Havas Worldwide brings One Young World from Zurich to Pittsburgh
One Young World—the global forum for young leaders—took place in Zurich a year ago, thanks to Frank Bodin. The lessons learned were shared, and a new host city was found: Pittsburgh, USA.
A year ago, Frank Bodin, CEO of Havas Worldwide Switzerland (formerly Euro RSCG), brought One Young World - the global forum for young leaders - from London to Zurich, as detailed in a press release. Frank Bodin was able to gain the support of well-known Swiss figures from politics, business and academia for this event - the Advisory Board included Thomas Buberl, former CEO Zurich Switzerland, Pascale Bruderer, Member of the Council of States, Nobel Prize winner Prof. Dr. Richard Ernst, Swiss CEO Harry Hohmeister, Raiffeisen Switzerland CEO Pierin Vincenz, Ringier Switzerland & Germany CEO Marc Walder, Atkins CEO Uwe Krüger, entrepreneur Joachim Schoss and other entrepreneurs. In addition, world-famous personalities such as Nobel Prize winner Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Sir Bob Geldorf, Jamie Oliver, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette from Norway, Unilever Global CEO Paul Polman, Wael Ghonim, Muhammad Yunus and many more came to Zurich. These Councellors supported the young leaders by facilitating discussions on key global issues and helping the young participants to express their demands for change. Over 1200 young delegates from 171 countries, including 26 representatives from Switzerland, met at the Kongresshaus.
The forum took place from October 18 to 22 in Pittsburgh. Once again, 1200 young delegates from 182 countries met with influential personalities. In addition to the experienced counselors, Kofi Annan, Jack Dorsey (Twitter founder), Pete Cashmore (founder of Mashable) and Anthony Jenkins (CEO of Barclays) also took part. A highlight was the opening of the forum by former President Bill Clinton, who did not give a speech but answered questions from young delegates and shared his views on the biggest challenges facing the world today. The four-day event was concluded by Kofi Annan, who called the forum "almost another UN, but with stronger voices and much younger". Frank Bodin is delighted with the lasting success and that there were also delegates from Switzerland who were supported by well-known companies.
