Bridging the global digital divide: ensuring equitable access to digital technologies (MUN)

Model United Nations (MUN) is an academic simulation in which participants (usually students) assume the roles of delegates representing United Nations member states and engage in structured debate on pressing international issues. Delegates are expected to research their assigned country's positions, negotiate with fellow representatives, and work towards the drafting and adoption of formal resolutions. The exercise aims to develop skills in diplomacy, public speaking, and international affairs

AI for Educational Transformation and Youth Development: Opportunities and Risks

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming education systems and reshaping the opportunities, challenges, and responsibilities facing young people worldwide. As AI becomes increasingly embedded in learning, work, and social participation, there is a growing need to ensure that youth are equipped not only with digital skills, but also with the knowledge, values, and global competencies required to thrive in an AI-driven future. This session will explore both the opportunities and risks of AI

Science to Society: Youth, Digital Platforms and Trusted Communication for Climate and Food Security

A dynamic, practical, forward-looking, and conversational session exploring the role of youth innovation in using digital platforms and science communication to make weather, climate and agricultural information clearer, more inclusive and more actionable. The session will highlight the interlinkages between weather, climate, agriculture, and food security, while examining how technical information can be translated into practical tools, messages, and insights that communities and young people c

Catalyzing Youth-Led Digital Public Infrastructure: A Philanthropic Roadmap for Human-Centric AI and Global Equity

BackgroundAs the global community navigates the "WSIS+20" era, the acceleration of the United Nations Global Digital Compact (GDC) demands a radical reimagining of how we build and govern technology. Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and human-centric AI have emerged as the foundational pillars required to anchor global sustainable development and bridge the persistent digital divide. Globally, youth possess immense digital agency and are uniquely positioned to co-create open-source public goo

Youth Digital Well-Being and Mental Health Implications

Through a structured debate format, participants will engage with real-world examples, evidence-based arguments, and lived experiences to examine both the opportunities and risks associated with digital engagement. The session aims to create a safe and dynamic space for young people to exchange perspectives, challenge assumptions respectfully, and contribute recommendations for future digital wellbeing initiatives. The session will be preceded by the Young people's mental health in an online wor

Who Gets to Shape AI Governance? Youth, the Global South, and the Future of Digital Power

Everyone agrees that youth should have a role in AI governance. Far fewer can say where youth actually sit in it today. This youth-led session answers that question directly. Through the Young AI Leaders (YAIL) community, the AI for Good youth network convened under the ITU, this youth-led session makes the case that the grassroots work young people do can serve as a platform where AI governance can be actualized in practice. It can be where governance actually gets implemented. We want to show

UNIGE Trialogue Remodeling UN

AI, Youth and Skills: Building the Workforce of Tomorrow