Official website: http://www.symposium.org/apply
Seize your opportunity.
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.
- 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. We challenge you to develop
your alternative guidelines to the concept of growth. Present
your own idea to
convince the jury. We expect a professional, creative and
thought-provoking essay. Be bold and unconventional! The following
criteria must be met:
| Form |
Essay (max. 2,100 words) |
| Language |
English |
| Deadline |
1 February 2016, 11:59 p.m. last time zone (UTC-12) |
| Anonymity |
Your name must not be mentioned anywhere in the contribution file |
| Individuality |
Individual work expected, no group work allowed. The essay must be written exclusively for this contest |
| Citation |
All sources must be cited and referred to the respective part in the essay |
Check your eligibility and prepare documents.
To be eligible, you must fulfil
all of the following criteria:
- 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
Make sure you can provide the following 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.
Take the following steps to maximise your chance of qualifying as a "Leader of Tomorrow" for the 46
th St. Gallen Symposium (click
here if the login does not display properly):
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