Join the Global Essay Competition and get invited to the 53rd St. Gallen Symposium

Join the Global Essay Competition and get invited to the 53rd St. Gallen Symposium as a Leader of Tomorrow.  The top 100 essay writers qualify for all-expenses covered participation at the conference, which takes place from May 2 – 3, 2024.  This includes a trip to Switzerland and the chance to meet over 600 world leaders from various fields.  On top of this, the top three entrants from the essay competition have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of presenting their ideas in front of a distinguished audience and to share the grand prize of CHF 20’000.

The St. Gallen Symposium is the world’s leading initiative for cross generational debates on economic, political, and social developments – completely organized by students.  The goal is simple: transform ideas into action.  They do this by bringing together key decision-makers in business, social and politics with the most brilliant young minds of our generation to discuss current issues on a particular topic. This year, the St. Gallen Symposium will be held under the topic “Confronting Scarcity”.  To qualify as a Leader of Tomorrow, master or postgraduate students will have to answer the question: Striving for more or thriving with less – What pressing scarcity do you see, and how do you suggest tackling it? 

Form : Essay (max. 2,100 words, excl. abstract, bibliography, and footnotes)
Topic Question : Striving for more or thriving with less – What pressing scarcity do you see, and how do you suggest to tackle it?
Language : English
Deadline : 1 February, 2024, 11:59 p.m. last time zone (UTC-12)

To be eligible, you must fulfill all of the following criteria :
*Enrolled in a graduate or postgraduate programme (master level or higher) in any field of study at a regular university
*Born in 1994 or later