Headway Institute of Strategic AllianceReviews of headwayinstitute.org

The summit is amazing. It’s rather too short. For meeting so many people, a few more days would have been great. Also a little more time for even more speakers. One last thing, I think it would be great to find a way for people to know what kind of business opportunities or connections for any kind of work are present before hand.

Overall, it was an incredibly productive experience. We did get the chance to connect with incredible individuals who have a unique history, experience and truly interesting insights about their work and life in general. However, I cannot help but point out that the 3 days were simply not enough to properly get to know and link with all the people that were around. Additionally, the little time changes are understandable but a bit faster notice about the changes would have been appreciated.

Participating in the Global Youth Festival 2026 in Paris has been a valuable opportunity to meet young leaders from different countries, exchange perspectives, and engage in meaningful discussions. However, one aspect I genuinely struggled to understand was the selection process for delegates given speaking opportunities, particularly during the French Parliament visit and the Youth Statements session on the third day. As someone who traveled from Saudi Arabia to represent my country and KFUPM, I was really looking forward to the opportunity to share my story, experiences, and ideas with an international audience. Unfortunately, I still do not fully understand the criteria used to select speakers or how these opportunities were communicated and evaluated. For future high-level international events, I hope HISA can provide clearer selection criteria, earlier announcements, and sufficient time for delegates to prepare and apply fairly. These opportunities matter to participants who have invested significant time and effort to attend. I appreciate the work of the organizing team and the international platform HISA has created. My feedback comes from a genuine interest in seeing future events improve and ensuring that every motivated delegate has a transparent and fair opportunity to contribute, rather than simply attend.

What made the experience great was connecting with diverse people. But it could have been made better with more speakers and relevant topics. Also, major disappointment- it was advertised as fully funded but the flight cost does not even cover my one way flight from India. Also, paying additional 50 euros at the registration desk was not expected for a fully funded delegate. It is misleading.

I would have like that you give us more time to do the forms for speeches, most of the people was traveling when you send the forms. Apart from that I’m really happy with my experience thank you very much

The location, the people, organizing commitee, the majority of the event was organized beautifully and the workshops were so entertaining! Again the location where it is held is fabulous, the food and level of the places. What I disliked was the visit to the parlament, as majority of us enticipated tours, debates or just talk abput the political system, rather than a history lesson and very monotonous setting. But still, it was amazing to visit such a place

The conference was really nice, I enjoyed my stay. Speakers were inspiring. Everybody was lovely. Thank youu!!

The organization was great. The food and hotel was better than Geneva so that’s like an improvement. Loved the sessions, task and the diverse speakers especially the youth’s statements as it gives us opportunities to know people and their diverse projects that way you know who to network with more.