What is Leading Change 2012?
It is a week-long Forum (www.leadingchange2012.ca) starting March 13th, 2012 in Vancouver. The target audience is 150 Emerging Leaders – youth and young professionals interested in the environment, clean energy and clean technology. The Forum complements the GLOBE Conference and is focused on building the next generation of corporate leaders, policy thinkers, entrepreneurs and community actors. The Forum is a volunteer partnership lead by The Delphi Group (www.delphi.ca), Young Environmental Professionals (YEP) and, Connecting Environmental Professionals (CEP). YEP/CEP is a not-for-profit 2000-person network of young leaders across Canada.
Highlights of the preliminary agenda for the Forum
Starting with a day-long workshop on March 13, 2012, the Forum will kick-off with a high energy day filled with motivational speakers, engaging dialogue with peers and mentors and hands-on learning around critical sustainability issues. Discussions are currently underway with speakers to ensure that the agenda includes leaders from business, political and community circles. From March 14-16 participants will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities including mentoring workshops, focus groups, company tours, the Globe Conference (networking events, trade fair, sessions) and a number of other tailored ‘Emerging Leader touch points’ throughout the week for continued discussion and engagement.
What are the outcomes of the Forum?
The outcomes of the Forum include an expanded network of informed emerging leaders; established relationships between the emerging leaders and mentors; new employment opportunities for young leaders; and education and community project ideas for the emerging leaders to implement. At the end of the Forum the goal is for participants to take professional action — such as making presentations to local government, implementing community sustainability projects, and/or starting up new businesses — when they return to their communities, post secondary institutions or workplaces.
For further information, please contact Mike Gerbis (mgerbis@delphi.ca, tel. 613-562-2005 x 224) or Elizabeth Watterworth (ewatterworth@eco.ca).
