The six nominees for this year’s Festival of Media Asia Rising Star Award, rewarding the brightest young talent in Asia Pacific, have been revealed.

The Rising Star Award 2015, supported by Starcom Mediavest Group, looks to seek out the region’s most innovative and creative individual under the age of 30, working for media agencies, advertisers or media owners.

This year’s prize will be contested by:

– Yen Chen, Starcom MediaVest Group, Taiwan
– Tiffany Cheng, OMD, Hong Kong
– Allister Hercus, MEC, Australia
– Vikesh Jain, Maxus – GroupM, India
– Jason Maggs, Mindshare, Australia
– Ronnie Thomas, PHD, Singapore

Entrants will now have the opportunity to work on a client brief provided by Airbnb, and to present to an independent jury of industry leaders as well as Festival delegates.

The six finalists recently took part in a Google Hangout with Mumbrella Asia editor Robin Hicks, discussing what they would change about the media industry. Watch the video below to see what they said.