Prosperity for the next generations

  • Tue, October 20, 2026 • 2:30 pm ET
  • Atlantic Council Headquarters
  • 1400 L Street NW • Floor 11
  • Washington, DC 20005

With the funding landscape for international development shifting and 1.2 billion young people set to enter the workforce in the next decade, this discussion examines how to create a better future for the world’s next generations.

On Tuesday, October 20 at 2:30 p.m. ET, the Atlantic Council’s Freedom and Prosperity Center will host a discussion on how governments and humanitarian organizations can work together to advance child nutrition, education, and access to advanced technologies in countries around the world.

Most of the world’s 1.2 billion young people who will enter the labor force in the next decade live in emerging and developing economies, where access to proper nutrition, quality education, and advanced technology is most limited. In the coming years, improving livelihoods and access to opportunity in these countries will be critical both for human well-being and for international stability.

Headlined by US Special Envoy for Best Future Generations Charity Wallace, the event brings together leaders from the US government and humanitarian organizations for a conversation about how to best equip young people and future generations for success.

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welcome remarks

James Mazzarella
Senior Director, Freedom and Prosperity Center,
Atlantic Council

speakers

Charity Wallace
US Special Envoy for Best Future Generations,
US Department of State

Kathleen Fox
Deputy Director, Global Programs, Nutrition,
UNICEF USA

Elissa McConkie Gifford
Director, Humanitarian Services,
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Moderated by

Patrick Quirk
Senior Advisor, Freedom and Prosperity Center,
Atlantic Council

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The Freedom and Prosperity Center aims to increase the well-being of people everywhere and especially that of the poor and marginalized in developing countries through unbiased, data-based research on the relationship between prosperity and economic, political, and legal freedoms, in support of sound policy choices.

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