Day 1

Canvas of Change: Participants will scan a QR code to access a digital art canvas. To participate, they will simply choose an avatar, and input their answer to the question “What change do you want to lead?”. Once submitted, they will be able to redeem a square in the programme booklet Bingo.

Key takeaways:
Gain an appreciation for futures thinking tools in systematically envisioning possible and preferred futures of rapidly urbanising ASEAN.
Apply axes of uncertainty to identify sustainability challenges and opportunities in the fastest-growing ASEAN cities, that might emerge in the future.
Build possible scenarios to describe how ASEAN cities might develop, and the pathways they might take to get there
Identify key areas for change that youth should lead in order to arrive at a preferred future.

Key takeaways:
Understand the complexity of challenges in negotiating for competing national interests and SDGs, even if everyone is aiming to do good
Experience first-hand how multilateral collaboration is often necessary to achieve any wins in such an interdependent region
Articulate current and future challenges in regional cooperation with real-life anecdotes.