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Milan Ramesh ’29
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Next-Gen futurism conference was held at the Upper school with many speakers and innovators in the technology and entrepreneurship space. The event was held on November 6 with students from all grades attending and many parents. Eleven students from every grade helped plan the event with the help of HW-INC & Interdisciplinary Studies and Independent Research Teacher, Rob Levin, and Director of Harvard-Westlake Works, Kwaisi France.
The format of the night included a keynote speaker at the beginning, followed by break out rooms for different speakers throughout the night. The evening ended with another keynote speaker. The leaders met many times and they worked hard to create the best event possible.
“It was an absolute grind to the finish, but an overall fun experience to help plan. I learned a lot about teamwork. At the start of the year, we kicked off by setting goals, and looking back, it’s awesome to see how many we’ve completed.” Next Gen Leader Teddy Chang ’29 said,
In between the breakout sessions and when dinner was served, you could visit tables with different startup businesses. One of the fan-favoirte breakout sessions, was an AI panel with a few speakers talking about the future of AI
“I like the small businesses on the side. It was cool to see. The AI panel was my favorite one. It’s cool to learn about how he came up and created a business, ” David Chung ’29 said
All the student leaders met up in the summer on Zoom but when the school year came along they were working together weekly with Levin and France to plan the perfect event.
“It took a lot of time and work to be able to put on the event. Every single team member has worked so hard on our event, and I truly have not seen something like it before”, Next-Gen leader, Sarina Hayoun ’29 said.
Being the youngest on the team, Chang said he and the other 9th grade leaders had to work hard and prove themselves to the upper classman.
“At first, being a 9th grader on an older team was intimidating, but Sarina and I quickly got used to it because the rest of the team made sure they valued our opinions.” Chang ’29 said.
