SEAMconference

Description

SEAMconference will take place from 27-30 May 2016 at NUS. It is a residential conference; participants will be staying at the Cinnamon College. The cost is S$50 per participant. Southeast Asian youths (high school level) will gather to discuss themes spanning education, arts and social inequality under the broad theme ‘ASEAN Identity'. Organized by the National University of Singapore University Scholars Programme and the Yale Southeast Asian Movement, the conference is titled “Southeast Asia 20/20”. Youth participants will meet with professionals, and student mentors to plan policy memos based on the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Blueprint. Mentors will guide them through workshops to hone their critical thinking and presentation skills before teams present their policy memos. The SEAMconference is supported by the United States Department of State through the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Seeds for Future Grant and supported by institutions such as the International Republican Institute. More information: http://southeastasianmovement.org/

Objectives

To provide a platform to foster intellectual discussion on the issues relevant to Southeast Asia To facilitate the exchange and development of ideas To hone youth potential by developing strong networks of Southeast Asian youths

Publicity

We have our own website: http://southeastasianmovement.org/seamconference/#apply-now. We have sent emails to schools at SEA region and have received positive feedback. Participants will only have to pay a nominal fee of $50 for an enriching 4D3N conference.

Partners

Financial and/ or Logistics Sponsorship/ Partnership