There are a few places in the world where the future is being built

1. There are a few places in the world where the future is being built The G-20Y Summit is one of them

2. Who are we? The G-20Y Generation ……………………………..…………………………………….……...3 What do we stand for? The G-20Y Vision ………………………………………………………………………….……4 What do we do? The G-20Y Summits and Recommendations………....…………..………………..…….....6 Who supports us? The G-20Y Partners and Supporting Organizations … ……………………..…….………9 How are we organized? The G-20Y Structure ………………………………………………………….……..…………11

3. Who are we? The G-20Y Generation The G-20Y Generation represents successful young business leaders from the G-20 countries, aged 25 to 45 (the G-20Y Generation). The G-20Y Generation is the generation of young entrepreneurs, financial leaders and businessmen and women with a proven track record of achievement. The G-20Y Generation gathers every year for a 3 to 4 day G-20Y Summit. G-20Y Summits are aimed at preparing a set of Recommendations to be spread across the world and to be shared, in particular, with the G-20 Heads of State and leading international organizations. Every day, new business innovators, groundbreakers, trendsetters and leading minds with outstanding skills, distinguished professionalism and exceptional abilities, are joining the G-20Y Generation with a commitment to thinking one step further ahead. The G-20Y Generation is independent from national and political interests and prides itself on sharing a common G-20Y Vision: achieving greater international cooperation, sharing innovative ideas and putting mid- and long-term economic prosperity on today’s international agenda.

4. What do we stand for? The G-20Y Vision The G-20Y Generation of young and successful business leaders cares about the prosperity of their immediate business environment as well as the development of their communities and countries. The G-20Y Vision is based on greater international cooperation, innovative ideas and mid- and long-term global economic prosperity. 1. Achieving greater international cooperation The recent world financial and economic crisis has revealed the need for greater international cooperation. Global challenges call for global responses. The effectiveness of these responses does not depend solely on the decisions made by the G-20 Heads of State, but also on international cooperation between powerful regions, businesses and communities. The G-20Y Generation has a key role to play in this respect. International cooperation is a second-nature for the G-20Y Generation, which grew up in a globalized world. Business leaders of the G-20Y Generation are instinctively convinced that the success of their businesses, and the solving of global challenges, can be achieved only through deeper international cooperation. The G-20Y Generation is also the first generation for which the participation of 20 countries in international decision making is normal, rather than a novel post-Cold War achievement. In a fast-changing world where the interests of all countries are intricately interconnected and inter-dependent, young business leaders are convinced that they share a common fate and therefore believe that the G-20 forum is the appropriate platform for effective international decision making.

5. What do we stand for?The G-20Y Vision 2. Sharing our innovative ideas More than ever in a time of economic tension, innovative thinking is necessary. The contribution of the G-20Y Generation is crucial in this respect. The world faces many pressing challenges, such as: imperiled water and food supplies, environmental change and financial instability. At the same time, there are many opportunities for entrepreneurial growth and success. G-20Y Generation business leaders have been successful so far thanks to their innovative thinking. Their future successes rely on further innovation, and innovation can help to solve the challenges that the world is facing. As the first new-technology generation, whose thinking is naturally innovative, the G-20Y Generation is a valuable source of new ideas. 3. Putting mid- and long-term global economic prosperity on today’s international agenda Sustainable solutions to the world’s challenges are needed on a mid- and long-term basis. Sustainable mid- and long-term prosperity is not necessarily the most immediate concern of current world leaders. Their most pressing concern is to address today’s short-term global economic challenges. Mid- and long-term prosperity is the mandate of the G-20Y Generation. It is our responsibility to put it on today’s international agenda. The G-20Y Generation wishes to concentrate its efforts on producing, in the twenty-first century, an unprecedented period of sustainable worldwide economic growth.

6. What do we do? The G-20Y Summits and Recommendations There are a few places in the world where the future is being built. The G-20Y Summit is one of them. The G-20Y Generation of successful young business leaders gathers every year for a 3 to 4 day G-20Y Summit. G-20Y Summits are aimed at preparing a set of Recommendations to be spread across the world and to be shared, in particular, with the G-20 Heads of State and leading international organizations. G-20Y Summits are also a unique opportunity for young business leaders to gather and exchange ideas and best business practices and to create strong personal and professional bonds.

7. What do we do?The G-20Y Summits and Recommendations 1. The G-20Y Summit: turning the G-20Y Vision into practical Recommendations The 2009 global recession made clear how fragile and volatile world economic growth is. The G-20Y Generation cannot afford to stand aside or rely on the efforts of others, with a distant hope that the G-20Y Vision might, eventually, be achieved. The G-20Y Generation wishes to contribute with innovative ideas, to share its vision and to enrich international debate. The G-20Y Summits are organized every year in order to turn the G-20Y Vision into practical Recommendations. Over 3 or 4 days, the G-20Y Summits gather business leaders for plenary sessions, and discussions in working groups, round tables and face-to-face meetings. On the basis of an agenda prepared in advance by the Expert Council, Chair and Business Assembly Board, about 150 delegates, representing all of the G-20 countries, prepare and discuss the final G-20Y Summit Recommendations. These Recommendations are then spread worldwide through mass media and lobbied before the G-20 Heads of State through their team of sherpas and advisers. Our Partners and Supporting Institutions are also invited to participate in the spreading of the G-20Y Recommendations. The G-20Y Recommendations have been recognized by G-20 leaders’ offices as adding significant value to their efforts in responding to the current global economic and financial crisis and its consequences.

