Content Division marketing agency & Britt’s List– an online fashion publication dedicated to telling the stories behind Australian fashion brands that lead their industry in environmental sustainability and ethical treatment of people and animals.

Brittanie’s interest and knowledge in fashion, sustainability and marketing forms her expertise around ethical business and communications. Since launching Britt’s List in 2017, Britt has made it her mission to raise awareness of the issues in the fashion industry and help promote and profile fashion brands that are making genuine efforts in sustainability. Off the back of Britt’s List, Britt runs monthly sustainable fashion walking tours in Brisbane and speaks regularly at events for businesses, fashion industry people and individuals who want to learn more about sustainability. She’s a thought leader in the industry and a passionate ambassador for truly ethical brands everywhere.

Image: Social Good Outpost’s founders, Lara and Elise Stephenson.

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The presentations will cover international leadership, as well as innovations, career discussions and workshops in digital literacy, science and other STEM subjects focused on achieving a sustainable ‘Future Earth’. Stakeholders include Questacon, ANU, Curtin Singapore and the Singapore Science Centre.

The Conference is open to selected senior high school students and teachers from across Australia, India, Singapore and Mauritius – and will cover a broad range of key innovations in science as well as other STEM subjects specifically focused on the Science Exploration theme of achieving a sustainable ‘Future Earth’.

Book your tickets now     Contact@planfortheplanet.org.au

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As part of the event, the Australia Vietnam Skills Conference ‘Vocational Education & Training for Industry’ will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on 23 October.  Read more or register via skills@auschamvn.org

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The Youth Entrepreneurs & Leaders Speaker Series is designed to showcase, inspire, celebrate and connect young entrepreneurs and leaders that are making a difference to their societies across Australia and Southeast Asia.

Curated by the Social Good Outpost, this program brings award-winning youth entrepreneurs and leaders from Australia to collaborate and engage across ASEAN around topics of social entrepreneurship, startups, gender equality, environmental issues and sustainability, and social issues and human rights.

Felicity Furey, multi-award-winning engineer, inclusion expert and gender equality advocate, will be the keynote speaker leading a multi-day program to engage students, NGOs and community partners around future focused leadership and inclusion. Felicity will be joined by Speaker Series Curator, Elise Stephenson, to run capacity-building workshops around gender, sexuality and inclusion for leading international NGOs, as well as empowering sessions on innovative communication and advocacy for young alumni and volunteers. In-country partners include: Vietnam National University – University of Technology, University of Science, RMIT, Vietnam Women’s Museum, Consulate-General’s Gender Conference 2019, UNFPA, CARE, PLAN, iSEE, GBVnet, CSAGA, Australian Volunteers, and more.

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Cerita Anak (Child’s Story) draws its inspiration from the seafaring history in Java and the true tale of arrival told by a small boy.  A magical sequence brings to life a dazzling ocean, where audience members, both young and old, are passengers and storytellers on this not to be missed adventure.

Photo credit: Indra Wicaksono

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The forum will be aimed at 18 – 30 age group, and delegates will have the opportunity to network with ADB staff and project officers, experts from think-tanks, government, private sector, civil society organisations, and fellow youth peers from youth-driven organisations.

Registration by invitation only.

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Three core pillars will form the framework of the conference – the Economic Community Pillar, the Socio-Cultural Pillar and the Political Security Pillar; further diversified by tracks on sustainability, equity and equality, future and technology.  The Saturday event promises to be rewarding and informative for all attendees.

The conference will also enable greater understanding and initiate awareness among our emerging leaders on aspects of political-security, socio-cultural and economics in the ASEAN region, provide a platform for students across Australia to share their thoughts on ASEAN related issues and discuss how to advocate critical discussions on the partnership of ASEAN-Australia.

This valuable opportunity will introduce students to possibilities available within the region while inspiring future change makers.

Register now

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AAED 2019 will be held from 18-20 November 2019 in the UNESCO World Heritage listed city of Georgetown in Penang, Malaysia. This year’s dialogue theme is ‘Building Quality Assurance and Sustainability in International Education.’

AAED 2019 will provide unique opportunities for thought leaders, Government, business representatives and education providers from ASEAN and Australia, to come together to share their ideas, build connections, and identify new regional opportunities. The Dialogue will strengthen current links between Australia and ASEAN across key education sectors to build a broader ASEAN-Australia regional and global engagement.

This year’s AAED will feature seven workshops with education themes linking Australia and ASEAN. Workshops will feature themes such as ‘Strengthening Alumni Networks and Enhancing Graduate Employability’, and ‘Building Student Mobility Networks between ASEAN and Australia and within ASEAN’.

For more information, contact Michael Fay at (for Australia) and Thomson Ch’ng at (for ASEAN).

Register now

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The Asia Education Foundation is now inviting Year 9-11 students in teams of six, wishing to participate in the Australia-ASEAN Youth Forum to submit a two minute video responding to ‘digital connectivity’ from the perspective of one of the ASEAN member states or Australia.

Bringing students together from across Australia, this engaging learning experience will explore opportunities and challenges presented by digital trade, digital infrastructure, and digital innovation for ASEAN member countries and Australia.  Students will develop their general capabilities, including their intercultural understanding, personal and social capability, and creative and critical thinking skills.

Only 11 Australian school teams can attend this program, one for each member of ASEAN, including Australia. If selected, your school team along with one staff member will be brought to Sydney for the final program on November 20th, with flights and accommodation covered as part of your ASEAN experience. Your team will take part in an interactive youth forum at the beautiful Sydney Opera House, with delegates from around Australia, linked via video with peers in Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore.

The Forum will provide young people with intercultural learning experience, providing skills to navigate global diversity and negotiate their agency in communities within Australia and the ASEAN region.

Registrations close 19 September – read more about how to apply.

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Prior to arriving in Yogyakarta, the MSO will stop over in Jakarta to deliver a string quintet workshop with MSO musicians and an arts management workshop presented by MSO Managing Director, Sophie Galaise, Chief Operating Officer, Guy Ross, Director of Artistic Planning, Melissa King and Director of Operations, Gabrielle Waters. The MSO looks forward to sharing knowledge and exchanging ideas with attendees, who will represent various organisations such as galleries, theatres, music industry bodies and cultural centres.

By invitation.

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