Dr Akil Awan will be speaking at the United Nations Global Meeting on Preventing Violent Extremism, 14-16 March, in Oslo, Norway. The high level global meeting of 200 government ministers, policymakers, practitioners and civil society partners, will also include speeches from key academics who will lend expert voices to the debate. Akil, as one of the expert voices will focus on Youth radicalization and political violence in the digital era, accounting for the nexus between social media technologies and the emergence of new forms of violent extremism, but also focussing on the positive role youth demographics may contribute to conflict resolution and peace initiatives. He will also discuss his experiences in the development of UN Security Council Resolution 2250, and how the International community might effectively recognise, support and promote youth-led efforts in supporting the implementation of the resolution.