Source: Seychelles Nation - 04.09.2007
Young Seychellois Global Leader, Dr Rolph Payet, who is also special advisor to the President, is attending the Young Global Leaders Summit taking place this week in Dalian, China.
Dr Payet was recognised as a Young Global Leader at the last World Economic Forum held in
This is the first time that the summit is being organised in China, and it will be a good opportunity for Young Global leaders (YGLs) to learn from and connect to each other and also understand the growing global role of China.
The September 4 – 8 summit, which is being organised under the auspices of the World Economic Forum, has brought together over 250 YGLs from several Global 500 companies, blue chip companies, government and academics.
The Forum of Young Global Leaders is a unique, multistakeholder community of the world’s most extraordinary leaders who are 40 years old or younger and who dedicate a part of their time and energy to jointly work towards a better future.
This year's Summit – the first in Asia – will focus on the Future of Leadership. YGLs will discuss what will be required to be a truly effective global leader in the face of emerging trends and new challenges. The YGLs will then be tasked with creating a new leadership model for the future. It's Leadership for the 21st century – applied.
The Forum is organized into several task forces covering prevailing global issues such as development and poverty, governance and security, diversity, education, health and environment. Dr Payet is a member of the Environment and Development task force, but will also participate in the Education task force, in view of his new role as chairman of the Seychelles University Foundation.
Dr Payet will also attend a special event organized by the World Economic Forum – the inaugural annual meeting of the ‘New Champions’. This global initiative was recommended in January 2007, when world leaders convened in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting entitled "The Shifting Power Equation." Discussions which focused on the changing business landscape -- the growing prominence of emerging economies, the increasing power of individuals and small groups over large institutions and the stronger role of consumers over producers -- led the Davos group to recognize that a new class of leaders and innovators – the New Champions – have emerged and that they are re-shaping business and transforming society.
The World Economic Forum is now using its unrivalled history of partnership with the Chinese government and industry to create a powerful platform for interaction and cooperation between traditional and new actors, between East and West.
These ‘New Champions’ will include CEOs of the next generation of companies positioned to become the industry leaders of tomorrow; CEOs, who lead the world's most influential global corporations today and technology pioneers.
They will be joined by representatives of government, Mayors of the world’s most competitive cities, Governors from the world’s fastest growing regions and states, leaders of the Web 2.0 world and the Community of Young Global Leaders.
It is expected that over 1,700 leaders will attend this event.
