Fully Funded St. Gallen Symposium Leader of Tomorrow Essay Competition in Switzerland, 2018

Scholarship Description:

Fully Funded St. Gallen Symposium Leader of Tomorrow Essay Competition in Switzerland, 2018 is open for International Students . The scholarship allows Competition level program(s) in the field of Essay competition taught at . The deadline of the scholarship is .

Applications are now available to interested persons who intend to participate in the Fully Funded St. Gallen Symposium Leader of Tomorrow Essay Competition in Switzerland 2018, all applicants are reminded to ensure that they have complied with the eligibility criteria as stated.

The St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award is the world’s most prestigious essay competition aimed at graduate students. It requires bright ideas, excellent writing skills, and a critical mind to impress the jury. The top 100 contributors are selected by an independent jury to attend our symposium, while the finalists have to take to the symposium’s big stage to defend their ideas in front of the jury and the Leaders of Today.

To be taken in: Switzerland

Compete for the St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award and qualify for participation as a «Leader of Tomorrow» in the world’s premier opportunity for intergenerational debates: The St. Gallen Symposium.

• Join the debate with 600 top global leaders and decision makers


• Share your thoughts, ideas, and visions with the global elite


• Expenses for travel, board, and lodging covered, travel service provided


• Meet 200 of the world’s brightest young minds


• Celebrate the symposium’s 30^th competition since 1989


• CHF 30,000.– prize money shared by the three winners


• Small and intimate gatherings with world leaders, exclusively for the Leaders of Tomorrow


• Broad media coverage


• Become member of a truly unique and strong global community

Qualify with an excellent essay.

We expect a professional, creative and thought-provoking essay. Be bold, unconventional, and distinctive on the following competition question:

Robots are coming for your job. How do you augment yourself to stay economically relevant?
Author Yuval Noah Harari claims that the rapid progress of artificial intelligence technology will render the human species economically useless within decades. Imagine a world in which humans fight back, harnessing AI and other technologies to stay economically indispensable – and, ultimately, competitive against the computers. Describe the job you aspire to in the future, how it will potentially be influenced by AI, and how you would augment yourself technologically if necessary to prevail in your chosen career.

The following criteria must be met:

Form	Essay (max. 2,100 words)
Language	English
Deadline	February 1, 2018, 11:59 p.m. last time zone (UTC-12)
Anonymity	Your name must not be mentioned anywhere in the contribution file
Individuality	Individual work expected, no group work allowed. The essay must be written exclusively for this contest. The idea must be the author’s own.
Citation	All sources must be cited and referred to the respective part in the essay. All contributions will be tested for plagiarism.

Check your eligibility and prepare documents.

To be eligible, you must fulfill all of the following criteria:

• Enrolled in a graduate or postgraduate program (master level or higher) in any field of study at a regular university


• Born in 1988 or later

Make sure you can provide the following documents:

• Copy of passport or other identification (in English for non-Roman languages)


• Confirmation of matriculation/enrolment from your university which proves your enrollment in a graduate/postgraduate level programme as of 1 February 2018 (download sample document)


• Your contribution file with no indication of your name in the file name, the file metadata or the file itself

Impress the Jury. 

All contributions will be evaluated equally according to a specific set of criteria by an independent jury composed of professors, corporate executives, and entrepreneurs. The authors of the best 100 contributions qualify as Leaders of Tomorrow and will be invited by the ISC to the next St. Gallen Symposium. The very best competitors will have the chance to present and discuss their ideas on the symposium’s big stage and also in other conferencing formats. The award will be bestowed to the three best competitors, the selection will be based upon the quality of the essays only.

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Fully Funded St. Gallen Symposium Leader of Tomorrow Essay Competition in Switzerland, 2018 is available to undertake Competition level programs at .

Available Subjects:

Following subject are available to study under this scholarship program.

• Essay competition