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The Forum ofYoung Global LeadersAnnual Report 2015-2016October 2016
ContentsForeword3Education and Learning16Introduction4Dangote Fellowship17Community Objectivesand Guiding PrinciplesAlumni Community185Financial Statements19Global Footprint6Strategic Outlook20Class of 20167Agenda 2016-201721Action and Impact8Governance22Partners and Engagement24Collaboration and CommunityWorld Economic Forum 2016 – All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced orTransmitted in any form or by any means, includingPhotocopying and recording, or by any information Storageand retrieval system.REF 05101611
ForewordGlobal events over the past year haveraised considerable concern aboutour future. The weakening of multiplesystems has eroded confidence at thenational, regional and global levels.And, in the absence of credible stepstowards their renewal, protectionism,populism and nativism are increasing.What is clear is the irrefutable need formore agile, inclusive and innovativesolutions to the global concerns raisedby societies worldwide that have beenneglected for too long.Klaus SchwabFounder and Executive Chairman,World Economic ForumRecognizing this need, in 2004I founded the foremost platform fornext-generation leaders to engagein earnest multicultural dialogue andcollaborative action. Today, I am proudof their initiatives to improve the stateof the world, and am hopeful that theircontinued efforts will ensure that theFourth Industrial Revolution serves as apositive catalyst for change.The Forum of Young Global Leaders(YGLs) is a community of over 800leaders from all walks of life, whooperate as a force for good toovercome barriers that stand in the wayof progress. They capitalize on diversetalents, experiences and networksto achieve more together than theycould separately, to catalyse inclusivedevelopment and equitable growth.This year, new efforts like Apolitical,AeroFarms, Druid Collective, Hive,IamtheCODE, Maverick Collective andScholarships for Syria, amid others,are advancing innovations for greatersocial, economic and environmentalimpact.In recent years, I have not onlychallenged YGLs to do more, but tobe more, too. Community membersundergo a transformative leadershipjourney. From being challenged at theworld’s leading universities to engagingwith diverse peers and top influencerson global, regional and industryagendas, YGLs are inspired to movefrom individual success to systemschange catalysts taking on leadershiproles in policy-making and governance.In this respect, YGL alumniexperienced unparalled success. KateHamption became Chief ExecutiveOfficer of the Children’s InvestmentFund Foundation, Scott Brison wasnominated President of Canada’sTreasury Board, Leslie Maasdorpwas appointed Vice-President andChief Financial Officer of BRICS NewDevelopment Bank, and FernandoZavala was elected Prime Ministerof Peru. YGLs are proving theirdeep commitment to transformativeleadership, acting credibly andresponsibly to empower all actors.As you review this report, I am sure youwill agree that the work undertaken byYGLs is crucial to addressing many ofthe world’s challenges, including theresponsive leadership deficit.I would like to thank the manycollaborators who sustain the successof this community – especially theYGLs and alumni who take actionevery day to combat the complexityand uncertainty of our world. I alsothank John Dutton, Head of the YoungGlobal Leaders Community, for hiscontinued leadership under AdrianMonck, Head of Public Engagementand Foundations and Member of theManaging Board, as well as the entireFoundations Team, who not onlysupport Young Global Leaders, butalso the Global Shapers Communityand the Schwab Foundation for SocialEntrepreneurship.Annual Report 2015-20163
IntroductionIn 2015-2016, the Forum ofYoung Global Leaders focusedon strengthening the power of thecommunity to effect change, byenabling reflection on the complexitiesof the world and inspiring responsibilityto act. This was assessed throughan inaugural impact review, whichcaptured nearly 300 partnerships,projects, businesses, initiativesand task forces, driving inclusivedevelopment and equitable growththis year – a number that reflectsthe highest level of activity in thecommunity’s history.Adrian MonckHead of Public Engagementand Foundations, Member of the ManagingBoard, World Economic ForumFor more information on the initiativesof the community, see page 8.This was achieved through a newmembership structure and methodsof community engagement codesigned with the YGL AdvisoryGroup, which resulted in theonboarding of 96% of new communitymembers before the end of June – anunprecedented level of confirmations.This enhanced process allowedmore time to work one-on-one withcommunity members to identify realways to effect change.John DuttonHead of the Young Global Leaders Community,World Economic Forum4The Forum of Young Global LeadersThe new membership structurealso strengthened the financialsustainability of the community,allowing it to focus new funding effortson exploring alternative long-termmodels in the form of an EndowmentFund. For YGLs, the programme isoften life-altering and they voice adesire to give