South American Business Forum

The South American Business Forum, also known as 'SABF', is an annual conference that takes place at the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The forum aims, through dialogue and the interaction between current leaders and future leaders, to make a contribution to the sustainable development of South America and the world.

South American Business Forum
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)Buenos Aires, Argentina
Inaugurated2004
Most recent2023
Participants100
Filing statusNon-profit organisation
Websitewww.sabf.org.ar

The South American Business Forum was founded in 2005,[1] and has been organized annually since then by students of the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires.[2] The event gathers 100 university students from all around the world and 40 prominent international leaders from the academical, financial, political and social spheres.

Meetings

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In the SABF's past 17 meetings, more than a thousand students from over 62 different nationalities have participated. Students from universities such as Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, London School of Economics and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, among others have participated of the forum. Doug Casey (American-born economist and best-selling financial author),[3][4] Viktor Klima (Former Chancellor of Austria), Nabeel Goheer, (Global Coordinator - Youth Entrepreneurship Development, International Labour Organization), Félix Luna (Argentinian Writer and Historian), Alexander Laszlo (systems scientist),[5] Zino Haro (American-born entrepreneur, member of the World Economic Forum),[6] Marcella Germano (Eisenhower Fellow),[7] and Guy Sorman (President, Sorman Editions)[8] are among those who have taken part of the event.

References

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  1. ^ Valores e innovación, el gran desafío de los futuros líderes, The SABF first edition (spanish), August 21st 2005.
  2. ^ SABF ITBA (spanish)
  3. ^ Doug Casey abrió el pre-sabf 2011 Archived 2011-05-31 at the Wayback Machine (spanish)
  4. ^ Doug Casey in Argentina (spanish)
  5. ^ "Alexander Laszlo: "Debemos ser menos autistas y egocéntricos"". www.lanacion.com.ar. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  6. ^ "Young Social Impact Heroes: Why and How Zino Haro of Uni-ke Is Helping To Change Our World". Social Impact Heroes. 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  7. ^ "Marcella Germano". Eisenhower Fellowships. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  8. ^ Vázquez, Luciana. "La Argentina es un museo de un debate que ya desapareció". lanacion.com. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
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