This year’s Emerging Issues Forum in Raleigh is taking a close-up look at the so-called Generation “Z.” The conference sets out to better understand and prepare this age group.
Leoneda Inge: Those in Generation “Z” were born in the1990s and many will be in college soon. They’re the first generation born into a digital world. But there are real obstacles like rising school debt. Anita Brown- Graham is the director of NC State’s Institute for Emerging Issues. She says there is a lot of interest in these young people.
Anita Brown-Graham: And I think as we have branded them, Gen Z people have really come to look at us for insights into who they are, what they want and how a state might be able to rally around them.
More than one thousand participants are expected at the forum including hundreds of Gen-Zers, the CEO of REI, the editor of Fast Company Magazine and more.