Teen Conference on September 1

Kathmandu, May 4: The fourth edition of Glocal International Teen Conference (GITC) is to be held on September 1, 2018, said the organizer, Glocal Khabar Pvt. Ltd.

It said that the conference was an opportunity for teenagers to authentically address issues that are important to them without having to overcome generational barriers.

The conference will showcase ideas, experience and stories of the teenagers from countries like India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Jamaica, Malawi, Vietnam and Ghana through a series of panel discussion.

The participants will also give presentations on entrepreneurship, empowerment and socio-perspective.

“The main objective of this conference is to bring global teenagers onto a single platform and showcase an example of teenagers who have worked in countries with more difficulties and spread positivity that things are possible with efforts,” said Asish Thakur, executive director of Glocal.

According to him, the conference is a platform for knowledge and experience sharing where teenagers can learn about leadership, empowerment and social impact through a participatory and interactive environment with their peers from all over the globe.

The conference will be followed by the Grand Finale celebration of WaiWai Glocal Teen Hero award.

Bipana Sharma of Nawalparasi, Shantosh Lamichhane of Lalitpur and Sachin Dangi of Dang are the winners of the first, second and third Teen Hero Award respectively.

The company said that it would reach to around 400 schools across the country and interact with about 60,000 students of Classes 8-12 directly.

 The participants of WaiWai Glocal Teen Hero will be judged by a 5-members jury team comprising of Ambuj Singh, Country Director of Coca Cola Nepal, Renaud Meyer, UNDP Country Director to Nepal, Suraj Vaidya, President of Vaidya’s Organization of Industries, Upaul Majumdar, General Manager of Soaltee Crowne Plaza, Srijana Jyoti, Chief Branding Officer of Syakar Trading Ltd. and Ranjit Acharya, CEO of Prisma Advertising.

Published in The Rising Nepal on 5 May 2018.