The ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS) is a Youth platform that builds a community of young people from Asia and Europe. It invites participants to join a learning journey to reflect on and develop their 1) self-leadership (you), 2) team leadership (we) and 3) societal leadership (all). ASEFYLS is designed to instil a spirit of curiosity, innovation, and intercultural understanding among young people, who can take over leadership roles and drive society forward through community engagement.

‘Anticipatory Leadership’ is the capacity and habit of using the future to inform the present by analysing trends, exploring a range of future scenarios, and using those insights to question assumptions, adjust leadership style, and take collaborative, adaptive action, that move systems toward more equitable and sustainable futures.

The ASEFYLS Capacity Training 2026 will focus on ‘Anticipatory Leadership for a Human-Centred Future’, where participants will strengthen their capacity and habit of using the future to inform the present by analysing trends and ‘weak signals’.