GTF Youth Forum - "Empowering Future Changemakers"

REGISTRATION & WELCOME

OPENING SPEECH, NETWORKING & ICEBREAKER ENGAGEMENT

Dynamic icebreaker activities designed to connect participants from different backgrounds, countries, and sectors. Team-building exercises, speed networking, and creative warm-ups to set the tone for three days of collaboration and learning.

“INFLUENCE THE CONVERSATION”

How do you use your platform for good? Discussion on the responsibility of reach, navigating algorithms, building authentic communities, and translating online influence into real-world impact. Youth participants submit questions live via app/cards.

Youth Leadership: How to Navigate the Future

Exploring what leadership means for the next generation. From grassroots organizing to formal institutions, young leaders share their journeys, challenges, and strategies for driving change. Interactive exercises on leadership styles, decision-making, and building coalitions.

AUBG Elevate Accelerator: Startup Presentations & Mentorship (tbc)

Selected startups from the Elevate program present their ventures. Followed by open mentorship session where participants can get feedback on their own startup ideas from experienced entrepreneurs and investors.

LUNCH BREAK

How to be Financially Stable in the 21st Century

Moneytalk: How to Manage your Wallet

A Bold Conversation on Financial Freedom

„One Card, One Europe: Enhancing Mobility with the Erasmus Student Card” – International TCA event in the HE sector

This event aims to explore, strengthen, and promote the Erasmus Student Card Initiative (ESCI) as a key tool in facilitating seamless and inclusive mobility across Europe. No bureaucratic treasure hunt. This is the end of paperwork panic at 2 a.m. before your exchange semester. This European Initiative aims to create a seamless, recognised student identity across Europe Educational institutions that allows them to access libraries, сampus facilities, transport discounts, cultural venues, and essential university services across participating institutions in Europe.

Youth Policy and Democratic Engagement

How young people can influence policy at local, national, and European levels. Understanding political systems, effective advocacy strategies, and innovative approaches to democratic participation.

Youth Ambassadors Spark Session

Selected youth representatives from different countries, organizations, and movements present their work, challenges, and calls to action.

Game Night: Seeing the Big Picture with SDG

An organized workshop around the 2030 SDGs Game, which is a multiplayer, in-person, card-based game that simulates taking the “real world” into the year 2030

A Battle of the Generations

An organized discussion between members of different generations on various topics.

ARRIVAL & MORNING ENERGIZER

OPENING SPEECH, Day 2

Dynamic icebreaker activities designed to connect participants from different backgrounds, countries, and sectors. Team-building exercises, speed networking, and creative warm-ups to set the tone for three days of collaboration and learning.

Skills and Career Development: Jobs of the Future

What skills will matter in 2030? Understanding emerging careers, developing adaptable skill sets, and preparing for jobs that don't exist yet. Practical advice on continuous learning, portfolio building, and navigating career transitions.

How to build your CV and LinkedIn Profile

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.

CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY: Green Transition of Turbulence, pick one

LUNCH BREAK

The Pitch Games

Pitch Me If You Can is a high-energy pitch battle where two participants go head-to-head, presenting bold, funny, and wildly creative startup ideas — while the audience decides who wins by casting votes. At the Green Transition Forum, the format takes on a sustainable twist.

What does it take to make a Company go Public?

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.

Jessika Roswall, European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy (tbc)

Coffee Break

Fighting Disinformation: Practical Media Literacy

Hands-on workshop on fact-checking, source verification, and critical media consumption. Tools and techniques for identifying misinformation and becoming a critical digital citizen.

Algorithms, Social Media & Your Brain

Deep dive into how social media algorithms work, their impact on mental health, democracy, and society. Strategies for healthy digital consumption and using platforms intentionally.

Mo Gawdat: The Four Skills You Need to Survive the AI Revolution

Degrees or Skills? What Will Matter in 2035?

School Is Over? But Learning Has Just Begun? In a world where industries evolve overnight and AI reshapes entire professions, will a diploma still be enough? Or will adaptability, creativity, and real-world skills become the true currency of success? By 2035, your degree might be outdated before you start your first job.

Teen Entrepreneurship: Success is a Long Journey”

Building a Mindset of Strength and Resilience - A professional development session designed to strengthen team cohesion while navigating the complexities of a growth mindset for teenagers.

AUBG Tedx Club - Impactful Conversations (tbc)

Coffee Break

SDG Dragons Finals, \"Best Young Entrepreneur in Bulgaria - Award Ceremony\"

LUNCH BREAK

Digital Skills in the 21st Century

Developing your digital presence strategically. Personal branding, thought leadership online, building professional networks, and leveraging digital tools for social impact.

Cybersecurity & Digital Safety

Protecting yourself and your community online. Password security, data privacy, secure communications, avoiding phishing, understanding surveillance, and digital safety for organizers and activists.

\"How to Conquer your Mental Health\"

\"A Winner's Guide to Mental Health\"

This TCA event will explore how sport and physical activity can be used in youth work to foster common values and active citizenship. The discussion will evolve into a chat about the role of sport in promoting physical and mental health and Youth empowerment through active lifestyles, exchange good practices, build partnerships, and co-create new initiatives where sport acts as a bridge for young people.

\"Moving Together: Sport for Youth Empowerment\"

Why our generation is dealing with unprecedented levels of stress and anxiety, Social media, comparison culture, and constant connectivity, Academic pressure and career uncertainty.

OFFICIAL CLOSING

Closing Party