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09.00 – 09.30   Arrivals, coffee and a chance to visit the Solutions Exhibition
09.30 – 10.00   Introduction
Welcome by Janne Geurts, Director, International Youth Job Creation Summit
Setting the scene by Darius Norrell, Co-founder, The Spring Project
10.00 – 11.00   Opening plenary: How to create a billion job opportunities for youth in the next decade?
Chair: David Woollcombe, President, Peace Child International (PCI)

Keynote Speeches:
Lord Young, David Cameron’s Adviser for Enterprise
Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development

Panellists:
Yannick Dupont, Founder and President, SPARK, creating jobs in post-conflict states
Melody Hossaini, Founder and CEO, InspirEngage International
Jeremy Lefroy MP, Member, International Development Committee; Chair, Interparliamentary Network for the World Bank
Alpha Bacar Barry, Jatropha Youth Micro-Finance Bank and architect of PCI’s Be the Change Academies
Nadia Elhaggagi, Policy Officer at the European Commission’s DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, presenting the Youth Employment Package (YEP)
Ravi Theja Muthu, Founder and Director, Renergy Corporation, India
Andrew Fiddaman, Director, Prince’s Youth Business International
T J Morgan, Co-Founder, Nupé Media
Larry Sullivan, Founder and President, COINS foundation

11.00 – 12.15   Round Table Discussions: Panellists & delegates discuss ‘How to create a billion job opportunities for young people over the next decade?’
12.15 – 13.00   Report back session from panellists
13.00 – 14.00   Lunch, networking, and visiting the Solutions Exhibition
14.00 – 15.30   Workshops

Making Change Happen: How can young people engage positively and confidently with policy makers to create relevant and sustainable jobs for their future?
Facilitator: Alexander Woollcombe, UK and EU Policy and External Relations Officer, the Gates Foundation
Case Study:  Lottie Dexter, Director, Million Jobs Campaign

Digital economy workshop: learn why the digital economy offers the most opportunity for job creation
Facilitators: Steven Champion, Founder and Director, Edit Amplify

Med Bukey, Founder and CEO, VexPop
Alasdair Blackwell, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Decoded
Hassan Hoque, Director, AppsCluster
Matt Ogston, Co-founder and Director, Job Page
Rosa Glover, Projects Manager, Tech Start-up

Measuring results of youth employment interventions: challenges and approaches
Facilitator:  Nic van der Jagt, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, SPARK
Simon Hills, CEO, Peace Child International
Jonathan Pfahl, Founder and Managing Director, Rockstar Mentors

Social Enterprise: currently Social Enterprise and the Third Sector are creating more jobs than the commercial sector in the UK economy: how can we encourage it?
Facilitator:  Melody Hossaini, InspirEngage International;
Other Presenters: Karl Belizaire, Head of Background and Policy,  Unltd – the UK-based agency that supports young Social Entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey with advice and resources.

Public and Private Sector collaboration: how can government, third and private sectors best work together to create sustainable job creation interventions? How can youth engage to draw best practice and inspiration/guidance from all sectors?
Facilitator: Samuel Kasumu, founder of Elevation Networks, a youth employment charity that aims to bridge the gap between disadvantaged groups and industry.
Nadia Elhaggagi, Policy Officer at the European Commission’s DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, presenting the Youth Employment Package (YEP)

Root and Branch Reform of Education: Are we preparing young people for success post education?
Facilitator:  Nik Kafka, Teach a man to fish.
Other Presenters: Laura Jane Rawlings, Founder, Youth Employment UK (YEUK)
Will Bentinck, Business Development Manager, Enternships

Getting the media onside: can media alert young people around the world to the challenge and opportunity of job creation?
Facilitators: Susana Giner, Youth Media Agency
Matteo Bergamini, Executive Director and Founder, Shout Out UK

International collaboration: what can we learn from each other?

Facilitator: David Woollcombe, President, Peace Child International
Other Presenters: Ravi Theja Muthu, Founder and Director, RENERGY Corporation, India
Yannick DuPont, Founder and President, SPARK, creating jobs in post-conflict states
Alpha Bacar Barry, Jatropha Youth Micro-Finance Bank

15.30 – 16.00   Refreshments & networking
16.00 – 16.30   Report back plenary. Chaired by Simon Hills, CEO Peace Child International
16.30 – 16.45   Preparation for consolidation by Darius Norrell, Co-Founder, The Spring Project
16.45 – 17.30 Consolidation session

1. Major Policy Asks
Janne Geurts, Director International Youth Job Creation Summit
William S. Reese, President & CEO, International Youth Foundation

2. Effective Employability & Entrepreneurship Education
Laura-Jane Rawlings, Director Youth Employment UK (YEUK)
Hilary Mason, Managing Director, Multiple Learning Solutions

3. Agreeing Common Metrics on the Job Creation field
David Woollcombe, President Peace Child International
Ravi Theja Muthu, Founder and Director, Renergy Corporation, India

17.30 – 17.50 Report back plenary. Chair: Simon Hills, CEO, Peace Child International
17.50 – 18.00 Closing remarks by Janne Geurts, Director, International Youth Job Creation Summit