Reading the Youth Pulse

We keep asking young people what they want. The sharper question is what they already understand that the rest of us have yet to grasp. Drawing on the World Economic Forum’s Youth Pulse report, which captures the perspectives of nearly 10,000 young people across regions, this discussion explores the signals emerging from a generation growing up amid rapid change.

Speakers: AbdelQader AlSaqqafCurator, Abu Dhabi Hub Abu Dhabi Hub; Tiffany LeeCurator, Vancouver Hub; Kacha (Shogun) MahadumrongkulCommunity Champion, Mainland Southeast AsiaGlobal Shapers; Khalid Mohammed Al NuaimiDirector of the Federal Youth AuthorityUnited Arab Emirates Government; Sakshi SharmaGlobal Shaper, Jaipur HubCenalph.

This session was recorded live at the Annual Meeting of Global Future Leaders in Dubai October 2026.