Wicked problems, such as climate breakdown, geopolitical fragmentation and demographic transformation, do not yield to single-sector solutions. Demanding new coalitions, new models, and new levels of ambition, this annual symposium exists to address exactly that.

This year, attendees discovered that while wicked problems are AI-resistant, the technology could still play a part in accelerating their resolution. 

The event, organised by Wicked Labs, a collaboration between Imperial Business School and the Royal College of Art, was made up of five sessions:

• Geopolitics, wars and new policy approaches;
• The pace towards net-zero society;
• Corporate venturing and AI;
• The future of education, industries and governments; and 
• Industrial futures

Through these, attendees were exposed to four key practical insights: 

• Look at past tech revolutions to envision emerging futures;
• Embrace the AI revolution and run continuous experiments in education, companies and governments;
• Foster learning ecosystems to leverage collective intelligence; and 
• Train curious, emphatic and resilient leaders

A unique forum for addressing how organisations can adapt in the face of disruptions, such as AI, the Wicked Symposium has also become a community of people who refuse to accept that the world's hardest problems are unsolvable.