back to ensure othersthe same transformative experience.Philanthropy will be crucial to continueforging collaborations, synergies andlearning moments for future YGLsand to operating in a way that is selfsustaining and autonomous in 20162017 and beyond.Other highlights included our ExecutiveEducation modules at the HarvardKennedy School of Government andthe Saïd Business School at OxfordUniversity, which challenged 180community members to questionthe status quo and enhance theirleadership abilities for greaterimpact. Another was our secondannual YGL Impact Lab in New YorkCity, co-created with communitymembers to incubate new ideas andtransform them into mature, scalableand sustainable initiatives. Fourteennew innovation models were stresstested and many have now beendeveloped into new YGL initiatives,including IamtheCODE, one of thewinners of the community competition.To learn more about the Impact Lab,see page 13.Lastly, the Forum of Young GlobalLeaders Annual Summit in Genevaalso inspired 600 YGLs to not onlytake credible actions towards changewith their peers, but also to do soin partnership with other WorldEconomic Forum constituents,including the Global Shapers,social entrepreneurs of the SchwabFoundation for Social Entrepreneurshipand Tech Pioneers. The Summit washeld in parallel to the Global ShapersAnnual Curators Meeting, and it wasinvaluable to see the two communitiescome together for the public good.Joint projects and partnerships wereformed and are continuing.Overall, the progress achieved over thepast year was made possible thanksto the inspired work of Young GlobalLeaders around the world and thegenerous support of our Partners andcollaborators at all levels. Thank you toeveryone who supports this continuedsuccess.
Community Objectivesand Guiding PrinciplesThe community’s mission is built on three objectives:Action and ImpactTo operate as a force for good, scaling individual andcollective solutions to global and local challenges.Collaboration and CommunityTo build a global community of peers who capitalize ondiverse talents, experiences and networks to achieve moretogether than they could separately.Leadership and LearningTo transform leaders through personal and collectiveexperiences that build knowledge and engender betterunderstandings of global, regional and industry issues.The Forum of Young Global Leaders includes over 850leaders from all walks of life, from every region of the worldand from every stakeholder group in society. This year theYGL Advisory Group worked with over 400 communitymembers to develop the YGL Guiding Principles – thevalues that shape the activities, ethos and structure of theForum of Young Global Leaders.These Guiding Principles are:GenerosityWe take the time to listen and support one another ata deep, human level. We go out of our way to make adifference to one another’s work. We’re inclusive. Wechallenge one another, and make diversity a source ofstrength.AuthenticityWe bring our real selves to the community. We open up.We seek humility and acknowledge what we don’t know,so we can learn from others. We value YGLs as individuals,beyond whatever roles we currently occupy.RespectWe communicate respect for one another, including whenwe deeply disagree. We earn each other’s trust and honourthe commitments we make to one another. We strive fortransparency in the way we operate as a community. Wehold one another accountable.ImpactWe operate as a force for good. We stand for somethinglarger than ourselves. We imagine how the world could bebetter, and take personal responsibility to act. We capitalizeon diverse talents and networks to achieve more togetherthan we could separately. As a network, we overcomebarriers that stand in the way of progress.Annual Report 2015-20165
Global FootprintThe Forum of Young Global Leaders is a community of over 850 enterprising, socially-minded men and women under theage of 40, who operate as a force for good to overcome barriers that stand in the way of progress. The community is madeup of leaders from all walks of life, from every region of the world and from every stakeholder group in society.This report covers the activities of the Forum of Young Global Leaders in the pursuit of this mission, from July 2015 to June2016. Overall, it marks the start of its 12th year of 6The Forum of Young Global Leaders9%14%
Class of 2016Each year, the Forum of YoungGlobal Leaders selects around 120of the world’s most outstandingnext-generation leaders. At the timeof nomination, they already have aproven track record of extraordinaryachievement and two distinctcharacteristics: they have achievedtheir success young (under the age of40) and have demonstrated a deepcommitment to positive social impact.Upon selection, they are fully integratedinto the World Economic Forum’sglobal meetings and multistakeholderinitiatives.The Class of 2016 comprises 121pioneers, disruptors and innovatorswho are accelerating the opportunitiesof the Fourth Industrial Revolution– including a scientist sharing herdata with the world, an entrepreneurredefining nuclear energy production,a human rights activist fighting forinclusive governance, and an actorwho gives a damn and puts his moneybehind it.The