28-29 JUNE
GLOBAL YOUTH LEADERS SUMMIT 2017
GLOBAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
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Welcome Message
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Global Youth Leaders Summit 2017, organised by the Global Youth Leadership Institute of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. As a staunch advocate of social entrepreneurship, PolyU is delighted to host this Summit with a view to gathering student leaders and young social entrepreneurs from around the world to exchange ideas and share experiences on how to make positive social changes and develop a sustainable community through entrepreneurial innovation.
Professor Timothy W. Tong President The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
I would also like to extend my congratulations on the official launch of the Global Youth Leadership Institute. PolyU and the Institute will continue to nurture our youth leaders of tomorrow and help chart a future course for making the world a better place. May I wish you all a very stimulating and fruitful Summit!
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Welcome Message
I wish to extend a warm welcome to you all to Global Youth Leader Summit 2017: Let’s Make the World a Better Place. The Summit is a ground-breaking student leader international conference, bringing together student leaders worldwide to debate and discuss how our young leaders, inspired by the spirit of social entrepreneurship, can make a difference in the world. They will present exciting ideas and projects of community engagement for addressing some of the world’s grand challenges. The diversity of student presenters from 22 universities in 13 countries will no doubt add richness to the discussions, making the event truly mind-opening for all student leaders. The Summit features an array of activity organized across three days, covering keynote speech by a world renowned scholar, student presentations, visit to local social enterprises and roundtable discussion. I am sure you all will be inspired through this unique event.
Professor Angelina Yuen Vice-President (Student and Global Affairs) and Director of Global Youth Leadership Institute The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The organization of the Summit is emblematic of the efforts of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in nurturing student leadership and the value placed by PolyU on global youth leadership education. Rooted in the value, the Global Youth Leadership Institute (GYLI), the organizer of the Summit, has been established at PolyU. The Institute is underpinned by a SERVE model of leadership philosophy, comprised of five elements: Social responsibility, Excellence, Reflection, Vision, and Ethics. We are very pleased that you will join us in witnessing the official launch of the Institute on the first day of the Summit. I am sure you all will have a productive and enjoyable conference, and I hope we will see all again at future GYLI occasions.
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Global Youth Leaders Summit 2017
Welcome Message
PolyU strives to lead the development of servicelearning and leadership education in Hong Kong. We are the first university in Hong Kong expecting students to complete a 3-credit service-learning subject as a graduation requirement. We also expect students to complete a 3-credit subject on Leadership and Intrapersonal Development as a graduation requirement. With the establishment of the Global Youth Leadership Institute, we strive to take leadership education worldwide, and to provide a platform where students from different parts of the world can maximise their leadership abilities, particularly through service-learning.
Professor Daniel Shek Associate Vice-President (Undergraduate Programme) and Associate Director of Global Youth Leadership Institute The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
This Global Youth Leaders Summit organised by the Institute took this first step forward, gathered youth leaders of the world, and encouraged the exchange of new ideas and knowledge among them, and to promote social goals and leadership in universities and communities. Furthermore, the Institute also launches various international interdisciplinary leadership programmes, which bring together universities around the world in pursuing and nurturing global leaders of tomorrow. These include the SOAR Youth Leadership Programme in China, Israel, and Kyrgyzstan with Peking University and Xi’an Jiaotong University, RISE Youth Leadership Programme in Korea with Ewha Womans University, as well as the first China-Japan-Korea SERVE Initiative, which brings together sixty students from PolyU, Peking University, Ewha Womans University, and Kyoto University to visit and serve the elderly communities in Japan. More importantly, these programmes are equipped with evaluation components for the Institute to excel on global leadership education development. While service-learning provides students with handson global community service involvement, leadership subjects and programmes guide the participating students to lead with global experiences and values, so that they can contribute to the society, local and global. In future, PolyU will continue to excel in servicelearning and global leadership education for the betterment of Hong Kong, the nation and the world.
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Professor Hau L. Lee The Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Hau L. Lee is the Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He is a leading scholar in global supply chain management, entrepreneurship and innovations in developing economies, and value chain strategies. He is a CoDirector of the Stanford Initiative on Value Chain Innovations, and was the past Founding Director of the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies. Professor Lee has published widely. From 1997-2003, he was the Editor-in-Chief of Management Science. He was inducted to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2010. He was elected a Fellow of Manufacturing and Service Operations Management; Production and Operations Management Society; and INFORMS. In 2004, his co-authored paper in 1997, “Information Distortion in a Supply Chain: The Bullwhip Effect,� was voted as one of the ten most influential papers in the history of Management Science. Besides teaching and research, Professor Lee has been an active consultant in industry. He has also been an entrepreneur, having co-founded DemandTec, a data-analytic company on priceoptimization, which went public in NASDAQ in 2007. He is currently on the board of Synnex, Frontier Services Group, Global Brands Group, Esquel, and 1010 Printing. He has also served as an advisor to numerous venture capital companies as well as NGOs and Foundations on creating and nurturing entrepreneurs in developed and developing economies. Professor Lee obtained his B.Soc.Sc. degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Hong Kong, his M.Sc. degree in Operational Research from the London School of Economics, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Operations Research from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Engineering degree by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and an Honorary Doctorate from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam.
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Creating IN and OUT Values Through Entrepreneurial Innovations
ABSTRACT Entrepreneurial development is a powerful means to support economic development in developing economies. Great values can be created when the entrepreneurial activity involves an innovation which can be a combination of product and process transformation. The values can also be in the form of IN (serving the needs and improving the living standards of the population IN the developing economy), or OUT (helping businesses in the developing economies to increase their value-add to extract values from outside). In this talk, I will share some key lessons and insights that show how such values can be created. Themed “Creating IN and OUT Values”, IN refers to helping to serve the needs of people “in” the developing economies, such as providing affordable healthcare, improving access to food and medicine, developing education opportunities for people, etc. So the “values” are created IN the economies. “Out” refers to helping the entrepreneurs inside the economies to develop their businesses so that they can export and trade. By export and trade, then they are creating values through outside of their economies (which would be value-add from external). Both are useful ways to help improve the well-being of developing economies. I hope to see a diversity of projects from our youths, and hopefully some are for IN, and some are for OUT.
