To contribute a youth perspective to the upcoming 12th ASEM Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (ASEM FMM12) on 5-6 November 2015 in Luxembourg, the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) will organise the ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS) 2015 on Entrepreneurship and Youth Employment on 1-5 November 2015. The event will be hosted by the University of Luxembourg and then the European Investment Bank.

The Summit will attract about 120 young entrepreneurs, representatives from start-ups, as well as the academia, International Organisations, NGOs, young public servants and students involved in the field from 51 Asian and European countries. One key outcome of the conference will be a joint Call for Action on Entrepreneurship and Youth Employment, which 4 youth representatives will officially present during the Opening Ceremony of the ASEM Foreign Ministers Meeting.

Hosted by the University of Luxembourg and then the European Investment Bank, one core objective of ASEFYLS is to develop a closer connection between the ASEM youth and the ASEM decision makers to jointly tackle challenges of rising youth unemployment in both regions.

Keynote speakers include:

• H E Federica MOGHERINI, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission;
• H E Jean ASSELBORN, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs and Minister of Immigration and Asylum of Luxembourg,
• H E Lubomír ZAORÁLEK, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
• and Mr Claude MEISCH, Minister of Education, Children and Youth and for Higher Education and Research in Luxembourg.

The Summit offers dialogue sessions with key ASEM policy makes; panel discussions with renowned business and start-up representatives, including Mr Kazuo TSUKUDA, Senior Executive Advisor, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd; or Mr Peter VESTERBACKA, Mighty-Eagle, Rovio Entertainment, and founder of the Angry Birds franchise; skills trainings and workshops as well as a study visit to ArcelorMittal’s steel production site Differdange.

To facilitate leadership exchange, the ASEF Young Leaders Summit will conclude with a joint reception hosted by the European Investment Bank for the ASEF Foreign Ministers and Head of Delegations, ASEM member countries delegations as wel as the ASEFYLS youth paricipants. 

For more information please visit www.asef.org

Press release by ASEF