Festival of Futures

02 Dec 2024 - 04 Dec 2024

Liverpool Hope University

Welcome to Hope Festival of Futures, a three-day event designed to inspire through innovation and collaboration, all while giving you the edge when it comes to your CV and enhanced employability skills.

What is Hope Festival of Futures?

Hope Festival of Futures is a celebration of ideas. You will have the opportunity to learn more about five key global issues from researchers and external guest speakers, and work in groups to come up with solutions to specific challenges.

This is a unique opportunity to develop your skills, including:

Critical thinking
Analysis
Collaboration
Communication
Problem-solving
Presenting

You will explore:

Being human in the age of AI
Peaceful futures
People and place
Socially just futures
Sustainable futures

You will have an opportunity to discover all five themes over the course of the festival, with a chance to celebrate your work with your fellow Hope students with comedy nights and social events.

Who is it for?

We would like to extend our invitation to the Festival to our local Liverpool community, partners and friends of Liverpool Hope locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. The Festival and Fringe events are filled with workshops that are experiential and seek to encourage participants in the conversation about the grand challenges we face and how we can be part of the solution.