Elected student leaders from all over Europe came to Bree and Schilde for the first ever Future Leadership Summit.

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CONTENT

1. Organizing Committee
2. Concept
3. Organisation and concept
4. Co-organizing Committee
5. Logistics
6. Billboard
7. Description
8. Goal of the Summit
9. Inauguration of the FLI International Student Senate
10. Goal of the FLI International Student Senate
11. Pairing System
12. Sponsor Program
13. First edition
14. Inquirere et Immutare
15. Logo
16. Program
17. Language
18. Contact
19. How to Attend
20. Hosts
    The Municipality of Bree, Belgium
    The Municipality of Schilde, Belgium
21. Venues
    Bree, Town Hall
    Schilde, private castle of Mr. Axel Vervoordt
22. List of attending CEO’s
23. List of Speakers
24. List of attending Student Leaders
25. Bree/Schilde Summit Staff
26. Press
    TV
    Newspapers
    Partners
    Social Media

1. Organizing Committee: The Future Leadership Institute*
(*Between 2007 and 2011 the Institute temporarily carried the name ‘The Wall Street Journal Future Leadership Institute’)

2. Concept:
The Institute* will organise the first Future Leadership Summit, or BREE/SCHILDE SUMMIT (the names of the two Belgian municipalities hosting this event – click here for information about these two venues) to research and explore topics crucial to the leaders of tomorrow. Core of the Summit is a group of 50 elected student leaders coming from top business schools and universities across Europe. We expect to welcome student leaders from Oxford University, Cambridge University, LBS-London Business School, LSE-London School of Economics, INSEAD, Said Business School, Judge Business School, K.U.Leuven-Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, RSM-Rotterdam School of Management, IESE-Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa, ESADE-Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas, Wharton University, TUDelft, IMD-International Institute for Management Development, La Salle Business School, Vlerick Business School, AMS-Antwerp Management School, Nyenrode Business School, UCL-Université catholique de Louvain, Solvay Business School and more.

3. Organisation and concept: Gert Van Mol

4. Co-organizing Committee:

• The municipality of BREE, headed by Mayor Jaak Gabriels
• The municipality of SCHILDE, headed by Mayor Yolande Avondroodt
• Pratik Dalmia Group
• Yannick Peeters
• Ignace Bruynseraede
• Nicolas de Potter d’Indoye
• Kate Hajdu, WSJE

5. Logistics: TDO, Teun Depreeuw Organisation

6. Billboard: 

7. Description: The BREE/SCHILDE SUMMIT is a 3 day Summit, starting in the Belgian city Bree, followed by a closing session in the Belgian city Schilde. The Summit targets two groups of participants. On the one hand the Summit welcoms a group of democratically elected student leaders from top tier business schools and universities, from all over Europe. On the other hand the Summit welcoms a group of international CEO’s. During the Summit the student leaders and the CEO’s are presented a series of high level leadership sessions catered to their specific needs. At the last day of the the Summit the elected student leaders are then matched with the CEO’s.

8. Goal of the Summit: The goal of the Summit is to contribute in a tangible way to the development of skills in finance, economics and international business from a global perspective which will aid future leaders to succeed in their international careers. On top of the presented content the elected student leaders are ‘paired’ to a CEO. During a private session and a meal the CEO and his/her student leader(s) can come to know each other, discuss the content of the leadership sessions, and build a relationship that might last a lifetime.

The SUMMIT is not only a learning and networking moment for student leaders, The Future Leadership Institute* also expects to learn from the body of student leaders how our future world will look like once in the hands of this group of future leaders.

9. Inauguration of the FLI International Student Senate: All the participating elected student leaders automatically become member of The International Student Senate. The International Student Senate is a tool to unite all student leaders under 1 umbrella. This will give us the opportunity to bring all content and results together in the format of a white book at the end of the Summit, representing the voice of student leaders in Europe. For more information on the International Student Senate click here. For an overview of the members of the International Student Senate who became member during the BREE/SCHILDE Summit, click here.

10. Goal of the FLI International Student Senate: Goal of the International Student Senate is to identify and promote roads to stimulate and develop entrepreneurial spirit, creativity and innovation in our society leading to sustained economic growth and social protection.

11. Pairing System: The organizing committee aims to pair every student leader with a top executive from a multinational. The top executives are expected to act as coach or intellectual shadow to their student leader. We hope to grow the pairing system the coming years in such a way that every student leader will be paired to 1 international top executive.

12. Sponsor Program: We are reaching out to multinationals to ‘sponsor’ 1 student leader each. We expect sponsors to also send a top executive to be paired to a student leader.

13. First edition: On 3, 4 and 5 November 2010 The Future Leadership Institute* organizes the first ever Future Leadership Summit or BREE/SCHILDE Summit.

14. Inquirere et Immutare: Baseline of the Future Leadership Institute as well as from the International Student Senate is “Inquirere et Immutare” or “To Study and Reform”

15. Logo: 

16. Program:
All the sessions are structured to bring together captains of industry and student leaders in forums where they can exchange their views and concerns on local and global issues, and find solutions together. Several of the topics chosen to be discussed are based on research conducted by Executive Learning Partnership (ELP), one of the partners of The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute*.

• Wednesday 3 November 2010:
  Evening: Start Bree Summit: Dinner with participants
• Thursday 4 November 2010: Bree Summit:
  Inaugural Future Leadership Summit: International Student Senate Conference
• Friday 5 November 2010: Schilde Summit:
  Inaugural Future Leadership Summit: Speaker Sessions
  CEO Session: More than 20 CEOs will attend the Summit for a facilitated in-depth closed-door discussion on Future Leadership models based on contemporary research. After the session the CEOs will be brought together with the group of student leaders.

