The event was called "Future of Jobs: Y Generation Co-Creation Process" organized by Izmir University of Economics and the Agean Young Businessman Association. It had 80 participants and aimed to address why Generation Y feels alienated and find solutions. It included icebreaker activities, speeches on awareness and generational differences, workshops on designing jobs for sustainability and EXPO 2020, and presentations of group projects. Students gained experience working in teams, were motivated by professionals, and received career development opportunities, while also providing innovative ideas for Izmir's EXPO 2020 bid and sustainable job creation.

1. Event name: “Future of Jobs: Y Generation Co-Creation Process
• Goal: Finding out why generation Y feels alienated even with its increased
awareness.
• Location: Izmir University of Economics, Conference hall
• Organizer: Izmir University of Economics & Agean Young Businessman Association
(lead by Neslihan Dülger and Damla Aktan)
• Country: Turkey
• School: Izmir University of Economics
• # of participants: 80
• # of people engaged in organisation: 3

2. Let’s Begin…
• Our intention with this event was to make an impact on peoples’ lives
even with a small event… We tried to create a friendly and warm
environment by starting some warm up activities. We proceeded to
rather confrontational speeches to balance it out. We divided people
into teams to get them familiar with each other for increased
performance. Dr. Cengiz Üzün also presented his speech in a very
active, theatrical way and thus he made the audience participate in
the speeches actively. This raised awareness of what is going on
around us, how we are blocked in daily lives while speaking, taking
action etc…and we learned how to change these blockages of self
and succed in life.Then after a few hours and speeches we reached
to the fun part: THE WORKSHOPS where each team worked on
their projects and created fascinating solutions to the given
problems..

3. WORKSHOP THEMES:
• EXPO 2020: «Health For All» : This workshop is
for contributing to the current candidacy of Izmir to EXPO 2020. The
students were asked to design a structure for Izmir, integrate
sustainability and the youth to this process and explain clearly how
they do this. The final proposed projects were a lot impressive and
applicable!
• My Dream Job : The students were asked to define what
sort of a job they would like to work in, how would they integrate
sustainability & CSR to this job, and how the youth is placed in such
a job design. The winning team designed a restaurant structure with
a theme of «7 NGOs, 7 concepts» through integrating social
responsibility, youth and a very well designed structure to their
system.

4. Intended Results…
• We tried to give the attendees motivation
and experience with working in groups,
give them information by the experienced
people in high places. We also asked
groups to present their projects, that way
we gave them experience in project
presentation.

5. Some memories..
Warm-up activities leading by Andrea Kodrin and Bistra
Kumbaroska..

6. The Event:Day 1• Activities:
• Opening Speeches of Seda Kaya (President of EGIAD)
Temel Aycan Şen (president of EGIFED)
Andrea Kodrin (Founder and President of Challenge:Future)
• Speech of associate professor Cengiz Üzün on individual awareness and his
experiences.
• Speech of Mine Erbaykent Uysal(Founder of Mikor HR and Institutional Coaching) on
differences between generation X and Y.

7. The Event:Day 1
• Speech of Andrea Kodrin,Bistra Kumbaroska about Challenge future organisation.
• An attempted connection to Jatin Kataria from India.

8. The Event:Day 1
• Panel:
-Voice of Youth (Google, Murat Yatağan)
• -Voice of Professional Life (Temel Aycan Şen, Mazhar İzmiroğlu)
• -Voice of Academy (Prof. Dr. Ömür Özmen)
• Workshops:
• -What is your dream job?
• -What kind of job did you create for more sustainable life?
• -Which job sectors did you add to the İzmir?
• -What would you change in the current system

9. The Event: Day 2
• Informing attendees on the process of
EXPO.
• What kind of structure it is?
• What kind of organisation is it?
Workshop for EXPO:
Theme: Healthcare for everyone
Aim: Sustainable impacts for post 2020
- How did you integrate youth into the process?

10. Impacts:
• Students realised their potentials and improved their
thought process by doing on field projects for the realistic
future.
• Attendees experienced brain storming and project
presentation also they saw others work on field that way
they reused and improved their own projects thus
experienced on field development.The winning 12 teams
encompassing around 72 students Internship chance in
EGIAD which provided them their first experience in
professional life.
• All of the attendees were given certificates.