BEST VIRTUAL SUMMIT What is the best way to predict the future? Co-create it. A pandemic is a huge adversity with
BVS was an interesting challenge by itself.
tremendous health, social, and economic
We had only 5 weeks to make it happen
consequences. A pandemic is also a
from conception to realization. Dozens of
opportunity. A permission to change, to
volunteers from all over Europe quickly
build back better. COVID-19 highlighted
came together to create an event that
how our world is interconnected and
brought more than 50 prominent speakers
interdependent and how, today more than
from
ever, a brighter future is only possible
Economic Forum and UNDP, universities
through international, cross-generational,
such as ETH Zurich and Politecnico di
and cross-sectoral inclusive cooperation.
Torino, companies such as Atos and JP
BEST thrives to empower diversity. We see challenges as opportunities for a better way forward. As an organisation, and most importantly as young active volunteers, reaction wasn’t merely sufficient. Our belief in the power of youth contribution led us to the creation of BEST Virtual Summit (BVS), a youth-led space for meaningful conversations, inspiration, and value co-creation for young people who decide to take an active role in tackling important societal challenges and defining what is next.
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Morgan, and organized over 40 sessions for 7 continuous days. The online event, entitled “Beyond The Pandemic”, gathered students, young professionals, thought leaders, universities, companies, and public institutions to network, discuss, inspire and get inspired, and define what’s next in Education, Work, and SDGs. It was a signal for young people to not just undergo the changes, but to help shape them.