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Global Youth Leaders Summit 2017 Let’s Make the World a Better Place
Rundown
28 June 2017 Wednesday Silverbox Ballroom Hotel ICON
08.30 – 09.00
Registration
09.00 – 09.10
Opening Speech Prof Angelina Yuen, Vice-President (Student and Global Affairs), and Director of Global Youth Leadership Institute, PolyU
09.10 – 10.00
Keynote Speech Creating IN and OUT Values Through Entrepreneurial Innovations Prof Hau L. Lee, the Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
10.00 – 10.30
Q&A
10.30 – 10.50
Tea break Launching Ceremony of the Global Youth Leadership Institute Prof Timothy W. Tong, President, PolyU Prof Angelina Yuen, PolyU Prof Daniel Shek, Associate Vice-President (Undergraduate Programme), PolyU Prof Hau L. Lee, Stanford University Souvenir Presentation
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10.50 – 11.20
Student Presentations on Social Entrepreneurship Chair: Prof Dongmin Chen
11.20 – 11.35
WEDO GLOBAL Eva Wong (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
11.35 – 11.50
Restart Network – The World's First Crowdsourced Technology School Frederick Rustler and Adam Shpilt (Erasmus University, The Netherlands)
11.50 – 12.05
Academics For Development: Exposing Young Academia to Social Entrepreneurship Louis Wouters (KU Leuven, Belgium) and Julie Desmet (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
12.05 – 12.20
Q&A
12.20 – 14.00
Lunch (for invited participants only)
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28 June 2017 Wednesday 3/F, JC Innovation Tower (Core V), PolyU
Student Presentations: Parallel Sessions
14.00 – 14.50
Session A: Poverty Alleviation Chair: Prof Marcelo de Andrade Romero
Session B: Sustainable Community Chair: Prof Dongmin Chen
Group A1 From Children to the Elderly: Promoting Social Sustainability across Generations Shoshana Tzur (University of Haifa, Israel)
Group B1
An Educational Blog in Albania Sara Shiku (University of Westminster, UK) Building Workforce to Spread STEM & Health Education in Low Income Communities Ayush Kumar (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) 14.50 – 15.50
Project Nepal Haeyang Kim and Sanghoon Lee (Imperial College London, UK) Project Sisonke Fanelesbonge Khuzwayo (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Group A2
Group B2
Spendennavi – Navigation System for Donations Sven Opgenorth (University of Mannheim, Germany)
Metronome – Reducing Food Wastage through Innovation Ronan Hand and Shane Brennan (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland)
Make a Change Africa Scholarship Initiative Lucy Huang and Jenny Li (University of Calgary, Canada) The Urban Refuge Jessica Heron and Alana O’Neill (Monash University, Australia) Connect Beyond Dream Faith Lau (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong) 15.50 – 16.10
A Sustainable Energy Strategy for Rural Communities in Tanzania Emma Bewley and Jessica Quigley (Imperial College London, UK)
The Urban Yield Dylan Sheppard and David Chapman (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) WindChill: A Food Preservation Unit Jorge Zapote Castilla and Victor Vanorio Roman (University of Calgary, Canada)
Tea Break
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Rundown
28 June 2017 Wednesday 3/F, JC Innovation Tower (Core V), PolyU
Student Presentations: Parallel Sessions
16.10 – 17.00
Session A: Poverty Alleviation Chair: Prof Marcelo de Andrade Romero
Session B: Sustainable Community Chair: Prof Dongmin Chen
Group A3
Group B3
PKU - NTU - YNU Social Service Project Ang Li and Asilayi Bahetibieke (Peking University, China)
Community Innovation Hub – Mamelodi Arts & Culture Forum Sonwabile Sigenu (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Social Programmes in the University of São Paulo: Students’ View Point Felipe Tomanari (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
Innovation for Sustainability in Rural SMEs Allan Ssembajjwe (University of Manchester, UK) and Emily Carris (Northwestern College, USA)
Education and Poverty Alleviation Chenjie Huang and Guanshi Wang (Sichuan University, China)
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17.00 – 17.10
Break
17.10 – 18.00
Summary and Comments, Announcement
18.00 – 20.00
Dinner (for invited participants only)
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My Hikari | Japan Tourism Vera Paola Reyes and Hikaru Shoda (Kyoto University, Japan)
Table of Contents
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Welcome Professor Timothy W. Tong
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Professor Angelina Yuen
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Professor Daniel Shek
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Keynote Speech Professor Hau L. Lee
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Rundown
Project Abstract & Student Bio
Morning at Hotel ICON
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Afternoon at 3/F Innovation Tower
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Table of Contents
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Social Entrepreneurship WEDO GLOBAL Restart Network – The World’s First Crowdsourced Technology School Academics For Development: Exposing Young Academia to Social Entrepreneurship
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Poverty Alleviation From Children to the Elderly: Promoting Social Sustainability across Generations
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An Educational Blog in Albania
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Building Workforce to Spread STEM & Health Education in Low Income Communities
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Spendennavi – Navigation System for Donations Make A Change Africa Scholarship Initiative
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The Urban Refuge
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Connect Beyond Dream
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PKU - NTU - YNU Social Service Project
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Social Programmes in the University of São Paulo: Students’ View Point
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Education and Poverty Alleviation
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Sustainable Community A Sustainable Energy Strategy for Rural Communities in Tanzania
General Information
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Project Nepal
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Project Sisonke
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Metronome – Reducing Food Wastage through Innovation
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The Urban Yield
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WindChill: A Food Preservation Unit
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Community Innovation Hub - Mamelodi Arts & Culture Forum
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Innovation for Sustainability in Rural SMEs
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My Hikari | Japan Tourism
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General Information
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Map PolyU Campus Map Homantin Halls to PolyU
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Acknowledgement
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Project Abstract & Student Bio
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WEDO GLOBAL Social Entrepreneurship
Eva Wong As the co-founder of WEDO GLOBAL, I am passionate about cross-cultural communication and social entrepreneurship, representing Hong Kong to participate in the Executive Program for Social Entrepreneurship with leaders from 16 countries at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2017. I believe that people from different cultural backgrounds can live in peace and harmony. I envision to cultivate Hong Kong with cultural diversity. One of my favorite initiatives is a 13-episode radio programme organised with young cultural ambassadors from various ethnic backgrounds, introducing South Asian stories and cultures. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
ABSTRACT WEDO GLOBAL is a social enterprise advocating multi-cultural education in Asia. It offers multicultural workshops, local walking tours and overseas experiential tours for education institutes, multi-national companies, charitable and community organisations. Through these opportunities, participants would be able to interact with people from different cultural backgrounds, which enhances their cultural sensitivity and global vision. At the same time, WEDO GLOBAL provides training opportunities for under-represented South Asian ethnic minorities. After the training, they will have the opportunities to be recruited as cultural ambassadors to conduct multi-cultural workshops and theme-based community walking tour. WEDO GLOBAL is awarded the Global Final 12 of the Global Social Venture Competition and the Grand Award Winner of the Social Venture Competition Asia. It has provided multicultural experience to more than 5,000 participants from schools, corporations and organisations. The experiences are co-created and co-implemented with Chinese and non-Chinese living in Hong Kong.
