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What is the GTF Youth Forum?

Empowering Future Changemakers

The Youth Forum is part of the Green Transition Forum, a leading platform in Central and Eastern Europe that brings together over 20,000 participants and 1,200 speakers from 40 countries.

This is the first edition dedicated entirely to young people, and over three days during the main event on the future of Europe, we will focus intensively on young leaders (up to 30 years old), entrepreneurs and visionaries.

Why join?

The event will bring together 200+ participants from different countries and professional fields, and admission is free for high school students, university students and young professionals between the ages of 16 and 30, upon pre-registration ticket.

Attendees will be able to:

Meet inspiring speakers and experts
Create new contacts, acquaintances and partnerships
Develop real ideas and solutions during the various Workshop panels and interactive games
Develop new skills

Day 1 · 3 June 2026

13:00–13:45

Keynote

Moneytalk: How to Manage your Wallet

Format: Interactive Workshop + AMA Organizer: GTF Youth Forum + Partner + DSK Bank (tbc)

13:45–14:30

Keynote

A Bold Conversation on Financial Freedom

Format: Interactive Workshop Organizer: GTF Youth Forum + Partner + Radoslava Maslarksa, Findependent

10:45–11:30

Keynote

How to build your CV and LinkedIn Profile

Format: Interactive Workshop Panelists: Entrepreneurs & LIDL Description: Real talk about entrepreneurship. The highs, the lows, the pivots, and the lessons. What it really takes to build a startup and why resilience matters more than genius.

11:30–12:15

Keynote

Financing Your Future: Opportunities and Smart Choices

Organizer: SIS Credit, GTF Youth ForumFormat: Roundtable Discussion

12:15–13:15

Keynote

Sustainable Fashion: Beyond Fast Trends

Organizer: GTF Youth ForumFormat: Roundtable Discussion

13:30–14:15

Keynote

The Pitch Games

Organizer: GreenDigiHub, GTF Youth ForumFormat: Roundtable Discussion

14:15–15:15

Keynote

What does it take to make a Company go Public?

Organizer: GTF Youth Forum, Bulgarian Stock Exchange (tbc)Format: Workshop Description: In this workshop, you will learn the step-by-step process of listing a company on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE), from meeting regulatory requirements set by the Financial Supervision Commission to successfully launching your IPO on the Sofia-based market.

15:30–16:15

Keynote

Fighting Disinformation: Practical Media Literacy

Format: Workshop Organizer: ENTR

11:00–12:00

Keynote

How to Think Like a Founder Before You Become One

Organizer: Corinne Trang, Strategic Advisor, Systems Thinker and Author, Co-Lead SCALE’HER PROJECT; Format: Workshop This session will focus on helping young people understand how to evaluate ideas, define real problems, and think through decision-making before starting anything

15:45–16:30

Ceremony

| OFFICIAL CLOSING AND AWARD CEREMONY

Stay connected: - Join the Youth Forum alumni network - Access to forum recordings and resources - Invitation to year-round webinars and events.

Day 2 · 4 June 2026

09:00–09:30

Break

ARRIVAL & MORNING ENERGIZER

09:30–09:45

Keynote

OPENING SPEECH, Day 2

09:45–10:45

Skills and Career Development: Jobs of the Future

Panelists: Andriana Sukova, Deputy Director-General, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission; Sofia Damianova, Manager ‘Go Dual;’ Ivan Ivanov, partner, Influencer.bg; HR, Ozone.bg; Nestle (tbc); HR Director from tech company - Career counselor specializing in emerging fields - Young professional in AI/data science - Freelancer/digital nomad - Financial Institution - Industry Representative

10:45–11:30

How to build your CV and LinkedIn Profile

Panelists: Entrepreneurs & LIDL

11:30–12:15

Financing Your Future: Opportunities and Smart Choices

Panelists: Martina Grigorova, Executive Director, SIS Credit; Vyara Stefcheva, Lecturer, Finance Academy

12:15–13:15

Sustainable Fashion: Beyond Fast Trends

Moderator: Vihren Mitev, Founder and Director of ManEco Foundation Panelists: Rada Boneva, Influencer, Thrift Sheep; Simona Todorova, Co-founder Tailored;

13:15–13:30

Break

LUNCH BREAK

13:30–14:15

Pitch

The Pitch Games

Moderator: Victor Goleminov, Green, Marketing Specialist and Startup Enthusiast, Red Bull Basement National Champion, GreenDigi Hub

14:15–15:15

What does it take to make a Company go Public?

15:15–15:30

Break

Coffee Break

15:30–16:15

Fighting Disinformation: Practical Media Literacy

Moderator: Reneta Landzheva, Journalist, Dir.bg Panelists: Matteo Pugliese, Senior Analyst at Debunk.org Associate researcher CESARC Uni Roma Tor Vergata, Cristina Dobreanu, Journalist at RFI Romania, Funky Citizen Media

16:15–17:00

Untitled Session

17:15–18:00

Game Night: Seeing the Big Picture with SDG

18:00–18:45

A Battle of the Generations

Day 3 · 5 June 2026

09:00–10:00

Degrees or Skills? What Will Matter in 2035?

Moderator: Velina Getova, Founder, Mental Health Trainer & Speaker; Panelists: Victor Negrescu, Vice-President of the European Parliament; Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, OECD, and Founder and Lead of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) (tbc); Zornitsа Mitkova, CEO at Teenovator; Trayan Trayanov, “Заедно в Час.”

10:00–11:00

Teen Entrepreneurship: Success is a Long Journey”

11:00–12:00

How to Think Like a Founder Before You Become One

12:00–12:30

TedxAUBG Club - Impactful Conversations

12:30–13:00

Break

LUNCH BREAK

13:00–13:45

Digital Skills in the 21st Century

Panelists: Antoaneta Angelova-Krasteva, Director, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC); Ivan Draganov, Project Manager at GATE Institute; Teodora Plamenova, Creative Technologist, Conf.ai; Dessy Travels, Influencer;

13:45–14:30

Cybersecurity & Digital Safety

Panelists: Dimana Dodova, Online Safety & Cyberpsychology Educator (tbc)

14:30–14:45

Break

Coffee Break

14:45–15:45

“How to Conquer your Mental Health”

14:45–15:15

“A Winner’s Guide to Mental Health”

Moderator: Milena Hadzhiivanova, Producer, author, and host of a mental health and personal growth podcast “Mindset Power Talk Panelists: Youth Workers - NGOs - Sports clubs - Municipalities - Erasmus+ beneficiaries

15:15–15:45

„Moving Together: Sport for Youth Empowerment”

Moderator: Milena Hadzhiivanova, Producer, author, and host of a mental health and personal growth podcast “Mindset Power Talk,” Naum Shopov, TV Host and Influencer (tbc)

15:45–16:30

Ceremony