Watch the Open Future Festival
Our annual ideas conference took place on October 5th in Chicago, Manchester and Hong Kong
THE ECONOMIST Open Future Festival took place on Saturday October 5th in Hong Kong, Manchester and Chicago. Click below to watch video from the events.
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM local time (GMT +8)
Speakers include: Joshua Wong, Regina Ip, Neha Dixit and Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit. Agenda.
Manchester
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM local time (GMT +1)
Speakers include: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Guy Standing, Sam Gyimah MP, Grace Blakeley and Hoesung Lee. Agenda.
Chicago
10:50 AM - 4:30 PM local time (GMT -5)
Speakers include: Patrick Collison, Gabby Giffords, Mellody Hobson, Raghuram Rajan and Amani al-Khatahtbeh. Agenda.
You can participate in the conference online and submit questions here.
For Open Future articles, visit Economist.com/openfuture
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