Neo WAY

^{Neo WAY Singapore Edition: one four hours long program on Fri 29 May 2020 – free to attend, donations welcome: tiny.cc/NeoSG}

^{Neo WAY Global Edition: two daily four hours long programs on Sat-Sun 30-31 May 2020 – free to attend, donations welcome: tiny.cc/NeoGlobal}

WAY GOES VIRTUAL

Neo WAY is a global virtual event aimed at teenagers in the 13-17 age group, along the lines of the original WisdomAccelerator.org “live” format hosted in Davos during the World Economic Forum (WEF) week.

There are many definitions of wisdom across cultures and to keep things simple we could say that it is “doing the right thing at the right time for the right reasons”.

During WAY events like Neo, guest speakers share stories about their past/present/future with a teenager’s perspective in mind – while focusing on how those personal experiences made them wiser over the years.

Individual Neo WAY events are called “blocks” (like LEGO) and last four hours each in total. In the majority of cases every hour is composed of two speakers talking for 20 minutes each, followed by a Play Break (team games, cool clips, etc) also lasting 20 minutes – totalling eight speakers and four breaks per block of four hours. There are four blocks per weekend, two on Saturday 30 May and two on Sunday 31 May.

Participants can apply to attend more than one block (for instance both Saturday and Sunday), but because of time zone differences if you live in Asia or in the Americas you will notice that one of the blocks available is in the middle of the night!

Those living in Europe, Middle East and Africa should be able to join all four blocks if desired. As a selected Neo WAY participant you can also request to watch the sessions you could not attend later as most of them will be recorded. For the moment a good level of English is required to join these events, but if you can’t understand something during the talks (difficult accents, etc) it is always possible to watch the recordings later with automatically generated close captioning subtitles (also in English).

If you’d like to apply to join one or more Neo WAY blocks in May, please prepare beforehand to briefly answer the following questions when making your application:

Who’s the wisest person you know (of any age) and why?

Share a situation which made you wiser in the past.

What’s the funniest joke you know which is also related to wisdom learning?

Candidates accepted for Neo WAY events receive an individual Zoom invitation link. Please don’t share it as there’s an official guest list.

All others not joining us this time are most welcome to follow our sessions via YouTube Live and to ask questions there – the link will soon be available on WisdomAccelerator.org and here.

This month we also have a special event for Singapore on Friday 29 May, replacing the live event which had to be postponed until 2021 because of the lockdown situation. It is mainly promoted to teenagers based in the ASEAN region, but all are welcome to apply via this link: tiny.cc/NeoSG.

The main Global Neo WAY event is on the weekend of 30-31 May and applications can be submitted via this link: tiny.cc/NeoGlobal.

We are planning to host more events the last weekend of every month (27-28 June is the next edition), so make sure you check this site later on for updates.

Hope to see you there!

Neo WAY Singapore

Fri 29 May 2020
07:00 – 11:00 UTC
15:00 – 19:00 SGT

Eight speakers and four play breaks will be part of the Singapore Neo WAY event taking place over four hours in total.

EVENT TIME ZONES

07:00 to 11:00 Universal Standard Time (UTC)
Iceland

09:00 to 13:00 Central European Time (CET)
Zurich, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Central Africa

11:00 to 15:00 Gulf Standard Time (GST)
Gulf Countries

12:30 to 16:30 India Standard Time (IST)
India

15:00 to 19:00 Singapore Standard Time (SGT)
Singapore, Hong Kong, China

17:00 to 21:00 Australian Eastern Time (AEST)
Sydney

19:00 to 23:00 New Zealand Standard Time (NZT)
Auckland

OUR SPEAKERS

29 May
09:00 – 09:20 Central Europe (CET/CAT)
15:00 – 15:20 ASEAN (SGT/CNT)

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Marcelo Garcia

Switzerland

Founder of WisdomAccelerator.org;
Member of Explorers.org;
UN Smart Cities Expert

29 May
09:20 – 09:40 Central Europe (CET/CAT)
15:20 – 15:40 ASEAN (SGT/CNT)

Low Wei Ling

Singapore

Serial Socialpreneur and Startup Specialist;
WEF Global Shaper

29 May
09:40 – 10:00 Central Europe (CET/CAT)
15:40 – 16:00 ASEAN (SGT/CNT)

PAUSE TO PLAY!

20 minutes of group games, comedy clips, interesting videos and more

29 May
10:00 – 10:20 Central Europe (CET/CAT)
16:00 – 16:20 ASEAN (SGT/CNT)

Martin Wezowski

Germany

SAP Chief Designer & Futurist;
Awarded “One of Germany’s Most Innovative Minds”

29 May
10:20 – 10:40 Central Europe (CET/CAT)
16:20 – 16:40 ASEAN (SGT/CNT)

Tushar Aggarwal

Singapore

Crypto and Blockchain VC and Podcast Host;
FinTech Management Consulting

29 May
10:40 – 11:00 Central Europe (CET/CAT)
16:40 – 17:00 ASEAN (SGT/CNT)

PAUSE TO PLAY!

20 minutes of group games, comedy clips, interesting videos and more

29 May
11:00 – 11:20 Central Europe (CET/CAT)
17:00 – 17:20 ASEAN (SGT/CNT)

Toby Lewis

United Kingdom

Frontier Technology Market Monitoring
(Blockchain, AI, Robotics, FinTech, Venture Capital)

29 May
11:20 – 11:40 Central Europe (CET/CAT)
17:20 – 17:40 ASEAN (SGT/CNT)

Giovanni Porcellana

Switzerland

Ex-CERN Knowledge Transfer;
WEF Global Shaper

29 May
11:40 – 12:00 Central Europe (CET/CAT)
17:40 – 18:00 ASEAN (SGT/CNT)

PAUSE TO PLAY!

20 minutes of group games, comedy clips, interesting videos and more

29 May
12:00 – 12:20 Central Europe (CET/CAT)
18:00 – 18:20 ASEAN (SGT/CNT)

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Eileen Goh

Singapore

Commonwealth Secretariat, Youth & Social Policy;
WEF Global Shaper

29 May
12:20 – 12:40 Central Europe (CET/CAT)
18:20 – 18:40 ASEAN (SGT/CNT)

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Yoann Fol

Singapore

Bringing Data Science to purpose-driven organizations;
WEF Global Shaper

29 May
12:40 – 13:00 Central Europe (CET/CAT)
18:40 – 19:00 ASEAN (SGT/CNT)

PAUSE TO PLAY!

20 minutes of group games, comedy clips, interesting videos and more

End of Singapore Neo WAY Event

Neo WAY Global

Sat-Sun 30-31 May 2020
07:00 – 11:00 UTC and
15:00 – 19:00 UTC

32 speakers and 16 play breaks will be part of the Global Neo WAY event over 16 hours and two days in total, covering participants living in 21 time zones from Alaska to New Zealand who should be able to attend at least half of the sessions.