JA at UNGA 2026
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2–4pm
The AI Workforce Blueprint
Drawing on new research from the APAC AI Council, this session explores a three-horizons framework for understanding how AI, robotics, automation, quantum computing, and other emerging technologies will reshape jobs, organizations, and the capabilities people need to succeed. Rather than focusing on the skills required for today's technologies alone, the discussion examines how educators, employers, and policymakers can prepare people to thrive through continuous technological change, building resilient workforces equipped for whatever comes next.
Location: JA of New York, 230 W. 38th Street, New York
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 9:30–11:30am
Building Thriving Communities
Young people experience peace through the opportunities available in their schools, workplaces, neighborhoods, and communities. They also help create it through entrepreneurship, education, service, and civic participation. This conversation explores how youth-serving organizations, businesses, philanthropy, and young leaders can work together to build stronger, more resilient communities by expanding safety, dignity, opportunity, and belonging. Rather than treating peace as the responsibility of governments alone, the discussion with JA Worldwide, YMCA Global, IFRC, Million Peacemakers, the Family Enterprise Foundation, Learning Planet Institute, UN Youth, and others focuses on the everyday actions that help communities flourish.
Location: Westside YMCA [finalization to come]
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 9:30–11am
Beyond Mentorship: Learning Across Generations
Young people entering today's workforce bring new expectations about technology, leadership, learning, purpose, and flexibility. Business leaders bring experience navigating complexity, scaling innovation, and leading organizations through change. This conversation brings both perspectives together as equals, exploring how each generation can challenge assumptions, exchange ideas, and help shape workplaces where people and organizations thrive. Rather than asking what young people should learn from executives, this discussion asks what both groups can learn from one another.
Location: JA of New York, 230 W. 38th Street, New York
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1–2:30pm
Youth Priorities for a Changing World
For the last four months, young people from around the world have participated in World Youth for Action Listening Labs, sharing their hopes, concerns, and ideas for the future. This session presents the first public look at emerging findings from that work, revealing where young people see opportunity, where they believe change is most urgent, and how institutions can better engage them as partners in shaping the next generation of global priorities. These insights will continue to evolve through the initiative before final recommendations are presented at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in January.
Location: JA of New York, 230 W. 38th Street, New York
