The Economic and Leadership Forum (ELF) is an annual event supported by the London School of Economics and Political Science Students' Union Malaysia Club (LSESUMC) in Malaysia. ELF was established in 2014 by a few Malaysian students in London who felt that there was a low awareness among Malaysian youths on the importance and applicability of Economics. Hence, what started out as a one-off forum turned into a well-established event, currently on our 10th year running. Our past themes include discussions on Fintech, Inequality and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) measures.

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We noticed that youths in Malaysia lack a platform where they can engage in intelligent discussion with leaders of the different sectors of industry in the country. Hence, we invite these highly-esteemed leaders to participate in our panel discussions and provide keynote speeches to allow us to interact with them through Q&A sessions, and shape our understanding with their experienced views on the role of Malaysia in the current global situation, both from an economic point of view and otherwise.

 

Our Vision and Mission of organizing ELF is to cultivate youths to have a passion and drive to engage with ideas and be an active participant in our society. We seek to achieve this by equipping Malaysians with relevant knowledge on the pertinent issues we face by tackling hot topics or growing issues of the year. We then invite hundreds of motivated, passionate young minds to be inspired with the ability to understand and help find solutions to issues the country might face.

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Attending ELF promises you a platform to share your ideas with our revered panelists and speakers, to grow your horizons to the bigger picture, and to be moved to help use your knowledge to help our beloved Malaysia prosper and develop.

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Last year, we proudly presented to you ELF 2022: “Educate, Sustain, Grow”. This theme was chosen with the goal of stimulating critical reflections on Malaysia's advancements in the Environmental, Social and Governance sphere in times of change. The discussions we had dived deep into Malaysia’s progress in doing so which covered a wide range of topics, including workplace inequality and diversity, as well as corporate activism, climate action and green investing. 

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