About the Conference
Our annual conference brings together approximately 100 participants – including Melton Fellows, staff from partner universities, delegates from for-profit and non-profit organizations, and leading Global Citizenship advocates, practitioners, and experts – for three primary purposes:
- To build a global community around Global Citizenship in order to promote the concept and its practices;
- To further the learning and leadership development of participants as global citizens and advocates of global citizenship; and
- To bring global citizenship to the “grassroots” level, by working on local aspects of global issues at Zhejiang University and surrounding local communities.
At the GCC, you will:
- Be inspired, challenged, and perhaps even transformed by speakers at our Springboard Sessions.
- Gain new knowledge on global issues and skills to address them in the Workshop Tracks.
- Design your Act of Global Citizenship in our three-day 100 Acts Program.
- Experience life in Hangzhou, China, through a choice of Field Trips. If you are a Junior Fellow of the Melton Foundation, you’ll experience an even closer look at life in China through our Homestay program.
- Meet people from around the world and expand your network of those interested in tackling global challenges.
Homestay | Idea Incubator | |
During the days leading up to the GCC, the Junior Fellows have the opportunity to experience living with a local family and daily life in another country. This is an incredibly enriching experience for both the Junior Fellows and their host families. Homestays are from 11-13 September. | The Idea Incubator allows Melton Fellows to develop ideas on how to transform global issues into tangible projects. The most feasible ideas presented will be developed in the Idea Incubator and during the 2015 GCC in Hangzhou, China. Here, find out how we incubate transformative ideas online and at the Global Citizenship Conference in Hangzhou, China. |