The Global Youth Imagination Day gathers youth globally to imagine the futures they want to build with AI, and to shape the Youth Dispatch: a message from the next generation that opens the summit in Paris, and that our speakers and participants respond to throughout the two days.

09:00–09:30 · Meditation by the Seine (Optional)

09:30–10:00 · Registration & Coffee

10:00–10:15 · Welcome: Building What the Future Deserves, Together (Iliana Grosse-Buening & Alina Kukarina, Deeply Human Innovation)

10:15–10:35 · The Youth Handover: Voices & Visions from the Global Youth Imagination Day

10:35–10:55 · Keynote: “Why We All Need to Be Ethical Dreamers” François Taddei, Founder & President, Learning Planet Institute

10:55–11:10 · Reflection Activity: “From You to Ecosystem” (Deeply Human Innovation)

11:10–12:00 · Panel: “How to Shape a Future: The Responsibilities We Share” Our speakers respond to the Youth Dispatch.

• Uma Kalkar(Moderator)

• John C. Havens (Founding Executive Director, IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent System, Global Lead Planet Positive 2030)

• Ron Ivey(Founder Noësis Collaborative, Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University)

• Jean-Louis Arcand(President, Global Development Network)

• Kasia Odrozek(UNESCO Business Council for the Ethics of AI)

12:00–12:15 · Tea & Coffee Break

12:15–13:30 · Listening & Sensemaking Rooms Small groups, big questions. Choose a theme and spend the session listening, sharing and making sense of where we are, before we start building.

• Narratives — Daniel Stanley (Founder, Future Narratives Lab)

• Music & Embodiment — Lindsey DeWitt Prat (Bold Insight) & Walter Werzowa (Composer, Founder, Healthtunes)

• Conscious Capital & Investment — Sabine Flechet (Founder, Masawa Fund)

• Wisdom & Faith — Dr Lyndon Drake (AI & Faith University of Oxford)

• Entrepreneurship — Rushab Shah (Founder, OneHive)

• Participation — Annabel Gillard (Conversations on AI)

• Agency — Jennifer Ybarra (The Good Human Group)

• Innovation Ecosystems - Dr. Dr. Christian Hugo Hoffmann (AI Startup Center Zurich)

• Imagination -Paqui Lizana (Innovation Leader)

  And more to come…

13:30–14:30 · Lunch

14:30–14:50 · Keynote: “The Power of Design: AI for Human Flourishing” Pattie Maes, MIT Media Lab

14:50–15:20 · Lightning Talks: Flourishing in Action Five short talks on practices of hope.

• Hope for Policy — Titiksha Vashist (Co-Founder, Pranava Institute)

• Hope in Innovation — Shikoh Gitau (Founder & CEO, Qhala)

• Hope for Metrics — Erika Anderson (Founder & CEO, Humane Bench)

• Hope for Design — Pascal Kolbe (Product Manager, Learning Planet Institute (IkigAI))

• Hope for Participation — Yuting Jiang (Co-Founder, Agora Citizen Network)

15:20–15:30 · Rebuilding with Hope: Imagining AI Futures for Flourishing Shyam Krishna, RAND Europe

15:30–15:40 · We Have the Tools. Now We Need Each Other. An invitation into the afternoon's Future Rooms.

15:40–16:00 · Coffee Break

16:00–17:30 · Future Rooms 7 Thematic rooms and working circles, each led by experts and facilitators. We begin framing the work that continues on Day 2.

• Work & Organisations — Dr Fabian Stephany, Sara Matthews, Alina Kukarina

• Planetary Futures — Caro Ames, John C. Havens, James Martin

• Learning & Human Development — Mel Sellick & Sofia Pires, Dr. Michael Gerlich

• Governance & Participation — Benjamin Kultgen, Salla Westerstrand, Ted Lechterman

• Stakeholder Coordination & Collective Action — Mingzhu He, Tess Buckley, Michael Bäcklund

• Measurement & Progress — Ron Ivey, Erika Anderson, Tamara Lechner, Shikoh Gitau

• Narratives & Storytelling — Paqui Lizana, Daniela Bartos & Julia Stamm

17:30–17:45 · Tea & Coffee Break

17:45–18:00 · Virtual Keynote: Partnering Our Way to the Future Riane Eisler

18:00–18:15 · Close & Reflections

18:30 onwards · The Deeply Human Playground

The evening belongs to play. The campus opens up for music, games, conversations, and quieter spaces for those who need them.

• Water Awareness Walk(18:30–19:15) with Camila Lombana-Diaz

• Music & Games (18:30–20:45): the heart of the Playground

• Quiet Space(10:30–20:00) — a space available all day for journaling, reading, time outdoors, and music with HealthTunes and headphones by Phonon)

09:00–09:30 · Wonder Walk by the Seine An optional walking start to the day.

09:30–10:00 · Arrival & Coffee

10:00–10:15 · Welcome to Day 2: Iliana Grosse-Buening and Alina Kukarina

10:15–11:00 · Fireside Chat: “What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be?” Ada Parris, François Taddei, De Kai and Camila Lombana-Diaz

11:00–11:15 · The Systems Waking A conscious ending ceremony, held by David Drake. Letting go of what no longer serves, to make room for what we build next.

11:15–11:30 · Tea & Coffee Break

11:30–13:00 · Future Rooms, Continued

13:00–14:00 · Lunch

14:00–15:30 · Finalising Our Ideas Each room shapes its ideas into something concrete and pins it in the main hall for all to see.

15:30–17:00 · The Deeply Human Commons The main hall becomes a commons: wander between ideas, meet their makers, and see the whole of what two days have built.

17:00–18:00 · Shared Harvest & Closing. We gather to share outcomes from the last 2 days. The next generation responds.

Closing words from Iliana Grosse-Buening, Alina Kukarina, François Taddei and Gaëll Mainguy, Executive Director of the Learning Planet Institute.

And then, together: “The Vow”, our commitment to the future. We have the tools. Now we have each other.

19:30–22:30 · The Dreamers & Idealists Party After two days of listening and shaping, Dreamers & Idealists is a celebration of the relationships, courage, and collective imagination needed to build better futures.

Music by DJ Alex from Tokyo, Founder of Phonon.