new class is evenly split betweenbusiness and non-profits, the latterincluding science and technology, artsand culture, government and policy,media and social entrepreneurs.Women are a majority in this year’sgroup and over half of the cohort comefrom emerging economies –showingthat the world’s future leaders arebecoming more representative in termsof both gender and geography. Thisyear, 15 YGLs were selected from AsiaPacific, 4 YGLs from Eurasia, 23 YGLsfrom Europe, 13 YGLs from GreaterChina, 7 YGLs from Latin America, 10YGLs from the Middle East and NorthAfrica, 27 YGLs from North America,11 YGLs from South Asia, and 11YGLs from Sub-Saharan Africa – a trulyglobal force.New community members include topGhanaian software engineer FaridaBedwei; Harvard University professor ofEconomics Roland Fryer, renowned forhis work on education, inequality andrace; world class artificial intelligenceresearcher Chih-Han Yu from Taiwan,China; French Minister of the Economy,Industry and Digital Affairs EmmanuelMacron; biomedical engineer NinaTandon, who founded the world’sfirst company growing living humanbones for skeletal reconstruction; 2015Nobel Peace Prize nominee VictorOchen, respected for his work topromote youth leadership; and actorand investor Ashton Kutcher, who iscombating technology’s role in thesexual exploitation of children.The launch of the Class of 2016generated unprecedented mediacoverage. The YGL widget receivedover 37,000 views in just one monthand the Chinese video announcementobtained nearly 90,000 views in thefirst 24 hours. Since the launch, 96%of new community members havebeen onboarded and have signed theirmembership contracts, a 10% increaseover previous years.The World Economic Forum isconfident that these newly recognizedYoung Global Leaders, like thosebefore them, will find their membershipin the community to be invigorating andinspiring, enhancing their world viewsand strengthening their transformativeimpact in both their current and futureleadership roles.Annual Report 2015-20167
Action and ImpactI partneredYGLsformedwithnewa fellowpartnershipsYGL:I createdYGLscreateda newnewbusinessbusinesseswith a fellow YGLDave Hanley and Shalini Puchalapalli launched an Indianled movement to prevent female infanticide and empowerwomen and girls with tools to overcome systemic genderbased discrimination.Lisa Witter and Robyn Scott founded Apolitical, a forprofit entity driving new solutions in government, suchas pioneering impact bonds in South Africa and anticorruption programmes in Sri Lanka.Shamina Singh and Marcela Escobari conductedgroundbreaking research with the Harvard Centerfor International Development to advance a globalunderstanding of the complex dynamics of poverty.Kate Roberts and HRH Mette-Merit of Norway foundedthe Maverick Collective, a community of philanthropistswho use their intellectual and financial resources to createchange. They have already mobilized 30 million to helpmore than 300,000 girls live healthier lives through pilotprojects in 13 countries.Toshihiro Nakamura and Dispanadda Diskul collaboratedin Myanmar to bring simple, life-changing technologies torural communities to reduce poverty and expand accessto clean energy products.Vandana Goyal and Carlos Fernandes teamed up duringthe South Asia Bridge Initiative Meeting in Sri Lanka tolaunch an educational exchange programme betweenyoung people in India and in western countries.With support from many YGLs, David Rosenberg createdAeroFarms to revolutionize agriculture and its impacts onour planet. Operating vertical indoor farms, it uses 1%of the land required by field farming, while reducing 98%of harmful transportation emissions and using 95% lesswater.Brooke Ellison and Alison Loat united a global networkof disability NGOs to support the data analysis andcommunications necessary globally to ensure theSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are inclusive ofthose with disabilities.YGLs and Global Shapers across Africa reached 160million social media impressions through #Internet4All – acampaign to raise awareness of the 50% of the world’spopulation who are missing out on the life-changingbenefits of internet connectivity – from financial services,to health and education.The YGL programme provided me with a rareopportunity to connect with professionals whoshare common ideals. The convening powerof the World Economic Forum has allowedus to collaborate and bring novel approachesof peace-building to policy-maker’s attentionworldwide.Saleem Ali, Chair and Professor, Sustainable Minerals Institute,University of Queensland, Australia8The Forum of Young Global Leaders
