Engine Room for the Future

Igniting a Global Movement

By Our Future Agenda

A capstone of our work in 2024 will be the Engine Room for the Future, a digital platform designed to mobilize thousands of young changemakers to share ideas, engage with the global system, and learn from inspiring changemakers on the importance of intergenerational cooperation.

During 2023 the Engine Room mobilized over 44,000 young people for the SDG Summit, connecting them with leading minds across the UN, Mastercard, LinkedIn, and the New York Times, and we have our sights set even higher for 2024!

On March 25, the Engine Room 2024 will launch with a clear mandate to propel the ambitions of the Road to 2100, a 5-Year Action Plan designed to enable all young people to unlock the full potential of their future. This Roadmap will serve as a springboard to tackle current and future challenges through global cooperation.

Throughout the year, the Engine Room will develop a comprehensive learning agenda to strategically guide the broader Road to 2100 Action Plan, making contributions to influence key UN processes, with a focus on the Summit of the Future, providing key inputs into the direction of the Visionary Future Taskforce, and contributing to research, campaigns and the development of future trajectories.

To achieve these ambitious objectives, the Engine Room, which will adopt a human-centred design approach to unlock creativity and intergenerational collaboration, will operate through four essential features:

Engine Room Pitstops

High-level digital events strategically planned to coincide with key moments in the UN calendar, offering a space for young people to share their ambitious visions, reflect on opportunities for impact and celebrate shared progress with champions both within and outside the multilateral system.

These Pitstops will include:

Pitstop 1 | The Engine Room Launch: 2 April, 9-11AM ET

Pitstop 2 | Futureproofing the SDGs: 1 July, 9-11AM ET

Pitstop 3 | The Summit of the Future Curtain Raiser: 16 September, 9-11AM ET

Pitstop 4 | The Social Summit Preview: 11 December, 9-11AM ET

Engine Room Spotlights

Digital events that will facilitate focused intergenerational dialogue, tailored to support the exchange of ideas and perspectives from leading experts and young changemakers.

There will be five spotlights, each focusing on a different stage of the human-centered design ethos that underpins the Enging Room process for 2024:

Spotlight 1 | Deep Listening: 22 April

Spotlight 2 | Challenge Mapping: 12 June

Spotlight 3 | Creative Brainstorm: 12 August

Spotlight 4 | Ideas into Action: 3 September

Spotlight 5 | Share and Validate: 25 November

Five Action Groups

Global teams of young leaders driving intergenerational dialogue with world-class leaders, amplifying the voices of the wider Engine Room community and developing an impactful learning agenda.

In-person Engagements

Offer a platform for direct input into global discussions, enabling Action Groups to influence policies, foster strategic alliances, and integrate young people’s perspectives into the heart of global decision-making.

This year of action, focused on the Summit of the Future, will not only rally political support for critical global moments and foster innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges, but provide an open and inclusive opportunity for young people around the world to unlock the full potential of their future.