The Asean Youth Congress 2011 organized by AIESEC was held at the Binus Univesity Jakarta,Indonesia last April 25-30, 2011. It was attended by hundreds of youth leaders, students, and people who are interested to build a better region through amity and peace, and innovations. This year, the activity focused on building, telling and showing the impact of leadership and entrepreneurship at the same time. The theme "Impactful ASEAN Youth Leadpreneur" took center stage due to the socio-economic and cultural patterns that the young ones are into. AISEC put up a great program for its learners to ponder on and carry to their respective places.
Interactive, informative and artistic discussions were organized by AIESEC. The event was graced by the former Vice President of the republic of Indonesia, Jusuf Kalla, to boost the leadership spirit among the young people who are present at the occasion. International speakers were present as well to share the inspiration and help the delegates produce a lucrative output at the end of the congress.
The AIESEC culture of instilling leadership with values among the youth is very unique as they make it more fun and skin deep as the essence of friendship is always carried through borders of the world. There were sounds of peace and amity, fluidity to movements that could reshape the region to be better. AIESEC -AYC 2011 together with the founder and president Anna Karina Jardin of Artistikong Kabataan Philippines Inc. painted and put up a wall of hope and dreams and had all delegates commit in rebuilding a better region in Asia. Creativity is what all innovators have in their minds. The Congress had series of plenary talks, corporate sessions including the talk show format, break out sessions and networking periods. Erwin Chan, Anna Karina Jardin, Julie Adams were some of the International speakers who were present to share and exchange thoughts with the delegates for the AYC 2011. Alanda Khariza, Iman Usman, Awit Ridianati, Betti Alisjhabana, Vania Santoso and other prominent visionaries from Indonesia were present. Tarsten Kuenzlen the President of Coca Cola Indonesia gave a comprehensive plenary talk connecting impressions and expressions to succeed in the corporate world.
The totality of the event captured the real deal in being youth: revitilized spirit and energy, innovations, actions driven by enthusiasm. Action plans were made concrete at Saldepos,Bogor during the extensive leadpreneur training camp . All the delegates are off to a new phase in their lives as leadpreneurs of Asia."A man on a mission is nothing compare to a man with money", The Asean Youth Congress is a good investment for its learners as they have learnt the beauty of social impact and money making without hurting other people.
It will be interesting to watch over a period of the next 2 to 10 years as -- conference attendees enter the "real world" of money making and pursuit of power and happiness and the situation in the world related to climate, food, water, population, energy and rare earth minerals get much more complex and competitive -- inside of countries and externally -- to see how the bizness sector "with money" responds to and supports those visionaries and community-based developers "with a mission." Art is immediate and inspiring and passionate; development and peace building ultimately involving power and money is a long-march, somtimes frustrating and boring and above all an arduous process that challenges all humanity to the roots of our actions regardless of theology or culture.
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