New York – With One Young World’s Inaugural Summit fast approaching on Feb. 8, global leaders Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Sir Bob Geldof, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus and former President of Peru Alejandro Toledo, among others, are busy preparing for one of their most challenging but momentous tasks: guiding the young global leaders of tomorrow as they gather as a formal body to better the world.
Founded by David Jones, global CEO of Havas Worldwide, and Kate Robertson, Euro RSCG UK Group Chairman, One Young World is the first youth leadership summit to bring together leaders age 25 and under from the world’s 192 countries. The mandate of the several hundred delegates is to begin their tenure as world leaders by confronting today’s challenges as a united international group.
“The world is getting younger while the issues facing us grow more critical each day,” says co-founder Jones. “But the power of social media to find young voices and gather innovative ideas means that—for the first time—world youth can play an important role in shaping the future of their world.”
After an official welcome by London Mayor Boris Johnson on Feb. 8 at the Opening Ceremony, One Young World delegates will kick off the summit with a session called “The Environment and Its Protection,” guided by One Young World counselors Kofi Annan and Sir Bob Geldof. Each of six sessions will feature addresses from six delegates, a vote by attending delegates on its particular draft resolution, then an announcement of the voting results. All One Young World sessions will be streamed online and available through real-time updates at www.oneyoungworld.com.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus will speak on social enterprise, followed by an address by HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway on global dignity. Subsequent sessions include “Interfaith Dialogue,” led by Martin Davidson, CEO of the British Council, and “The Role of Global Business,” led by One Young World Counselors Harald Ludwig, co-chairman of Lionsgate Entertainment, and Elio Leoni-Sceti, global CEO of EMI Music. John Replogle (president and CEO of Burt’s Bees) and Oscar Morales (founder of the social media–based activist movement One Million Voices Against FARC), also number among the global leaders who will address the summit on topics of international importance.
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