Contents Director’s Foreword 2 About the ISLC Organisation and Venue 3 Programme Overview and Awards 4 Supported Charities and Partners 5 History of the ISLC 6 Profiles Guest Speakers 7 ISLC Staff—Leaders 9 ISLC Staff—Mentors 10 Presentation Task The Task 15 Assessment Criteria 17 Delegates List of Delegates 19 Delegate Emails 21 Mentor Details 22 Participating Schools 23 Detailed Programme Schedule 25 Useful Contacts 26 Transport 27 Dress code and Weather 28 Notes 29 Director’s Foreword A very warm welcome to the 7th International Student Leadership Conference 2013 which sees students attending from Australia, the United Kingdom and Japan as well as Hong Kong based delegates from international schools with Indian, American, Canadian, Venezuelan and Chinese nationalities. There are of course many students also attending from local Hong Kong government schools to provide a truly international context. The lead up to this conference has been challenging with our website crashing temporarily due to malware and an unexpected Hong Kong postal error, to name but two. There is a sense of achievement and triumph in finding solutions to or overcoming setbacks, however daunting at the time. It is facing these challenges with calm determination and a steely resolve which young leaders need to show in their leadership journey. This year’s conference explores the conflict between Big Business and a tribal community and requires students to apply their critical and creative thinking skills in a very different context; namely: the Niyamgiri Hills, Orissa India. Cognizant of the fact that the world is now a much smaller place, that we live in a global village and that we find ourselves increasingly in situational contexts which are different from our own, it is important for young leaders to develop a sense of internationalism. The presentation task is layered, complex, multi- dimensional, and designed to challenge our brightest minds and cater to a range of learning styles. We look forward to seeing the depth of creativity and understanding in the solutions presented by students during the presentations on the final day of the conference. We have a well credentialed array of guest speakers and presenters for this conference, an exciting and fun Trashion Show planned for Orientation Day as well as some time devoted to socializing over dinner and sight-seeing at the Avenue of Stars watching the Hong Kong Harbor Laser Show. We trust that you will question and challenge the guest speakers in the best traditions of rational discourse and hope that you will find some time to get to know one another and build some lasting friendships. Joel NAINIE Conference Director Page 2 Organisation and Venue Organisation The 7th International Student Leadership Conference is brought to you by: Gifted Leadership Services Limited Room 703-4, 7/F, Wing On House 71 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong Telephone: +852 9367 7481 Email: [email protected] Directors: Joel NAINIE Vandana GUPTA Gifted Leadership Services is insured for Public Liability by MSIG Insurance Hong Kong Ltd. Gifted Leadership Services donates 10% of its profits to Hong Kong Cancer Fund, World Wildlife Fund, and Greenpeace. Published in July 2013 All rights reserved. The copyright of the materials in this booklet belong to Gifted Leadership Services Limited. Duplication of materials in this booklet is restricted to non-profit making education purposes only. Otherwise, no other part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission of Gifted Leadership Services. Venue ISLC 2013 is held at: Renaissance College Hong Kong 5 Hang Ming St., Ma On Shan, Hong Kong MTR Heng On Station Exit A Telephone: +852 3556 3556 ISLC Programme Overview Brief Schedule Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Orientation Workshops Workshops Workshops Presentations Team Building Presentation Presentation Presentation Awards Preparation Preparation Preparation Trashion Show Dinner & Closing Speeches Symphony of Lights at TST Trashion Show In the glittering city of Hong Kong, waste is a serious environmental issue. We produce 6.4 million tonnes of waste annually. In just 2 years, our existing landfills are expected to be full. To combat this issue, delegates will participate in the inaugural ISLC Trashion Show. You will be assigned groups and given 2.5 hours and a Trashion Kit to create an environmentally themed costume per group. Each group’s costume will then be presented on a catwalk. Assistance such as make up and audio-visual effects will be provided to spice up your presentations. This is primarily a team-building exercise where delegates will focus on co-operation, collaboration and trust. Presentation Awards Certificate of Participation: