World Bank Youth Summit 2018: Unleashing the Power of Human Capital

Youth Summit Steering Committee 2018

Manager and Co-Chair

Fannie Delavelle 

Treasurer and Co-Chair

Samia Ausaf

Secretariat         

Communications Lead – Social Media and Website

Alejandra de Lecea

Communications Lead – Branding and Outreach Management 

Sundas Liaqat

Event Content Lead – Plenaries and Training Sessions

Event Content Lead – Competition

Roman Alexander Balin

Event Logistics Lead – IT

Event Logistics Lead – Design

Youth Engagement Lead International

Tingting Wang

Jorge Barbosa

Youth Engagement Lead National

Ameya Sapre

Senior Communications Advisor

Patrick Andrew Powell

Senior Advisor

Start (EST)

End (EST)

Room

Content

8.00 – 9.00

Registration & Networking Breakfast

Preston Lobby

9.00 – 9:45

Opening Ceremony

Preston Auditorium

Welcoming Remarks

- Fannie Delavelle and Samia Ausaf, Co-Chairs at the WBG Youth Summit 2018

Keynote Conversation with:

- Doug Galen, Co-Founder and CEO of Rippleworks and Lecturer in Management at Stanford University

- Gabrielle Williams, Event Logistics Lead at the WBG Youth Summit 2018

Welcoming Remarks

- Jaime Saavedra, Senior Director of Education Global Practice at the World Bank Group

Master of Ceremonies: Roger Osorio, Entrepreneurship Program Leader at IBM and Facilitator at Startup Weekend

9.45 – 10

Networking Coffee Break

10 – 11.30

Plenary session I

Preston Auditorium

The Future of Investing in the Early Years

- Tazeen Hasan, Senior Legal Specialist at the World Bank Group

- Rita Ginja, Associate Professor in Department of Economics at University of Bergen

- Afzal Habib, Co-Founder and Chief Imagination Officer at Kidogo

- Pawan Patil, Senior Economist at the World Bank Group

Moderated by Laura Rawlings, Lead Social Protection Specialist at the World Bank Group

11.40 – 13.10

Workshop I

Innovations for the Development of Human Capital Foundations

See Annex A - Workshop I for details

How can innovation enhance access to the drivers of human capital development in the first 1000 days of life?

Participants will attend a workshop that will look at innovations focused around the early years of an individual's life.

- Workshop 1A: Building Human Capital Through Nutrition (by WBG Health, Nutrition & Population Global Practice )

- Workshop 1B: How to Work with your Community to Create Sustainable Change (by Rotary International)

- Workshop 1C: Disrupting Maternal Health Through Technology (by B-wom)

- Workshop 1D: Sexual and Reproductive Health (by Pathfinder)

- Workshop 1E: Opportunities for Youth Engagement in Food & Nutrition Policymaking (by the Private Sector

Mechanism of the UN Committee on Food Security)

- Workshop 1F: How Can Innovation Enhance Access to the Drivers of Human Capital Development in

the First 1000 Days of Life? (by Kidogo)

- Workshop 1G: How Family Forward Policies at Patagonia Drive Extreme Bottom Line Results (by Patagonia)

- Workshop 1H: Igniting An Innovative Mindset Through Improv (by Mavasive Leadership Institute)

- Workshop 1I: Speed Mentoring Session (by Y2Y Mentorship Team)

13.10 - 14

Networking Lunch Break

Preston Lobby

Corporate Sponsors and Youth Organizations to Host Information Stands Over Lunch.

14 – 14.30

Arm-chair conversation

Preston Auditorium

Investing in People and Human Capital Development

- Chris Milligan, Counselor to the Agency at USAID

- Alona Kazantseva, Content Co-Lead at the WBG Youth Summit 2018

14.30 - 15

Presentation of HCI

Preston Auditorium

The Human Capital Project and the Human Capital Index

Discussion of the Human Capital Project and introduction to the newly launched HCI

- Annette Dixon, Vice President for Human Development at the World Bank Group

- Fannie Delavelle, Manager & Co-Chair of the WBG Youth Summit 2018

15 – 15.15

Networking Coffee Break

15.15 -16.45

Plenary session II

Preston Auditorium

Leveraging Technology to Ramp Up Human Potential

- Nadya Okamoto, Founder and Executive Director at PERIOD

- Julie Clugage, Co-Founder and Executive Director at Team4Tech

- Joel Sadler, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Piper

- Rocio Ortega, Associate at Girl Up (UN Foundation)

- Anthony Prince, Americas Leader for Education at Microsoft

Moderated by Andy Rabens, Senior Advisor on Global Youth Issues at the U.S. State Department

17 – 18.30

Workshop II

Technology and Youth: Developing Human Capital

See Annex B - Workshop II for details

What is the role of technology in human capital development? How can innovation enhance human capital development in youth?

Participants will attend a workshop that will focus on the use of technologies targeting youth development.

