 Hello everyone. My name is Jayatma Vikramanayaka and I am the United Nations Secretary-General's envoy on youth. Welcome to the future caster Global Young Visionary Summit. Young people of today make up the largest generation that our world has seen and most importantly young people today are also the most interconnected generation. Youth are natural adopters of technology and they must be meaningfully engaged in shaping the world's direction towards innovation and growth of new technologies. Our world desperately needs technologies to solve the challenges that we are facing from the global climate crisis to sustaining peace and creating sustainable economies. This year we are all entering the decade of action which marks our 10 year countdown to achieving the sustainable development goals by 2030. Without technology and innovation this is going to be impossible. As the ones who will be inheriting and developing these technologies young people need to be involved in designing these solutions as well. The United Nations believes that young people should be engaged as equal partners in development. In 2018 the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched the Youth 2030 UN's first youth strategy to strengthen its commitment in working with and for young people. Through Youth 2030 the UN aims to be a pioneer in innovation by engaging with young people meaningfully. The growth of innovation and technology development have supported young people to create new solutions for global challenges. Provide digital spaces to advocate their future and drive employment and job opportunities. However there are more work that needs to be done to ensure that technologies can be safe, inclusive and empowering for all young people. That's why I am so excited to learn that starting from today you are a part of 700 students that are taking part in discussing how technology can change the world's future and impact the lives of everyone everywhere. The FutureCastor Summit is a remarkable opportunity for young students like you from all over the world to gather and discuss this year's theme for technology for development. I hope that you will share your unique perspectives, learn from each other's experiences and cultures and most importantly I hope that you will have a rich and dynamic discussion in this summit. Thank you very much and I wish you all the success with the summit.