Photo: Gregory Shinsky

Commerce student finalist in prestigious worldwide competition

A third year Commerce and Law student, Gregory Shinsky, is one of 200 students worldwide selected from leading universities as a finalist for this year's St Gallen Wings of Excellence Awards in Switzerland.

The students are selected through a demanding competition. The best 200 out of 1000 entries are invited to the St Gallen Symposium where they will contribute to the discussion and challenge the views and statements of speakers and other participants in the symposium.

Gregory's original approach on the topic "The economic relevance of values: cause for political, philosophical or entrepreneurial thought on the foundation of global capitalism" got him through to the finals.

"After my second semester exams, I tried to put to use the knowledge I had recently gained from the subject International Economics. After researching the topic I decided to write something original that also demonstrated a sound understanding of economic theory."

At the symposium the finalists will enter into a challenging exchange of ideas with global leaders about the pressing economic and societal questions of our time. They will also add their own perspective to the St Gallen Symposium, in the company of 600 entrepreneurs, top managers, politicians and scientists from more than 60 nations.

The most outstanding pieces of work will receive the St Gallen Wings of Excellence Award, which is endowed with a EUR 20,000, prize.

The 38th St Gallen Symposium will deal with questions concerning the development of world trade and the global financial markets that have radically altered the nature of capitalism and thus the economic and social order in most regions of the world. Under the topic ‘Global Capitalism - Local Values’, the tensions that such a transformation imposes on the capitalist economic and value system will be examined.