Think & Do 2025 – Control / Alt / Lead
📅 29 October 2025 | 9:00–18:00 CET
📍 Sparks Meeting, Rue Ravenstein 60, Brussels
Hosted by the Centre for Future Generations (CFG), Think & Do is an annual flagship event connecting future-focused thinking with European policy priorities.
This year’s theme — Control / Alt / Lead — explores how Europe can move from reacting to shaping the next chapter of the global tech landscape, and how policymakers can bridge the gap between insight and action, values and practice.
In a time of technological disruption and geopolitical instability, the forum will examine how Europe can maintain its agency, lead responsibly in emerging technologies, and turn strategic foresight into tangible leadership.
Program Highlights
Keynote: “Does Europe have agency in the technology agenda?”
Plenary: “Is geopolitical readiness possible without technological readiness?”
Debate: Can Europe be both sovereign and competitive on technology?
Workshops:
Advanced AI: Geopolitics of AGI – Can Europe thrive in an age of instability?
Biotech & Technology Foresight: How faster science could build a secure future
Climate Interventions: Who gets to dim the sun?
Neurotech: Mind the Future
Closing plenary: Designing the Brussels Effect 2.0
Speakers include Mathias Cormann (OECD), Anu Bradford (Columbia University), Maria Farrell (Writer, Policy Thinker), Georgiana Dragomir (NATO), and Rafal Kierzenkowski (OECD Foresight Unit), among others.
Think & Do 2025 is where policymakers, technologists, and foresight practitioners meet to shape actionable ideas for Europe’s long-term resilience and leadership in technology and governance.