Junior Chamber International is a Global Organization of young active citizens who are engaged and committed to creating impact in their communities and invested in the future of the world. JCI gathers active citizens from all sectors of the society. JCI mission is “To provide development opportunities that empower young people to create positive change”.
Adhering its mission, JCI Bangladesh organized “Youth Leadership Conclave: The Role of Youth in Nation Building” on 24th March 2018, at La Vita Hall, Hotel Lakeshore, Gulshan-2, Dhaka.
Mr. Mustafa Jabbar, Honorable Minister, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications & ICT of the Government of Bangladesh and Mr. Nasrul Hamid Bipu, MP, Honorable state minister, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources of the Government of Bangladesh were present at the program and shared their inspiring speeches on in front of the audience.
Bangladesh is a land of opportunity and a country powered by people. Its young emerging population is the most potential resource Bangladesh owns. The Youth Leadership Conclave was a daylong seminar which was aimed to develop leadership skills in youth: how they should lead themselves now and become effective leaders in the future to become active citizens and build a better Bangladesh. More than 250 young individuals, mostly JCI members, emerging young professionals, young entrepreneurs and university students from diverse background participated at Youth Leadership Conclave from the different part of Bangladesh.
Distinguished and renowned subject matter experts, corporate icons, industry role models, front-runners of different associations and successful thought leaders of Bangladesh shared their knowledge, ideas and guidelines to the participants’ on technological advancement: opportunity and prospect in Bangladesh, future of entrepreneurship, the progress and future of Bangladesh as a nation and role of youth etc. through different sessions. The four major themes for this conclave were, ‘Next Generation Technology’, ‘Bangladesh-The Next Asian Tiger’, ‘Future of Entrepreneurship’ and ‘Change Begins with Me’. The sessions inspired the youth to be action-oriented and future-focused in the role of nation-building.
At the program, Mr Syed Almas Kabir, President of BASIS, Ms Sonia Bashir Khan, MD of Microsoft Bangladesh, Mr Ashish Chakraborty, Director of e-commerce Association of Bangladesh and Mr Mostafizur Rahman Sohel, Director of BASIS were the speakers of the theme ‘Next Generation Technology’.
Similarly, Mr Faisal Ahmed, Chief Economist of Bangladesh Bank, Mr Shariful Islam Mohiuddin, President of FBCCI, Ms Nahid Kabir, President of MCCI, Mr Atiqul Islam, Former President of BGMEA and Mr Waqar A Choudhury , Director of DCCI were the speakers of the theme ‘Bangladesh- the Next Asian Tiger’.
Mr. Ejaj Ahmed, President of BYLC, Ms Sohana Rouf Chowdhury, Director of Rangs Group, Ms Azeeza Khan, Director of Summit Group and Mr Imran Karim, Vice Chairman of Confidence Group were the speakers of the theme ‘Future of Entrepreneurship’.
Lastly, Mr Marc Brian Lim, JCI President, Mr Waqar A Choudhury, 2004 JCI VP, Mr Nessar Maksud Khan, 2003 JCI VP, Mr Data Magfur, 2006 JCI VP and Mr Amzad Hussain, 2016 JCI VP were the speakers of the theme ‘Change Begins with me’.
JCI Bangladesh also launched the new version of its website during this event. Re-launch partner of the website was i-Mesh.
Mr. Fayaz Atiqul Islam, National President, JCI Bangladesh hosted such an inspiring large-scale program on behalf of National Governing Board and the members of JCI Bangladesh. The program convener was Ms. Sarah Kamal, 2018 National Legal Counsel, JCI Bangladesh.
