Name: Axios' Empowering Our Youth to Thrive in a Digital World
Start: 2025-09-23T15:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-23T16:30:00-04:00
Location: 22 Vanderbilt

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

3:00pm - 4:30pm ET

Online spaces can be a place of connection and creativity for young people, but also present new challenges for safety and mental health. Guidelines to develop safer online environments and best practices for digital literacy can help young people, parents and educators better engage with the rapidly evolving digital world.

Join Axios House in NYC at Climate Week and the UN General Assembly for an event convening leading voices in tech, policy and youth advocacy for conversations examining strategies empowering young people to build healthy habits, meaningful connections and digital boundaries. We’ll look at ways families, educators, and young people can create safer, inclusive online environments.

3:00pm ET | Doors open

3:30pm - 4:10pm ET | Mainstage conversations

4:10pm - 4:30pm ET | Networking reception

Axios deputy managing editor Dave Lawler will host one-on-one conversations with:

Lucha Sotomayor

Program Officer, Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children, United Nations

Tami Bhaumik*

Vice President, Civility and Partnerships, Roblox

View from the Top segment moderated by Axios' Nicholas Johnston

Michael Preston, Ph.D.*

Senior Vice President and Executive Director, Joan Ganz Cooney Center

View from the Top segment moderated by Axios' Nicholas Johnston

Speaker to be announced

More details to come

*Denotes panel segment

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Chicago, IL 60654

22 Vanderbilt

335 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10017

22 Vanderbilt is located near Grand Central Station and within walking distance of the United Nations headquarters.

Other nearby transit include B, D, F, M trains at Bryant Park.

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Health and Safety

The health and safety of our event attendees is our top priority. We will be implementing policies and procedures based on the latest guidance from federal, state, and local health officials on preventing the transmission of COVID-19, and admission to the event is subject to those guidelines.

We will require all attendees to provide valid proof of vaccination and follow all other safety protocols as directed. You will be asked to provide your proof of vaccination at the door. Any attendee unable to provide proof of vaccination will not be allowed to enter the event.

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