A global leadership programme bringing together 16-18 year olds with academics and industry experts to find solutions to the most pressing challenges of our age.
28-30 July 2025,
Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
Want to meet industry experts, prepare yourself for university and set yourself apart as a thought leader? Register your interest to be one of the first to find out about how to apply to our academically selective residential programme.
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“Future Thought Leaders stands out as a leadership programme that helps students to focus on how to tackle the key challenges of the 21st century.
In the coming years, emerging technologies, notably artificial intelligence, the metaverse, and social robots will combine with serious ecological challenges to create a strikingly new leadership environment—one for which we urgently need to prepare young people. Future Thought Leaders offers a valuable exploration of some of the most important social and ethical questions that will define future decades.”
Sir Anthony Seldon, Patron
Empowering minds to reshape the future
Brave New Worlds
How should society respond to the challenges of AI, big data, blockchain, deep fakes, and the metaverse?
Shaping History
A former royal residence, Cumberland Lodge has hosted conversations about the future of society since 1947.
Academic Rigour
Discover state-of-the-art techniques from analytic ethics, behavioural science, and the philosophy of technology.