I servedYGLsservedas a strategicas strategicadviseradvisorsto a fellow YGLOver 100 YGLs supported the Global Teacher Prize, aninitiative of YGL Vikas Pota of the Varkey Foundation, totransform the status of teachers globally and improve thequality of education worldwide.YGL Niko Canner served as a board member to TauInvestment Management, a collective effort of YGLs whoare passionate about reinventing traditional approachesto business.I steeredYGLssteereda taskcommunityforce for fellowtaskforcesYGLsAlberto Alemanno, Leandro Machado and Aaron Maniamled the Public Leadership Task Force – a campaignto change public narratives around politics and supportelected or aspiring politicians in the YGL community.Caroline Watson, Yvonne Li, Nicole Schwab andAli Ibrahim led the Spirituality and TransformativeLeadership Task Force, which seeks to encouragedebate on how spirituality inspires leadership andcreates the higher order leaders of tomorrow through aninnovative blogs series on The Huffington Post.When the World Economic Forum selected meto join its Young Global Leaders community, Ididn’t realize at the time the impact it was goingto have on my life. Becoming a YGL wasn’tan award for past accomplishments, but aninvitation to start a new journey committed tohelping make the world a better place.Rajiv Pant, Chief Executive Officer, Solutions at Scale, USAKatarzyna Pisarska led the Foreign Policy Task Force,which aims to build knowledge of foreign policy issuesacross the globe and raise the visibility of YGLs shapingforeign policy in their countries.Annual Report 2015-20169
YGLs led official community initiativesTo advance quality education and skillsBeyond Tomorrow: A scholarship and leadershipprogramme working with over 100 young survivors andorphans in disaster-hit areas to obtain degrees to becomeJapan’s next-generation of innovators.IamtheCODE: An African-led, global movement tomobilize business leaders and policy-makers to ensure1 million women and girls learn to code, find jobs andbecome digital leaders by 2030.Learn Money: A global action week, arming over 50,000youth with the financial skills, knowledge and confidenceto budget, borrow and save for the future.Scholarships for Syria: A global initiative to identifytalented young refugees and enable them to receive a topuniversity education to, in turn, find future opportunities torebuild their country.Nepal Earthquake Relief Effort – Let’s Build SchoolsCampaign: A campaign to build a sustainable modelschool for over 600 students in Kathmandu, Nepal, thatalso serves as a community centre in case of naturaldisaster and showcases ways to improve educationalstandards in government institutions.To drive economic growth and inclusivedevelopmentGlobal Dignity: An annual action day inspiringmulticultural and intergenerational conversations aboutdignity through in-school leadership programmesengaging over 1.5 million youth worldwide.Hive: A digital platform to help development financeinstitutions, investors and philanthropists to work togetherto close the funding gap needed to achieve the UN’sSustainable Development Goals by 2030.New Champions 5050: A global initiative for genderequality to inspire, educate and empower 1 billion womenand girls by 2030.SDG Initiative: A project to mobilize the YGL networkto accelerate the achievement of the SustainableDevelopment Goals and to achieve a world withoutpoverty or hunger, to realize growth with equity and toprotect our planet.Druid Collective: An initiative to support young scienceand research and development companies, withpotentially transformative social impact, to connect withthe right expertise, contacts, and capital to scale theirefforts.10The Forum of Young Global LeadersSocial Credits: A public-policy initiative seekingto develop a framework mechanism to incentivizeprivate capital for sustainable economic growth anddevelopment. The concept received endorsement atmajor international forums this year, including adoption byboth the G20 and B20 Energy Forum.To protect our planet and promote sustainableenergyDecarbonathon: A series of challenge prizes to generatenew solutions to climate change, where winning ideasare accelerated through incubation funding to reduce thecarbon footprint of cities.South Asia Bridge Initiative-ROSHNI: An initiative toprovide cost-effective, green and sustainable solar-energysolutions to help electricity-deprived South Asian familieslive healthier, safer lives by reducing the use of hazardouslighting and introducing clean solutions into communities.The Circulars: An annual awards programme tocelebrate, showcase and promote circular economyinnovation, which has received over 400 applications from36 countries in just two years.Thirst: Mina Guli’s effort to raise awareness for globalwater scarcity by being the first person to run 40marathons across seven deserts over seven continents inseven weeks, and to educate and engage over 100,000youth between the ages of 10 and 15 to becomeresponsible water citizens.To transform health and healthcare worldwideDeworm the World: An initiative to scale school-baseddeworming programmes to improve children’s health,education and long-term development. It supportsdeworming for 200 million children annually.MUrgency: A mobile app that connects people whoneed emergency response with qualified medical, safetyand rescue teams. MUrgency has responded to over300,000 emergencies worldwide, connecting over1,500 medical responders and 70 medical institutions toindividuals in need of help.Table for Two: By partnering with over 700 corporations,universities, restaurants and participating organizations,Table for Two has served nearly 38,000 meals to peopleon both sides of the table – those in need of healthiermeals and children in need of more nutritious meals inschool.
