The Future of Asia-Europe Relations in the Post Covid-19 World – Annual Virtual Conference 2021

Benefits

• The Pre-Conference Training Workshops will provide a capacity-building experience for our conference participants, conveying necessary soft skills and sharing the knowledge required to complete research on comparative foreign policy. These lectures, seminars and workshops will combine inputs from STEAR members as well as guest lecturers, researchers, diplomats and UN professionals from around the globe.
• The workshops will conclude with a Policy-Writing Competition, for which participants will form international teams of up to five people, collaborating on tackling a live-policy issue. Each team will present their ideas at the conference and will get the chance to discuss it with a leading international diplomat.
• The conference itself will consist of two Keynote Speeches and four Panels and will engage world-class politicians, diplomats and business leaders. Two of their panels will focus on giving youth leaders and activists the stage. In line with the organizational values, one of their panels will be on cultural exchange.
• Additionally, there will be Networking Sessions in order to maximize the value of this online conference. They will set the tone for this with an interactive launch event and will ensure that they take every opportunity to host networking events between sessions. The pre-conference sessions will also allow us to begin this process far before the conference itself, getting young people talking about key issues.
• What would a think tank be without Policy Presentations and Policy Publications? From opportunities to present recently published STEAR journal articles to crowning the winners of the pre-conference policy competition, they will make the STEAR conference a place where policy knowledge, policy writing, and cultural interests converge. To this end, they invite young people to take the stage and share their expertise with them.
• Following the conference, they will launch an ambitious Post-Conference Programme: First, post-Conference publication will include a collection of policy proposals and recommendations as outcomes from the conference. Second, they will announce the launch of their first physical STEAR Chapter! This will, once the pandemic allows, act as a base for their to connect with local schools and educational institutes to ensure that STEAR’s capacity-building mission remains just as relevant as its cultural and political goals.