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.

ANNUAL EVENT

The OKRE Summit

  • The OKRE Summit is our key annual event where we curate a day of insightful keynotes, dynamic panel discussions, and unparalleled networking opportunities with leading figures across the creative, research, and social impact sectors.
  • The Summit is a vital forum for exploring the ethical and artistic challenges and opportunities of modern storytelling, and a must for professionals with curious and creative mindsets.
  • With a huge variety of guests from the entertainment industry, lived experience, charities and research, the OKRE Summit encourages innovative thinking and provides a platform for participants to share insights, build connections and explore new ideas together.
  • Previous speakers include Mishal Hussein, Gurinder Chadha, Dannii Minogue, Samantha Morton, Jo Hamilton OBE and Samir Patel (CEO Comic Relief).

OKRE Summit 2025

OKRE Summit

OKRE Summit 2025

At this year’s OKRE Summit, we ask the provocative, sometimes uncomfortable, always honest questions that get under the skin of storytelling. How does authenticity, not…

Oct 31 2025

OKRE Summit 2024

OKRE Summit 2024

Hosted by acclaimed TV journalist Mishal Husain, the hugely successful OKRE Summit 2024 consisted of a full day of vibrant panels and featured experts from…

Apr 24 2024
Events, News, Summit

Entertainment to Change the World: OKRE Summit 2024

Andrew Forrest
"when we really think about what's going to drive a different type of storytelling, more representation, it cannot just be one group figuring that out. It's got to be people who have lived experience, has to be academics, has to be the nonprofit sector, the big entertainment companies. If all of us work together, then I think we can really push storytelling forward."

Samir Patel, CEO Comic Relief

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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Upcoming Events

Oct 31 2025
OKRE Summit

OKRE Summit 2025

At this year’s OKRE Summit, we ask the provocative, sometimes uncomfortable, always honest questions that get under the skin of storytelling.
How does authenticity, not agenda, create impact? How do the smallest, sharpest details of lived experience breathe life into the biggest fictional universes? And how does collaboration—between creators, audiences, communities, charities—reshape what makes it to screen?

Google London London
Free - Registration required

Previous Events

Apr 24 2024

OKRE Summit 2024

Hosted by acclaimed TV journalist Mishal Husain, the hugely successful OKRE Summit 2024 consisted of a full day of vibrant panels and featured experts from a wide range of sectors and backgrounds, all brought together by the common goal of how best to drive positive change and social impact through media and entertainment.

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