The forum commenced with informative presentations and figures on the challenges and transformations that Lebanon and the world have witnessed over the last three years presented by members of the Lebanon Youth Forum and the Hariri Foundation. The Forum was marked by tributes to the owners of the hotel, Marwan and Mazen Salha, by the National Order of Ceder at the rank of officer by the President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, represented by Mr. Mikati. The Hariri Foundation and the National Great Lebanon Centennial Initiative have also honored the Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, the Minister of Education and Higher Education, Judge Abbas Halabi, and the Salha brothers. The President of the Foundation and the Initiative, Ms. Bahia Hariri, handed each of them honoring shield representing the phoenix with the centennial logo. The Forum’s activities aim to emphasize the role of young people in keeping up, leading, and developing opportunities for advancement through scientific research and innovation and linking research to the needs of society to increase the ability of Lebanese society with its cultural and scientific diversity to control resources and sustain opportunities, thereby serving and developing Lebanese society at the political, cultural, social and economic levels to achieve sustainable human development.