It has never been more important to invest in the next generation and their capacity to tackle the increasingly complex challenges in the decades to come. Children born this year will – if all goes well– graduate from high school in the year 2030. But with what kind of skills? Global reports indicate a persistent and complex shortfall in education: high school is the phase of education when students report the least engagement in learning and question the relevance of what they are learning. For this very reason, the second event in the Equinox Summit series presented by Waterloo Global Science Initiative (WGSI) is centered on learning and its specific focus is high school.