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South America Business Forum (SABF)
The SABF is a three-day conference held annually, where 100 university students from all around the world and 40 business, political and intellectual leaders gather in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is organized by 16 students of ITBA, aiming to contribute to the development of South America by means of dialogue and action.
Young leaders building into the future
When you think about the South American Business Forum (SABF), there are a few words that come to your mind: spirit, challenge & hope. Basically because you are thinking of a group of university students investing their free time (and sometimes full time) in organizing an event which aims to change the present reality.
The SABF is a three-day conference held annually, where 100 university students from all around the world and 40 business, political and intellectual leaders gather in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is organized by 16 students of ITBA, aiming to contribute to the development of South America by means of dialogue and action.
This year the event will take place during August, 8-10th under the main topic "Empowering Agents of Change". Facing our 4th Edition, we have defined lots of challenges and changes in all of our departments in order to keep growing and to be able to make the SABF, in some years time, be recognized throughout the world.
The SABF business model has been designed in order to generate its own financial resources. Our event is economically supported by institutions and private companies that share the spirit of the congress. This is a very difficult labour, specially in our developing country where companies are struggling to grow and usually direct a small budget to donations, plus there is an extensive demand from NGOs, foundations and social projects.
This year, we have had more than 1000 students who have registered at apply.sabf.org.ar from places scattered throughout the world like Singapore, Colombia, Nigeria, Albania, India, USA, Canada, Spain, China, Italy, Hungary, Australia and Kyrgyzstan. All in all, there are students from 36 different countries interested in our project. However, each year we face a great difficulty when trying to get those who register to complete the application and submit the essay necessary to do so. Thus, 2008 arrived with a new member, the SABF Blog, where we intend to generate some discussion which will help those who don´t know where to start when writing their essays. It is important to emphasize the work of our delegates who promote the SABF in their own countries. Due to their will and strong spirit, we have representatives all around, and people from countries away from ours can learn about the SABF from the experience of a SABF delegate.
To increase the phenomenon, this year we have started a new Program called "Institutional Support", which intends to promote mutual support with other organizations which share the objectives and values of the SABF. Through this Program, we try to magnify the efforts made by both in the organization of activities and processes related to communication and publicity.
Prominent leaders from South America and the world are selected by their outstanding career, prestige, values and integrity by our Department of Speakers. As years go by, every time more speakers express their interest in participating of the SABF because they believe in its objectives and because they think they can add, from their own experiences, to the preparation of the future leaders. This kind of response reflects the importance of such events. Moreover, we are patiently growing and starting to be listened to everywhere. After great effort and dedication, this year the SABF has been published in several press publications of National reach, like the newspapers "La Nación", "Ámbito financiero" and "El Comercial de Formosa" and the magazines "Apertura.com", "Watt" and "Universia.com.ar".
All our work achieves great results thanks to the Information Technology Department, who provides all the necessary tools to make our efforts generate the best possible outcomes.
To make the long story short, the basis of the SABF is debate and interaction between all the participants and that, after these three days of activities, each one of us becomes aware of the possibilities we have to change the reality in a positive way. Bearing in mind the different cultures, perspectives and experiences lived which are shared in the event, it is what really happens.
When taking action after three days of the Forum, whether it is by creating a company, working in a NGO or simply by becoming a living example for the others, we are contributing to the development of South America; and this is what the SABF is about.
When you think about the South American Business Forum (SABF), there are a few words that come to your mind: spirit, challenge & hope. Basically because you are thinking of a group of university students investing their free time (and sometimes full time) in organizing an event which aims to change the present reality.
The SABF is a three-day conference held annually, where 100 university students from all around the world and 40 business, political and intellectual leaders gather in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is organized by 16 students of ITBA, aiming to contribute to the development of South America by means of dialogue and action.
This year the event will take place during August, 8-10th under the main topic "Empowering Agents of Change". Facing our 4th Edition, we have defined lots of challenges and changes in all of our departments in order to keep growing and to be able to make the SABF, in some years time, be recognized throughout the world.
The SABF business model has been designed in order to generate its own financial resources. Our event is economically supported by institutions and private companies that share the spirit of the congress. This is a very difficult labour, specially in our developing country where companies are struggling to grow and usually direct a small budget to donations, plus there is an extensive demand from NGOs, foundations and social projects.
This year, we have had more than 1000 students who have registered at apply.sabf.org.ar from places scattered throughout the world like Singapore, Colombia, Nigeria, Albania, India, USA, Canada, Spain, China, Italy, Hungary, Australia and Kyrgyzstan. All in all, there are students from 36 different countries interested in our project. However, each year we face a great difficulty when trying to get those who register to complete the application and submit the essay necessary to do so. Thus, 2008 arrived with a new member, the SABF Blog, where we intend to generate some discussion which will help those who don´t know where to start when writing their essays. It is important to emphasize the work of our delegates who promote the SABF in their own countries. Due to their will and strong spirit, we have representatives all around, and people from countries away from ours can learn about the SABF from the experience of a SABF delegate.
To increase the phenomenon, this year we have started a new Program called "Institutional Support", which intends to promote mutual support with other organizations which share the objectives and values of the SABF. Through this Program, we try to magnify the efforts made by both in the organization of activities and processes related to communication and publicity.
Prominent leaders from South America and the world are selected by their outstanding career, prestige, values and integrity by our Department of Speakers. As years go by, every time more speakers express their interest in participating of the SABF because they believe in its objectives and because they think they can add, from their own experiences, to the preparation of the future leaders. This kind of response reflects the importance of such events. Moreover, we are patiently growing and starting to be listened to everywhere. After great effort and dedication, this year the SABF has been published in several press publications of National reach, like the newspapers "La Nación", "Ámbito financiero" and "El Comercial de Formosa" and the magazines "Apertura.com", "Watt" and "Universia.com.ar".
All our work achieves great results thanks to the Information Technology Department, who provides all the necessary tools to make our efforts generate the best possible outcomes.
To make the long story short, the basis of the SABF is debate and interaction between all the participants and that, after these three days of activities, each one of us becomes aware of the possibilities we have to change the reality in a positive way. Bearing in mind the different cultures, perspectives and experiences lived which are shared in the event, it is what really happens.
When taking action after three days of the Forum, whether it is by creating a company, working in a NGO or simply by becoming a living example for the others, we are contributing to the development of South America; and this is what the SABF is about.
