Centre for Future Generations
@cfg-thinktank.bsky.social
CFG is an independent think-and-do tank created to help decision-makers anticipate and govern rapid technological change. https://cfg.eu
At Think & Do 2025, CFG’s CEO @thomaslingard.bsky.social explained why Europe needs a new approach to technology and governance.
CFG's mission is to help European policymakers anticipate technological change rather than simply respond to it.
CFG's mission is to help European policymakers anticipate technological change rather than simply respond to it.
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
At Think & Do 2025, CFG’s CEO @thomaslingard.bsky.social explained why Europe needs a new approach to technology and governance.
CFG's mission is to help European policymakers anticipate technological change rather than simply respond to it.
CFG's mission is to help European policymakers anticipate technological change rather than simply respond to it.
Think & Do 2025 brought Europe’s policymakers, technologists, and thinkers together for a full day of conversations on how to shape the future of emerging tech.
Link to our event recap post below:
Link to our event recap post below:
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Think & Do 2025 brought Europe’s policymakers, technologists, and thinkers together for a full day of conversations on how to shape the future of emerging tech.
Link to our event recap post below:
Link to our event recap post below:
Why isn’t Europe leading tech innovation?
At Think & Do 2025, Anu Bradford argued that “overregulation” is the wrong answer, and laid out four forces holding innovation back.
Link to the Think & Do wrap up article below:
At Think & Do 2025, Anu Bradford argued that “overregulation” is the wrong answer, and laid out four forces holding innovation back.
Link to the Think & Do wrap up article below:
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Why isn’t Europe leading tech innovation?
At Think & Do 2025, Anu Bradford argued that “overregulation” is the wrong answer, and laid out four forces holding innovation back.
Link to the Think & Do wrap up article below:
At Think & Do 2025, Anu Bradford argued that “overregulation” is the wrong answer, and laid out four forces holding innovation back.
Link to the Think & Do wrap up article below:
That’s a wrap on #ThinkAndDo2025.
Strange times call for collective thinking. Today’s mix of debates, workshops, and reflection felt like the right way to face them.
Thank you to everyone who spoke, questioned, and listened.
We look forward to meeting you all again soon!
Strange times call for collective thinking. Today’s mix of debates, workshops, and reflection felt like the right way to face them.
Thank you to everyone who spoke, questioned, and listened.
We look forward to meeting you all again soon!
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
That’s a wrap on #ThinkAndDo2025.
Strange times call for collective thinking. Today’s mix of debates, workshops, and reflection felt like the right way to face them.
Thank you to everyone who spoke, questioned, and listened.
We look forward to meeting you all again soon!
Strange times call for collective thinking. Today’s mix of debates, workshops, and reflection felt like the right way to face them.
Thank you to everyone who spoke, questioned, and listened.
We look forward to meeting you all again soon!
Final plenary:
Designing the Brussels Effect 2.0.
How can Europe lead in tech not just by regulation, but by example?
#ThinkAndDo2025
Designing the Brussels Effect 2.0.
How can Europe lead in tech not just by regulation, but by example?
#ThinkAndDo2025
October 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Final plenary:
Designing the Brussels Effect 2.0.
How can Europe lead in tech not just by regulation, but by example?
#ThinkAndDo2025
Designing the Brussels Effect 2.0.
How can Europe lead in tech not just by regulation, but by example?
#ThinkAndDo2025
Need a break? Check out the quiet room with an art exhibition featuring work from Louis-Paul Caron. #ThinkAndDo2025
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Need a break? Check out the quiet room with an art exhibition featuring work from Louis-Paul Caron. #ThinkAndDo2025
In the workshop “Who gets to dim the sun?” by our Climate interventions team, participants explored different scenarios about how future decisions on solar radiation modification could unfold, and what preparedness really means for Europe.
#ThinkAndDo2025
#ThinkAndDo2025
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In the workshop “Who gets to dim the sun?” by our Climate interventions team, participants explored different scenarios about how future decisions on solar radiation modification could unfold, and what preparedness really means for Europe.
#ThinkAndDo2025
#ThinkAndDo2025
Next up: breakout sessions, starting with AGI and geopolitics.
The sense is clear: AI is already reshaping defence and strategy.
One question is around how Europe prepares for the next leap without fuelling an arms race.
#ThinkAndDo2025
The sense is clear: AI is already reshaping defence and strategy.
