"the optimism we need is going to come from our fellow human beings"
Elif Shafak
5x15 EartH Hackney
"A luminous evening – hopeful, heartfelt & deeply inspiring."
Akram Khan Company
"The line-up, under any circumstances would have been intriguing... the event was sold out... there was an electricity in the room..."
The New Yorker
"5x15's packed soirees feel like an evening of offline, communal surfing, it's due as much to the eclectic menu of speakers as to the short time allotted to each..."
The New York Times
"The ability to 'think intelligently' about subjects that tickle, exercise and expand your mind is at last tangible with entertaining talks at 5x15."
The Telegraph
"a brilliant concept of five 15-minute talks delivered by significant voices..."
The Financial Times
Upcoming Events
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
Patrick Bringley
All the Beauty in the World
Colin Grant
I'm Black So You Don't Have to Be
Frieda Hughes
George: A Magpie Memoir
Tim Marshall
The Future of Geography
Jenny Odell
Saving Time
5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each - April 2023
Join us at 5x15 in April for stories of magpies, museums and living beyond the clock; for family lessons and visions of the future.
Online, Via Zoom
Online, via Duuzra
Featuring Talks By:
Rathbones Investment Management
In partnership with
Juliet Davenport
Renewable energy
Bill McGuire
Volcanic hazards
Melissa Sterry
Wildfires
Gaia Vince
Fire and migration
The Earth Convention - The Four Elements: Fire
5x15 and Rathbones present the Four Elements, the second series of panels in the Earth Convention series. This panel looks at Fire.
Online, via Duuzra
Animal Magic
At the British Library, five extraordinary speakers take us into a world shared by animals, human and otherwise; testing the boundaries between us, and the spaces that we share.
British Library and online, NW1 2DB
British Library and online, NW1 2DB
Featuring Talks By:
Animal Magic
At the British Library, five extraordinary speakers take us into a world shared by animals, human and otherwise; testing the boundaries between us, and the spaces that we share.
British Library and online, NW1 2DB
Online, Via Zoom
Featuring Talks By:
5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each - May 2023
From the roots of patriarchy to prodigious stories of women in tech; tales of hedgehogs, long lost families and a poetic coming of age - join us for 5x15 in May!
Online, Via Zoom
About
5x15 produces events of ideas, insight and inspiration for the world’s leading organisations and most discerning audiences. We bring internationally acclaimed speakers to the stage to share stories that are informative, provoking, and above all, entertaining.
Wade Davis @ 5x15 - Cultures at Risk
Wade Davis is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker whose work has taken him from the Amazon to Tibet, Africa to Australia, Polynesia to the Arctic.
About
5x15 produces events of ideas, insight and inspiration for the world’s leading organisations and most discerning audiences. We bring internationally acclaimed speakers to the stage to share stories that are informative, provoking, and above all, entertaining.