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Restart Network: The World’s First Crowdsourced Technology School
Teodor Cataniciu Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, The Netherlands Chief Instructor Improving curriculum, manage teaching staff
Frederick Rustler I believe in people and teams. I am an innovation enthusiast who is currently building the world’s first crowdsourced technology school. During my undergraduate studies I have raised over 100.000 € for technology initiatives and discovered the power of the crowd to bring projects to life. My passion is bridging cultures and learning new languages and my mantra is simple: “work hard and be nice to people.” Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, The Netherlands
Adam Shpilt Working on Outreach and Innovation at Restart Network, I collaborate with technology industry leaders to organise masterclasses, in-house days and development activities. I am passionate about technology’s role in the future and empowering people to realize their full potential.
Burcak Cabuk
Telma Calçada
Hogeschool Rotterdam
Warwick
Talent Scout Scouting students
Talent Scout Scouting students
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, The Netherlands Communications Marketing, Relationship management
Operations Scouting students, accounting & finance, administration
ABSTRACT Restart Network ONE is a tuition-free web development based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. We create worldclass learning opportunities for people who experienced difficulties in their lives – we take in unemployed refugees or locals as students and invite them to join us for a transformative experience. We work to create the best technology school in the world and are joined by industry-leading companies who want to create an inclusive IT industry together with us. We teach full-stack web development, but at the core we build people who want to make their own world better one day at a time.
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Social Entrepreneurship
Academics For Development: Exposing Young Academia to Social Entrepreneurship
Julie Desmet
Louis Wouters
Born in Zimbabwe to a globetrotter family, I became passionate about global issues early in life. I am currently studying “Governance and Leadership in European Public Health” and have been committed to AFD for the past two years. First, as Project Developer and founder of the Brightminds Program, I am now the vice-president of the Governing Board of AFD Belgium, and safeguard AFD’s long-term vision and coordinate the different branches. I was part of AFD’s team at the European Social Business Forum 2016, and personally interviewed Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and renowned social entrepreneur.
With a Bachelor in Economics and being enrolled in a Master in Economics, I started AFD 3 years ago as project student, led the Executive Board of AFD Leuven, and currently preside the Governing Board of AFD Belgium. I have been part of the European Youth Parliament for 7 years now and elected as member of Generation T, a platform of 100 young Belgian changemakers. I also interned as social business consultant at Hystra in Paris, France, and joined the international internship program of Grameen Bank in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Maastricht University, The Netherlands
KU Leuven, Belgium
ABSTRACT Academics For Development (AFD) is a student-led organisation striving to give every student the opportunity to realise sustainable impact while gaining hands-on entrepreneurial experience. With branches in Belgium, the Netherlands and SouthAfrica, AFD is crossing international borders hoping to lead by example in making the world a better place. So far, we have successfully executed around 38 locally embedded social impact projects worldwide. AFD’s core activity is setting up consultancy projects in the Global South, whereby multi-disciplinary teams of students work together with project partners, ranging from NGOs to social business start-ups, to larger multinational organisations. After months of intense research, the students get to travel abroad to work closely with the local community in implementing their findings. AFD also exposes thousands of students to the concept of social entrepreneurship every year through its many events and job fairs, as well as the Brightminds Program, a yearlong track designed to provide students with the tools, knowledge and skills needed to develop a holistic view on societal challenges. Looking forward, AFD commits to further spreading the message of sustainable development and social entrepreneurship, hoping to inspire many young leaders to strive for social impact. We strongly believe students carry an immense potential to drive positive change, and AFD offers them a platform to do exactly that.
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Poverty Alleviation
From Children to the Elderly: Promoting Social Sustainability across Generations
Shoshana Tzur My name is Shoshana Tzur, studying Social Work in the University of Haifa, Israel. During my military service as an officer in the Israeli Adjutant Corps, I discovered how important it is to help people in need, to be sensitive to their problems and to search for the best solutions for each case. For this reason, I decided to study Social Work, and to take part in various social projects to make the world a better place. University of Haifa, Israel
ABSTRACT This project focuses on and presents sustainability development across the life span of two main groups: elderly people and parents of children of the autistic spectrum. Both projects were conducted as a part of my practical training in Social Work studies. In the spirit of Purim holiday, the project held a Purim fair for the elder residents in Haifa, as a means of generating social connections among the residents and to establish a place where they could celebrate the holiday with others and enjoy it together. The second project was an establishment of a social group, for parents of autistic children. The group served as a support group, source of knowledge and a consulting group to fulfill the needs of the parents. It is important to create awareness and develop projects among various groups in our society. We truly believe each person should be aware of the needs of those living around him or her and aspire to help others.
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An Educational Blog in Albania Poverty Alleviation
Sara Shiku I am a part-qualified certified accountant by trade and a social entrepreneur at heart based in London. Having strong ties with my home country Albania, I have been engaged with different projects of tackling poverty and supporting disadvantaged and orphaned children. My favourite quote is “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. In the future, I want to set up an educational charity to provide support and grants to Albanian students who wish to study abroad. University of Westminster, UK
ABSTRACT When I started as a personal project at the age of 17, it is now a leading educational blog in Albania. “Ese dhe Analiza Letrare” (Essays and Literature Analysis) contains essays, literature analysis and past exam papers, and aims to provide free study materials to Albanian High School students as preparation for the final High School exams. To date, the blog has 2.5 million views, with over 2500 hits per day and is a very active educational hub. The way the blog works is simple, but very efficient. It is open-source, where students and teachers contribute their study materials for free. The content is of high quality due to careful reviews of submissions and an exam-focused approach. The blog has always been non-profit and this spring it was awarded a £1500 prize from the University of Westminster to support its growth by building a new website with improved functionalities. New interactive learning features such as quizzes and an online library will be developed. Helping young people in Albanian means a lot to me personally, and I hope that through the use of the internet I can facilitate accessing learning resources regardless of the background or location of Albanian High School students.