Collaboration and CommunityTo build a global community of peers that sets common goals and drives collective impact, the Forum of Young GlobalLeaders engages YGLs in a variety of activities around the world. YGLs are fully integrated into the World EconomicForum’s global meetings and multistakeholder initiatives, and they also participate in unique community-led events. Aselection and synopses of these events follows.Young Global Leaders and Alumni AnnualSummitAnnual Meeting of the New ChampionsGeneva, Switzerland 10-14 August 2015Dalian, People’s Republic of China 9-11 September 2015The Forum of Young Global Leaders Annual Summit2015 was the largest to date. Over 590 YGLs, alumni,spouses and family attended and connected withold friends and new. YGLs and alumni engaged inpeer-to-peer workshops to identify and drive impactoriented initiatives, and engaged with the Forum’s widermultistakeholder community – including Global Shapers,Social Entrepreneurs and Tech Pioneers – to acceleratethe scale and scope of their social innovations. A jointworkshop was held in parallel with the Global Shapers’Annual Curators Meeting, in which 10 YGL initiativesand 10 Global Shapers’ Hub projects were showcased.Other highlights included inspiring talks from YGLs EnricSala, Shamina Singh and Maickel Melamed that focusedon their personal and professional purposes in life; aperformance by YGLs Dana Leong and Olivier Oullier;and the sharing of many examples of the power of thecommunity to effect real change when YGLs unite andtake action around their passions.At the World Economic Forum’s flagship event onscience, technology and innovation, 85 YGLs helpedin “Charting a New Course for Growth”, following thetheme of the Meeting. YGL voices could be heard acrossa range of diverse topics, from the frontiers of emergingmarkets and technology, to disrupting mobility and retailbanking. For example, Zulfikar Ali Bader delivered a talkon the new age of consumption and Ron Cao contributedto the conversation on digital innovations disrupting thestatus quo. Overall, 27 YGLs had speaking roles andthe YGL community programme included an in-depthconversation with YGL alumnus and event Co-Chair LiRuigang, Founding Chairman of China Media Capital. Inthis session, YGLs explored soft power development inGreater China.Annual Report 2015-201611
World Economic Forum Annual MeetingEngadin Ski MarathonDavos-Klosters, Switzerland 20-23 January 2016Graubünden, Switzerland 13 March 2016At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016,102 YGLs participated from all walks of life. Focused on“Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, 25 YGLshelped shape the global agenda through speaking roles,including Danah Boyd, who spoke about how to secureour digital future; Valerie Casey and Soraya Darabi, whotalked about the new frontiers of innovation; and MichelleDipp and Brooke Ellison, who discussed new medicalbreakthroughs. The YGL community programme focusedon strengthening the community’s impact, through twocollaborative sessions focused on 1) identifying ourecosystem of impact, and 2) exploring spaces for newinnovations to emerge. YGLs also participated in Meetthe Leader sessions with Jack Ma, Executive Chairman ofAlibaba Group, and US Secretary of State John Kerry.At the 2016 Engadin Ski Marathon, 25 YGLs pushedthemselves to their limits in an unforgettable communitybuilding exercise. Facing the elements of wind andsnow in one of the most beautiful landscapes in Europe,community members from around the world (includingfrom Kenya, Mongolia, Sweden and Switzerland)participated in the annual ski marathon. The YGLgroup included both beginners and experienced skiersand, regardless of ability, participants left with lifelongfriendships and a sense of comradery and invincibilitywith regard to what they could achieve together in thefuture.12The Forum of Young Global Leaders
Young Global Leaders Impact LabNew York City, USA 27-29 April 2016At the Forum of Young Global Leaders’ foremost eventfor catalysing positive impact, 28 YGLs presented 14 newsocial innovation models to address some of the world’smost pressing challenges. The Impact Lab hosted athree-day intensive and interactive workshop, where peeridentified experts led sessions on branding, fundraisingand scaling innovations for systems-level impact. Theevent culminated in a community competition in whichthe YGLs applied the lessons learned and pitched theirimpact ideas (both new and established projects) to apanel of judges who selected the most promising models.The winners for new ideas included Caroline Freire andMokena Makeka’s project to design a model classroom,Ready Set Grow; Anoop Ratnaker Rao and MosharrafZaidi’s campaign