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Calling all youth who wants to see positive changes in themselves, their community & their country. Join and be part of the Youth Engagement Summit 2009 (YES) and be a driver of change. The Summit’s goals are to create a lasting community of youths in the Southeast Asia region who are willing and able to work to bring positive changes to their lives and their communities. The event will take place on 16th & 17th NOV 2009 at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Attendees will include regional and global business leaders, political figures and youths from all over Southeast Asia. The world’s most engaging and inspiring global change speakers that will be presenting at YES 2009 including:

• Sir Bob Geldof – founder of Live Aid and Live 8
• Biz Stone – co-founder of Twitter
• Randi Zuckerberg – Director of market development at Facebook
• Amitabh Bachchan – Bollywood star and TV host of Kaun Banega Crorepati
• Dr. Mamphela Ramphele - former managing director of the World Bank
• Dato’ Seri Tony Fernandes – entrepreneur and founder of AirAsia
• Nando Parrado – survivor of the 1972 airplane crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
• Garry Kasparov – Chess Grandmaster and political activst
• Lorraine Hahn – noted former presenter of CNN and CNBC
• Long Yongtu – former Vice Minister of Trade in China
• Yashwant Sina – Finance Minister of India (1998-2002)
• David Magliano – Director of Marketing for London 2012

For more details of this summit and those interested to attend YES 2009, please check out at www.yes2009.asia/index2.php.