The international background of the participants introduces a multi-cultural dimension to the program. The Eco-Minds Youth Forum shall bring together 27 participants from nine Asia Pacific countries: the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, China, and Korea.
Three selected participants from each of these countries will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to New Zealand to attend the Eco-Minds Forum 2009.
Eco-Minds focuses on Sustainable Development in a unique way by bringing together young scientists, engineers, social scientists, economists, and management experts from different countries to participate in a solution-oriented group work. If you are a student of science or engineering, you will be able to work with social science and management students to solve real-world problems of Sustainable Development. If you are a social science student, you will be able to work with science/engineering and management students to predict the social impacts of the proposed solutions. And if you are a commerce or management student, you can work with science/engineering and social science students to test the viability of the proposed solutions.