One question is around how Europe prepares for the next leap without fuelling an arms race.
#ThinkAndDo2025
October 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Next up: breakout sessions, starting with AGI and geopolitics.
The sense is clear: AI is already reshaping defence and strategy.
One question is around how Europe prepares for the next leap without fuelling an arms race.
#ThinkAndDo2025
The sense is clear: AI is already reshaping defence and strategy.
One question is around how Europe prepares for the next leap without fuelling an arms race.
#ThinkAndDo2025
Now, on the the Oxford-style:
“This house believes that Europe cannot be both sovereign and competitive on technology.”
An Oxford-style clash moderated by Aaron Maniam — asking whether Europe must choose between its values and its edge.
#ThinkAndDo2025
“This house believes that Europe cannot be both sovereign and competitive on technology.”
An Oxford-style clash moderated by Aaron Maniam — asking whether Europe must choose between its values and its edge.
#ThinkAndDo2025
October 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Now, on the the Oxford-style:
“This house believes that Europe cannot be both sovereign and competitive on technology.”
An Oxford-style clash moderated by Aaron Maniam — asking whether Europe must choose between its values and its edge.
#ThinkAndDo2025
“This house believes that Europe cannot be both sovereign and competitive on technology.”
An Oxford-style clash moderated by Aaron Maniam — asking whether Europe must choose between its values and its edge.
#ThinkAndDo2025
First panel of the day:
CONTROL: Is geopolitical readiness possible without technological readiness?
With Serpil Tascioglu, Cynthia Scharf and Jerome Van Biervliet.
How can Europe turn its tech strengths into genuine geopolitical leverage? 🧵#ThinkAndDo2025
CONTROL: Is geopolitical readiness possible without technological readiness?
With Serpil Tascioglu, Cynthia Scharf and Jerome Van Biervliet.
How can Europe turn its tech strengths into genuine geopolitical leverage? 🧵#ThinkAndDo2025
October 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
First panel of the day:
CONTROL: Is geopolitical readiness possible without technological readiness?
With Serpil Tascioglu, Cynthia Scharf and Jerome Van Biervliet.
How can Europe turn its tech strengths into genuine geopolitical leverage? 🧵#ThinkAndDo2025
CONTROL: Is geopolitical readiness possible without technological readiness?
With Serpil Tascioglu, Cynthia Scharf and Jerome Van Biervliet.
How can Europe turn its tech strengths into genuine geopolitical leverage? 🧵#ThinkAndDo2025
Kicking off the day, Anu Bradford reminds us that waiting isn’t an option for Europe.
"The EU has to be a tech actor in its own right, not just just a regulator. Build as well as govern. Aim for technological independence and real autonomy." 🧵 #ThinkAndDo2025
"The EU has to be a tech actor in its own right, not just just a regulator. Build as well as govern. Aim for technological independence and real autonomy." 🧵 #ThinkAndDo2025
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Kicking off the day, Anu Bradford reminds us that waiting isn’t an option for Europe.
"The EU has to be a tech actor in its own right, not just just a regulator. Build as well as govern. Aim for technological independence and real autonomy." 🧵 #ThinkAndDo2025
"The EU has to be a tech actor in its own right, not just just a regulator. Build as well as govern. Aim for technological independence and real autonomy." 🧵 #ThinkAndDo2025
Doors open at #ThinkAndDo2025 — our annual space for thinking differently about tech and policy.
We look forward to the conversations and exchanges!
We look forward to the conversations and exchanges!
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Doors open at #ThinkAndDo2025 — our annual space for thinking differently about tech and policy.
We look forward to the conversations and exchanges!
We look forward to the conversations and exchanges!
It’s nearly time: Think & Do 2025 is happening this Wednesday.
We’re excited to welcome you to a packed day of bold ideas, strange futures, and the hard questions Europe needs to face on tech.
Find all the information here:
👉 cfg.eu/event/think-...
#ThinkAndDo2025
We’re excited to welcome you to a packed day of bold ideas, strange futures, and the hard questions Europe needs to face on tech.
Find all the information here:
👉 cfg.eu/event/think-...
#ThinkAndDo2025
October 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It’s nearly time: Think & Do 2025 is happening this Wednesday.
We’re excited to welcome you to a packed day of bold ideas, strange futures, and the hard questions Europe needs to face on tech.
