THE best of the country’s undergraduates are set to flock Cebu City once more for the Aboitiz Future Leaders Business Summit (AFLBS), to be held from November 3 to 5, 2016. Every year, the AFLBS gathers the country’s brightest college student leaders for a three-day summit to develop leadership skills and learn how to concretize management concepts in a corporate environment. “We strongly encourage qualified college students all over the country to apply for the 11th AFLBS. This country needs a fresh batch of passionate and driven leaders who will lead, excel, and serve the best way they can. The next one could just be you,” says Txabi Aboitiz, Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. Chief Human Resources Officer. On its 11th year of building young talented leaders, the AFLBS will continue to prepare and empower the youth to be change-makers in their chosen field of profession, and in society in general. To apply for this year’s AFLBS, an applicant must:
  • Be a Filipino citizen, 25 years old or younger at the time of the Summit
  • Be a bonafide undergraduate student of a school / university
  • Be a graduating student; 4th year student of a 4-year course or 5th year student of a 5-year course (by SY 2016-2017)
  • Be taking up any course in the following fields of study: Business / Management, Accounting, Information Technology, Engineering, Psychology, or Pre-Law
  • Must not have any failing grade or any disciplinary cases inside and outside campus.
  • Be an active leader or officer of any student organization – student government, academic, cause-oriented, socio-civic or religious in nature
11th AFLBS applicants must also submit all of the following documents:
  • A fully completed application form. Applicants may download a copy of the application forms in the address below.
  • A certified true copy of the applicant’s college transcript for all undergraduate course work, ending with the grades from the last semester of SY 2015-2016.
  • Certification from the School Registrar stating the overall cumulative GPA / GWA of the applicant and the percentage equivalent grade.
  • Certifications supporting leadership experience, awards received, and community involvements.
  • A signed recommendation letter
  • Personal essay, artwork, or photograph
Applications are open from May 5 to June 15. pr