Deadline: February 1, 2016 | Apply here
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Eligibility: open to all students enrolled in graduate or postgraduate program (master level or higher) in any field of study at a regular university
Prize: CHF 20,000 prize money shared by the three winners and the St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award
Costs: Expenses for travel, board and lodging are going to be covered, as well as travel service will be provided
Location: St. Gallen, Switzerland

Seize your opportunity! Be bold, be creative and be ambitious enough to surprise global leaders with your own unique idea – an idea that shall inspire and provoke the minds of the current global and future leaders!

Compete for the St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award and qualify for participation as a «Leader of Tomorrow» in the world’s premier opportunity for intergenerational debates: The St. Gallen Symposium.

Leader of Tomorrow – Essay Competition 2016

• Join the debate with 600 top global leaders and decision makers
• Share your thoughts, ideas and visions with the global elite
• Expenses for travel, board and lodging covered, travel service provided
• Meet 200 of the world’s brightest young minds
• Small and intimate gatherings with world leaders, exclusively for the Leaders of Tomorrow
• CHF 20,000.– prize money shared by the three winners
• Broad media coverage
• Become member of a truly unique and strong global community

Qualify with an excellent essay! Your essay must answer the following question: What are alternatives to economic growth? Leaders of Tomorrow have expressed scepticism towards economic growth as it stands today. The goal is to challenge you to develop your alternative guidelines to the concept of growth. Present your own idea to convince the jury. It is expected a professional, creative and thought-provoking essay. Be bold and unconventional! The following criteria must be met:

Eligibility:

• Enrolled in a graduate or postgraduate program (master level or higher) in any field of study at a regular university
• Born in 1986 or later

Documents:

• Copy of passport or other identification (in English for non-Roman languages)
• Confirmation of matriculation/enrolment from your university which proves your enrolment in a graduate/postgraduate level programme as of 1 February 2016 (download sample document here)
• Your contribution file with no indication of your name in the file name, the file metadata or the file itself

Impress the Jury! All contributions will be evaluated according to specific criteria by an independent jury composed of professors, corporate executives and entrepreneurs. The authors of the best 100 contributions qualify as Leaders of Tomorrow and will be invited by the ISC to the next St. Gallen Symposium. You qualify as a semi-finalist to compete for the prestigious award 2016 if your essay makes it in the top 20. You will be asked by mid-March the very latest to pitch the essence of your essay in a 3-minute video presentation. Based upon the quality of both the essay and the video pitch, the jury selects the six finalists who will compete for the award against each other on the symposium’s big stage. The award will be bestowed to those finalists who show the very best performances both on the essay and on the stage in St. Gallen.

FAQs

In case of any questions, please contact the ISC-Team at award@symposium.org.

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