Find all the information here:
👉 cfg.eu/event/think-...
#ThinkAndDo2025
We’re excited to welcome you to a packed day of bold ideas, strange futures, and the hard questions Europe needs to face on tech.
Find all the information here:
👉 cfg.eu/event/think-...
#ThinkAndDo2025
How can Europe move from reacting to shaping the global tech landscape?
Join us at Think & Do 2025 to grapple with defining questions of emerging technologies.
Explore strange futures and connect with a community of decisionmakers, builders, and thinkers.
Agenda & registration below!
Join us at Think & Do 2025 to grapple with defining questions of emerging technologies.
Explore strange futures and connect with a community of decisionmakers, builders, and thinkers.
Agenda & registration below!
October 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
How can Europe move from reacting to shaping the global tech landscape?
Join us at Think & Do 2025 to grapple with defining questions of emerging technologies.
Explore strange futures and connect with a community of decisionmakers, builders, and thinkers.
Agenda & registration below!
Join us at Think & Do 2025 to grapple with defining questions of emerging technologies.
Explore strange futures and connect with a community of decisionmakers, builders, and thinkers.
Agenda & registration below!
“Who decides who decides?”
We invited Kim Stanley Robinson to share his thinking on the deeper questions behind technological acceleration.
It’s a theme we return to often at CFG.
Link to full video in the comments:
We invited Kim Stanley Robinson to share his thinking on the deeper questions behind technological acceleration.
It’s a theme we return to often at CFG.
Link to full video in the comments:
October 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
“Who decides who decides?”
We invited Kim Stanley Robinson to share his thinking on the deeper questions behind technological acceleration.
It’s a theme we return to often at CFG.
Link to full video in the comments:
We invited Kim Stanley Robinson to share his thinking on the deeper questions behind technological acceleration.
It’s a theme we return to often at CFG.
Link to full video in the comments:
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Meet the #EHFG2025 speakers ⬇️
On 3 October, Virginia Mahieu, Neurotechnology Director at the @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social, will join the third EHFG plenary:
🤝 Solidarity in a digitalised world
📍 Register to follow online for free 👉 bit.ly/46wmEHF
#SolidarityInHealth
On 3 October, Virginia Mahieu, Neurotechnology Director at the @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social, will join the third EHFG plenary:
🤝 Solidarity in a digitalised world
📍 Register to follow online for free 👉 bit.ly/46wmEHF
#SolidarityInHealth
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Meet the #EHFG2025 speakers ⬇️
On 3 October, Virginia Mahieu, Neurotechnology Director at the @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social, will join the third EHFG plenary:
🤝 Solidarity in a digitalised world
📍 Register to follow online for free 👉 bit.ly/46wmEHF
#SolidarityInHealth
On 3 October, Virginia Mahieu, Neurotechnology Director at the @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social, will join the third EHFG plenary:
🤝 Solidarity in a digitalised world
📍 Register to follow online for free 👉 bit.ly/46wmEHF
#SolidarityInHealth
How will emerging technologies shape the way we think, feel, and behave?
In this kickoff piece, our team outlines where the science stands, why current policy responses fall short, and how Europe can build brain-positive governance for what’s coming next.
Link to full article in the comments:
In this kickoff piece, our team outlines where the science stands, why current policy responses fall short, and how Europe can build brain-positive governance for what’s coming next.
Link to full article in the comments:
September 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
How will emerging technologies shape the way we think, feel, and behave?
In this kickoff piece, our team outlines where the science stands, why current policy responses fall short, and how Europe can build brain-positive governance for what’s coming next.
Link to full article in the comments:
In this kickoff piece, our team outlines where the science stands, why current policy responses fall short, and how Europe can build brain-positive governance for what’s coming next.
Link to full article in the comments:
🧬 Join us at our next #Tech&Tonic on Thursday Sept. 18 for a discussion on the promises and perils of synthetic biology with David Winickoff and Ashley Noriega!
There’ll be food and drinks, of course!
Link to register below:
There’ll be food and drinks, of course!
Link to register below:
September 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🧬 Join us at our next #Tech&Tonic on Thursday Sept. 18 for a discussion on the promises and perils of synthetic biology with David Winickoff and Ashley Noriega!
There’ll be food and drinks, of course!
Link to register below:
There’ll be food and drinks, of course!
