Fellows Festival 2023

What would the world look like if things went right?

The RSA Fellows Festival is the headline event of our year. The festival took place on 17 June 2023 at RSA House where we celebrated the most optimistic and imaginative new thinking for the future of people, place and planet.

Throughout the day, attendees heard from inspirational changemakers and innovators on the ideas and movements shaping our culture, economy and environment.

The theme of this year's event was:

Imagine – if things go right, what would our world look like? What could go right?

Speakers at this year's Fellows Festival included:

  • Mya-Rose Craig - birder, race activist and environmentalist
  • Sir Partha Dasgupta - author of the Dasgupta Review of the Economics of Biodiversity
  • Jo Swinson - director, Partners for a New Economy
  • and many more.

Check out the complete Fellows Festival agenda.

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Meet the Fellows Festival 2023 speakers

Learn about the changemakers who shared their ideas at this years festival

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