Dartmouth sends 22 to Ivy leaders event
Twenty-two Dartmouth students attended the Ivy Leadership Summit, an Ivy Council event that focuses on discussion pertinent to leadership, in New York City this weekend. This year's theme was "Leaders in the Age of Technology and Globalization," and students from seven Ivy League schools attended the conference, which included four panel discussions focusing on International Politics and Global Economics. Harvard University was unrepresented at the event. According to summit attendee Kazi Kased Ahmed '07, the first panel with business tycoon Steve Forbes and economist Jeffrey Sachs on the topic of sustainable development was the most interesting. "It turned out to be a debate," Ahmed said, noting that the speakers had very different opinions. Beily Pan '07 said that the speakers on the first panel were a bit too idealistic, which the conference attendees seemed to realize. "The students asked a lot of good questions, especially how we could implement a plan to close the gap between the rich and the poor," she said. "I was more interested in technology and how it would affect governments and companies internationally," Pan said.