Why apply?
Why should I apply for the 2010 BYM Summit?
Here are some of the testimonials from previous participants and contributors:
“It’s rare to find people who have the talent and work ethic to justify the version of their self they present; rarer still to have the pleasure of exchanging ideas with them, and probably impossible to leave such a situation unmotivated. Thanks, BYM.”
- Marlon Bowman, Demand Planning Manager, Unilever South Africa (BYM Class of 2009)
“There will always be room for change and change is possible if we, as the leaders of the future, take the first step now. BYM is engaging the next generation of South African professionals in the development and betterment of this wonderful country.”
- Luigi Wewege, Consultant at The Braintrust Network (BYM Class of 2009)
“I spent a week uncovering new perspectives and ideas, making new friends from all over the continent and left inspired. Stimulated thoughts resulted in many profound statement that were enabled by meaningful interracial and interdisciplinary engagements. The friendships and contacts made will last a lifetime; I am in daily contact with BYM Alumni now. To say that I enjoyed this opportunity would be a gross understatement. I have left with a bright mind that was challenged and stimulated, but also with a passionate heart set on making a positive contribution to society.”
- Craig Norman, JPMorgan, (BYM Class of 2009)
“Brilliance is the bread and butter of BYM. It was there that I met my business partner and co-created the idea behind my latest big venture. More than one year later, I’m still dumbfounded by my extraordinary luck during that life-changing week.”
- Sheraan Amod, Co-Founder & CEO of Personera (Pty) Ltd. (BYM Class of 2007)
“The way I see it, BYM identified and continues to identify people who, like me, had managed to get a decent camp fire going and put us in the same room with nuclear explosions like Dr. Maphai, Ben Zander and Hugh Evans. From the summit in 2006 and the more recent events, I have become more acutely aware of the scale of my potential and that I need not be apologetic about it. I received very practical tools on how to better master my energy and possible directions of where to channel it. As a result, I am on the path to a greater destiny with the crystalline understanding that I have a responsibility to see the fire in others and where I do not find it – light it.”
- Shingai Manjengwa, Senior Account Executive at Synovate Aztec. (BYM Class of 2006)
“The conference has been a bridge between varsity and the working world, but I learned more in one week here than I did after a year in varsity.”
- Paulette Goedhart (BYM Class of 2006)
“It makes me think that with the right information and the right amount of time, a group like this can really solve a lot of problems that we think are unsolvable. So it’s brilliant.
- Ravikumaran Govender, Consultant Deloitte Consulting, Commonwealth Scholar (BYM Class of 2005)
“What is exciting [about BYM] is that it is bringing South Africa across all divides in terms of colour, race and gender. You find young people coming together and being able to look at what are the things that we can do together. Because, once we work together, only then can we say we are building a nation.”
- Totsie Memela, CEO Post Bank
“You [BYM] engender this very positive image about our young people, and we must really stop presenting our young people as victims but as leaders, and you are doing that exceptionally well.”
- Prof Vincent Maphai, prominent business leader
