About Nesta

Nesta is an innovation foundation. For us, innovation means turning bold ideas into reality and changing lives for the better. We use our expertise, skills and funding in areas where there are big challenges facing society.

The COVID-19 pandemic inspired a range of local and national initiatives to keep people safe, assist the vulnerable, support frontline workers and strengthen neighborhood ties. But was it just a bubble of altruism - or something more profound? And what are the practical lessons to be learned from the activism of 2020? Speakers

  • Vidhya Alakeson - Chief Executive, Power of Change
  • Patrick Vernon OBE - social commentator and cultural historian
  • Yvonne Wancke - teacher and mother of four
  • Chaired by Matt d'Ancona, Editor and Partner at Tortoise