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JULY 18, 2O19

11:15 am to 2:15 pm First General Session and Luncheon
General Session & Keynote Address
11:15 am to 2:15 pm

Generations in the Workplace Tucson Ballroom
By: Josh Tickell

Josh Tickell is America’s No. 1 strategist for con-
necting with Generation Y – Inc. Magazine. In
2008, Tickell’s movie FUEL won the Sundance
Audience Award and was shown in the White
House. As a result, he traveled to and spoke at
150 universities worldwide. This spurred Tickell’s
interest in what has today become known as the
“Millennial” generation. With half of the world’s
population now under the age of 35 years, Tick-
ell has spent much of the last decade interview-
ing and researching this “youth tsunami,” as
he calls it. His research is cataloged in his new
book, The Revolution Generation – How Millen-
nials Can Save America and The World (ef, which
will be released on October 2, 2018. He speaks
Josh Tickell is an award-winning film director and global expert on the
on how to empower today’s youth to effectively Generations with focus on the “Millennial” / “GenY” Generation (those
lead in business and civic life. Tickell also re- born between 1980 and 2000). According to INC. Magazine, Josh is
veals the secrets to engaging and capturing this America’s #1 expert on this generation.
generation as consumers and shows how to turn His directorial debut movie FUEL went viral, capturing the Sundance
them into loyal customers. Film Festival’s prestigious Best Documentary Award and millions of
viewers worldwide. After it was shortlisted for an Oscar, the movie was
screened in the White House for the Obama Administration. Josh’s
films have also been awarded Official Selection at Cannes Film Festival,
Best Documentary at several Film Festivals, and in 2017 he won Best
of Festival and Best Documentary at the Sedona Film Festival for Good
Fortune, a movie about legendary businessman (the founder of Paul
Mitchell hair products and Patron Tequila) and conscious capitalist pio-
neer, John Paul DeJoria. Josh’s multiple award winning films have been
featured on Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Video, and multiple media outlets,
as well as in theaters worldwide.
Josh’s motto is: “The History of the Future is Being Written Today.” He
educates companies on the broad megatrends that are shaping soci-
ety – especially those trends that are being driven by the 80-million-
person Millennial generation (the largest generation in history). In ad-
dition to his work at over 150 colleges in the US and overseas, Josh has
consults with Fortune 500 companies and governments.
Josh has been a featured guest on Jay Leno’s The Tonight Show and
Good Morning America. He is a regularly featured opinion leader in
Note: The First and Second General Session will news stories on CNN, Discovery, Reuters, NBC, Fox and NPR. Articles
begin promptly at 11:15 a.m. with luncheon ser- about Josh and his films have been featured in the New York Times,
vice followed by keynote program speakers. At- USA Today, The Huffington Post, Maxim Magazine, Popular Mechanics
tendees are requested to be on time and to stay and thousands of international publications.
for the entire session to minimize disruption. One of Josh’s next films, tentatively titled “The Revolution Generation”
about the Gen Y/ Millennials generation, is in production, and will si-
multaneously be released as a book by the same name in late 2018.
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