NEWDAY, The Nansen East-West Dialogue Academy
July 30th – August 7th 2024
Nansen Academy, Lillehammer, Norway

Dialogue on current global challenges:
Creating better relations through mutual understanding,
by seeking harmony in diversity

NEWDAY provides a platform for university students from the Nordic region and East Asia, to engage in dialogue on current global challenges, to learn from each other, and foster harmonious relations between prospective future leaders. The academy provides a unique opportunity to learn and debate about contemporary issues based on acquired knowledge of great Western and East Asian thinkers and humanitarians, presented by distinguished scholars from the Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) and leading universities in the East Asian region (China, Japan and Korea) as well as from the rest of Europe and the USA.

The HKU Horizons Office will sponsor 3 undergraduate students to Newday.

Details: https://nansenskolen.no/kurset/newday-east-west-dialogue-seminar-2024/
Eligibility: Full-time undergraduate students
Attributes: Being fluent in English, sociable, and intellectually curious, and ideally with a special interest in Nordic countries
Sponsorship: Full programme fee (inclusive of accommodation and meals) + HK$5,000 (for airfare)

Online application for sponsorship is open from December 11, 2023 to January 7, 2024 (12 mid-night). Students selected to receive sponsorship will be notified around January 10, 2024 and will have to submit a formal application to the Nansen Academy when the programme opens for formal application on January 15, 2024.