What is the Commonwealth Study Conference?

What is #CSC2023??A leadership conference like no other!?

In June 2023, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conference will bring together 300 of the world’s most promising emerging leaders from business, government, labour, and the community sector.

Over two weeks, the Conference will expose each member to new experiences, provoking arguments and different perspectives, so that the quality and relevance of their decision-making as leaders is improved.

Experiential learning is at the heart of the Conference. Our classroom is the broad community, and the enterprises and organizations within it. Diversity is not just a goal, it is the core of every Conference.

Opening Plenary

Conference members will begin their exploration of the issues and challenges of leadership in today’s global economy at the opening plenary, hearing from visionary speakers and globally recognized leaders in an environment that stresses open and honest dialogue. The members will begin the process of building relationships with their peers from around the Commonwealth – hearing and discussing each other’s views from a truly global range of perspectives.

Study Tours?

The Conference is divided into Study Groups of 20 members – each a microcosm of the Conference diversity - that travel to different regions of Canada to examine the Conference theme first-hand. Each group will visit a wide range of communities, companies, and organizations to discuss leadership challenges, advances and impacts.

As each group works together, individual members will come to examine their own beliefs, preconceptions and values. The multinational and multi-sectoral membership of each Study Group compels all members to widen their perspective beyond anything they have experienced before.

Closing Plenary and Reports

After nine immersive days of travel, site visits, dialogue and debate, the Study Groups return for the Closing Plenary where they prepare group reports on what they have learned about leadership, the Conference and themselves to present to Princess Anne and the Conference Chair in a session with the full Conference membership. The President and Chair will give members their post-Conference challenge before their return home.

Apply?starting #CommonwealthDay March 14, 2022!

“Experience has shown these conferences are a force for good within the Commonwealth and within each country of the Commonwealth. The time, resources and effort required to re-constitute and sustain the CSC Conferences are a critical contribution to a Connected Commonwealth and a tribute to my father. You can count on my continued support and engagement.”

HRH THE PRINCESS ROYAL, PRINCESS ANNE,?CONFERENCE PRESIDENT