ASEAN Youth Creative Industry Fair or can be shortened as AYCIF is the largest creative event that will be held for young people in ASEAN and Japan in particular to the perpetrators, instigators, and appreciators of creative industry whereas the young people can obtain and provide inspiration in their creative field. ASEAN Youth Creative Industry Fair 2015 which will be held over two days on August 29th and 30th 2015 from ten in the morning to ten at night at the Kompleks Kota Tua Jakarta or Museum History of Jakarta of course can be a place where creative minds and its industry connected, especially between the young entrepreneurs, those who love the creative industry, and of course the creative industry experts. ASEAN Youth Creative Industry Fair 2015 is presented by Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund, the ASEAN Secretariat, the Ministry of Cooperatives for Small and Medium Enterprises in Indonesia, and UKM Center FEB UI. This year will be their debut event, and eventually Jakarta was chosen to be the first host for this regional-scale event. The opening ceremony for ASEAN Youth Creative Industry Fair 2015 will be hosted by the Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaya Purnama in City Hall Building on August 28th 2015 followed by a Gala Dinner.
The event which is expected to gather 20.000 entrants has many interesting elements of entertainment and education that will be very useful for young children. Hundreds of creative booth by the creative young people in Indonesia, such as fashion, crafts, and culinary will be there as well to satisfy your eyes and your tummy. For those of you who are willing to see what they will offer, feel free to come the area of Creative Bazaar, powered by Local.co.id. ASEAN Youth Creative Industry Fair 2015 will also presents ten Creative Seminars, organized by Lingkaran.co, with few inspiring speakers who are experts in their specific fields. Those people are Nia Dinata who is a film producer and director, Anas Abdul Aziz who is cartoon creator of Boboiboy from Malaysia, Chanita P who is the founder of fashion brands Senada from Thailand, Pincky Sudarman who is the President of Alun Alun Indonesia, Nicholas K Aroon who is the Chairman of Singapore Cyber and Online Game Association, and many more. Aside from those, they will also present a fashion show from eighteen young designers who netted from ASEAN creative competition created by ASEAN Youth Creative Industry Fair. Plus few another talented designers from local fashion school, such as ESMOD Jakarta, Lasalle College, Rafless Design Institute, and Universitas Ciputra. Those kinds will enliven the Fashion Dome or Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics.
For filmmakers and lovers of Asian films, the creative team of ASEAN Youth Creative Industry Fair 2015 will also held a special movie screening from the film experts in Indonesia and abroad. Plus, they will also show the process of making crafts by local artisans, few game console and its attractive video game by many talented young developers from ASEAN and Japan, as well as musical performances from Indonesian young musicians such as Neonomora, Elephant Kind, and Gilbert Pohan. Details of this year ASEAN Youth Creative Industry Fair can be accessed through their official website or simply follow their official Instagram account. In conclusion, the ASEAN Youth Creative Industry Fair 2015 is expected to be a good stepping stone for the creative industry and its young entrepreneurs, especially for those from ASEAN and Japan. This is because in order to stay longer in the creative industry, it is important for us to know what is good and what we should not take. This event could have a positive impact for our creative industry, especially given the fact that Indonesia will have an open market situation by the end of 2015. Given the tremendous scale and complexity of the event, ASEAN Youth Creative Industry Fair 2015 no doubt could be the right moment for all the young people in Indonesia to demonstrate and develop his or her abilities, especially in the field of entrepreneurship in the creative industries. This is definitely going to be the biggest creative movement for all ASEAN and Japan youth.