- Workshop 2A: Introduction to Coding (by Women Who Code)

- Workshop 2B: Leaders for a Better Tomorrow (by Women Who Code)

- Workshop 2C: Developing Human Capital through Technology Education: An African Context (by Moringa School)

- Workshop 2D: Advancing Teaching and Learning with Technology: Opportunities for Private Sector Collaboration

(by Team4Tech)

- Workshop 2E: Machine Learning and AI: Impacts on Human Capital (by Virgil CapitalCapital)

- Workshop 2F: Lifetime of Learning Technology (by Piper)

- Workshop 2G: Leveraging Technology for Human Capital: A Creative Workshop (by African Leadership University

(ALU))

- Workshop 2H: Evoke – Use of Game Mechanics and Blockchain Technology to Incentivize Youth to Solve the World’s

Greatest Challenges (by WBG Blockchain Lab)

- Workshop 2I: An Exponential Education to Expand Human Capital (by Virtual Educa and Y2Y)

Closing remarks

- Ana Roca Castro, CEO of Genius Plaza

Takeaways to be shared from the plenary sessions and workshops.

19.00

Social Mixer

Elephant & Castle
900 19th St NW, Washington, DC

Start (EST)

End (EST)

Room

Content

8 – 9

Registration & Networking Breakfast

Preston Lobby

Investing in Local Human Capital from the Private Sector

- Daniella Foster, Senior Director of Global Corporate Responsibility at Hilton

-- Jorge Barbosa, International Youth Engagement Co-lead at the WBG Youth Summit 2018

9.30 – 11.30

Competition final

Preston Auditorium

Pitch Contest: Final Round of the Youth Summit 2018 Competition

Finalists will present their proposals. Two winners will be decided through votes from the Jury and the audience.

Jury Members:

- Sean Petersen, Principal Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation

- Veronica Nyhan Jones, Manager, Sustainable Infrastructure, International Finance Corporation

- Dena Ringold, Manager Human Capital Project, World Bank

- Matt Zieger, Head of US Ventures for Village Capital Group

- Brian Gonzalez, Director for Public Sector Policy, Government Affairs, Intel Corporation

- Djordjija Petkoski, Co-Chair of the World Bank Ideas4Action Program, Lecturer and Senior Fellow at Wharton.

11.30 – 11.45

Networking Coffee Break

11.45 – 12.15

Keynote Speaker

Preston Auditorium

Disruption in Work - the Future of Jobs

12.15 – 13.15

Networking Lunch Break

Preston Lobby

What is the Human's Role in Human Capital Development?

- Roger Osorio, Executive Coach at IBM and Instructor at University of Pennsylvania

Plenary session III

Preston Auditorium

Maximizing Contributions in the Jobs of Tomorrow

- Murat Tarimcilar, Professor of Decision Sciences at George Washington University

- Lesly Goh, Chief Technology Officer at the World Bank Group

- Ali Siddiq, Chief Operating Officer at Amal Academy

- Catherine Bertini, Distinguished Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Rockefeller Foundation Fellow

Moderated by Saleema Vellani, Co-Founder & COO of Innovazing, Innovation Strategist at World Bank, Mentorship

Co-Chair at Y2Y Community

15.15 – 15.30

Networking Coffee Break

15.30 - 16

Arm-chair conversation

Preston Auditorium

Innovative Technology in Education and How Youth Can Use It

- Haroon Yasin, Gulmakai Champion at the Malala Fund and Chairperson of Orenda Project

- Diego Soto Garcia, Partnerships Lead at the WBG Youth Summit and Paralegal at MIGA

16.15 – 17.45

Workshop III

Transformation and Transition: Skills for the Future

See Annex C - Workshop III for details

How can youth prepare for the jobs of tomorrow? What skills and mindsets are required for the future?

Participants will attend a workshop on the skills and mindsets that will prepare them for the jobs of tomorrow.

- Workshop 3A: Leadership to Changemakers: Maximize Your Impact (by Innovazing)

- Workshop 3B: Building Human Capital through Blockchain Social Marketplaces (by WBG Blockchain Lab)

- Workshop 3C: Introduction to Design Thinking (by WBG Blockchain Lab)

- Workshop 3D: Jobs for the Future: Practical Approaches to Include Women and Disadvantaged Youth (by Solutions

for Youth Employment (S4YE))

- Workshop 3E: Climate Change and Human Capital (by World Bank Climate, Markets and Innovation Team)

- Workshop 3F: Driving Young Changemakers’ Success with YouthLead (by YouthPower Learning Team)

- Workshop 3G: The Food and Agriculture System: Youth Agripreneurship (by Global Agriculture and Food Security

Program (GAFSP) Coordination Unit)

- Workshop 3H: Preparing Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa For Jobs of Tomorrow: The role of Digital and Soft Skills

Development (by Y4I Africa)

18 – 18.10

Closing discussion

Preston Auditorium

18.10 – 18.30

Preston Auditorium

Preston Auditorium

Announcement of the winners of the Youth Summit 2018 Competition and Closure of the Event

- Amit Dar, Director, Strategy and Operations, Human Development Practice at the World Bank Group

18.30 – 18.35

Team Picture

Preston Auditorium

18.40 – 20.30

Social mixer