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Open future

26 Mar 2025 Sumit Paul-Choudhury
Collective optimism isn’t just about hope – it’s about believing we can tackle global challenges together. When we trust in each other’s ability to act, even the toughest problems become opportunities for change
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon: keynote address

20 Mar 2023
Nicola Sturgeon reflects on lessons learned as leader of an ambitious small nation taking a progressive agenda to the world stage, during a period of complex national and global challenges.
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The North will rise again

17 Feb 2023
Alex Niven, leading voice on the North, takes a fresh look at the roots of the North-South divide and sets out a vision for how the region can unlock a more rebalanced future of promise and potential.
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Peace and justice

27 Feb 2023
2022 Nobel Peace Laureate and director of the Center for Civil Liberties Oleksandra Matviichuk explores how we might strengthen global solidarity and create new alliances for the protection of human rights and the restoration of justice to bring peace to Ukraine, and the world.
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The story behind extraordinary success

29 Sep 2022
From resilience, confidence and grit to the odds stacked firmly in your favour, what does it take to achieve extraordinary success today? Bruce Daisley explores the complex story behind success and sets out how we can all unlock our inner strength.
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The social distance between us

30 Jun 2022
Those in power are often at arm’s length from the problems they are in charge of solving – is this why social inequality remains so entrenched? Writer and rapper Darren McGarvey explores the social remoteness underpinning our failing systems, and what it would take to do better.
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Fighting and fixing systemic gender injustice

16 Jun 2022
Potential solutions for gender prejudice and injustice often require change from women, rather than the system that perpetuates the problem. Here, Everyday Sexism founder Laura Bates demonstrates why we need to fix the system, not the women.
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Gender, learning and leadership

28 Apr 2022
Hon Julia Gillard AC, former Prime Minister of Australia, delivers the 2022 RSA President’s Lecture, examining the continued impact of historic patterns of gender disadvantage, and calling for a new global agenda on gender, leadership and learning.