Eleanor O’Keeffe

Eleanor O’Keeffe is the Editorial Director of CogX, Europe’s leading festival of AI, blockchain and breakthrough technology. She co-founded 5×15 stories, one of London’s leading and cherished cultural events organisations. Renowned for creating conversations, it has worked with hundreds of the best-known figures in British and American cultural life. Over the last twelve years, its stage has featured individuals as diverse as Pharrell Williams, Billie Eilish, Daniel Kahneman, Mary Beard and Malcolm Gladwell, to name but a few. Eleanor is also a former director of the Jaipur Literature Festival, and a co-founder of the Palestine Festival of Literature. She has been involved in arts events in Marrakech and Paris and has run events for some of the most well-known global brands including: Google, Selfridges and World Bank.