Awarded to all delegates who have successfully completed the International Student Leadership Conference Best Group Presentation Award: Awarded to the stakeholder group that gives the best presentation determined by the panel of judges. Outstanding Delegate Award: Awarded to individual delegates who distinguished themselves throughout the conference. Exemplary Teamwork Award: Awarded to the activity group that demonstrates the most cooperation and teamwork throughout the week. Trashion Show Award: Awarded to the team which conjures the best costume conceptually and creatively. Page 4 Affiliated Organisations Supported Charities Partners Hong Kong Cancer Fund Hong Kong Academy of Gifted Education http://www.cancer-fund.org/en/ http://ge.hkage.org.hk/en/ MSIG Insurance Hong Kong Ltd. http://www.msig.com.hk/ World Wildlife Fund http://www.wwf.org.hk/en/ Integrated Instruments & Systems Private Ltd., New Delhi Ltd. http://www.iisindia.com/ Greenpeace Chartwells http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/ http://www.eatlearnlive.com/ History of the ISLC I was first contacted by a principal from a consortium of schools in the Wiltshire district, United Kingdom, in January 2007 and asked whether King George V School (KGV) would be interested in hosting a leadership conference for more able students. As the Gifted and Talented Co-ordinator at KGV, I was looking for opportunities to extend our more able students and develop internationalism at our school. After forming an organising committee we planned for nine months and in November, schools arrived from Australia and the UK for the conference. Teachers from the Wiltshire consortium delivered the curriculum programme, while KGV made all the administrative arrangements to ensure the overall success. While the conference was a learning experience, I felt there were a variety of curricular approaches which may prove more productive for the students. It was then that I began to develop a leadership model of my own predominantly based on three foundational elements: intercultural consciousness, leadership theory and skills, and the development of student voice. After writing an academic paper outlining this model, I was invited by the Hong Kong Education Bureau to speak at their United Kingdom: Hong Kong Gifted and Talented Conference, From Gifted to Great, March 5th- 7th 2008. The paper delivered was entitled Leadership Education: A Frames of Reference Paradigm. Later that year, I delivered a revised edition of the model at the 10th Asia Pacific Gifted Education Conference July 14th to 18th 2008, Nanyang Technological University, National Institute of Education. In October 2008, I finally had the opportunity to trial the theory of my model in Bristol, UK, when The Riding School, a case study International Baccalaureate School, volunteered to host the conference. Twenty KGV students journeyed to Bristol to attend the conference which proved to be an outstanding success. I was inspired by the fact that parents of students from The Ridings School rang the principal commenting that it was one of the best educational experiences their children had ever had. Further to this, it was very obvious to all that the learning, confidence and friendship that students experienced in the conference programme, was special. It was clear to me then that ISLC was something I wanted to develop independently in a private capacity. In December 2008, I formed Gifted Leadership Services Limited Company with an office in Central, Hong Kong, with myself as Director, and Mrs. Vandana Gupta as Co-Director. I am genuinely committed to developing the program in a dynamic manner underscored and driven by student voice, a culture of openness and risk taking. It is deeply satisfying to see students from disparate ethnic back-grounds come together, attempt to solve global problems and forge lasting friendships in the process. Moving from global issues like carbon reduction and water scarcity, we are very excited to focus this year on developing critical and creative leadership skills as students grapple with the conflict between Big Business and the plight of a particular tribal community and their environment. Mr. Joel NAINIE Director, Gifted Leadership Services B.A., Dip.Ed.,M.A.(Asian Studies) Page 6 Guest Speakers Ms. Melissa Petros, Keynote Address Executive Director, Hagar International (Hong Kong) Melissa Petros has dedicated her career to public service in international development over the past ten years, including more than six years in Southeast Asia. Her work experience combines knowledge of human trafficking and child protection issues, program management, training, and communications with business development and advocacy experience in 12 industry sectors.