8. What do we do?The G-20Y Summits and Recommendations 2. The G-20Y Summit: exchanging best business practices and creating strong bonds While preparing the G-20Y Summit Recommendations during the Summit, delegates have the unique opportunity to meet, share views and perspectives and create strong bonds of business and friendship. While coming from all of the G-20 countries and having diverse backgrounds, the G-20Y delegates are united by a common desire to enhance international cooperation, develop business innovation and secure future economic prosperity. Hence, the G-20Y Summit is not only a unique personal experience for each delegate, it also greatly contributes to the development of delegates’ businesses. G-20Y Summits offer an unprecedented chance to exchange ideas on successful business practice, attracting investment, entering new markets and the ultimate goal of creating a more prosperous world. During the G-20Y Summits, delegates also highly value their direct contact with key members of our Supporting Institutions such as the IMF, the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

9. Who supports us?The G-20Y Partners and Supporting Organizations The G-20Y Summit is honored to have received the strong support of the world’s key international economic institutions, including the IMF, the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The following institutions honor the G-20Y Summit IOC with the presence of their representatives as members of the G-20Y Summit Expert Council: • The IMF: Ms. Karla Chaman, Senior Civil Society Officer, Washington DC • The World Bank Institute:Dr. Djordjija B. Petkoski, Head of Business, Competitiveness and DevelopmentProgram at the World Bank, Washington DC • The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development: Mr. ReijoKemppinen, Director of Communications, London • KPMG LLP: Prof. Dr. HolgerErchinger, Partner, KPMG LLP New York

10. Who supports us?The G-20Y Partners and Supporting Organizations The G-20Y Summit is honored to have received the strong support of the world’s key international economic institutions, including the IMF, the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The G-20Y Summit in Toronto greatly benefited from the presence and the invaluable contributions of, notably: • Mr. David Miller, Toronto Mayor • Mr. Guillermo Babatz, President of the National Banking Commission in Mexico • Mr. Bert van Selm, Deputy Chief IMF Strategy Unit • Dr. Djordjija B. Petkoski, Head of Business, Competitiveness and Development Program at the World Bank •Prof. Dr. HolgerErchinger, Partner, KPMG LLP New York • Mr. Lawrence Sherwin, Deputy Director of Communications at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development • Mr. Paul Bates, Dean of De Groote School of Business, McMaster University

11. How are we organized?The G-20Y Structure The G-20Y initiatives are organized by the “G-20Y Summit International Organizing Committee” (the IOC), a non-governmental organization. The functions of the IOC are carried out by separate dedicated entities: • The Chair of the IOC provides the overall impetus for the organization and coordinates the work of the IOC in all of the G-20 countries. The Chair has authority to sign all G-20Y Summit IOC official documents. • The Board of the IOC Business Assembly gathers together the most active members of the IOC for the organization of the G-20Y Summit every year. It is responsible for the organization, administration and promotion of the annual G-20Y Summit. • The Business Assembly of the IOC is an advisory body to the Chair. It comprises successful young business leaders representing various G-20 countries. It assists the Chair in the organization of the G-20Y Summit IOC activities and in the promotion of G-20Y Summit initiatives and values among businessmen and women, governments, press in the respective countries of its members. Business Assembly members are in charge of constituting the national delegation of their respective country. • The G-20Y Summit Expert Council gathers together internationally-renowned personalities from the world’s top economic institutions and universities. It actively participates in the creation of the agenda for each G-20Y Summit. It harnesses the achievements, expertise and experience of its members to provide advice for the further development of the IOC.

12. Jean-Luc Larribau, President of the Board - Business Assembly of the IOC President of the French OC Ksenia Khoruzhnikova G-20Y Summit IOC Chair For the last 7 years, Ksenia has been the President of the International Youth Diplomacy League NGO. Back in 2005, she established the G8 Youth Summit for students and chaired the organizational committee of the first G8 Youth Summit in Saint-Petersburg in 2006, as well asco-chaired the following Summits in Berlin in 2007, in Tokyo in 2008 and in Milan in 2009, Vancouver 2010. During this time she gained invaluable international experience regarding global emerging political and economical issues as well as intercultural and management skills. Kseniais now in charge of the G-20Y Summit International Organizing Committee. She holds a masters degree from the School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University and is now preparing her PhD dissertation, which aims at redefining the role of the G-20 in global affairs. Jean-Luc is a lawyer (Avocat à la Cour) in Paris and works in a major international law firm. In addition to his degrees in English and in French law from King’s College in London and Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris, he holds a masters degree from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris. A skilled and active member in his business community, he participated in the G-20Y Summit in Toronto where he proved to be a leading mind. He is now President of the French Organizing Committee, sharing responsibility for the organization of the 2011 G-20Y Summit in Paris.

13. The next G-20Y Summit will be held in Paris in autumn 2011 If you are interested in participating as a delegate, as an expert, as a major economic institution, as mass media or as a sponsor, please: • visit www.g20ys.org • and/or contact Ksenia Khoruzhnikova (ksenia.khoruzhnikova@g20ys.org) or Jean-Luc Larribau (jean-luc.larribau@g20ys.org).