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Challenge:Future Summit 2012 - Towards Smart, Sustainable, and Inclusive Future

Start date: 16/03/2012

End date: 21/03/2012

Location: Bled&Ljubljana, Slovenia

cf_unescoThe Summit, under the patronage of UNESCO, will bring together the best of the Challenge:Future (C:F) youth community and will serve as the pinnacle of all activities and projects of the Challenge:Future global youth think tank in 2011-12, whereby more than 23,500 youth from 213 countries and territories, created 1,469 innovative ideas, invested 210,000 volunteering hours into their implementation, and improved lives of 270,000 children, youth, and adults worldwide. 

A group of 80 exceptional individuals under the age of 30 will come together with educators, business and political leaders to explore the global agenda and share their solutions at the Challengefuture Summit 2012, to be held at IEDC-Bled School of Management in Bled, Slovenia from March 16 to 21, 2012. 

At the C:F Summit, they will consider pressing challenges facing the world today, including the global youth unemployment crisis, social entrepreneurship, challenges in education and the role of business in society, all under the theme of this year’s Summit - Towards Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Future.

C:F Summit 2012 will consist of five interconnected events:

  • C:F Academy – five-days invitation-only event, designed for top performing young changemakers and leaders of the C:F community;
  • C:F Youth Forum with TEDxBled Inspire.Change.Impact;
  • C:F Educators Forum, co-organized with CEEMAN;
  • C:F Business Forum, co-organized with the Young managers section of Management Association of Slovenia, and
  • C:F Summit Gala under the patronage of the President of Slovenia Dr. Danilo Turk, featuring key youth ideas and presentation of 2012 C:F Awards.

Keynote speakers include futurist Joel Barker and Deepa Prahalad.

Download preliminary program

To register, please fill in the application form at: http://bit.ly/RegistrationCFSummit

For more information, please contact: Dan Croitoru, dan@challengefuture.org, +386 820 505 31, or Olga Veligurska, olga.veligurska@ceeman.org, +386 457 925 05.

www.challengefuture.org