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