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3 Days of GYEO
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Note: Some daily sessions will take place at the Courtyard Marriott, 8506 Fenton St, Silver Spring, MD (about a 3-minute walk)
Download a PDF walking map to guide you to the Courtyard Marriott.
Summit Schedule
2024 GYEO Summit | Sep 09, 9:00 AM EDT – Sep 12, 5:30 PM EDT Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veterans Pl, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
- 8 hours
Youth Leadership Accelerator
Room - TBD
- 2 hours 30 minutes
Designing Holistic Youth Economic Programming
Ellsworth - 2 hours 30 minutes
Applying YP2LE's MERL Practitioner Toolkit to Youth Economic Opportunities Program
Fenton - 2 hours 30 minutes
US Department of Labor Session
Courtyard by Marriott - 1 hour
Sponsor Led - Lunch and Learn Session : EDC and USAID
Spring - 1 hour
Sponsor Led - Lunch and Learn Session: Partnerships for a Green Future
Ellsworth - 30 minutes
Summit Opening: Welcome Music – Drummers
- 1 hour
Opening Plenary: Toward a Youth Inclusive Green Economy: Levers of Change
Main Stage (Great Hall) - 1 hour 30 minutes
Innovations in Labor Market Diagnostics and Assessments
Great Hall - 1 hour 30 minutes
Why Waste it When You can Market It? – Opportunities for Multi-stakeholders in Africa’s Waste Recycling Sector
Spring - 1 hour 30 minutes
Building an Opportunity Youth Led Equity Leadership Program and Network
Fenton - 1 hour 30 minutes
My Golden Circle is Green!
Ellsworth - 1 hour 30 minutes
Jobtech Platforms: The Greatest Private Sector Partners for Youth Employment Programs
Courtyard by Marriott - 20 minutes
Transition/Break
- 15 minutes
Headline Address - Dean Karlan
Main Stage (Great Hall) - 1 hour
USAID Plenary: What the Heck is UDL? Using UDL to Design Inclusive YWFD Programs
Main Stage (Great Hall) - 1 hour 40 minutes
Networking Reception
Main Atrium
- 30 minutes
Catalyzing Change: A Fireside Chat on Gender, Climate, and Collective Action with Michael Nyenhuis and Amara Ifeji
Main Stage (Great Hall) - 45 minutes
Youth and Cooperatives: Developing Solutions for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods
Courtyard by Marriott - 45 minutes
A Systems Approach to Youth Employment: How Do We Get It Right?
Spring - 45 minutes
Resilient Futures: Trauma-Informed Approaches for Youth Empowerment
Ellsworth - 45 minutes
Empowering Youth in South Africa's Green Economy: Opportunities, Barriers, and Quick Wins
Fenton - 10 minutes
Transition/Break
- 10 minutes
Headline Address - National Geographic Society Young Explorer and UNICEF
Main Stage - 1 hour
Intergenerational Dialogue Plenary
Main Stage (Great Hall) - 10 minutes
Transition/Break
- 1 hour
Empowering Green Futures: Youth Entrepreneurship Meets Climate Finance
Spring - 1 hour
Youth Power: Driving Systems Change for a Greener Future
Fenton - 1 hour
Private Sector’s Critical Investment in Building a Green Workforce
Fenton - 1 hour
Youth in the Agrifood Sector: Green and Inclusive Job Growth Spurred Through Digital Breakthroughs
Ellsworth - 1 hour
AI-Driven Skills for Youth: Bridging Education and the Job Market
Great Hall - 15 minutes
Transition/Break
- 1 hour
Building Better TVET Systems: Global Insights and Practical Lessons
Fenton - 1 hour
How Education, Training, and Agri-food Systems Act Together to Accelerate Skilling for Sustainable Futures
Courtyard by Marriott - 1 hour
The Role of Youth Leadership in Building Climate Change Resilience in Central America
Spring - 1 hour
Using AI and Data to Map Green Jobs and Skills Transitions for More Aligned Program Design
Great Hall - 1 hour
Egypt: Pioneering a Market Responsive Approach to Job Skills for Youth
Ellsworth - 1 hour
Networking Lunch
- 1 hour
It’s Not Too Late: Building Blocks for Intersectional Inclusion in Youth Economic Opportunities
Courtyard by Marriott - 1 hour
