Today’s youth are the largest generation in history: There are about 1.8 billion people between the ages of 10-24 on Earth today. They inhabit a world more interconnected than ever. As the ‘adults in the room’ struggle to reconcile, reimagine, and recreate, these young people may well have to pick up the ruins. What are the main challenges facing this generation? Who do they support, and who do they blame? And how do outgoing millennials and incoming GenZ look at the decade ahead?
Raghuram S, Joint Secretary (Policy Planning & Research), Ministry of External Affairs, India
Jainaba Sowe, Public Relations Officer, Open Gambia Network, Gambia
Vanshica Kant, Climate, Human & Social Development Expert, Asian Development Bank
Malshini Senaratne, Assistant Head of Department, University of Seychelles, Seychelles Charlotte Rose, Director, North Star CLS, Australia
Pegor Papazian, Chief Development Officer, TUMO, Republic of Armenia
Moderator:
Manasi Subramaniam, Editor-in-Chief, Penguin Random House, India