Singapore International Schools Confluence commemorates 40th anniversary of World Economic Forum

Updated on: Monday, October 24, 2011

The simulated economic forum commemorated the 40th anniversary of the world economic forum which was among the highlights of the two day programme – Confluence hosted and conducted by Singapore International School (SIS), Mumbai. Confluence 2011, a unique amalgamation of competitive and exhibition events, was based on the concept of knowledge challenge. Apart from the host school, Ecole Mondiale World School, Cathedral Vidya School, Indus International School, Pune, Don Bosco School, Mumbai and St Michael School, Siliguri participated in Confluence 2011.

“Confluence 2011 is the pride of SIS and we are happy to have hosted such an event that would expand the knowledge of students. We are looking forward to continue this trend and hope to receive the same kind of support we received this year,” said Kaisar Dopaishi, principal, SIS.

This four event format included a simulated economic forum, two quizzing sessions and an inter-school debate.

The simulated economic forum had a number of concurrently held sessions and the topic of the discussions ranged from carbon credit to low-cost housing, from attempting to map the economics of terror to privatisation of water. In the quizzing round, the questions were never a priority; the focus was not just knowing the right answer, but the process that lead to the answer. In the debate round, the schools debated about the state of democracy, freedom of speech through an unusual format – first in extempore and then a turn coat debate.

Confluence 2011 also had workshop elements provided by Pranab Mukherjee, independent media analyst and a performance consultant by profession, who was the grandmaster of this event.

Singapore International Schools Confluence commemorates 40th anniversary of World Economic Forum

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