Do you want to enrich your experience? Do you like to take to new challenges? Are you interested in creating new solutions for global problems? And do you want to advance in your career?
If you answered ‘yes’ to any of this question, keep reading.
We will present you the best career opportunities you should consider this fall.
The 10 best career opportunities in fall 2017 that you cannot miss
1. The Stockholm Treaty Lab Prize 2017
Deadline: October 30, 2017
Eligibility: The challenge is open to everyone
Prize: The value of the Prize amounts to broad exposure for the winning model treaty, and opportunities for the winning team to engage in this important question on a global level.
The Stockholm Treaty Lab Prize – an innovation prize that aims to address the “policy gap” between the objectives of the international climate change agreements, and the outcomes that those agreements envision.
The Stockholm Treaty Lab Prize will be awarded to the contestant team that drafts the most forward-looking, innovative, and workable Model Treaty, with the highest potential to encourage foreign investment in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
The Stockholm Treaty Lab will cover the expenses for the team to travel to one or more global forums to present the Model Treaty to high-level stakeholders.
2. GCSP Prize for Innovation in Global Security 2017
Deadline: September 27, 2017
Eligibility: A project by any individual, or group of individuals, which contributes to global security
Prize: Cash award of CHF 10’000,-
Location: The prize will be awarded to the winner at a Ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland
The GCSP and its Geopolitics and Global Futures Programme established a prize in order to recognise deserving individuals or organisations that have an innovative approach to addressing international security challenges.
The prize is designed to reach across all relevant disciplines and fields. It seeks to reward the most inspiring, innovative and ground-breaking contribution of the year, whether this comes in the form of an initiative, invention, research publication, or organisation.
3. Global Leadership Summit 2017
Dates: August 10-11, 2017
Price: USD 209,-
Location: Fort Wayne, the United States
Global Leadership Summit is a 2-day leadership conference that impacts 260,000 leaders across 875 cities in 120 countries, providing vision, inspiration, and countless practical skills you can put to work Monday morning.
Bring the powerful content of this year’s Summit experience to the next level by learning how to apply and integrate core GLS principles into your organization.
4. Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2017
Dates: August 21-22, 2017
Prices: starting from AUD 2,525,-
Location: Sydney, Australia
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2017 is the premier gathering of security, risk management and business continuity management leaders that delivers the insight you need to guide your organization to a secure digital business future.
The 2017 Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit agenda features four comprehensive programs to cover your security and risk management key priorities and challenges.
5. G-Summit 2017: New Scientific Renaissance
Dates: August 23-25, 2017
Prices: starting from USD 1,495,-
Location: Pebble Beach, The United States
G-Summit is an intimate gathering of world-leading scientists, tech executives and investors to discuss the implications of Artificial Intelligence across industries.
For an exhilarating 36 hours, 150 luminaries will meet at Pebble Beach® to learn, share and collaborate. They represent excellence in AI, robotics, nanotechnology, neurology, astronomy, physics, materials, chemistry, finance, biomedicine and more.
6. Red Bull Music Academy 2018
Deadline: September 5, 2017
Dates: either Term 1 (September 8 – 21, 2018) or Term 2 (September 29 – October 12, 2018)
Eligibility: Producers, vocalists, instrumentalists, songwriters, and DJs of all genres and experience levels will be considered
Location: Berlin, Germany
Red Bull Music Academy heads to Berlin next year and is now inviting music makers worldwide to apply to take part. The 2018 edition will mark 20 years of travelling the globe, celebrating the stories behind the music that moves us.
The Academy is intended for anyone with a love for music and a desire to be involved in its evolution, whether you’re a producer, vocalist, instrumentalist, beat maker, engineer, songwriter or DJ, you will be considered.
The workshop and sessions are free and open only to selected participants. The Red Bull Music Academy also covers flights and accommodations costs.
7. FT Investment Management Summit Europe 2017
Date: September 28, 2017
Prices: starting from GBP 999,-
Location: London, The United Kingdom
The FT Investment Management Summit Europe conference will gather CEOs, CIOs and portfolio managers from Europe’s leading asset owners to share their insights into how they plan to be creative in their search for returns.
This event has been produced to meet the needs of senior finance and investment professionals including; CIOs, CFOs, Fund Managers and Portfolio Managers.
8. The Hosting + Cloud Transformation Summit 2017
Dates: September 18-20, 2017
Prices: starting from USD 1199,-
Location: Las Vegas, The United States
The Hosting + Cloud Transformation Summit 2017 (HCTS) will uncover the “what’s next” when it comes to enabling digital transformation.
The program is designed to help you face the opportunities and challenges of the rapidly changing IT landscape head on—leaving you with actionable outcomes to seize market opportunity.
This year’s HCTS will bring together corporate leaders, industry visionaries, IT practitioners and financial professionals to map out strategies that enable the digital future of today and beyond.
9. Odele’s Brain: Automated Tax Blueprint Challenge
Deadline: October 19, 2017
Prize: $125,000 in cash
Eligibility: Anyone can participate
Financial Gravity is a financial service provider offering fully-integrated financial solutions, with a sole focus on increasing wealth and decreasing costs.
In order to optimize financial decisions and business plans for the best possible tax outcome, Financial Gravity team is looking for a way to design a tax operating system, using Odele’s Brain.
Accept the challenge, design Odele, a tax-planning application that centralizes all financial planning, and win $125,000 in cash.
10. FinTech Partner Challenge 2017
Deadline: October 19, 2017
Prize: The winning applicant will have the opportunity to enter into a long-term partnership with Norman Piché, a Certified Financial Planner from Ontario, Canada.
Eligibility: The ideal partner will provide the technical expertise in the development of a software tool for financial planning.
FinTech Partner Challenge is seeking a candidate to form a partnership to develop a software tool to automate financial planning for everyone.
The winning team or individual must demonstrate an ideal partnership through alignment of technical experience, motivation to partner, and submission of an automated tool.
Following the competition, the winning applicant will have the opportunity to enter into a long-term partnership with Norman Piché, a Certified Financial Planner from Ontario, Canada.
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