School students from across the UAE have added to the global growth program by taking part in a purposeful conversation regarding the future of metropolitan living at Expo 2020 Dubai's very first Next Gen World Majlis.

Exposition 2020's World Majlis series is made to attend to 21st century challenges through the long-established Emirati and also Arab tradition of the majlis - a very valued conference area where people gather to get various viewpoints and share educated point of views that aid form choices on subjects that matter to neighborhoods.

The inaugural youth-focused Globe Majlis, entitled CityZen 2030: Gen Z and the Future of Cities', saw 17 students, aged 14 to 17, come together to discuss opportunities and challenges related to the urban areas of tomorrow, and share ideas that could help improve cities for future generations.

Her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy, Preacher of State for International Cooperation and Director General, Dubai Expo 2020 Bureau, said: "We are dedicated to placing youngsters at the centre of Expo 2020 Dubai. The future comes from our youth, so it is important we offer platforms such as the Following Gen Globe Majlis to provide the possibility to shape the next Globe Expo with their opinions, concepts and also services.

We look forward to hosting more Next Gen World Majlis sessions on the journey to 2020, empowering young people to build a lasting legacy that they can carry forward.

Marjan Faraidooni, Elder Vice President - Heritage Advancement as well as Impact, Expo 2020 Dubai, who chaired the session, said: The students who participated in the first Next Gen World Majlis showed impressive passion, awareness of global issues and ability to actively listen to each other. Hearing their insightful perspectives on what future cities, and the people in them, will be like was truly encouraging.

" These insights are specifically essential as we design Area 2020, which will be among the most connected and tech-enabled destinations, complemented with areas that promote significant discussions post-Expo. Much of the students from Generation Z will become the people we want to reside in District 2020."

While cities have catalysed human creative imagination and also imagination, assisting to accelerate social and economic progress, new difficulties have developed as the rate of urbanisation has actually raised. Individuals at the Next Gen World Majlis were asked to consider whether cities still hold the trick to humankind's future.

Students from both public as well as private schools in the UAE gone over means to offer better housing, work and movement for ever-growing populaces, while battling obstacles such as environment adjustment and diminishing resources with technology and development. Students additionally discussed whether future city areas can continue to duplicate the building elegance of historic and modern cities.

The students ended that improved cultural exchanges, the combination of lasting living, empowerment, self understanding and partnership were all key elements needed to create thriving future cities. Some pupils likewise recommended that the proper execution of sophisticated modern technology would certainly boost human connection and also interaction in future cities.

Rashed Abdukhalil, a Grade 10 pupil at Al Jazeera Al Hamra School in Ras Al Khaimah as well as a participant in the Following Gen World Majlis, said: "I've been motivated by the Globe Majlis due to the fact that it showed that youngsters from different societies and also backgrounds can unite and also have meaningful discussions concerning actual things, consisting of the future function of technology in our lives, which is infact a double-edged sword. Technolgy will certainly continue to play a big part in exactly how we connect in culture, and also systems similar to this Globe Majlis allow us to attend to such topics and also achieve real results.

" The subjects resolved in the session have peaked my passion as well as I'm inspired to do more research study on all of them."

Alya Hammadi, a Grade 12 student at Al Mawakeb School in Dubai and a participant in the Next Gen World Majlis, said: This World Majlis has been such a valuable experience to connect with my peers. The idea of a Majlis is a great way for us to enhance our cooperation as we truly listen to each other and debate important issues, while still respecting each others varied opinions. I also believe the UAE is on the right path to building future cities, which makes me extremely proud.omponent of Expo 2020 Dubai's Globe Majlis initiative, the Following Gen Globe Majlis was organized in collaboration with the Exposition College Programme. The series aims to trigger purposeful discussions in between youngsters on themes that impact their future, and also the suggestions, questions and remedies that develop during these conversations will educate various other Globe Majlis sessions.

In accordance with Expo 2020 Dubai's motif of Connecting Minds, Creating the Future, and also underpinned by its 3 essential subthemes of Chance, Movement as well as Sustainability, the Globe Majlis series brings together existing and future thought leaders from a series of backgrounds for conversations that matter. The campaign aims to produce brand-new viewpoints as well as forge links between individuals as well as concepts, which may not have or else occurred.

Exposition 2020 Dubai has devoted to hosting 50 Globe Majlis sessions in the lead-up to and throughout the occasion, including 6 that will certainly be youth-led. The next World Majlis will certainly be held in Shanghai, China on 14 December, 2018, on the sidelines of the very first Globe Exposition Discussion forum.

To learn more regarding the effort, as well as for additional details regarding previous Globe Majlis sessions, go to www.expo2020dubai.com/world-majlis.