This session featured open innovation projects and initiatives from universities, academic institutions and international organizations on youth engagement and mobilization for the SDGs. The vision, challenges and potential solutions for scaling the projects were highlighted, while the panelists engaged into the discussion of how we can ensure the engagement of youth as main drivers of change and on ways, we can connect open innovation projects to reach and mobilize youth.

Panel hosts: Jonas Haertle, UNITAR; Thomas Maillart, UNIGE

Johannes Wedenig, UNICEF
Sylvia Poll, ITU
Maria Gema Quiontero Lima, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Marta Garcia Mandaloniz, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Pearl Mao, Tsinghua University
Solange Ingabire, Geneva Action Platform for Engaging, Learning and Information (GAPELI)
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