The event is free and open to the public. Titled Fostering Youth's Civic Engagement and Participation in Free and Democratic Societies, the conference will bring together leaders in education, psychology, human development and political science for three days of panel discussions. They will address such issues as the impact of school and community-based interventions on civic participation, the relationship between mass media and youth political organizations, and the process of civic involvement among youth in England, South Africa and Israel. Organized by the Brown University Center for the Study of Human Development and the Stanford Center on Adolescence, the event is funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Following the conference, organizers will produce a consensus paper describing effective practices.
All panel discussions are free and open to the public.