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WCS Young Leaders
Young Leaders Network Objective:
To build and support the next generational leadership network for the annual World Cities Summit (WCS)
We will provide our sponsors and partners the ABC's of the network and request that they
nominate Young Leaders:
nominate Young Leaders:
- Nominee ages to be between 20 to 35 years old; (revised from between 20 to 45 in 2021).
- Nominees to be a proven "change-maker" or accomplished leader with wider impact in the urban community e.g. in government / politics, business, media academia or other professional fields; and
- Nominees to have an urban dimension related to liveability, sustainability, governance, and planning.
Nominated Young Leaders will be given access to the Young Leader's Symposium on the morning of 31st of July 2022. The symposium is part of the 4 day WCS held at the Marina bay Sands Convetion Centre
* Current network and alumni stands at 550 strong across continents, with esteemed members including Mikko Kiesiläinen, Chief Economist for the City of Helsinki, Finland, Sean Tan, Co-Founder, Insect Feed Technologies, Estibaliz Luengo Celaya, Director, International Department, Bilbao City Council, and Brice Richard, Strategic Advisory and Smart Cities Lead, Arup
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WCS Young Leaders Symposium
Panel Speakers:
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Tan Kiat How Senior Minister of State Ministry of Communication Information & Ministry of National Development |
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Ald Geordin Hill-Lewis Executive Mayor of Cape Town |
Emcee:
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Adib Jalal Senior Assistant Director Centre for Liveable Cities |
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Facilitators:
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Tan Szue Hann Director, Sustainability, Marina Bay Sands Chairman, Sustainability, Singapore Institute of Architects |
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Stéphanie Groen Director, Coastal & Climate Change Asia AURECON |
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Larry Yeung Executive Director Participate in Design (PiP) |
| Time | Item | Remarks |
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| 0900 – 0915 | Welcome Address by ED CLC Hugh Lim |
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| 0915 – 1015 | Icebreakers followed by Group Discussions |
Young leaders (in groups) will develop a proposal in response to an assigned topic:
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| 1015 – 1030 | Session Break | Moderators will select 4 presentations during the break. Moderators are:
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| 1030 – 1100 | Presentations by Young Leaders | Four selected presentations will be given 5 minutes each for presentation Followed by a presentation by the Chief Economist Mikko Kiesiläinen from the City of Helsinki, Finland.
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| 1100 –1115 | Remarks by (1) SMS Tan and (2) Executive Mayor of Cape Town | |
| 1115-1145 | Moderated dialogue | Open floor discussions and Q&A |
| 1145 | Moderator closing remarks | Photo-taking |