Children are the best innovators and inventors! We only need to help them put their amazing imaginations to use, in a stimulating environment, with suitable tools and materials, sensitive guidance and a little coaching. Too often, adults overlook the importance of children’s playful creativity, but this is the crucial formative period of young lives, when future paths become fixed. Soon, this window of opportunity closes and a curtain comes down. There is no time to waste. Childhood is short. Each of our speakers will stimulate discussion of a different context in which young people’s creativity can be empowered.