Listen to some of the most powerful thinkers in the world: Ben Okri, Anita Anand, Sanjay Kak, Marianne Nicholson, Aza Raskin and Kritika Pandey. They take us through complex histories and call on us to fight for and imagine better futures.
5×15 is a speakers series that originated in London and has featured speakers like Salman Rushdie, Gloria Steinem and Brian Eno. ISF has hosted the only Canadian iteration of 5×15 every year. This special global edition of 5x15 is jointly curated and hosted by Eleanor O’Keeffe (co-founder of 5×15) and our own Co-Founder and Artistic Director Sirish Rao.
Presenting in Partnership with 5x15
Event Supporting Partner: Hari Sharma Foundation
Event Community Partner: SFU Publishing
Indian Summer Festival is made possible thanks to the wonderful support of:
- Founding Partner: Simon Fraser University
- Major Partners: Langara College, University of British Columbia
- Emerging Artist Sponsor: RBC
- Festival Supporting Partners: TELUS, Hari Sharma Foundation
- Music Series Partner: Creative BC
- Event Presenting Partners: SFU Library, Odlum Brown Community, Nature's Path Organic Foods, Concord Pacific - Canada
- Event Supporting Partners: SFU David Lam Centre, Nature's Path Organic Foods, Fasken, The Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent On Recordings (FACTOR), SoundON BC
-Government Funders: Government of Canada, Government of British Columbia, British Columbia Arts Council, City of Vancouver - Local Government, Vancouver Foundation
- Event Community Partners: SFU Publishing, Kahn Zack Ehrlich Lithwick LLP
- Premier Media: The Georgia Straight, CBC Vancouver, Spice Radio 1200AM
- Promotional Partners: Daily Hive Vancouver, Drishti Magazine, kipling media, Curiocity Vancouver
- Founding Cultural Partners: SFU Woodward's, Canada India Network Society
- Cultural Partners: Vancouver Biennale, Museum of Vancouver, 5x15stories, Granville Island, The Ismaili, Surrey Art Gallery