17. Language: English

18. Contact: Gert Van Mol, VIP Program Manager at The Wall Street Journal, gertvanmol (at) hotmail (dot) com, +32 478 882 506

19. How to Attend:
If you are an elected student leader, leading a student body in the academic year 2010-2011, you could be selected to attend the Summit. Send us your cv and tell us why we should invite you using the above contact details. For elected student leaders there is no cost involved to attend the Summit if you are coming from within Europe. If you are coming from outside Europe contact us to investigate different financial options that might help you attend the Summit. If you are not an elected student leader, but would be interested in attending the Summit as a guest, please send us an email explaining why we should invite you. Attending the Summit will be complimentary, but by invitation only.

20. Hosts:

1. The Municipality of Bree, Belgium

The Mayor of Bree, Mr Jaak Gabriëls, generously offered to host part of the inaugural Future Leadership Summit in his municipality. Here is what he says about Bree: “Bree is a small Belgian city with a great history: in 2007 we celebrated our 1000th anniversary. Our historical and cultural strength is still visible in the well preserved historical buildings from the prosperous 17th century.

Bree is an important local city in the North East of the province of Limburg (one of the 11 provinces of Belgium) and centrally located in Europe, on the borders on The Netherlands and Germany. Our city has a lot to offer for tourists, shoppers and for sight seeing, especially in our natural park covering a green and silent area that even crosses the country border in Weert (Netherlands). Bree is mostly known as an active city in industry, small and medium companies, services and local shopping, café’s and restaurants.

Furthermore Bree is world famous thanks to Kim Clijsters, one of the best tennisplayers in the world in the WTA-circuit. Kim was born and raised in Bree, and still lives here. We are proud to welcome you in our historical and charming city and we hope that you will have a good time and make friends, to come back again!”

2. The Municipality of Schilde, Belgium

The Mayor of Schilde, Mrs Yolande Avontroodt, has kindly offered to host part of the inaugural Future Leadership Summit in her municipality. Schilde is located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Schilde proper and ‘s Gravenwezel and has a total population of about 20,000. It has one of the highest per capita income levels in Flanders.

21. Venues:

1. Bree, Town Hall

This Town house was a former Augustinian monastery (1659) which has been completely renovated and restored. It became a showcase of modern architecture, while at the same time the historical character of the building was retained. Old frescos were discovered and a beautiful piece of art was found in the mayor’s office and the aldermen’s room.
Address: Vrijthof 10, 3960 Bree, Belgium

2. Schilde, private castle of Mr. Axel Vervoordt

Surrounded by a moat and set within 62 acres of parkland, Kasteel van ’s-Gravenwezel (Castle of ‘s Gravenwezel) has withstood wars and feuds, and survived often misguided architectural alterations and downright neglect. When Axel Vervoordt and his wife, May, bought it in 1984, Vervoordt immediately embarked on a four-year restoration programme to ‘cleanse’ it of its unnecessary additions.
Axel Vervoordt is a Belgian antiques dealer, collector and interior designer who over the past four decades has come to be regarded as one of the most original and influential figures in art and design.
Under the Vervoordts’ tenure the castle has once again taken on a sense of magic and wonder, with a new energy provided by its owners’ ever-evolving collection of art and furniture, as well as their individual approach to interior design. Artworks range from archaeological Egyptian stone vessels and Chinese Sung dynasty Buddhas to Renaissance bronzes and contemporary paintings by the world’s most sought-after artists. The castle has more than 50 rooms, each decorated in its own style to display exquisite pieces of antique furniture and priceless paintings and artefacts. In the all-white dining-room is a display of antique Chinese ceramics recovered from the Geldermalsen, a Dutch East Indiaman that sank off Jakarta around 1751.

22: List of attending CEO’s:

23. List of Speakers:

24. List of attending Student Leaders:

25. Bree/Schilde Summit Staff: 

26. Press:

TV
http://www.tvl.be/nl/2010-11-04/leiders-van-morgen-bijeen-in-bree/

http://www.atv.be/item/wall-street

Newspapers

http://www.hbvl.be/limburg/bree/studentenleiders-houden-congres-in-bree.aspx

http://www.hbvl.be/limburg/bree/toppers-van-de-toekomst-op-congres-in-bree.aspx

http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=KJ31MDGS

http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DM31M674

http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=AM31TH7Q&postcode=2970

http://www.kaiserslauternamerican.com/wall-street-journal-summit-teaches-students-how-to-lead/

Partners

http://elpnetwork.com/events/wsje-future-leadership-institute-breeschilde-summit/

http://www.bree.be/cb/welkom

http://www.schilde.be/www-schilde-be-Wall-Street-Journal-Summit.html

Social Media

http://twitter.com/MedAliChebaane/status/28421400333

http://blogs.salleurl.edu/International-Business-Administration/2010/10/31/la-salle-business-engineering-school-and-the-wall-street-journal-europe-future-leadership-institute/

http://www.warwicksu.com/blogs/blog/danielstevens/2010/11/07/Demolition-Transport-and-Kitchen-Creativity/

http://www.groept.be/www/nieuws/nieuwste_berichten/2010-2011/cqs-future-leadership-sum/

http://blog.esmt.org/degree-programs/?p=663

http://en.ideas.ie.edu/revista-112/wall-street-journal-leadership-summit-alumnos-de-ie-invitados-a-participar-625005/

https://economicsandotherthings.wordpress.com/

http://wpedia.goo.ne.jp/enwiki/International_student_senate