Newswise — November 14, 2012 is the first day motivated students who plan to study in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme and the IB Career-related Certificate (IBCC) in school year 2013-14 may register for one of four IB World Student Conferences to take place from June to August 2013. Each themed, chaperoned event is hosted by a top-ranked university and exposes students to a mix of cultures and a learning experience in ‘thinking globally.’
The five-day conferences focus on four global themes:• ECOnomics: Creating a Sustainable FutureUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 21–-26 July• Utopian Visions: Employing the Arts for Social and Political ChangeUniversity of Warwick, Coventry, UK, 4-–9 August• iResponsibility: Explore how We Engage in the Online WorldThe University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 11–-16 August• Social Justice: Contemplating the Past, Confronting the FutureWake Forest University, North Carolina, USA, 23–-28 June
“The IB World Student Conferences provide a creative, active environment in which first- and second-year students in the IB Diploma Programme and the IBCC can collaborate with their IB peers to work on solving real global issues and to show innovation, leadership, and teamwork,” says Ross Duran, IB World Student Conferences Manager. “The IB World Student Conferences enable individual students to express international understanding and to grow in ways that can have long-term effects on their careers and their personal lives.”
The IB World Student Conferences serve to introduce IB students to universities that extend recognition to IB graduates and to showcase the unique credentials and characteristics of IB students and programmes to university admission teams. This is the second year that the IB has offered World Student Conferences; the number of conferences has doubled from 2012.
Conference registration is online and ongoing from now until next June. Online registration is for students and for adult observers, who may include educators (IB and non-IB) and parents.
About the IBFounded in 1968, the International Baccalaureate (IB) is a not-for profit foundation, which offers four high quality and challenging educational programmes for a worldwide community of schools. IB programmes have gained a reputation for their rigour and high academic standards, for preparing students for life in a globalised 21st century, and for helping to develop citizens who will create a better, more peaceful world. Currently, more than 1 million IB students attend nearly 3,500 schools in 143 countries. To learn more, visit www.ibo.org.
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