9:00 - 9:40

Meet the Youth of the World

The member delegates start a typical AIESEC day with a 30-min AIESEC greeting from each of the 107 countries present in the congress. Facilitated by the congress’ chair.

9:40 - 10:20   

Opening of the Global Youth to Business Forum

Opening of the Forum with a keynote address by Amadou Diallo, CEO of DHL Global Forwarding for Asia Pacific, and an address by the President of AIESEC International, Aman Jain.

10:20 – 10:50  

Networking Break and Transition to Workshops

10:50 - 13:00   

BUSINESS TO YOUTH: Entrepreneurship in the Crisis, Climate change & Sustainability, Labour mobility & Diversity delivered by 13 AIESEC partners.

Partnering organizations will hold 13 parallel workshops of 30-50 youth delegates each lasting 120 minutes. These workshops will vary in methodology from simulations, lectures and group activities all with the objective of providing an informative background for the young leaders to build their opinion and brainstorm specific questions to address in the afternoon. Delegate evaluations of the workshops will be collected as they finish.

13:00 – 13:30  

Networking Break

13:30 - 15:00   

Lunch with the Youth of the World

60 organizational representatives are welcomed to dine with the 550 youth leaders from 107 countries and continue their informative and insightful conversations informally.

15:00 - 15:50   

Featured speeches delivered by 8 featured guests

8 representatives of partnering organizations will challenge the audience with an overview of the pressing issues related to each of the topics. This will open the floor for specific conversations the delegates feel still need to happen so that society can advance on these macro-topics and their more sub-topics.

15:50 - 17:40   

YOUTH TO BUSINESS: Entrepreneurship in the Crisis, Climate change & Sustainability, Labour mobility & Diversity in 2 rounds of an open space.

Delegates will have the opportunity to propose conversation topics they feel the world needs to have in order to progress and develop around each of the Forum’s key topics.  In 2 rounds of conversations, all delegates will attend those that interest them the most and capture the thoughts and conclusions of the group and themselves.  The space is designed for the organizational representatives to participate alongside the members to continue guiding and offering assistance when needed; however, the discussions are led by the members themselves.  The conclusions and further questions will be harvested and shared among the network and public in a published output.

17:40 - 18:00   

Networking Break and Transition to the Closing Panel

18:00 - 19:20   

YOUTH AND BUSINESS : Concluding, Open Panel Discussion

All three forum tracks come together to observe and participate in the concluding panel facilitated in an open and engaging manner.  The panellists include 3 organizational representatives alongside of 3 youth leaders of AIESEC.

19:20- 22:00    

Networking Partners’ Dinner