World We Want
by 2030
for the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The inaugural launch: 5-21 May 2026 at
The Royal Society of Arts (The RSA)
Our world stands at a critical juncture.
In 2015, the global community came together through the United Nations to establish the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a shared commitment to protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all by 2030.
- The goals are ambitious.
- The timeline is short.
- The challenges are complex.
The Future Sprint exists to activate that collective intelligence and accelerate the vision.
at The RSA London
The home of ideas
Where people drive real change
The first Future Sprint begins at The Royal Society of Arts
Bringing together great minds to collaboratively design future pathways for achieving the UN SDGs by 2030.
represents the beginning
The RSA Future Sprint is a new participatory initiative hosted by the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in London. The inaugural programme launches in May of 2026, running for 17 days, with each session focusing on one of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Participants will collaborate in small teams to design future scenarios for how each goal could be achieved by 2030, creating visual Future Posters and presenting their ideas in short sessions recorded for publication and media.
The programme is led by Jordan Waid, Founder of The PRECOG Lab, using PRECOG future intelligence methodology, which combines cultural signal recognition, collaborative foresight and future scenario design.
The aim is not to find a single solution. Because global challenges will never be solved by one idea alone.
They will be solved by many ideas emerging from many perspectives. Together they form a living archive of collective imagination.
The Future Sprint brings together thinkers, creators, entrepreneurs, scientists, designers and citizens to imagine bold futures for the world we want to build.
Each session invites participants to explore one of the goals and design visionary scenarios for how that goal could be achieved by 2030.
Vision gives direction. Direction enables action.
The 17 Goals Over The 17 Days
Outputs from the programme will include:
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The BookA publication capturing the sprint, participants, Future Posters, insights and outcomes -
The DocumentaryA documentary featuring the journey, participants and partner perspectives -
The White PaperA white paper developed with a committee of partners and RSA Fellows to advance key ideas -
The United NationsEngagement with the United Nations to share outcomes and raise awareness
Don’t Wait for It.
Participants bring the ideas.
Partners make them happen.
Together, the impossible becomes possible.
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