# Why the Future Depends on How Kids Play

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**Date:** March 12, 2026 · 10:00 PM  
**Location:** Hilton Austin Downtown / Salon B  
**Format:** Presentation  
**Track:** Sports & Gaming  
**Reviews:** 0

## Speakers

- **Esther Huybreghts** — Co-Founder & Chief Creative OfficerPok Pok
- **Melissa Cash** — Co-Founder & CEOPok Pok

Using kids’ play and games as a lens, this session reframes imagination as one of the most critical future skills, challenging creators, designers, educators and technologists to consider how the experiences they make today shape how the next generation thinks tomorrow.

## Transcript

A transcript is available for this session: [Read transcript](/sessions/2026-03-12/pp1150509-why-the-future-depends-on-how-kids-play/transcript)

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