Youth speak forum brochure

AIESEC IN SOUTH AFRICA PRESENTS:

YOUTH SPEAK FORUM 10THÂ OF MARCH, 2018 JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

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CONCEPT

YouthSpeak Forum is about converting youth opinion into real world impact plus understanding and connecting with what young people care about and helping empower them to take action on issues that will create a positive impact in our society.

The Forum achieves this through it's interactive framework of Inspire, Engage, Act which consists of bringing top young leaders together with business leaders, thought leaders and experts for a conversation around youth contribution to both local and global agendas.

Enabling youth to voice their opinion and take action.

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DETAILS

AIESEC's biggest and most prestigious type of conference 250 Young leaders from all over South Africa Virtual Audience Social Media coverage Brand Engagement Practical Workshops Real issues, sustainable solutions

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venue

Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct From the Setswana phrase for “new beginnings”, Tshimologong is one of the Johannesburg’s newest high-tech addresses in the vibrant inner-city district of Braamfontein.

At Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct, the incubation of start-ups, the commercialisation of research and the development of high-level digital skills for students, working professionals and unemployed youths is taking place.

Address: 41 Juta Street. Braamfontein, Johannesburg

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DElegates Profile of decision makers University students Volunteers from NGOs Innovative leaders 18-30 years old AIESEC members and non-AIESEC members mainly from universities where we are present: *Nelson Mandela University *University of Johannesburg *University of Monash South Africa *University of Pretoria *University of the Witwatersrand

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theme & Framework

The 2018 theme will be focused around the two Sustainable Development Goals “Decent Work and Economic Growth” and "Industry, Innovation and infrastructure" . We identified these two goals as the most important ones for the South African youth, according to the results of the

INSPIRE Top business and thought leaders from South Africa are invited to share their knowledge with the delegates about the chosen forum theme. This section of the day is delivered through short and powerful talks and aims to inspire delegates and help to form their opinions for the rest of the day.

YouthSpeak Survey* Through targeting these topics, we will assess the role of youth in making changes by committing to action to make a true impact.

ENGAGE Our partner organizations will engage with the youth delegates to give new perspectives on issues relating to the forum theme through workshops, conversations and idea generation spaces. Youth and business are able to interact, exchange opinions and understand what is being done in the world already to address the question of the day.

Given the current context, we will seek to answer the following questions: 1.- What kind of leadership is needed to solve the most pressing challenges in South Africa?

2.- What can we learn from transformational leaders and organizations that have positively disrupted their sectors to make massive impact and social change?

3.- What is the role of our generation to lead transformational change in 2018?

*YouthSpeak Survey Report: https://aiesec.org/youth-speak

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ACT The youth delegates take their learning and insights from the day into a space where they are able to co-create ideas and solutions with their peers and experts in the room. The aim is to switch their ideas into actions that each stakeholder can take forward to contribute to the theme of the day, resulting in commitments and projects that organizations and stakeholders can support.

YOUTH SPEAK FORUM

AGENDA 08:00 - 09:00

Registration INSPIRE

09:00 - 09:20

Opening

09:20 - 09:40

NGO Speech

09:40 - 10:00

Enterprise Speech

10:00 - 10:30

NGO Discussion Panel

10:30 - 11:00

Enterprise Discussion Panel

11:00 - 12:00

Action Space

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

13:00 - 14:00

NGOs and Enterprises cases

14:00 - 15:30

Study cases

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 - 17:00

Presentation of winners

17:00 - 18:00

Call to action & closing YSF | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

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REGISTRATION & fees Dates: December 25th, 2017 to February 28th, 2018

Registration Link: http://bit.ly/YSFJohannesburg

Fees: Early Birds: R100 Regular registration: R160 Day of the event: R200

Stages: Early Birds: From December 21st, 2017 to January 31st, 2018 Regular registration: From February 1st, 2018 to February 28th, 2018 Day of the event: March 10th, 2018

More info: bit.ly/YSFJohannesburg2018

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YOUTH SPEAK FORUM Contact Details Fabiola Venegas National President of AIESEC in South Africa

Jose Carlos Murillo National Director of Marketing of AIESEC in South Africa

fabiola.venegas@aiesec.net Phone: (+27) 07690 24714 WhatsApp: +521 33 1129 0298

jose.murillo@aiesec.net Phone: (+27) 06447 30811 WhatsApp: +27 6447 30811