Things You Can Do at SAYPM 2009 - Events

YOU (th) SPEAK (No. of Participants - 2)

Paper Presentation Competition
About the event: Now is time for the youth to speak up and have their say! Present a paper and tell us what you think about any one of the topics given below. Make sure you don’t just speak for your country! But hold your horses; you cannot go beyond the following topics:
• Challenges of a developing economy
• Relationship between the UN and regional organizations for the maintenance of peace and security
• Media Rights in South Asian countries
• Globalization and Identity

Concept: Each team (Max 2 people) submits a well researched, comprehensive research study about his/her views and inputs on the selected topic. They will finally present the same in a limited amount of time in front of a comprehensive jury.

WHAT WE KNOW? (Open to All)

About the event: Did you know that India has a sea, ocean and a bay around it or that Benazir Bhutto was Pakistan’s first woman Prime Minister? Tell us all that you know about any random South Asian country we choose for you in this informal meet in just 3 minutes.

Concept: This is an ice breaking session wherein the teams get to speak about the country assigned to them for 3 minutes. This can be done through song, acting, poetry or dance.

LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR (No of Participants - 2)

South Asian Country Quiz

About the event: Let’s pick up those text books and lap up all the possible knowledge that you believe you have. It’s time to find out just how much you love your neighbours. We are taking you back to school as you are going to be quizzed on the geography, history, art, literature, culture, economics, politics etc... but ONLY of the South Asian Countries. So start preparing – NOW!!

Concept: Teams will be required to answer questions on topics related to culture, cinema, sports, cuisine, current affairs, prevailing in the South Asian countries. There will be different rounds and the team with the maximum score wins.

DANCE A PEACE (No of Participants – 4 to 8.)

Choreography competition

About the event: Expressions speak more than words can. Music says more than words can. Bring them both together to give dance a chance to express what peace would mean to you. Go contemporary and express yourself!

Concept: Teams need to present a choreographed dance or act conveying a message pertinent to the theme of youth + peace. Teams can choose a track without lyrics or have a medley of music, provided they abide by the timeline.

SAY JAM (Just a Minute)

About the event: Think you have the gift of gab or are you quick witted? Quick thinking, good oratory skills, correct grammar and appropriate use of words make the perfect mantra to succeed where the South Asian Youths say it all in Just a Minute.

Concept: The game has rounds that last for a minute of speaking time in which participants (panel of 6) are given a topic to banter on. The idea is to interrupt a speaker whenever he/she makes a grammatical, syntactical or usage error. For any wrong interruptions a point is deducted from the person who interrupted and the speaker is allowed to continue.

SCAVENGER HUNT (No of Participants - 3)

About the event: The traditional game comes to our backyard as we ask you to snoop around SIMC collecting things that maybe valuable to you ;-) and long the way some points too. Hurry before somebody else does!

Concept: The participating teams have to scavenge and track down items hidden around with the help of clues given to them.

AMAZING RACE ( No of Participants - 2)

About the event: Here’s a clue, run to find the next but before you do you have to pass the little obstacle we place in front of you. Checkpoint to checkpoint one gets eliminated so don’t leave anything for the last minute. It’s an amazing race!

Concept: This is a series of tasks each team has to complete to qualify for the next rounds. Each task gives them cue to the next stage, the one reaching the last stage is the winner.

COVER PAGE (No of Participants - 3)

About the event: If Pakistan winning the T20 world cup is important to you then put it first. List the 10 important international stories we give you like any newspaper in your country would and let’s see what the renowned editors and journalists think about you layout. You will be given a chance to justify.

Concept: Participants need to create the international cover page or page-1 of a daily with clips provided to them. The event judges how much importance you give to each of the issues.

FACE OFF ( No of Participants - 2)

Face Painting Competition

About the event: Draw expressions; make your partner feel a mood, give him something different to show. It’s time to paint his face!

Concept: One team member needs to paint his/her co-members face according to a theme that will be provided on the spot.

SAY CHEESE (Open to All)

Photography Wall

About the event: Flash your cameras around the SIMC campus and tell us a story of your experience at the SAYPM 2009. Click your thoughts and smack it on our wall. These pictures will definitely speak more than a thousand words.

Concept: Participants are to put up on a wall, photographs of any size conveying their experience or the specified theme. The photographs can be complimented with appropriate captions.

v ‘PEACE’ OF MIND (Open to All)

The Graffiti Wall

About the event: Give your piece of mind on this wall, especially for those who think out of the box. If you think Obama will bring about peace say it and if you think the tree in your backyard is the tree of peace, draw it! No restrictions, no holds, no bars! Draw, write doodle, scribble, colour -It’s your space and your mind.

Concept: It is an open to all canvas wherein participants of the meet can write anything about what you feel - using paints, spray paints or crayons etc.