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Julia Clyne is Head of Media, APAC at WSJ Barrons Group, and is responsible for all sales in Asia across its portfolio of advertising products and solutions. Prior to that Julia was at The New York Times in Asia, playing a significant role in expanding The Times’ presence in the region by opening new advertising offices in Singapore and Tokyo and helping to launch the services of its T Brand Studio.

From beauty and gaming to TV fandom and women in sports, people on Twitter ignite conversations that shape what’s happening around them. This level of engagement translates into influence — with brands being brought into conversations authentically. We caught up with Maya Hari, who leads Twitter’s APAC business to discuss how the business works with brands, and some of the movements born on the platform.

Amplify was born in London 10 or so years ago, and differentiated itself by plugging in to the youth culture of England’s Capital. Now, having set up shop in Australia, they continue the theme with its latest research of Australian youth – called ‘Young Blood’.

Joel Pearson is a professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia – and is exploring what innovation ‘really’ means. He’s assembled a team of neuroscientists, psychologists and designers to explore the question, in the newly formed Future Minds Lab that counts some of the world’s best-known corporates businesses as clients.

Acast’s Australia and New Zealand Regional Managing Director, Henrik Isaksson joined the business from Spotify in 2017. His sales background has given him a unique perspective on the audio space, which we explore in this interview recorded at Advertising Week APAC, in Sydney, Australia.

Audiocraft describe themselves as a sound rich, immersive storytelling podcast agency. The Australian agency is headed up by Kate Montague, and her Co-Founder Jess Binneth, both of whose background in broadcasting made for a fascinating transition into podcasting. We caught up with her at Advertising Week APAC, in Sydney, Australia.