WYF's mission is to send a message of peace, prosperity, harmony, and progress from the youth to the entire world.

[5][6][7] In July 2017, the president announced organizing the WYF in Sharm el-Sheikh during the fourth National Youth Conference in Alexandria.

Under the auspices of Egypt's president, the tourist attraction city of Sharm el-Sheikh was chosen to host the first edition of World Youth Forum from 4–10 November.

Among WYF 2017 keynote speakers was Lamya Haji Bashar, Yazidi survivor, who was held captive by ISIS.

More than 230,000 people from around the world applied to attend the four-day conference of the 2018 edition in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh and discuss topics relating to peace, development and creativity.