The Future is Young
Amid this fast and disorienting pace of change, many are instinctively looking to political leaders and world-renowned experts for answers. As a result, important conversations that should be going on have been conspicuous by their absence. In particular, these are conversations that should involve young people. If new paradigms are emerging that will one day govern how we live, work, learn and communicate, it is the youth that needs to be in the driver’s seat of shaping them. The new generation needs to ensure that these paradigms reflect its values and priorities, as well as its outlook on the world and how it perceives its own place in the world. Young people have boundless energy, but they often lack inspiration and hope. This book is about supporting young
minds’ probing efforts with creative vision, energy and ambition.

Authors of the book

Bruno Lanvin has been the President of the Smart City Observatory since its creation in 2018.
After a distinguished career that took him from the United Nations, the World Bank and INSEAD, he joined IMD in 2018. He is…

Born and raised in Beirut, Osman Sultan studied in Paris, where he received his engineering degree in 1983. He is also an INSEAD alumnus (IDP-C).
During his career, he received many international awards, including in 2018…
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