Summits bring together great people and spark dialogue around important issues. They provide unique opportunities for networking and connection. Youthful Cities’ summits are more than just a conference; they incorporate our Think + Do Lab model to generate ideas and foster change. To make sure great ideas don’t fall through the cracks, summits can be combined with the virtual hackathon model following the conclusion of in-person sessions.
A think and do tank for/by youth championed by RBC Future Launch and the Government of Canada.
When? January 29-February 1st, 2024
Where? SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue (580 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1L6)
What? A three-day summit bringing together fifty young leaders to delve into the future of urban work. The summit’s objectives include forging a network of Canadian youth leaders, facilitating skill development, crafting action plans for Canadian cities, providing web-based resources for cities and citizens, and developing future scenarios to monitor urban development trends.
The Future of Work Summit was a one-of-a-kind experience for 60 young leaders across various Canadian cities and work industries who came together and collaborated on a vision of what the future of work can be. It was a unique opportunity to amplify the youth voice on the future of work.
The landscape of work is quickly changing across Canada, and young Canadians are at the apex. Technological, environmental and social change has thought leaders and think tanks around the world putting in overtime trying to figure out what is in store and how societies and organizations must act and react to work. But with all that focus, two critical forces in our quest to understand the future of work are underrepresented – Youth and Urbanization.
Youthful Cities launched the first Urban Work Index in 2019, measuring 21 cities across Canada on their current capacities of urban work from a youth perspective. The index uses an expansive, youth-driven definition for work that includes four thematic areas: Education, Entrepreneurship, Affordability and Employment. The Index was a call for cities to seriously consider how to map out the future of work for youth.
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Unpack and analyze the future of urban work, with facilitated session and input from thought leaders on the topic.
Co-create scenarios on the future of work through a design-led process. Each scenario will serve as a potential roadmap to how cities can attract and prepare their youth for work.
Transform the creative scenarios into concrete ideas, recommendations and potential activations for cities to prepare them for the future of work.
