FTL 2025 Programme

28-30 July 2025, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor

The 2025 summer school invites high school students into conversation with academics, policy makers, and industry leaders in law, healthcare, technology, and financial services about the challenges facing their generation.

Learning will take place in workshop-style settings, with delegates hearing from the experts before collaborating on practical tasks based on real-world scenarios in their fields. Delegates will also chair panel discussions, interview experts, present to their peers, and participate in roundtable discussion.

About Cumberland Lodge

Cumberland Lodge is the former official residence of the Ranger of Windsor Great Park, an office currently held by His Majesty King Charles III. It is now an educational charity that exists to empower young people to lead the conversation around social division. It regularly plays host to university departments, legal and medical training bodies, and many other public and private sector organisations.

Full-board accomodation

Full-board accommodation is provided on site. Each room is equipped with an en-suite bathroom and Wi-Fi. Delegates will be paired up with a roommate based on their interests, providing the opportunity for further discussion and lasting friendships. While we encourage delegates to share rooms, single rooms may be available on request.

Workshops

A full list of workshops will be provided in due course. Topics covered may include, but are not limited to, the following:-

- Morality in the metaverse

- AI and the future of work

- The behavioural science of climate change

- Blockchain and the future of finance

- ESG and the social responsibility of multinationals

- Privacy and big data

- Facial recognition and algorithm bias

- Democracy and deep fakes

- Data justice

Programme size

Space is limited to twenty places, so delegates will get the chance to see up close how today's thought leaders approach the issues that matter to them.

Bookings

Entry and applications for FTL 2025 is now closed, but please register your interest in booking a space for FTL 2026 here.

Travel

Cumberland Lodge is a 25-minute taxi ride from Heathrow airport and a 50-minute drive from central London. The nearest train station is Egham. Help with transfers for international delegates is available on request.

FTL 2025 Speakers

  • Joshua Eyre

    Joshua Eyre

    Joshua Eyre is a sustainability and social impact specialist with over a decade's experience working with organisations of all shapes and sizes, from global corporates and private equity investors to the NHS, UN agencies and early-stage start-ups. He is currently Principal Consultant for Regulation and Reporting at SeismicChange, a London-based sustainability agency, and Founding Partner of Opto Impact Ventures, an impact VC fund.​

  • Lavinia D Osbourne

    Lavinia D Osbourne

    Lavinia is an award-winning Blockchain and Web3 entrepreneur who is passionate about this technology’s potential to promote egalitarian goals. She is part of the 'Blockchain for Good' alliance, creating global chapters in different parts of the world. Lavinia secured the world’s first NFT case law precedent, establishing NFTs as legal property under English law. ​

  • Joseph Connor​

    Joseph Connor​

    Joseph is Professor in Computer Science at UCL and co-founder of Careful AI, a UK-based company specialising in responsible AI for regulated sectors like healthcare and finance. With a background in clinical safety and AI ethics, he has led initiatives such as PRIDAR, a widely adopted AI risk assessment framework, and AutoDeclare, a tool for demonstrating compliance in AI systems. Joseph is also a vocal advocate for anticipatory governance and transparency in AI deployment.​

  • Dr Charles Ogilvie OBE​

    Dr Charles Ogilvie OBE​

    Charles is a climate and energy strategist with extensive experience as a public servant and entrepreneur. He led strategy for the UK’s COP26 Presidency within the Cabinet Office, earning an OBE inJune 2022 for public service. He has also served as a Special Adviser in the Department for Business, Energy, and is the founder of Ocean Energy Pathway

  • Phil D Hall​

    Phil D Hall​

    Phil is a veteran conversational AI designer and co-creator of Echoborg, an immersive theatre experience which explores the nature of human-AI interaction. Simply put, an echoborg is an AI that 'borrows' a human being's body, ventriliquising its 'host' as an alternative to robotic embodiment. There is a surprise in store for delegates as they explore how theatre can help us better understand the relationship between humans and robots. ​

  • Joana Geisler​

    Joana Geisler​

    Joana Geisler is a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Future of Work (IFoW), and holds an MSc in Comparative Social Policy from the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on widening young people’s access to quality jobs in the green economy, and the interplay between tech, inequality, and economic growth.

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