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Building Workforce to Spread STEM & Health Education in Low Income Communities
Ayush Kumar Growing up in an urban community of Worcester, Massachusetts there was a very limited focus on education and associated funding. I knew this had an impact on a lot of my peers who were unable to access the same resources for their educational growth. Entering high school, I wanted to develop a programme that gave students an opportunity to explore science and math outside of school and nurture their creative vigor. I have continued this science programme in St. Louis, Missouri as a current Biomedical Engineering student of Washington University. Collaborating with my fellow classmates has been a rewarding journey for all of us who are dedicated to making a change to our community. These experiences have had a major impact on my current aspirations of becoming a doctor and being a civic scholar that can deliver care and support to all members of my community. University of Mannheim, Germany
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ABSTRACT In an age where we are seeing a decrease in innovation and a shortage of workers in many scientific disciplines, it is important to expand the diversity of thought and practice in the STEM field. However, pursuing a career in science and technology is seen as a nearly impossible future for many people from low income communities. Minorities make up less than 5 percent of the STEM-based workforce, and a major reason for this trend is the lack of guidance and support to successfully pursue these types of careers. St. Louis has a significant number of such communities all over the city and I want to address the issue of lack of science and math motivation among children hailing from underserved low income neighborhoods of St. Louis. While schools in these communities do their best to generate interest in science and math, it has not been enough to increase their excitement.
Spendennavi – “Navigation System for Donations” Poverty Alleviation
Sven Opgenorth I major in Business Administration at the University of Mannheim in Germany. During my studies, I started engaging in the student initiative “Enactus Mannheim”, which is working on social and entrepreneurial-based projects, and on building up a catering service that employs refugees and delivers food to refugee homes. In my second semester, I initiated my own social project “Spendennavi” and participated in the German Social Entrepreneurship Incubator “Andersgruender” for a period of 8 months. Here, I was able to gain a deeper insight into the methods used by Social Entrepreneurs and Innovators for creating a sustainable impact. University of Mannheim, Germany
ABSTRACT Many people own useful equipment, clothes or other items that they do not require any more and would like to give away for a good cause. At the same time, a lot of nonprofit associations and local organizations search for donations in kind throughout Germany. However, the exchange of donations often fails to happen because people do not know where to bring their items to and what is needed at the moment, as every association only states its current demand on its own web page. In order to centralise this information and mediate between these two parties, the web platform www.spendennavi.de was founded. Whether the visitor wishes to make donations or is looking for donations, after entering his address into a simple form, two easy maps provide him with an overview of all associations close to him that search for or give out donations in kind. For this purpose, organisations can create simple profiles that state their demand, their opening times and their positions. Such a central database of all collection points can be promoted centrally. This makes the subject of donations in kind more present in the public eye and makes donating as simple as possible for potential visitors.
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Make a Change Africa Scholarship Initiative Poverty Alleviation
Lucy Huang
Jenny Li
I am an impactful community leader with over 8 years of volunteering and leadership experience. Since 2012, I have been heavily invested in creating sustainable solutions to aid underdeveloped regions through education by means of organizations such as Engineers Without Borders and Women In Science And Engineering, and am responsible for the establishment of Make A Change Africa Scholarship Initiative. As founder and president of MACASI, I am passionate about the role in which education plays in lifting the world’s most vulnerable out of poverty.
I study at the University of Calgary in the Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering. Aside from my studies, I enjoy giving back to the community in the form of volunteerism. My belief in the importance of education and my desire to raise the quality of life for girls in rural Uganda has led me to serve as one of the Vice Presidents and the administration for MACASI. As a member of an organisation that reaches out globally, I strive to be a part of the global movement to help tackle world issues. University of Calgary, Canada
University of Calgary, Canada
ABSTRACT Make A Change Africa Scholarship Initiative (MACASI) is an organisation at the University of Calgary which strives to provide scholarships to rural Ugandan girls who have shown potential for academic excellence during their elementary school years, but due to financial constraints are unlikely to receive further education. By supporting the Ugandan Girls Scholarship Foundation, the goal of the organisation is to alleviate poverty through directly funding the education of these girls and contributing to the development of an empathetic and passionate community. MACASI believes that the first step to combat communities living through poverty is to enrich and provide opportunities for the youth. Education is vital for this first step. Through MACASI’s initiatives, these girls will have a greater ability to give back to their communities and to break this vicious cycle of poverty. Further, the organisation’s strong foundation, consisting of passionate, goaldriven leaders, has stemmed from the leaders’ approach of outreach engagement with the Ugandan girls. Through the use of powerful social media outlets, MACASI has rooted its core based upon creating meaningful connections with the young girls they serve. This source of empowerment is vital for creating an impact on poverty alleviation. In place of the vicious cycle of poverty, MACASI aims to create a cycle of passionate leaders with deep-seated motivation to create a long lasting and far-reaching impact on the challenges poverty inflicts on society.
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The Urban Refuge
Jessica Heron
Alana O’Neill
I am in my first year of the Juris Doctor (Master of Laws) at Monash University, Australia. I currently hold a Bachelor of International Studies and an Advanced Diploma of Justice both from RMIT, Australia. Prior to commencing the Juris Doctor, I was based in Yangon, Myanmar where I was working with a development-consulting firm, implementing and evaluating large-scale aid projects for both Australia and the UK Government across the Asia Pacific region. Previously, I worked as a research assistant within the Crisis Response Team at Amnesty International Australia and interned with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Washington DC.
I am an academic working in the area of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne. My key area of interest is the discursive construction of the citizen as bystander, within the field of genocide research. I am currently undertaking the Juris Doctor at Monash University in Melbourne, with hopes to work within the community law sector. I also work as a programme facilitator, running an after-school cooking programme for children living in public housing in the Melbourne community. Monash University, Australia
Monash University, Australia
ABSTRACT The Urban Refuge hostel is a simple idea of “one for one”. The social business will run a conventional hostel in Melbourne, built and run for international or domestic travellers. It will be a basic but comfortable hostel that serves a greater purpose; the cost of staying a night in The Urban Refuge hostel will pay for a vulnerable person, one who doesn’t have the means to pay for accommodation, to lodge in a separate hostel. This second hostel, the “Urban Refuge Mission”, is an emergency housing shelter that has been built to assist the at-risk community in Melbourne. It will be open to those who are in need of short-term or crisis housing, such as asylum seekers, the homeless, women at risk of domestic violence and others who are deemed in need. The social business allows travellers to stay comfortably in Melbourne, knowing that their night means a roof over someone else’s head. The idea is innovative and simple, offering donors a tangible and realistic idea of where their money goes coupled with an extraordinary experience at one of Melbourne’s best hostels. Our social business promotes a ‘pay it forward’ attitude and empowers travellers to make more ethical purchase when circling the globe. 21
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Connect Beyond Dream
Faith Lau My undergraduate studies in Marketing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University have equipped me with profound multidisciplinary knowledge, and have aroused my interest in volunteer service. Since 2015, I have participated in various student service activities such as service trips to Cambodia via Connect Beyond Dream, which is a student-initiated service organisation. Connect Beyond Dream works on multidimensional projects, namely health care, education and cultural diversity. The Hong Kong Polytechnic Uniersity, Hong Kong
ABSTRACT Connect Beyond Dream in 2017 focuses on two aspects: education and culture. By education we held workshops for students of different age groups and backgrounds. In these workshops we introduced different occupations to these students, prepared and let them put on the related costumes, so as to leave a seed of dream in their hearts for future. By culture we organised village service for foreign volunteers who live in homestay families. These volunteers helped with the villagers’ work, which became a mutual understanding and rapport-building opportunity for both participants. Cultural differences were overcome. 22
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PKU-NTU-YNU Student Service Project Poverty Alleviation
Ang Li
Asilayi Bahetibieke
I am an undergraduate student from Peking University, China, and will graduate from the Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Economics in 2018. I currently hold the position of the Project Leader of PKU-NTUYNU Social Service Project, which focuses on volunteer teaching and community service in rural area of Taiwan and Yunan. Besides, I am also Chairman of Peking University Legal Aid Association, which provides free legal consulting service.
