Meet the 2018 OFID Scholars

The OPEC Fund for International Development OFID has sponsored 165 delegates to attend One Young World Summits since 2011 and will be bringing 20 outstanding young leaders to The Hague next month.

The 20 OFID scholars have been chosen for the impact they have demonstrated through projects that meet basic needs - such as food, energy, clean water and sanitation, healthcare and education. There work has been recognised as inspiring hope for the future by encouraging communities to be self-reliant.

 

It’s official: global fashion icon Naomi Campbell to deliver keynote at #OYW2018

The supermodel and equality campaigner Naomi Campbell has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at this year’s One Young World Summit, taking place in The Hague, Netherlands, on 17-20 October.

She will address delegates at the Summit’s closing ceremony in the 114-year-old Circustheater, where she will talk about the value of diversity in her native United Kingdom.

Meet the #OYW2018 Audi Scholars engineering a sustainable future

Finding sound solutions to the problems of scarce resources, environmental destruction, climate change and population growth are fundamental to building safer and fairer societies.

The Audi Environmental Foundation is bringing to the One Young World 2018 summit 15 young leaders who have already produced inspiring works in this field and are looking to be part of a broad network collaborating to bring environmental benefits to the world.

The Audi Scholars coming to One Young World’s 2018 Summit in The Hague on 17-20 October are:

Paralympic gold medallist to attend One Young World 2018 Summit

After nine months of cancer treatment and 48 radiation therapies that culminated in surgery to prevent her from breaking her neck, Bibian Mentel-Spee climbed onto her snowboard just ten weeks later and won gold at this year’s Paralympic games in PyeongChang.

It is a tale of bravery to rival anything in sporting history, and Bibian will be coming before delegates at One Young World’s 2018 Summit to talk of her experiences and her motivation.