Information Session for the St. Gallen Symposium and Essay Competition

Dear student,
Would you like to share your vision of the future with world leaders such as Dominic Barton, Professor Niall Ferguson, Christine Lagarde or Steve Forbes?
Discuss your ideas with the global elite, create an impact and enjoy an all-expenses-paid trip to Switzerland. Apply until Feb. 1, 2019, and seize the opportunity to qualify as one of 200 “Leaders of Tomorrow” for the 49th St. Gallen Symposium by competing for the 31st St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award with prize money of CHF 20,000.
Here some more highlights if you make it to St. Gallen:
– Meet 600 top managers, entrepreneurs, politicians and scientists from around the world.
– Share your ideas with the symposium’s global audience.
– Take part in small and intimate gatherings with world leaders, exclusively for the Leaders of Tomorrow.
– Meet 200 of the world’s brightest young minds and become a member of a global community.
The 49th St. Gallen Symposium will be held from May 8 to 10, 2019, at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and is devoted to the theme “Capital for Purpose.”
The essay competition is open to graduate students from any discipline (born in 1989 or later) and the essay topic seeks creative approaches to a broad economic issue. This year’s topic and instructions are: “Is it as good as it gets? – What approach would you suggest to change the current purpose of capital?” For m ore information, visit symposium.org/competition.
To get more insights, attend the information session on Nov. 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Room W256, Schulich School of Business.
Tickets: https://forms.schulich.yorku.ca/coerb.