Empowering young people on International Youth Day

[email protected] students presenting their projects © Murielle Gerber / EPFL 2022 - Held every year on August 12, International Youth Day provides a platform for young people to focus on how they will develop innovative and entrepreneurial solutions for the future. Two EPFL summer programs are helping to do this in the field of computer and communication science. The idea for International Youth Day came out of the first session of the World Youth Forum of the United Nations System in 1991. Thirty years on and it is recognized as a theme more important than ever. "Young people are on the frontlines of the struggle to build a better future for all. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the dire need for the kind of transformational change they seek - and young people must be full partners in that effort," said António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations. Two summer programs from the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC School) highlight how EPFL is helping to empower future generations with the computer science skills necessary in our high-tech world.