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Win an all-expenses paid trip to Seoul
for the Young Leaders Summit

(YLS) & 2016 Rotary International Convention!
Contest deadline is February 28th, 2016
All young leaders around the world aged 35 and younger are invited to participate in the YLS 2016 Contest (#YLS2016Contest), where 10 lucky winners will be awarded an all-expenses paid trip to Seoul that includes round trip transportation (airfare, etc), accommodation, and meals in addition to US$1,000 cash prizes for each winner! Young leaders are asked to submit one original video that is 3 minutes or less that answers one of the two questions:
1. How can you be a gift to the world or;
2. What are world issues Rotary should challenge in the future, and post
 
Videos are to be uploaded in the comments section of the YLS Facebook post (http://tiny.cc/YLS2016Contest) with the hashtag “#YLS2016Contest”. Any kind of video can be accepted. You can make a video of yourself giving a presentation of a photograph you took, painting/sculpture you made, piece of music you composed, or output of your research on one of the two questions. The video can contain text, sound, images, and their combinations. Your video can showcase more or less anything, as long as you clearly answer one of the two questions.
 
The deadline to submit contest entries is February 28, 2016. Judging for prospective winners will take place between March 1 and 15, 2016, while online voting for the top entries will take place from March 16 to March 31st, 2016. Finalists will be notified by April 10th, 2016.
 
About Young Leaders Summit (#YLS2016) The Young Leaders Summit (YLS) is a one-day conference on May 27, 2016 hosted at Goyang KINTEX Convention Center in South Korea that aims to gather over 1,000 attendees that are aged 35 or younger from around the world to discuss the main theme of “Our Challenge: World Future & Rotary”. The key objective of the YLS is to promote the Spirit of Rotary International to future young leaders around the world and to provide opportunities for attendees to gain new perspectives and wisdom provided by world renowned speakers and panelists whom will participate in the conference. Young leaders that participate in the YLS will have opportunities to participate in their own workshops and work as volunteers while participating in 2016 Rotary International Convention programs that will be hosted from May 28 to June 1, 2016.
 
For more information, visit the 2016 RI Convention, Goyang KINTEX, Korea. ### Contacts: Kim Taejun, YLS Promotions Committee Head (+82-10-8713-6874 / jpluskim@daum.net)