Inspired by Kevin Kelly’s notion that ‘over the long term, the future is decided by optimists’, we’re bringing together a unique group of speakers to explore optimism from diverse perspectives.
Sumit Paul-Choudhury
Writer and Founder at Alternity
Rachel Coldicutt
Strategist and Founder of Careful Industries
Carlie Goldsmith
Senior Policy Advisor at Impetus and Co-founder of Class Divide
Curtis James
Writer and Ethnographer at We are Fieldwork and Co-founder of Class Divide
Anjali Ramachandran
Director at Storythings & Co-founder of Ada’s List
Emily Macaulay
Designer and Founder of Stanley James Press
Anil Seth
Author and Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex
Mark Stevenson
Co-founder and Chief Impact Officer, CUR8, Ambassador Client Earth, Impact Board Chair, Climate.vc, Author
James Box
Co-founder of Berst and Curator of This is Optimism
This is Optimism is designed for anyone who wants to be inspired about building the future.
Among others, you’ll hang out with product people, founders, investors, designers, strategists and self-confessed ‘policy wonks’. Come along to be part of the conversation on change and have some fun doing it.
And, yes there will be a tombola.
Hosted at the beautiful Artelium Vineyard in the Sussex Countryside, attendees will enjoy wonderful food from award winning chef Hannah Thomas, vineyard tours and tasting from Artelium’s founders plus a few other surprises we’re keeping up our sleeves until the day.
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