YES! – Young Economic Summit: Regional Qualification South-West

Our society is faced with a variety of serious challenges, such as digitalisation, sustainable development and political populism. The YES! – Young Economic Summit is offering dedicated and highly motivated young people a platform to present their own creative and innovative ideas on how these problems might be solved.

YES! is a joint project of the German National Library of Economics (ZBW) – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics and the Joachim Herz Stiftung under the patronage of the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Brigitte Zypries. Twenty teams of high school students from six different Federal States are working on solutions for the most pressing issues of our time. The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) is supporting participants in the South-West region as a research partner.

At the regional qualification round held at ZEW, the YES! teams from the region will present their solutions and vote for the best ideas to decide which teams get to represent the region at the national final in Kiel in September.

More information can be found on the YES! website

Only registered YES! project groups and spectators may attend.If you are interested in attending the event, please contact us at event@zew.de

Venue

23.06.2017

YES! – Young Economic Summit: Regional Qualification South-West

YES! – Young Economic Summit: Regional Qualification South-West at ZEW © ZEW

ZEW President Professor Achim Wambach welcomed around 100 students from schools in Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. © ZEW

On the podium (from left to right): ZEW President Professor Achim Wambach, Julia Wenkowitsch from the Joachim Herz Stiftung, YES! Project leader Dr. Willi Scholz and moderator Katja Syri. © ZEW

Moderator Katja Syri welcomes the student teams to ZEW. © ZEW

Eight teams of high school students from the South-West region presented their solutions to the most pressing economic, social, environmental and political challenges of our time. © ZEW

The students presented their ideas for how to solve today’s most pressing global economic issues and had the opportunity to discuss them with experts in the field of economics. © ZEW

Kai Menke, project manager of the YES! summit, was full of praise for the young teams. © ZEW

Eight teams of high school students from the South-West region presented their solutions to the most pressing economic, social, environmental and political challenges of our time. © ZEW

The students presented their ideas for how to solve the most pressing global economic issues and had the opportunity to discuss them with experts in the field of economics. © ZEW

After the presentations and discussions with the experts the young participants got to vote for the best solutions; seven groups will advance to the final, which will be held in Kiel in September. © ZEW