Leeds International Festival of IDEAS

A festival of new ideas & innovation. We invite world-leading thinkers to Leeds to share new ideas and discuss the world of tomorrow.

“The city is excited about innovation, about discovery, while the festival is here ”

PROF. ALICE ROBERTS
Biological anthropologist & AUTHOR

“It’s going to be an absolute joy for people to come listen to these ideas - to start generating ideas of their own.”

Prof. Alice Roberts
biological anthropologist & author

“You gave them the platform to express their ideas. To make that moment that doesn’t usually happen.”

Graft
Music Artist

“You allowed us make it exactly how we had wanted to… the idea would still be in a sketchbook if it wasn't for (LIFI)”

Daniel Avery
electronic music artist

Leeds International Festival of Ideas is a metropolitan celebration of new ideas and innovation. We invite world-leading thinkers, creators, and pioneers to Leeds to share new ideas and discuss the world of tomorrow.

Our speakers will cover a range of topics, such as entertainment, technology, science, media, sociology and global affairs. By introducing the brightest minds to our city and our city to the brightest minds, we aim to challenge our understanding of the world today and deliver an exciting vision of the future.