Forum Handbook
See the list of speakers and sessions.
Augmented Reality shape being held up outside Rhodes House
Rhodes House lit up in the dark, with discussion in the Glass Pavillion
Rhodes House convening centre with delegates watching the opening keynote with Jeremy Heimans and Firas Darwish
Panellists John Dupree, Lian Ryan-Hume (Najami), Atin Sanyal and Helen Zhang taking a selfie after their session
Anthony House, Ella Duus, Lollie Mancey, Robert Saldin and Abhilash Mishra mid-session
Delegates raising their hands mid-session
Winners and judges of the 2025 Kevin Xu Innovation Challenge
Delegate Karl Hansen asking a question during the closing keynote session
Forum Highlights
"What kind of society are we building? What role does technology play in that? And how do we achieve equitable outcomes?"
- Kathryn Brown
Speaker Interviews
After their presentations and panels, we sat down with seven of our speakers to talk about their work, what "Abundance" means to them, and their reflections on the Forum.
Watch the interviews - - Speaker InterviewsPerspectives
Identifying ‘Black Bears’ and Choosing Metrics that Matter
"It is good that things have gotten worse in the recent past. It has made big and scary corporates rethink and reconceptualise their metrics from profit-making to things that really matter."
No one is redrawing Central Park
“No one would claim we could redraw the borders of Central Park to build more buildings. How do we allow that line to be redrawn everywhere else in the world?”
Seeking Abundance from the Bottom Up
"Can abundance be engineered from above, or must it emerge from below?"
Do Not Leave This Up to Technologists
"In the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), who holds power? How should societies respond to technologies that are rapidly redefining power, participation and truth? And what happens to human agency when the tools we build begin to shape us in return?"
To Trust or not to Trust
"Human values of fairness, transparency, and justice must be at the core of building ethical AI"
Imagining the Future of Museums
“We have over six million objects and archival objects in our collections. The role of technology is to build an abundance of knowledge and get these stories out to global audiences.”
Who Gets to Build the Future?
“Abundance is not about tearing institutions down — it’s about rebuilding them so they can act.”
The Kevin Xu Innovation Challenge 2025
"How might we build AI systems that increase human agency and dignity-not by automating away choice, but by amplifying it?"