Geneva take 2 (in London) - The One Young World Summit 2010

Over a month since parting ways and judging by the Facebook comments we are all eager to meet again, to undertake another life-changing and maybe even world-changing experience. I think I may have chanced upon the perfect opportunity for us to join forces once-more and by airing our views contribute something to global politics. So here it is, take a look:

One Young World

On February 8-10 2010, there will be the first OneYoungWorld Summit in London. This is an event at hich 1,500 young pioneers from every country in the world and a range of backgrounds to come together to help create a global resource of leadership and ideas. In short it is a "Davos" for young people! Delegates

How will it work?

As the inaugural summit, there is nothing really to go by other than what The Website outlines. In short:

• Delegates will discuss the biggest challenges the world faces and propose new ways forward. 
• The number of delegates for each country will be proportionate of its percentage of the world’s population (min. 2 delegates per country + rest proportionate to population). 
• If you were born after 1984, you can apply to attend!

Because of proportionate representation, probably only two of my Irish countrymen will be able to attend (a population 4million in the greater scheme of things - China, India, Vietnam, etc. - is a little bit small). Big countries will clearly have many more delegates and represent the majority and quantity. Hopefully I will prove to be representative of the quality Ireland has to offer. The summit should be an interesting micro version of what the world has to offer in the upcoming generation!

There is a nice YouTube Video promotion for the event which is worth looking at.

Did you see the last speaker? Yes it was Kofi Annan, the former UN Secretary General. He will be one of the counsellors for the summit, along with many other amazing people. So you can meet Ban Ki-moon's predecessor, i.e. then have met two UN Secretary Generals.

As you may have gathered I am a candidate. If you think I’d be a good delegate, I invite you to vote for me here: Patrick Beggan - One Young World candidate.