The 10th WSYE is a full three day event being held in one of the most beautiful and impressive convention facilities in the world.

The program will comprise of in-depth case studies, best practice analyses, as well as panel discussions and presentations from leading executives and thought-leaders.

Topics will include:

• Entrepreneurship - Assessing the key drivers behind the growing importance of emerging entrepreneurs

• Mass media and young entrepreneurs

• Commercial Diplomacy – How entrepreneurs are the world’s emerging leaders in bridging cultures and markets, and how they can play a lead role in building a new balance of trade

• The New Faces of Globalization – Young entrepreneurs can provide the motivation and leadership to take globalization to greater national prosperity, for more sustainable growth, while balancing the needs of society and the environment

• A special session on South-South Cooperation in small and medium enterprise development

• Women and Entrepreneurship – From least developed countries to the emerging economies and beyond – A new cadre of entrepreneurs beyond borders

• Going Global - from strategy to delivery: Implications for key opportunity markets for young entrepreneurs, and how to seize them

• Young Entrepreneurs Without Borders – Profiles of young entrepreneurs from emerging economies who have experienced successes, challenges and how they have conquered them

• Networking and Partnerships – Examining the key tools, strategies and approaches to building and managing relationships in a global economy

• Opportunities and risks in financing cross border activities - Raising capital in domestic and international markets

“This summit will provide new possibilities among all business sectors. It will lay a base that is needed for our next generation of young entrepreneurs to grow upon, to encourage knowledge sharing and to enhance global convergence. If economic development is a moving target then the young entrepreneurs are the movers.”

- Mr. Sujit Chowdhury, Secretary General, 10th WSYE, President and CEO, World Trade University Global Secretariat

Exterior view of Anhembi Convention Centre in Sao Paulo.

The 10th WSYE's Program Components are Designed to Stimulate Business

During the 10th World Summit of Young Entrepreneurs, the participants will have at their disposal support tools to help their enterprising actions succeed and that boost their businesses:
 

		Virtual Trade Show Relationship tool that will allow the access of all participants to the on-line directories of the other participants, the companies, the businesses, the industries and the services present at the event. This tool allows planning, beforehand, the networking and the business meetings.

		Executives at the Hot-Seat Round-table sessions will bring together some of the greatest thinkers and entrepreneurial leaders of South-America and the world, who will present facts, arguments and statistics on enterprising.

		Interactive Workshops The workshops will be moderated by prominent executives, who will present case studies and will stimulate the debates on how to find alternatives to overcome the obstacles presented by the market.

		Let's Make a Deal An Open Forum where the young entrepreneurs will be able to get to know companies interested in making international partnerships and the mechanisms to develop an eventual joint-ventures.

		Business to Business These meetings will be held during the three days of the summit so that all participants can explore the joint-venture opportunities. The meetings will take place after the Let’s Make a Deal session, where the participants have already defined their areas of operation and interest. Here, only the interested parties will join together to close deals.

The beautiful Anhembi Convention Centre will provide the opportunity for simultaneous workshops, lectures and panel sessions and a grand exhibition area of over 1000 square metres to be held.  There is an abundance of space for entrepreneurs to network, and hold private meetings.