With nearly 75 million young people out of school and out of work, creating new solutions to address youth employment is a critical priority. How do we consider the needs and desires of young people while designing opportunities to help them enter the workforce? What’s your solution? In this collaborative conversation, join fellow delegates, facilitators from IDEO.org, and youth employment experts to brainstorm your own approach to specific youth employment challenges.
Time & Location
Time:
15:00 - 16:30, Thursday, April 16, 2015 BSTLocation:
SBS, Seminar Room A
Speakers
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SpeakerSenior Program Manager, Youth Livelihoods, The MasterCard FoundationSteve Cumming is responsible for a portfolio of Youth Livelihoods projects at the Foundation, with a particular focus on vocational skills and informal employment. He is also the focal point within the Foundation for the Youth Think Tank. Before joining the Foundation, Steve was the International…
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SpeakerExecutive Director, Friends-InternationalSébastien Marot is Founder and Executive Director of Friends-International (FI), an award winning global social enterprise which supports over 200,000 marginalized children and youth each year. He has led the expansion of the organization into 18 countries across 4 continents, developing best…
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SpeakerSenior Design Lead, IDEO.orgNathalie is a Senior Design Lead on IDEO.org’s Amplify Program, a joint venture with the UK Department for International Development and OpenIDEO aimed at transforming international aid through collaboration and human-centered design. The Amplify Program brings funding and design support to…
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SpeakerCEO, AlightJocelyn Wyatt is the CEO of Alight, where she leads more than 3,500 team members globally. Her vast experience in strategic development on a global scale is intrinsically human-centered. Alight works in more than 20 countries, co-creating dignified spaces and human-worthy services for and…