STeLA Leadership Forum 2009: Call for Applications and Info Session

Thanks Adriene Leong for the info.

 

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** STeLA Leadership Forum 2009: Call for Applications and Info Session
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* Organizer: STeLA ( http://web.mit.edu/stela-mit/ )
* Co-Organizer: MIT-Japan Program（ http://mit.edu/mit-japan/ ）

*STeLA*
STeLA(Science and Technology Leadership Association) is an international
student association which aims 1) to educate participants about leadership
skills for solving global issues and 2) to create its original international
network of future leaders in science and technological fields.

As of now, STeLA has four branches.
+STeLA-USA: consists of students in MIT, Havard...
+STeLA-China: consists of students in Peking Univ, Tsinghua Univ...
+STeLA-Japan: consists of students in Tokyo Univ, Tokyo Tech, Keio Univ.
                     Waseda Univ...
+STeLA-France: consists of students in Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole Des Mines,
                       Ecole Centrale de Paris...

*STeLA Leadership Forum 2009*
Concept: To educate participants about leadership skills for solving global
issues
and to create its original international network of future leaders in
science and
technological fields.
Date : August 23rd - August 31st, 2009
Place : National Institution for Youth Education (http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/)
Eligibility : Graduate and Undergraduate students in Japan, USA, China and
France
Admission: Submit your application online by May 1st, 23:59(JST), 2009.

*Contents*
- Leadership lectures, workshops, discussion with collaboration from MIT
 Leadership Center(http://sloanleadership.mit.edu/).
- MIT Media Lab Sensible Organizations
Project(http://web.media.mit.edu/~sandy/).
 During the forum, all participants will wear a small sensor which captures
 their communication and visualizes group dymanics from its data in order
 to give positive feedback to group activities and leadership trainings.
- During thematic sessions, we will focus on "Military and Peaceful Use of
Science and Technology" as a global issue closely linked
 o science and technology.
 Participants will have lectures, workshops, site visit, and discussion.
...and so on.

*Info Session*
We will hold info sessions at Tokyo Univ, Tokyo Tech , Keio Univ, Waseda
Univ, Tsukuba Univ and Tohoku Univ this April.
For more details, please visit our web site!!