YLES

YOUNG LEADERS' & ENTREPRENEURS' SUMMIT

16th Edition

SOCIALS

Opening Ceremony

Virtual Escape Room

Surprise Event

Comedy Night

Closing Ceremony

TOGETHER FORWARD

Over the past few years, YLES has strengthened its position as one of the biggest entrepreneurial events in Asia. Students from all over the world are brought together in a conducive environment that allows them to blossom and truly fulfill their potential. Not only does the event allow them to excessively network with each other and even leading industry experts but it also equips them with the necessary skills required for a successful entrepreneurial journey.

BUSINESS EVENTS

“Think Big, Think fast, Think ahead, Ideas are no one’s monopoly” – (H. Ambani).

If there is one thing common in all the success stories it’s that they begin with a great idea. Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, a creative maestro, or just a head full of dreams, we believe you are a success story in the making and Idea Den is here to convince you that no stage is too big for you. YLES is all about the exciting beginnings of your stories and each of the three enticing rounds this year will give us the opportunity to see how you solve a problem you’ve identified in the world- because that’s what heroes do- and knock on the doors of the chance at incubation.

(P.S: Be the one who kicks the door down while the others stand by and knock)

Selling is an art and YLES’s Brand Rush invites you to paint the prettiest picture you can on a canvas as you set up an online stall this year. While you innovate and invent solutions to real-world problems throughout our events, what has a special place in our hearts is the selling techniques and tricks hidden up your sleeves. You’ll be asked to brand your products through engaging videos, posters, and banners and enter the Dragon’s Den. You’ll need to cast your spells and create a mist of smoke and mirrors as you hypnotize our judges with your eloquent attempts at persuasion.

At YLES this year, Media Madness is back and the stage is set for your persuasive and marketing skills to be revealed to the world. We bring you new a menu of hot plates of drama as you’re asked to defend a Hot Take that your company has issued. In a nerve-wracking session that’ll surely have you sweating bullets, we look forward to having your spectacular disturbance handling abilities.

With so many screens all around us and a dearth of information that is quite frankly being consumed in unprecedented amounts, YLES is presenting to you an old dog that we’ve managed to teach new tricks. The much-beloved Social Enterprise competition will now have a technical element to it since even the noblest causes need to acknowledge what a great man once said, “ modern problems require modern solutions”. Here we implore you to identify a cause you deem fit to be fighting for and contribute to solving this issue not only for yourself but for society as a whole. Like all enterprises, it has to be financially viable and sustainable while using the technology around you to more constructive use.

Lo, and Behold the ultimate test of your money management; a stock market simulator that’ll be as unpredictable as 2020 and witness your hearts race as you experience the Wall Street experience. As you experience the ever-changing world of finance, Investomania lets you go on your own pursuit of happiness. You could go from rags to riches and back to struggling to put a few cents together in our Special Edition Event that goes on in the background of the rest of the events for four days. Apply your knowledge of stocks and unleash your inner Warren Buffet as you react to news regarding what is our largest pool of companies to date.

Experience the high pressure and challenging life of a manager as you’re thrust into their shoes and occupy a chair placed right in front of a company’s CEO. You’ve been given guidelines and a list of tasks that you have to deliver on. Results don’t just come out of thin air as you’ll soon realize that a world full of factors need to be considered and you’re challenged to make decisions, handle disturbances and lead your organization out of the hole they find themselves in. Margins for errors are little to none and a flawless combination of teamwork, quick problem solving, confidence, and lastly, a strategic mindset will be make the difference.