BACKGROUND Future Leaders Network is a youth-led organisation - run by youth, for youth. They are committed to supporting personal and professional development, achieving great things, and having fun together. BRIEF To take part as a panellist for the annual conference titled 'Youth Leadership'. IDEA Asked to present on issues of youth internationally and how to engage the younger generation in a digital context. Presenting an interdisciplinary perspective having lead a civil society organisation and working in the youth sector as both a practitioner and an academic. I drew on my experience of working abroad for 7+ years in over five different conflict zones globally with youth.