My name is Asilayi. I am a Kazak and I come from the Xinjiang province of China. I am a senior student majoring in both urban planning and economics in Peking University. I have an intense interest toward social service and have attended the PKU-NTU-YNU Social Service Project twice in the year 2014. Also, I was the Head Director of the Student Council when I was a sophomore. I was in charge of planning the Chorus Contest and many other activities. Peking University, China
Peking University, China Team Leader (13th) Coordinate with the other two schools and plan the schedule during the project.
Team Leader (11th) Design the teaching plans and taught 300 students in Ali Mountain in Taiwan and Tengchong in Yunnan province
ABSTRACT PKU and NTU encourage a mutual and deep understanding between their students through social service. The two universities together developed a social service programme “the PKU-NTU-YNU Social Service Project”. In the service, as we are not professional teachers and we did not intend to “teach”, we incorporated culture elements and understandings to the students in hopes of igniting their curiosity of the world. In addition, we believe that “teaching” itself is not the only element that influences a child, the community and the neighborhood play an important role during their growth. We therefore visited students’ families, getting to learn about the local situation. From 2011 to 2017, the programme has completed 12 camps in over 10 primary schools and the 13th is now in preparation. In late 2016, the programme was awarded the Intersleek Special Prize of the 2016 AkzoNobel China Student Sustainability Award; and has become one of the most influential volunteering projects in the Peking University campus. 23
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Social Programmes in the University of São Paulo: Students’ View Point
Felipe Tomanari I was born in Boston, Massachusetts (USA), and have lived in São Paulo, Brazil, where I am current studying Economics at the University of São Paulo. My high school life at Escola da Vila was fundamental to the construction of my beliefs and personality since the school offers curricular programme debates on social equality and political issues etc. in Brazil, which are now main concerns for me even after my entry to the University of São Paulo. University of São Paulo, Brazil
ABSTRACT The University of São Paulo maintains institutional programmes characterized by their social entrepreneurship nature. The present proposal aims at describing – from the students’ point of view – some of the social programmes currently carried out by USP. The Pro-Rectory of Culture and University Extension promotes social programmes as part of the University “Human Rights Center”, which brings together initiatives that are in congruence with human rights, in their individual, social and political expressions. One of these programmes is called “Approaching Action”. This programme has promoted the dialogue between actions and projects of USP and a poor community located just around the university campus in the city of São Paulo. It aims at disseminating a culture of respect for diversity and recognized rights of children and adolescents; performing diagnosis of social demands and the actions carried out at the University; promoting educational activities that encourage social development of the neighboring communities to the campus. By using methodologies of community education, this programme seeks to create links between the children and adolescents, their families and the institutions that serve them, through socio-educational monitoring. Additionally, it aims at systematising the experiences accumulated by the University in the field of social education, to assist in the training and Integral Protection Network strengthening and spread them on the campus of USP, as well as providing the knowledge generated to other universities to experience similar issues.
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Education and Poverty Alleviation Poverty Alleviation
Guanshi Wang
Chenjie Huang
I study in Engineering Mechanics at the College of Architecture and Environment of Sichuan University. Currently, I am the Vice President of the Sichuan Student Union, responsible for students’ rights and schoolenterprise cooperation. In May 2015, I worked as a volunteer for the “Youth Responsibility Dream” International Student Forum on Disaster Management and Reconstruction. In April 2016, I participated in the 8th Journey of Tomorrow Leader and volunteered for Sichuan University 120th Anniversary in September.
I am an undergraduate student studying law in Sichuan University. I am the Vice Minister of Organization Department under Communist Youth League Committee of Sichuan University. I served as the Deputy Director of Integrated Affairs Center of Organization Department under Communist Youth League Committee of Sichuan University. I won a couple of competitions, including the Sichuan University Outstanding Members of the Communist Youth League, Sichuan University Celebrate Outstanding Volunteers, and Sichuan University Social Practice Outstanding Individuals.
Sichuan University, China
Sichuan University, China
ABSTRACT Poverty alleviation is not only a long-term and arduous task, but a task covering different areas and aspects as well, so it is impossible to elaborate it clearly in such a short time. Therefore, this project is about the poverty alleviation from the perspective of Help-thepoor in Education. This project contains three aspects. The first aspect is the scarcity of education opportunities. Taking my own experience as an example, finding the actuality about the scarcity of education opportunities in poor areas. The second thing is about the imbalanced allocation of education resources. In July 2016, we went to Ganluo, a village in the mountains of southern Sichuan Province in China, to participate in a volunteer service. Owing to this experience, we found that the education resources were concentrated in the areas with a higher level of economic development. Because of that, the poorer the area is, the less the education resources they have. The third thing is about how we can make contribution to alleviate poverty. This part takes an incredible organisation, “Sichuan University Postgraduate Volunteer Teaching Organization”, as a breakthrough point to discuss what can our college students do.
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A Sustainable Energy Strategy for Rural Communities in Tanzania Sustainable Community
Chi Lucy Yunsi Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London Project Manager Group lead: organisation, research and communciation with local NGOs
Emma Bewley
Jessica Quigley
I am from Bristol, UK and currently studying Civil Engineering at Imperial College London. I work for VINCI construction as an undergraduate engineer on site in the summer. I want to use engineering in development and disaster locations in the future. I was inspired by meeting an engineer designing basic houses in Haiti after the earthquake. My dream job would be to use engineering in a small scale development project that impacts people’s daily lives. I have volunteered in Romania, Malawi and Hong Kong. Last summer I led an Imperial College London trip to Tanzania to investigate biogas use as a sustainable energy alternative to firewood.
