The conference “Re-discovering Youths Today: Identity, Subculture, Psychosocial Functioning, and Service Needs” was delivered in a mixed-mode format and attended by approximately 100 speakers and participants from both on-site and online, including academics, researchers, NGO social workers/counsellors, secondary and post-secondary teachers, professionals, and postgraduate students. The photos were taken in the hosting venue, Research Complex LB 502, HKSYU.
- Registration & Welcoming Remarks
- Keynote Speech 1: Strengthening Positive Identity and Psychosocial Functioning in Young People through Positive Youth Development (PYD) Programs: The Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong and Mainland China (by Professor Daniel T. L. Shek)
- Special Presentation: The Youth Identity Status Project: Findings of a Four-wave Longitudinal Study of Youths in Hong Kong (Conducted by SYU Research Team)
- Panel Session 1A: Youth Psychosocial Functioning and Well-being
- Panel Session 1B: Youth Identity Formation and Diverse Life Experience
- Panel Session 1C: Youth Learning Experience and Career Choices
- Panel Session 1D: Self-control, Gaming Disorder, and Social Media Addictions
- Lunch & Coffee Break
- Keynote Speech 2: Self-Identity as a Frame of Reference in Life (by Professor Sun W. Park)
- Panel Session 2A: Youth Identity Development in Italy
- Panel Session 2B: Youth Issues and Life Choices in Overseas Countries
- Panel Session 2C: Youth Issues and Mental Health in mainland China
- Panel Session 2D: Case Studies and Service Needs of Youths
- Keynote Speech 3: Youth Identity Statuses: Theoretical and Practical Implications (by Professor Elisabetta Crocetti)
- Roundtable Discussion & Closing Ceremony