Cultivating Green Jobs: Innovative Models and Tools for Youth Green Jobs in Agriculture
Great Hall - 1 hour
Challenges and Enabling Factors to Achieve a Just Transition in Sub Saharan Africa
Ellsworth - 1 hour
Responding to a World at Flux: Building Ukrainian Youth Entrepreneurs
Spring - 1 hour
Disrupting Social Norms: Transforming Challenges into Economic Opportunities
Fenton - 15 minutes
Transition/Break
- 1 hour
In the Driver’s Seat: Youth-Led Climate Justice and Green Jobs Advocacy
Fenton - 1 hour
Reflections from Multi-Stakeholder Youth Employment Alliances: Unpacking Successes, Bottlenecks, and Looking Ahead
Great Hall - 1 hour
Unlocking Tomorrow's Opportunities: Private Sector Contribution into a Sustainable Future
Courtyard by Marriott - 1 hour
How Government-led Systems Strengthening can Unlock Sustainable Opportunities for Youth
Spring - 1 hour
Youth-led Green Innovation Labs: Youth Innovation that is Local, Inclusive and a Force for Climate Action
Ellsworth - 20 minutes
Transition/Break
- 1 hour
Private-Sector Perspectives: Driving Forward a Just Transition
Main Stage (Great Hall)
- 45 minutes
Unlocking Opportunity: Empowering Indian Youth through TVET Fee Financing
Fenton - 45 minutes
Is Childcare a Personal, Private, or Public Responsibility?
Spring - 45 minutes
Empowering NGOs: Unlocking the Potential of AI and Technology for Social Impact Communication
Courtyard by Marriott - 10 minutes
Transition/Break
- 10 minutes
Headline Address - Ragina Arrington
Main Stage (Great Hall) - 1 hour
Creating Enterprise Opportunities for Youth – Innovations in the Green and Circular Economies
Great Hall - 10 minutes
Transition/Break
- 1 hour
AI Powered: Building Youth in MENA for the Future of Work
Fenton - 1 hour
Taking a Comprehensive Approach to Youth Leadership and Private Sector Partnership
Ellsworth - 1 hour
Empowering Fulbe Youth for Peaceful Coexistence and Economic Opportunities
Spring - 1 hour
How Systems Can Practice Youth Engagement to Advance Economic Opportunity, Social Equity, and a Healthy Environment
Courtyard by Marriott - 1 hour
Green and Digital Horizons: Research and Results from Kenya
Great Hall - 1 hour
Youth-led Financial Solutions for Ethiopian Youth
Ellsworth - 1 hour
Practical Solutions for Fostering Systems Change through Program Design and Implementation
Great Hall - 1 hour
Thriving Futures: Unleashing Climate-Smart Economic Opportunities to Build Youth Resilience
Spring - 1 hour
Green Futures: Empowering Youth for Eco-Resilience and Economic Opportunities
Fenton - 1 hour
Networking Lunch
- 1 hour
Smart Regenerative and Profitable—How Youth Micro Retailers are Driving Both Profit and Climate Aagenda
Spring - 1 hour
Building Opportunities and Resilience through Youth-led job Creation and Climate-friendly Livelihoods
Fenton - 1 hour
Strategies for Incentivizing the Private Sector in TVET Skills Development
Ellsworth - 1 hour
Girls Finding Financial Independence in Fragile Settings
Great Hall - 15 minutes
Transition/Break
- 1 hour
Enhancing Youth Economic Opportunities with Local Systems: A Locally Driven, Collective Action Model
Courtyard by Marriott - 1 hour
Beyond Capital: Using Gender-Inclusive Job Skills Training and Worker Cooperatives to Support Entrepreneurship
Great Hall - 1 hour
Cultivating Futures: Strategies for Youth Economic Empowerment in Thin and Fragile Agricultural Markets
Ellsworth - 1 hour
Greening the Next Generation: Empowering Youth with Green Life Skills for Sustainable Futures
Spring - 1 hour
What Youth-Led and Youth-Serving Organizations Need to Know to Benefit from the Localization Movement
Fenton - 15 minutes
Transition/Break
- 1 hour
Closing Plenary: Building Pathways: Catalyzing Youth Economic Opportunities With and For Refugees
Main Stage (Great Hall) - 15 minutes
Closing Remarks
Main Stage (Great Hall)
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