The Summit will bring children from all corners of the globe into discussions about some of the world's most pressing issues. It will involve the children in the design and creation of information technologies, and will offer the children a platform to effect real change.

Children have a natural desire to change the world. Now more than ever before, they can. Moreover, they can create a digital world where children are exposed to other children from other cultures, children who speak other languages and who learn other things - but who have childhood in common and who are ready for change.

The Goal

The goal is to identify and address such issues as child rights, telecommunications access, individual privacy, personal health, environmental responsibility, and world peace, through the eyes of those not blinded by the past and destined to live in the future. An on-line forum, followed by a week long summit, has been designed to engage children from all countries, the digitally rich as well as the digitally poor, with the promise to bring their deliberations to world leaders and to support their proposals with local actions.