London and Shanghai Social Challenges to be Tackled With Support of Mayors Boris Johnson and Han Zheng

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London and Shanghai Social Challenges to be

Tackled With Support of Mayors Boris Johnson

and Han Zheng

PR Newswire

LONDON, June 27, 2012

LONDON

,

June 27, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

Thirty experienced and successful leaders from

London

and

Shanghai

will meet

in

London

next week to tackle social challenges common to both cities.

The inaugural Dao Xiang Venture, run by international leadership development

organisation Common Purpose, will take place at Devonport House and City Hall

from

2-5 July 2012

.

During the four day Venture, participants will be set the challenge of developing

collaborative practical methods to tackle social challenges caused by ever

increasing urbanisation in the two cities.

The group will also meet Mayor of London Boris Johnson at City Hall where he

will host a reception for the participants.

"Dao Xiang is a great project. Bringing together the brightest and best young

leaders from

Shanghai

and

London

is a fantastic way to learn from each other

and strengthen the developing bonds between our two great cities," said Mr

Johnson, who is also a member of the Dao Xiang Advisory Group. "I know

previous Common Purpose Ventures have delivered some creative, innovative

solutions to different problems and I can't wait to see the ideas that are

produced this time."

"Both London and

Shanghai

have long history, dynamic entrepreneurs, young

and growing populations and huge challenges in common," said Julia Middleton,

Chief Executive and Founder, Common Purpose. "Getting the next generation

of their leaders together to tackle common problems seems only right. The

outcome will strengthen relationships which defy the cultural differences. Our

Ventures reveal just how small the world is."

Participants are from organisations including: UBM Sinoexpo International

Exhibition Co. Ltd, Constructing Futures, UBM China, UBM London, British

Council Shanghai, Small Axe, Shanghai Cultural Square, PwC, Parsons

Brinckerhoff, Southbank Centre, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group and CBN

weekly.

International sponsors supporting the Venture include Cisco, PwC, UBM and

GlaxoSmithKline.

"For UBM, supporting the development of leaders of our businesses in

China

and in the UK is an important enabler of our strategy for growth," says Jennifer

Duvalier, Group People and Culture Director at UBM. "We also believe that

experience is the best classroom, and that bringing leaders from different

cultures and backgrounds to learn together is very powerful in creating positive

outcomes. Dao Xiang is a great vehicle for this kind of development

experience, and UBM is proud to be involved."

Notes to Editors

Common Purpose

Common Purpose is an independent international leadership development

organisation. Over the past 22 years, Common Purpose has designed and

delivered courses that help people at all stages of their career become more

effective leaders in society.

Common Purpose was founded by Julia Middleton in 1989 and currently delivers

leadership development opportunities in nearly 40 cities across 12 countries,

including:

France

,

Germany

,

Ghana

,

Hong Kong

,

Hungary

,

India

,

Ireland

, MENA,

South Africa

,

Sweden

,

Turkey

and the UK.

Common Purpose runs courses that give people from the private, public and

not-for-profit sector the inspiration, skills and connections to become better

leaders both at work and in society. Common Purpose helps people,

organisations, cities and regions to succeed, by broadening the horizons of their

leaders and developing their ability to work together and lead complex change.

Common Purpose deals with real life issues and insights. We connect people

who might otherwise never meet and give participants an understanding of the

local context in which they do their jobs, the impact of their decisions and the

contribution they can make. We operate in countries across the world - and

connect them together. So participants are exposed to a broader international

perspective of leadership.

There are 35,000 Common Purpose alumni around the world and each year,

3,000 people complete a Common Purpose course. To attract the widest range

of potential participants from a diverse range of backgrounds, Common

Purpose provides approximately 600 bursaries a year for those who could not

otherwise afford to attend.

http://www.commonpurpose.org

Common Purpose Ventures

Dao Xiang, meaning 'direction' in Mandarin, is part of a series of Ventures run

by Common Purpose that will expand, enrich and energise relations between

two or more locations.

Other Ventures Common Purpose is currently delivering include Dishaa (

India

,

UK), Itijah (

Europe

and the Arab World), and Kompas (

Czech Republic

,

Slovakia

,

Hungary

,

Poland

,

Romania

), with further Ventures in development including

Phambili (

South Africa

, UK) and Yon (

Turkey

, UK) Dou Heung (

Hong Kong

,

Scotland

).

http://www.commonpurpose.org/ventures

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