Want to help change the world? Want to discuss your visions together with 200 of the sharpest young minds in the world and 600 influential decision-makers and senior executives? And want to win EUR 20,000?

The St. Gallen Symposium invites Master’s degree and PhD students from all over the world to participate in an essay competition and present new challenging, constructive and unconventional ideas which can help to form the basis for inspiring dialogue on leadership, politics and civil society.

The writers of the hundred best contributions will be invited to St. Gallen in Switzerland with all expenses paid as participants in the symposium, which will take place between 6 and 8 May 2015.

The three best contributions will also be rewarded with the St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award and EUR 20,000 in prize money.

You can participate by submitting an essay, creating a presentation or grabbing a camera and producing a 15-minute video. The contribution must be based on one of the three general questions which are in turn based on the theme of ‘Proudly Small’.

Deadline for submission of contributions is 1 February.

Translated by Peter Lambourne