Deadline: May 31, 2019
Apply to the Latam Impact Program Summer 2019: an extraordinary, fully-immersive, life-changing and world-class summer experience! Latam Impact, is a three-week long immersive and world-class learning experience to pioneer innovative solutions for today’s critical problems, in Latin America’s dynamic innovation hub.
As a participant, you will have the opportunity to connect with high-profile governmental and business leaders who will share their most pressing issues and questions about the future. You will visit companies and communities, learn leading concepts on business, design, leadership and sustainability, and navigate a creative process with other participants to come up with powerful ideas and solutions which you will develop in the form of projects.
The program will take place in Medellin, Colombia: one of the most innovative cities of the world and Latin America’s leading innovation hub, called by the WSJ the most innovative city of the world for its social impact projects and by the Guardian as a Miracle of Reinvention.
Program Benefits
Participants receive the mentorship of an extraordinary team of experts who are NYT bestselling authors, designed the first ‘slate’ computer, are guest speakers at NASA, mentored Snapchat’s founder, and are looking to invest millions of dollars in young entrepreneurs who have world-changing ideas. As well as you will connect with CEOs, community leaders, international founders, venture capitalist, impact investors, government officials and forward-thinking business leaders.
Company’s HQ visits, community and exploratory visits, workshops and inspirational talks and cutting edge tools like Human-centered Design, Product Development Labs, Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Venture Capital, Future Forecasting and Life Design Labs will be the foundations of a project-based and collaborative approach. The program will take place in Medellin, Colombia: one of the most innovative cities of the world and Latin America’s leading innovation hub, called by the WSJ the most innovative city of the world and by the Guardian as a Miracle of Reinvention.
Join a community of extraordinary young thinkers and mentors, bring to life world-changing ideas, and spend an entrepreneurial summer in a verdant wonderland.
Opportunity Desk Scholarship
They believe that your financial circumstances should not keep you from great opportunities as this one. They strongly encourage you to apply to financial aid if you need any kind of tuition assistance. They will have full tuition scholarships, accommodation scholarship and you can let us know through the financial aid part of the application anything you need!
Eligibility
- They are looking for a group of creative thinkers from the world to join this unique entrepreneurial journey where they challenge multidisciplinary young minds to co-create innovative ideas and projects that can solve global problems in thoughtful ways.
Application
- 1st application deadline: May 20th.
- 2nd application deadline: May 31st.
For more information, visit Latam Impact Program.