to provide cost-effective, green andsustainable solar-energy solutions to electricity-deprivedfamilies, Roshni; and Zunaid Ahmed Palak’s digital toolto better connect policy-makers with their constituents,Voice.The winners for established projects included MariémeJamme’s campaign to empower Africa’s next generationof female digital leaders, IamtheCODE; MustaphaMokass’ efforts to equip decision-makers in emergingeconomies with the technical skills to implement theGlobal Climate Agreement, the Climate Skills Initiative;and David Lubell and Dave Hanley’s place-basedmovement to ensure all communities become culturallyand institutionally welcoming of refugees, GlobalWelcome.My dream is to sit down in 2030 and see on thecover of Time magazine, Africa’s Top 100 FemaleChief Information Officers and Chief TechnologyOfficers. But how do we get there if the Africancontinent has not invested in STEM [science,technology, engineering and mathematics] subjects?Or when we haven’t provided girls the chance toeven think about science, technology, creativity orcoding?”Thus YGL Mariéme Jamme launched the#IamtheCODE movement, an Africa-led globalinitiative to close the digital divide and skills gap bydeveloping Africa’s next generation of female digitalleaders and entrepreneurs.Over 1,000 women and girls have participated in the#IamtheCODE movement, which aims to empowerover 1 million digital leaders by 2030 through itscoding academy. To achieve this, however, Mariémeknows that she cannot do it alone. Instead, widerchange at the systems level is needed to empowerwomen to “break the code” and become digitalleaders. “We must mobilize the private sector,investors and the government to start thinkingabout STEM subjects.” This is not only important forwomen, but also for the African content.Reflecting on the YGL community, Mariémethanks her fellow YGLs for their intellectualgenerosity during the design and implementationof the movement and the 2016 Impact Lab,especially Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas and BelindaParmar. As Mariéme explained to the YGL Team,“#IamtheCODE is not about me. It’s about thecommunity coming together to support youngwomen and girls around the world to learn to code,get jobs and become entrepreneurs. I want to usethe community and my influence as a YGL fromSenegal to showcase what the community can do.We can, and we are, changing the lives of womenand girls across Africa.Impact Testimonial: The 2016 Impact Lab Winner, Mariéme JammeAnnual Report 2015-201613
World Economic Forum on AfricaWorld Economic Forum on ASEANKigali, Rwanda 11-13 May 2016Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1-2 June 2016Focused on “Connecting Africa’s Resources throughDigital Transformation”, 77 YGLs contributed to the themeof the 26th World Economic Forum on Africa. From AllyAngula’s talk on the future of production, to RosebellKagumire’s insights on managing migration, and JamesMwangi’s ideas on new agricultural innovations, YGLspositively shaped the regional and industry agendas.The YGL community programme included a dynamicdiscussion on resilient leadership moderated by 2016YGL Nima Elmi and featuring YGLs Busingye Johnston,Eric Kacou and Clare Akamanzi. Other highlightsincluded the Meet the Leader session with Paul Kagame,President of Rwanda; a moving visit to the RwandaGenocide Memorial; and the community’s participationin the influential #Internet4All campaign, which raisedawareness of the 50% of the world’s population whoare missing out on the life-changing benefits of internetconnectivity. The campaign reached over 160 millionsocial media impressions.Thirty-six YGLs participated in the World EconomicForum on ASEAN, which focused on regional challengesof the Fourth Industrial Revolution. YGL alumnus AnthonyFernandes led a public debate on what innovationmay look like over the next 30 years, and YGL AniesBaswedan discussed how, although this Revolutioncould cause job losses, citizens will find new ones asadvancing technologies take hold. The YGL communityprogramme included a Meet the Leader session with thePrime Minister of Timor-Leste, Rui Maria de Araújo, whoprovided insight into his personal journey to the top ofpolitics.14The Forum of Young Global Leaders
World Economic Forum on Latin AmericaAnnual Meeting of the New ChampionsMedellin, Colombia 16-17 June 2016Tianjin, People’s Republi
leaders from all walks of life, from every region of the world and from every stakeholder group in society. This year the YGL Advisory Group worked with over 400 community members to develop the YGL Guiding Principles - the values that shape the activities, ethos and structure of the Forum of Young Global Leaders. These Guiding Principles are:
