OKRE connects the film, TV, and gaming industries with researchers and lived experience to create entertainment that sparks real social change

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OKRE is a catalyst for entertainment content challenging misleading perceptions.
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OKRE Events

OKRE runs a wide range of events inspiring collaboration across research, lived experience and entertainment, from informal gatherings to workshops.

OKRE Summit 2024

Events, News, Summit

Entertainment to Change the World: OKRE Summit 2024

Andrew Forrest
Events, Summit, Video, Audiences, Impact

4) In Conversation: Changing the World Together: Supporting Long Term Impact in Film, Games and Television

Sara PuttIain Dodgeon
40 mins
Events, Summit, Video, Audiences

8) Discussion: How Do We Shift Storytelling with Audiences?

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Dhruti ShahTara Davanzati + 3 more

ANNUAL EVENT

The OKRE Summit

  • The OKRE Summit is one of our key annual events, aiming not only to educate but also to inspire fresh collaboration across sectors.
  • The Summit encourages innovative thinking and provides a platform for participants to share insights, build connections and explore new ideas together.
  • With a huge variety of guests from the entertainment industry, lived experience, charities and research, the OKRE Summit gives participants the opportunity to meet others open to creative collaborations.
  • Previous speakers include Mishal Husain, Sara Putt, Hassan Akkad, Patrick Spence, Polly Hill, Maxine Thomas-Asante and many more!

OKRE Summit 2022

OKRE Summit

OKRE Summit 2022

The first OKRE Summit took place in June 2022, bringing together people from across the entertainment and charity sectors to build cross-sector collaboration and champion…

Jun 15 2022
Insights, Summit, Impact

Eight things we learned from Gurinder Chadha at the OKRE Summit

Mishal HusainGurinder Chadha
Insights, Summit, Impact

'Be Sensitive...There's Going to be Drama!'

Alejandro Villanueva Argüelles
News, Impact

New taskforce will assess social and cultural impact of entertainment content

Kat Harrison-Dibbits
“A day of fresh insights, new perspectives and a mutual understanding of shared challenges across multiple organisations . I was privileged to be on the panel and very much hope the OKRE Summit becomes an annual date in the calendar.”

Tommy Nagra, Children In Need

OKRE's Experimental Stories with BBC and Wellcome

OKRE Experimental Stories

OKRE's Experimental Stories: Climate and Health workshops

Experimental Stories is a unique workshop series from OKRE, in collaboration with Wellcome and the BBC.

Nov 13-14 2023
OKRE Funds

'The future of creativity': creating An Artificially Intelligent Guide to Love

Kat Harrison-Dibbits
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Previous Events

Apr 24 2024
OKRE Summit

OKRE Summit 2024

Wellcome Trust London
Nov 13-14 2023
OKRE Experimental Stories

OKRE’s Experimental Stories: Climate and Health workshops

Experimental Stories is a unique workshop series from OKRE, in collaboration with Wellcome and the BBC.

Private venue
Jun 15 2022
OKRE Summit

OKRE Summit 2022

The first OKRE Summit took place in June 2022, bringing together people from across the entertainment and charity sectors to build cross-sector collaboration and champion entertainment content that makes a real difference in the world.

Meta HQ London
Jan 26 2022
OKRE Development Rooms

OKRE Development Rooms: Preservation Era

Online
Free
Oct 20 2021
OKRE Development Rooms

OKRE Development Rooms: Home Truths

Providing creative provocation and a feast of fresh thinking, OKRE Development Rooms are designed for creators working across games, film, audio, social media and television.

Online
Free
Mar 30 2021
OKRE Development Rooms

OKRE Development Rooms: Inner Dialogues

Online
Free
Mar 17-19 2021
Retreats

Pop culture meets social change retreat

In March 2021, OKRE and Counterpoint Arts hosted their first Pop Culture Meets Social Change Retreat

Jan 27 2021
OKRE Development Rooms

OKRE Development Rooms: Urban Worlds: Lives and Landscapes

Online