Youth Special Track

Welcome to the Youth Special Track of the WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025, co-organized by ITU, UN Graduate Study Program (GSP), CSEDS, GYLDC, ICDC, ICANN, IEEE, ISOC, Microsoft, Shanghai Green Light-Year, SDG Solution Space of the University of Geneva, and USCIB on 7 July 2025. This dedicated Special Track aims to empower youth voices, foster intergenerational collaboration, and highlight how young changemakers are leveraging ICTs for global sustainable development.
Join us for this exciting and impactful Youth Special Track at the WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025!
Together let's shape a digital future that works for all generations.

Sessions and Events
Monday, 7 July 2025

- 14:00–15:00 (UTC+02:00)
- Plenary Room C, Palexpo
Multilateral Intergenerational High-Level Dialogue: Youth Special Track
This intergenerational high-level dialogue will bring together multilateral leaders and young changemakers to discuss the role of youth digital leadership and innovation in the next phase of digital transformation. The discussion will center around the following key themes: Intergenerational Leadership for a Trusted and Inclusive Digital Future AI, Skills, and the Future of Work: Preparing Youth to Lead in a Rapidly Changing Digital Landscape Digital Changemakers: Youth-Driven Innovation for
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- 12:15–13:45 (UTC+02:00)
- Room K, Palexpo
Knowledge Café: Youth building the digital future - WSIS+20 Review and Beyond 2025
Interactive workshop-style youth-led discussions to ideate the youth vision for the next 20 years of the WSIS process. The session will facilitate a collaborative, youth-led dialogue to generate actionable, context-specific solutions to a particular challenge of the digital transformation in terms of WSIS+20 Review and Beyond 2025. Topics will be discussed during the session: “WSIS & Me”: Why the WSIS Process Matters to Young People Today WSIS and Digital Governance Reimagining WSIS: A Y
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- 13:00–13:45 (UTC+02:00)
- Room F, Palexpo
- Shanghai Green Light-Year
Global Classrooms, Local Action: Empowering Youth with Digital Tools to Address Real-World Challenges
Our youth speakers, representing different corners of the world, have harnessed digital tools in remarkable ways. In the realm of Education for sustainable development, they utilized AI to collect and analyze vast amounts of Climate Change Education data, enabling more targeted educational programs that reached remote communities. In promoting digital inclusion, they developed accessible digital platforms, breaking down barriers for people with hard-hearing. Regarding gender equality, digital ca
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- 13:00–13:45 (UTC+02:00)
- Room E, Palexpo
- USCIB / ICANN
Roundtable: Young Professionals-- Enhancing Your Career Skills in the Internet Governance Space
As the digital landscape evolves, the demand for skilled, informed, and agile professionals in Internet governance is greater than ever. This interactive roundtable brings together young and seasoned professionals, mentors, and stakeholders from across the Internet governance ecosystem to explore how emerging leaders can build impactful careers in this dynamic field. Participants will gain practical insights on navigating professional pathways in Internet governance—from policy and technical sta
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- 15:00–15:45 (UTC+02:00)
- Room F, Palexpo
- IEEE
Intergenerational Dialogue: Technology for Innovation and Global Resilience
This session will facilitate an intergenerational dialogue on leveraging technology for innovation and global resilience, focusing on ethical Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital inclusion, and climate action. It will explore regulatory challenges in AI governance, data sovereignty, and equitable access to digital technologies while fostering a collaborative, youth-led approach to responsible AI implementation. The discussion will highlight how young professionals and experienced leaders can wo
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- 16:00–16:45 (UTC+02:00)
- Room F, Palexpo
- International Competence Development Committee (ICDC), The Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy (CSEDS)
Promoting Education and Youth Development through Information Technology
Currently, the rapid development of information technology, particularly artificial intelligence and digital technologies, is reshaping the landscape of education and the pathways for youth development with unprecedented depth and breadth. This session aims to respond to the WSIS vision of a "people-centered, development-oriented, and inclusive" information society by exploring how to leverage information technology to address educational challenges, unlock the potential of youth, and contribute
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- 17:00–17:45 (UTC+02:00)
- Room L, Palexpo
Youth contributing to digital and outcomes of the special track
This session will bring together moderators from the day’s youth sessions to share key insights, audience contributions, and actionable recommendations. It will serve as a synthesis of the WSIS+20 Youth Special Track, highlighting how youth are actively shaping the digital transformation agenda.
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- 08:00–14:00 (UTC+02:00)
- Giga Connectivity Centre, Campus Biotech
- WSIS/UNIGE SDG Solution Space/LPI/mymun/AI Crowd/The Villars Institute
ReModelUN Trialogue
ReModelUN Trialogue (previously Geneva Trialogue) is a one-day event held in Geneva with and for the Model United Nations (MUN), an international network of over 1M high school and university students who organize UN-style negotiations every year. This is a youth community that is passionate about achieving peace through multilateral dialogue and progress through international cooperation. As in last year's successful edition, the focus is on leveraging responsible artificial intelligence to imp
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- 18:30–21:00 (UTC+02:00)
- Cafeteria, ITU Montbrillant Building
WSIS Youth Networking Reception
To the dreamers, doers, and youth shaping what’s next — this one’s for you. Join the WSIS Youth Networking Reception at WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025, a vibrant celebration of the young people shaping the future of digital innovation and cooperation. Meet the next generation of digital changemakers, dance with ideas, connect with new friends, and let the energy of the moment move you. Did you know that 52 percent of the world’s population is under 30, and 79 percent of young people are online? T
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