I am currently studying Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London. Prior to university, I worked as a data analyst for both the Graphite Core Team and Nuclear Waste Team at EDF Energy, where I was based at various nuclear power stations and Sellafield. I spent last summer carrying out viability assessments for the use of biogas as a sustainable fuel source in rural Tanzania, and I am thoroughly enjoying my current role in Imperial Biogas as it lets me explore alternative sustainable energy engineering solutions.
Nimil Shah
Yukun Wang
Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
Aeronautical Engineering, Imperial College London
Engineering Development Engineering research of biogas reactor tanks
Union Link Liaison with Imperial College Union and Enactus Imperial
Tzuo Wei Kuan
Jeng Yi
Aeronautical Engineering, Imperial College London
Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
Secretary Internal communications
Treasurer Project finance management
Imperial College London, UK Engineering Lead Research and assessment of biogas feasibility project.
Imperial College London, UK Trip Coordinator Organised group trip to rural Tanzania for needs assessments
ABSTRACT Last summer, four engineering students from Imperial College travelled to Chomachankola, a rural town in Tanzania, to investigate the use of biogas as a sustainable alternative to firewood as a fuel source. Firewood is expensive, time consuming to collect, and the smoke produced during cooking can cause respiratory problems. In contrast, biogas is produced from readily available cow manure, and forms methane gas, a fuel suitable for cooking. Imperial Biogas aims to partner with a local entrepreneur to build and run a biogas digester for the community. The biogas will be sold by the entrepreneur for a profit, and the business model will reimburse Imperial Biogas with a portion of the profit to allow further investment in new biogas digesters elsewhere. Last summer, the team met local farmers, interviewed potential entrepreneurs and witnessed first-hand some of the barriers to the implementation of a successful and sustainable project. Cultural differences, such as a fear of gas, could prevent locals from using the resource, and overseas communication poses an additional business risk. A fair financial model needs to be found that takes into account the entrepreneur’s lack of capital but enables future biogas investments.
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Project Nepal Sustainable Community
Haeyang Kim
Sanghoon Lee
I am currently studying Civil Engineering at Imperial College London. I have been involved with Project Nepal for two years and I have now been elected as Co-President for the forthcoming year. As part of this student-led project, I spent two months last summer volunteering in a remote mountainous region in Nepal. I am motivated by a drive to help others around the world who have not been able to enjoy the privileges which are often taken for granted in the UK. After graduation, I have plans to use my degree to create sustainable infrastructure in developing countries.
I am in the 3rd year of my Mechanical Engineering degree at Imperial College London. Last year, I joined Project Nepal to gain some new experiences as an overseas volunteer. Over the summer, I spent 6 weeks teaching and working in construction at a school in Nepal. I have since joined the committee at university and taken up various roles such as graphic designer and equipment manager. I wish to see the country develop sustainably and for the quality of education to increase nationwide. Imperial College London, UK
Imperial College London, UK
ABSTRACT Project Nepal is a subgroup of the charity, Intervol. The team is based in Imperial College London and meets weekly to design and plan new ways of alleviating poverty in Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world. We are partnered with a group of schools called Maya Universe Academy in the rural villages, where we send a team of volunteers every summer*. In the past, our projects have involved constructing bamboo classrooms as well as various other construction and agricultural tasks. Our current project, dubbed ‘Pi-thagoras’, involves the programming and deployment of affordable offline Raspberry Pi devices. Our aim is to enhance teaching and bring connectivity to remote areas where the internet is not accessible. The students will be able to access programmes such as the English dictionary and Wikipedia as well as educational apps for Maths and Science. The devices have been paired with projectors as well as solar panels for charging. A prototype was tested at a school on our latest trip and was met with a favourable response. We continue to develop new offline software with which we can update the devices. *Except over the summer of 2015, following the events of the earthquake.
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Project Sisonke Sustainable Community
Fanelesbonge Khuzwayo “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” - African Proverb I am currently enrolled in a Master’s degree in Development Studies. I hold an Honours degree in Development Studies and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, both awarded by the University of Pretoria. I also work as a Project coordinator at the office of the Dean for the Faculty of Humanities. I am an enthusiastic and innovative professional and have proven track record of thriving in every work environment I find myself in. University of Pretoria, South Africa
ABSTRACT There are competing perceptions whether the informal economy is an opportunity for the urban poor or a challenge for urban governance. On the one hand the informal economy in cities provides an opportunity for work and employment to the poor, on the other hand it creates several problems for urban governance. For this reason, some governments confer regulatory measures on local authorities to regulate, usually through municipal ByLaws, the informal sector. Since independence in South Africa in 1994, the informal economy, especially street trading, has become a permanent fixture and a major source of income and poverty alleviation for the poor. The problem is that street traders are seen as encroaching on public spaces. Traders themselves assert that city regulations are against them and don’t allow for an enabling environment for them to exist. This creates tensions between all stakeholders which could be better understood if all parties had representation and ongoing engagement to find solutions to their problems. While By-Laws are necessary to bring order, realities change and the informal sector remains a rapidly growing part of the economy and refuge for the poor. Therefore, this project will bring to the fore some significant lessons for state authorities in their attempt to create order whilst allowing people to construct their livelihoods. The purpose of this project is that it will both build on existing local knowledge and find new approaches to empowering the marginalized. It is within this context that a project, giving voices to street traders in the capital city should combine forces with the centres of power, i.e. public and private enterprise.
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Sustainable Community
Metronome Reducing Food Wastage through Innovation
Dominik Tokarski Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland C.F.O In charge of financials and product costings etc.
Shane Brennan
Ronan Hand
I grew up in County Wicklow, Ireland, and spent my early life involving myself in various arts and musical practices. I discovered my passion for design and what it could do for the community and society in general when I graduated from secondary school and began studying Product Design at Dublin Institute of Technology. Ever since, I have devoted my time and energy toward a mixture of the arts and the design worlds, and having recently graduated from college, I aim to continue my design work both at home and internationally.
I grew up and studied in Dublin, Ireland. I majored in Product Design at the prestigious Dublin Institute of Technology, finishing my fourth and final year of study in May 2017. Passionate about the world of design, I became interested in sustainable design and entrepreneurship over the course of my studies. I have presented in many National and International stages in relation to my design work and continues to develop my skills in the professional environment.
Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland C.T.O Technological development and product design
Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland C.E.O In charge of business plan management and product development
ABSTRACT Metronome is a smart storage system that aims to reduce food wastage by alerting its users of the food’s expiry date, aimed to be used in business kitchens in restaurants/ pubs/bars/hotels, or anywhere with a working kitchen that caters food for the public. Metronome has been designed to reduce the amount of food wastage in restaurants and eateries (hotels, hospitals, prisons, schools). Current expenditure of the average Irish restaurant on food each year is ₏130,000, it has been found that between 5% and 10% of this food is thrown out due to spoilage. Through primary research we have found the reason for this wastage being so high; stock held in fridges is being labelled with handwritten, often illegible stickers. This means expiry dates can be missed and containers can be misplaced and overlooked. With Metronome in place, restaurants can reduce food wastage to less than 2% through early warning food spoilage. Metronome consists of:
LED Timing Component Alerts user of expiration times Touch Screen Tablet Shows current stock and allows data input
Handheld NFC Scanner Transfers data between Tablet and Timing Component Docking station Houses and charges Scanner and Tablet
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The Urban Yield Sustainable Community
Dylan Sheppard
David Chapman
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
The team behind the Urban Yield is made up of two multidisciplinary designers; David Chapman and Dylan Sheppard. With a broad range of combined experiences working in product design, the automotive industry, furniture, user experience, and service design, the team thrives on approaching complex problems and working to creating meaningful experiences through detailed design. The teams complimentary design skill-set, formed through a shared aesthetic and approach, has been developed through studies in core design training and professional practice.
ABSTRACT The urban yield is a service design project proposing a bicycle based courier network for moving fresh produce throughout Brisbane’s central business district and surrounding cultural and social hubs. The primary function of the urban yield system is to connect urban fresh produce growers, backyard farmers and community gardeners, to local cafe’s and restaurants. The project aims to connect two emerging trends of bicycle urbanism and urban agriculture to produce an economically sound, environmentally conscious and community orientated food mobility network. By providing a mobility infrastructure, in the form of specialised cargo bicycles, the system aims to promote urban agriculture practices and encourage community engagement in localised food production and distribution. The project’s emphasis on creating sustainable communities through service and product design has resonated with local and international design organisations. As well as winning local Australian design competitions, the project was shortlisted for the 2015 Braun International Design Competition and featured in the prominent design publication Form magazine in 2016. 30
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WindChill: A Food Preservation Unit Sustainable Community
Jorge Zapote Castilla
Vanorio Victor
Being passionate about both innovation and social entrepreneurship, I have been a part of several projects in my spare time, designing products such as an off the grid food preservation unit for rural communities (WindChill), an improved seeing eye cane, and even working on a robotic bird. A drive to pursue sustainable development has also taken me to participate in events like the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. I am currently fulfilling my 16-month internship placement at Garmin Cochrane where I am responsible for aspects of design, testing and manufacture/machining of prototype parts in fitness, health, and outdoor products. During this placement, I have worked to expand my skill set and have learned to use advanced 3D modeling, precise machining, and have enjoyed learning to use CNC milling machine for complex prototypes.
I am an Electrical Engineering Student at the University of Calgary in Canada and the Co-founder of Emulating Nature in Innovation (ENOVA), a Biomimicry Student Club. I am a participant of the Biomimicry Institute’s 20162017 Biomimicry Accelerator Programme. Currently I am completing my internship as a Project Coordinator at Stuart Olson Construction. I have been involved in the UCalgary community since I became a student. I have volunteered as Orientation leader and have participated in the Emerging Leaders Programme and Sophomore Programme during my first year.
University of Calgary, Canada
University of Calgary, Canada
ABSTRACT Between 25% to 50% of the world’s food goes to waste every year. Our team worked together to come up with a tool to combat issues presented by food spoilage. These issues are prevalent around the world but they can be especially damaging in developing communities. Our design aims to take on the problem of food stores spoiling in areas with poor access to electricity. The goals of our alternate food preservation unit are: to not require an electricity grid, to be significantly less expensive than modern refrigeration methods and to be able to be incorporated into the poverty-stricken regions where it is most needed. In adhering to nature principles, we have been able to come up with the WindChill Food Preservation Unit. Our project has been spreading and we have received international partners and requests for collaboration from places such as India, Argentina, Mexico, the US and other countries in Latin America. WindChill itself is not a solution to all the world’s food waste problems, but rather it is a tool that can change the world of those who need it. The WindChill project won the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge in 2015 on food sustainability and continues to be developed today. 31
Community Innovation Hub – Mamelodi Arts & Culture Forum Sustainable Community
Sonwabile Sigenu I am a 21-year-old final year Mechanical Engineering student and Project Coordinator for Engineers Without Borders University of Pretoria. I have been involved in community engagement since my schooling years and now grown into a driver of community engagement in the township of Mamelodi, Pretoria, through several initiatives and organisations. Aside from reading enlightening books on philosophy and great modern thinkers, happiness in learning about the wonders of the world, while also developing some projects by myself. University of Pretoria, South Africa
ABSTRACT The Community Innovation Hub for Mamelodi Arts & Culture Forum is a proposed project for the tackling high unemployment rates in South Africa, at its first stage it tackles South Africa’s water crisis. The Mamelodi Arts & Culture Forum is currently a hub for artists and artisans in the Mamelodi township to perform, create and fix broken items. They are positioned in a very busy part of Mamelodi and are well respected and recognised within the community. A platform for a strategic hub in Mamelodi is proposed, whereby the workshops would be refurbished and equipped with necessary tools so that training programmes for artisanry could be introduced. A community non-profit internet café is set to become an ICT training facility with courses presented by University of Pretoria students with support of the JCP Community Engagement module.
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Innovation for Sustainability in Rural SMEs Sustainable Community
Allan Ssembajjwe
Emily Carris
I am a business enthusiast who is lately developing a penchant for innovation and strategic positioning because of the Masters course, I am currently pursuing. Whereas I am a professional accountant (ACCA) with experience of working in dynamic business environments like Ernst and Young (EY) and Enterprise Uganda among others, entrepreneurship has always been my passion. My recent inclination towards social entrepreneurship has been motivated by the dire rate of failure of businesses in Uganda. I am looking forward to partner with interested parties to work at nurturing SMES especially in rural Uganda to create sustainable businesses.
I am a social enterprise enthusiast from Iowa with a fondness for traveling. My travels have given me a chance to work in Korea, study in Mexico, as well as visit Uganda, the UK and Japan. Travelling opens you up to people of different races and backgrounds. It developed in me a deep desire to make a difference. I partner with this venture because I believe my experience in customer relations and investment advisory with companies like Homesteaders Funeral Insurance and Principle Life Company; along with being bilingual enables me to identify, draw and coordinate different partners interested in business sustainability for rural dwellers in Uganda.
