Young Talent Award 2011

The Forum’s Gala Diner was totally dedicated to Talent Management. Two speakers gave the audience insights into Talent Management from different perspectives - Xaver Büeler, Dean of the Lucerne Business School, of the universities and Reto Wittwer, CEO Kempinski, of the tourism industry. The highlight of the evening was the announcement of the Young Talents award, which was totally unexpected for the Young Talents. The three first ranked papers were awarded with a special prize, which was sponsored by our talent management partner Bucherer.

The winners of the Young Talents Award 2011 are:

First place:  Ryan Sim, University of Waterloo (CAN)
Second place:  Lina Preuss, Queensland University (AUS)
Third place:  Michelle Rutty, University of Waterloo (CAN)

 “The Young Talents programme has been a true inspiration and the award was completely unexpected  - Winning the award was a life changing experience”. Ryan Sim (University of Waterloo, CAN)

All the abstracts of the Young Talents as well as their posters can be downloaded here:

Poster and Abstract of Ryan Sim (University of Waterloo, CAN)
Rising Sea Levels in the Carribean
Poster and Abstract of Michelle Rutty (University of Waterloo, CAN)
Sustainability of Snow Mobiling
Poster and Abstract of Lina Preuss (Queensland University, AUS)
Sustainable Tourism in New Zealand
Poster and Abstract of Nicole Cocolas (Queensland University, AUS)
Rethinking the Travel and Tourism Industry
Poster and Abstract of Kiki Leung (Hongkong Polytechnic University, HK)
MICE Tourism in China
Poster and Abstract of Oda Ellingsgaard (University of Brighton, GB)
Sustainable Tourism on Cold Wated Island
Poster and Abstract Sylvie Scherrer(Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, SUI)
Small Entrepreneurship Development in Tourism