​Ownership Expo 2026: Reimagine Ownership

​This dynamic event celebrates the innovative spirit of high school entrepreneurs who have spent the past year diving deep into the transformative power of ownership. Join us as students launch their businesses and ownership portfolios powered by their personal stories, asset-based identities and visions for the future.

​📍 One Liberty Plaza, New York City - 14th Floor
📅 June 16, 2026
🕒 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM

​The Future Isn’t Waiting.

​Ownership Expo 2026: Reimagine Ownership brings together students, educators, families, founders, creatives, technologists, and community leaders for a dynamic, interactive experience centered around innovation, storytelling, and future-building.

​Throughout the Expo, guests will engage with student-led businesses, AI-powered ideas, live demonstrations, and founder conversations that invite us to reimagine what ownership can look like for the next generation. You will meet young entrepreneurs with bold ideas, real products, and powerful stories — and you may find yourself inspired to purchase, donate, mentor, partner, or even invest in what they are creating.

​Trust us: you have never seen businesses quite like these. Come ready to be inspired, surprised, and invited into a future where young people are not just preparing for opportunity — they are building it.

​WHAT TO EXPECT SECTION

​What You’ll Experience

​Student Founder Marketplace & Live Demonstrations
Shop original products, services, and ventures created by young entrepreneurs while watching students pitch, demo, perform, and bring their businesses to life in real time.

​Interactive Innovation Labs & Future-Focused Learning
Explore hands-on showcases featuring AI-powered ideas, prototypes, emerging technologies, creative solutions, and learning experiences that invite guests to reimagine ownership.

​Founder Conversations & Youth-Led Storytelling
Hear from students, entrepreneurs, creatives, investors, and community leaders as they share powerful stories, bold ideas, and new possibilities for the next generation.

​Community Connection & Opportunities to Support
Connect with families, educators, founders, technologists, funders, and leaders while discovering meaningful ways to purchase, donate, mentor, partner, or invest in student-led ideas.

​Ownership Is Bigger Than Business.

​At Ownership Is The Future, we believe ownership is more than starting a company.

​It’s learning how to think critically, create intentionally, collaborate meaningfully, and see yourself as capable of shaping the future around you.

​The expo is a reflection of that philosophy in action.

​A Growing Ecosystem

​What started as a classroom initiative has grown into a multi-site ecosystem supporting the next generation of builders and innovators.

​This year’s expo represents:

• ​5 learning locations

• ​Student-built ventures

• ​AI-assisted innovation

• ​Cross-community collaboration

• ​Real-world entrepreneurial exposure

• ​Systems thinking in action

​WHO SHOULD ATTEND

​Ownership Expo 2026 is for anyone ready to be inspired by young people building bold ideas, real businesses, and new possibilities for the future.

​Designed for:

​Students & Young Creators ready to see what is possible
Parents & Families who want to celebrate and support youth innovation
Educators & Schools looking for powerful models of entrepreneurship and future-ready learning
Founders & Mentors interested in guiding the next generation of builders
Community Leaders, Funders & Partners ready to support, invest in, and expand youth-led opportunity
Anyone passionate about education, ownership, innovation, and the future young people are creating

​Be Part of What’s Next.

​Come experience the ideas, energy, and innovation shaping the next generation of ownership.

​www.ownershipisthefuture.org