University of Manchester, UK
Northwestern College, USA
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We seek to breed and train entrepreneurs to build businesses for the long-haul. To make Uganda the innovation hub of East and Central Africa. Uganda has approximately 38M people, with 80% below the age of 30 making it the youngest population in the world. It’s also the most entrepreneurial country in the world according to Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). This seems like good news compared to countries grappling with aging work forces. In Uganda, however the problem is that of unemployment among the youth; statistics show that over 50% of businesses started do survive, which explains why the most entrepreneurial country also has one of the highest levels of unemployment. There are many reasons for this among which is very limited or in most cases the total absence of innovation, capital, skills, market access. The Social business I therefore envision is one that supports entrepreneurs in the various fields of innovation: primarily we shall be looking at a one stop centre for budding entrepreneurs to support innovation in products, skills, market access and finance. The approach we intend to take is “creating a safe place for learning� through trial and error but also an offer for expert advice. 33
My Hikari | Japan Tourism Sustainable Community
Vera Paola Reyes
Hikaru Shoda
I am currently a graduate student at Kyoto University studying Master of Business Administration (MBA) in International Project Management. I obtained my bachelor’s degree in business administration at the University of the Philippines. I worked as an executive assistant to the Undersecretary for Planning, and a project development manager for public-private partnership (PPP) projects of the Department of Transportation of the Philippine Government. I received the Japanese Government Scholarship and am motivated to promote social entrepreneurship in Japan. I am the co-founder and CMO of My Hikari.
I am a graduate at Kyoto University with a degree in Bioresource Science. I am the founder and CEO of My Hikari, a social enterprise based in Kyoto that aims to promote inbound tourism in Japan. I participated in several entrepreneurial conferences including the Global Technology Entrepreneurship Programme (GTEP) where my team won the first place in the new business idea competition. My other interests include blogging, travelling, and playing violin. I hope to engage in social entrepreneurship in order to create a big impact to change people’s lives for the better. Kyoto University, Japan
Kyoto University, Japan
ABSTRACT My Hikari (www.my-hikari.com) is a social enterprise that aims to promote inbound tourism to Japan through the creation of specially curated souvenir boxes for each Japanese city. It features different Japanese cities each month and aim to promote the lesser known or the “hidden gems” cities of Japan. The Japanese government has focused on promoting tourism in the country to augment the threat posed by shrinking and aging population. The project aims to support the Japanese government’s drive for inbound tourism. The project includes the best food products, souvenir items, and travel information for each Japanese city in our souvenir boxes. Aside from featuring the local products, we will build good relationships with our local business partners through providing consultations on how to improve their business and make them more globally competitive and tourist friendly. The project is currently in the testing and prototype creation phase.
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International Youth Congress 2017 Harmony and Challenges of Ethnic Diversity Date Time Venue
Wednesday, 28 June 2017 14:00 - 18:00 V322, Jockey Club Innovation Tower
Themed Harmony and Challenges of Ethnic Diversity , the International Youth Congress 2017 kicks off at the Jockey Club Innovation Tower. Organised by the Global Youth Leaders Club, thirty-nine student executives and presenters of six different nationalities gather at the Congress to raise the sense of social responsibility and celebrate the good opportunity for university students to discuss among peers, and to come up with vivid ideas on how to tackle the social challenges brought about by ethnic diversities. In line with GYLI’s vision, the Global Youth Leaders Club, a nonprofit student organisation constituted by the graduates of GYLI, was launched in 2016. The Club intends to offer continuous support and trainings on leadership skills and social awareness to its members . It also aims to uphold, advocate, and promote members’ interests and welfare during and after their leadership programmes organised by GYLI.
Rundown in Brief 13:30 Registration 14:00 Keynote Speech 14:30 Student Presentations I 16:10 Interactive Activities 16:45 Student Presentations II 17:50 Closing
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General Information Global Youth Leaders Summit 2017: Let’s Make the World a Better Place takes place on 28 – 29 June 2017
Programme in Brief 28 June 2017
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Keynote Lecture by Prof Hau L. Lee Launch Ceremony of Global Youth Leadership Institute Student Presentations on Social Entrepreneurship
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Student Presentations Parallel Session 1: Poverty Alleviation Student Presentations Parallel Session 2: Sustainable Community International Youth Congress 2017: Harmony and Challenges of Ethnic Diversity
29 June 2017
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(Closed session) Local NGOs and Social Entreprise Visits (Closed session) Roundtable Discussions on Student’s Initiatives
Venue and Registration 28 June 2017
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Silverbox Ballroom, Hotel ICON
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3/F Jockey Club Innovation Tower, PolyU
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(Closed session) V1215 Jockey Club Innovation Tower, PolyU
29 June 2017
Language The official language of the summit is English. All abstracts and presentations are in English.
Inquiry / Emergency Contacts
Ms Kim Wong Global Youth Leadership Institute T. A. E.
(852) 9227 2951 GH246 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University kim.hk.wong@polyu.edu.hk
28 June 2017
Lunch Dinner
12.45 – 13.45 @ Go Inside/Friends, The Metropolitan 18.00 – 21.00 @ King’s Cuisine, The Metropolitan
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Lunch Dinner
Arranged at the local NGOs and social entreprise sites 18.00 – 21.00 @ Chinese Garden, 4/F Communal Building, PolyU
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Committee and Acknowledgement
Global Youth Leadership Institute Management Committee Chairperson
Professor Angelina Yuen Vice-President (Student and Global Affairs)
Members
Panels, Chairs, and Moderators
Professor Daniel Shek
Professor Esmond Mok
Associate Vice-President (Undergraduate Programme)
Dean of Students Dean of Students Office
Dr Stephen Chan
Dr Laura Lo
Head Office of Service-Learning
Director Chinese Mainland Affairs Office
Dr Alwin Wong
Mr Eric Lo
Director Institute for Entrepreneurship
Associate Director International Affairs Office
Professor Marcelo de Andrade Romero Provost of Culture and Extension University of SĂŁo Paulo
Professor Dongmin Chen
Professor Hau L Lee
Director Office of Science and Technology Development, Peking University
The Thoma Professor of Operations Information and Technology Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Mr Raymond Chiu
Dr Elsie Chien
Deputy Chief Executive Officer Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service
Department of Social Work and Social Administration The University of Hong Kong
Dr David FK Ip Department of Applied Social Sciences, PolyU
Collaborating Programmes / Offices
Global Student Challenge International Affairs Office International Summer School Academic Secretariat Alumni Affairs and Development Office Communications and Public Affairs Office Dean of Students Office Hotel ICON Limited Institute for Entrepreneurship Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation
Official Water Supplier
URBAN SPRING
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Design & Creatives Motion Graphics Mandy Tsang @ eMotionLAB Graphic Core Lo @ Core Design Associate Design & Art Direction Leo P. H. Chan & Chloe Sin @ On Your Mark Design Laboratory
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