Junior Chamber International (JCI) is a global organization of young active citizens who are engaged and committed to create impact in their communities and invested in the future of the world. JCI gathers active citizens from all sectors of the society. JCI mission is to provide development opportunities that empower young people to create positive change.

Adhering its mission, JCI Bangladesh organized ‘Youth Leadership Conclave: The Role of Youth in Nation Building’ on Saturday at La Vita Hall, Hotel Lakeshore in Gulshan-2 of Dhaka.

Mustafa Jabbar, Honourable Minister, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications & ICT of the Government of Bangladesh and Nasrul Hamid Bipu, lawmaker, Honorable state minister, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources of the Government of Bangladesh were present at the program and shared their inspiring speeches on in front of audience.

Bangladesh is a land of opportunity and a country powered by people. Its young emerging population is the most potential resource Bangladesh owns. The Youth Leadership Conclave was a daylong seminar which was aimed to develop leadership skills in youth:  how they should lead themselves now and become effective leaders in the future to become active citizens and build a better Bangladesh.  More than 250 young individuals, mostly JCI members, emerging young professionals, young entrepreneurs, university students from diverse background participated at Youth Leadership Conclave from different part of Bangladesh.

Distinguished and renowned subject matter experts, corporate icons, industry role models, front-runners of different associations and successful thought leaders of Bangladesh shared their knowledge, ideas and guidelines to the participants’ on  technological advancement: opportunity and prospect in Bangladesh, future of entrepreneurship,  the progress and future of Bangladesh as a nation and role of youth etc. through different sessions. The four major themes for this conclave were, ‘Next Generation Technology’, ‘Bangladesh-The Next Asian Tiger’, ‘Future of Entrepreneurship’ and ‘Change Begins with Me’. The sessions inspired the youth to be action oriented and future focused in the role of nation building.

During the program, Syed Almas Kabir, President of BASIS, Sonia Bashir Khan, MD of Microsoft Bangladesh, Ashish Chakraborty, Director of e-commerce Association of Bangladesh and Mostafizur Rahman Sohel, Director of BASIS were the speakers of the theme ‘Next Generation Technology’.

Similarly, Faisal Ahmed, Chief Economist of Bangladesh Bank, Shariful Islam Mohiuddin, President of FBCCI, Nahid Kabir, President of MCCI, Atiqul Islam, Former President of BGMEA were the speakers of the theme ‘Bangladesh the Next Asian Tiger’.

Ejaj Ahmed, President of BYLC, Ms Sohana Rouf Chowdhury, Director of Rangs Group, Ms Azeeza Khan, Director of Summit Group and Mr Imran Karim, Vice Chairman of Confidence Group were the speakers of the theme ‘Future of Entrepreneurship’.

Lastly, Marc Brian Lim, JCI President, Waqar A Choudhury, 2004 JCI VP, Nessar Maksud Khan, 2003 JCI VP, Data Magfur, 2006 JCI VP and Amzad Hussain, 2016 JCI VP were the speakers of the theme ‘Change Begins with me’.

Fayaz Atiqul Islam, National President, JCI Bangladesh hosted such an inspiring large scale program on behalf of National Governing Board and the members of  JCI Bangladesh. The program convener was Sarah Kamal, 2018 National Legal Counsel, JCI Bangladesh.