Young people from all over the region will be invited to take part in the 2019 Geelong Youth Summit, hosted by the Greater Geelong Youth Council.
Junior Mayor Josie Horne used her quarterly report to council to announce that the summit will be held on Thursday 31 October at GMHBA Stadium.
As part of Geelong's UNESCO City of Design commitment, the summit will use design thinking to tackle the Youth Council's three priority issues of mental health and wellbeing, community safety and the environment.
Young people will receive information from experts in each field before taking part in a design thinking process to identify how these issues can be addressed at a local level.
The Youth Council aims for the event to be interactive and hands-on, giving all attendees an opportunity to think creatively, exchange ideas and speak their mind.
Participants will be split into 12 working groups, each examining a specific aspect of one of the priority issues.
Schools from across the region will be invited to nominate students to attend. The summit is open to young people between the ages of 12 and 17.
The ideas generated during the day will be used to assist the youth council in making recommendations to council, in line with its role as an advisory committee representing Greater Geelong's young people.
