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he Asia Society Asia 21 to come," said Asia Society execu- who attended the summit includ- The Asia Young Leaders Summit, the tive VP Jamie Metzl. ed Niret Alva, co-founder of Tpre-eminent gathering of Dialogues in the summit ex- Miditech;Vani Tripathi, national Society's 6th the most dynamic under-40 plored topics such as the per- secretary, Bhartiya Janta Party and Asia 21 Young young leaders in the Asia-Pacific ceived future of inequality in the more. Leaders region, was held in New Delhi for Asia Pacific region, the impact of The three-day summit turned Summit the first time from November 18- social media, how Asia should out to be an ideal platform for 20,2011. deal with its demographic dilem- bringing about positive change, WHERE: The theme for the 2012 Sum- ma, and ways to foster and pro- with leaders from so many differ- mit was 'Worlds Apart Together: mote Asia's next generation ent locations coming together, ex- Shared Values for an Asia-Pacific women leaders. A public service changing their views and ideas Community'.The summit assem- project fair allowed delegates to and also helping each other make bled 150 of the most accom- Roots of Health receiving the 2011 Asia Society-Bank of America Merrill lend their respective expertise to a difference in order to make this | November plished emerging leaders in the Lynch Asia 21 Young Leaders Public Service Award (Asia 21 PSA) new and existing programmes in world a better place to live in. region today. Delegates from al- the region that most need their 18-20,2011 most 30 countries represented a evening reception jump-started this community of leaders is do- help. — Yasmin Taj THEME: wide range of sectors, including the three-day conference, wherein ing today and will do in the future Notable Indian young leaders [email protected] government, business, social en- the most pressing social issues is laying a strong foundation for Worlds Apart terprise, non-profit, media and and shared challenges around the regional collaboration for decades Together: arts. Lok Sabha parliament mem- region were discussed. Shared Values ber Baijayant Panda addressed an "The'Asia 21 young assembly of 150 of the Asia Pacific leaders'represent the fu- WWW. ITSM YASCENT. COM / E VENTS for an region's next generation leaders , ture of the Asia-Pacific FOR MORE EXCLUSIVE EVENT Asia-Pacific at the opening dinner.The region.The work that REPORTS Community ENT REPORT