Link to register below:
🧬 A policymaker’s guide to the biotech revolution
Today we launch the intro to the Emerging biotech atlas — the first in a 5-part series by Ashley Noriega, Faouzi Braza, and Velislava Petrova.
The atlas maps six fast-moving areas of biotechnology!
Dive in here: cfg.eu/biotech-atla...
Today we launch the intro to the Emerging biotech atlas — the first in a 5-part series by Ashley Noriega, Faouzi Braza, and Velislava Petrova.
The atlas maps six fast-moving areas of biotechnology!
Dive in here: cfg.eu/biotech-atla...
September 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🧬 A policymaker’s guide to the biotech revolution
Today we launch the intro to the Emerging biotech atlas — the first in a 5-part series by Ashley Noriega, Faouzi Braza, and Velislava Petrova.
The atlas maps six fast-moving areas of biotechnology!
Dive in here: cfg.eu/biotech-atla...
Today we launch the intro to the Emerging biotech atlas — the first in a 5-part series by Ashley Noriega, Faouzi Braza, and Velislava Petrova.
The atlas maps six fast-moving areas of biotechnology!
Dive in here: cfg.eu/biotech-atla...
What risks could solar geoengineering pose? 🌍
In this clip Aasima Kamal Mowni, Ping-Ping Narenpitak and Thelma Krug outline the political and ethical risks of solar geoengineering, from uneven climate outcomes to global conflict.
Link to the full video in the comments 👇
In this clip Aasima Kamal Mowni, Ping-Ping Narenpitak and Thelma Krug outline the political and ethical risks of solar geoengineering, from uneven climate outcomes to global conflict.
Link to the full video in the comments 👇
September 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
What risks could solar geoengineering pose? 🌍
In this clip Aasima Kamal Mowni, Ping-Ping Narenpitak and Thelma Krug outline the political and ethical risks of solar geoengineering, from uneven climate outcomes to global conflict.
Link to the full video in the comments 👇
In this clip Aasima Kamal Mowni, Ping-Ping Narenpitak and Thelma Krug outline the political and ethical risks of solar geoengineering, from uneven climate outcomes to global conflict.
Link to the full video in the comments 👇
🎬Tech, power, and the future: movies and shows we’re watching this autumn
Our team at CFG pulled together five films and series that stayed with us because they ask big questions about where technology is taking us, and what it means to be human.
Our team at CFG pulled together five films and series that stayed with us because they ask big questions about where technology is taking us, and what it means to be human.
September 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🎬Tech, power, and the future: movies and shows we’re watching this autumn
Our team at CFG pulled together five films and series that stayed with us because they ask big questions about where technology is taking us, and what it means to be human.
Our team at CFG pulled together five films and series that stayed with us because they ask big questions about where technology is taking us, and what it means to be human.
🌍 Could we cool the planet by reflecting sunlight?
In this first video of our four-part video series, Matthias Honegger and Cynthia Scharf explain what Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) is. All of this is not without risks — next week’s video will explore those.
Link to full video in the comments
In this first video of our four-part video series, Matthias Honegger and Cynthia Scharf explain what Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) is. All of this is not without risks — next week’s video will explore those.
Link to full video in the comments
August 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🌍 Could we cool the planet by reflecting sunlight?
In this first video of our four-part video series, Matthias Honegger and Cynthia Scharf explain what Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) is. All of this is not without risks — next week’s video will explore those.
Link to full video in the comments
In this first video of our four-part video series, Matthias Honegger and Cynthia Scharf explain what Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) is. All of this is not without risks — next week’s video will explore those.
Link to full video in the comments
Sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson has been thinking about geoengineering longer than most policymakers.
In this clip, he explains why “technologies of desperation” like carbon removal and solar radiation management may soon shift from fiction to fact.
Find the video below 👇
In this clip, he explains why “technologies of desperation” like carbon removal and solar radiation management may soon shift from fiction to fact.
Find the video below 👇
August 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson has been thinking about geoengineering longer than most policymakers.
In this clip, he explains why “technologies of desperation” like carbon removal and solar radiation management may soon shift from fiction to fact.
Find the video below 👇
In this clip, he explains why “technologies of desperation” like carbon removal and solar radiation management may soon shift from fiction to fact.
Find the video below 👇
🧬 AI-enabled synthetic biology is moving fast — but how can Europe steer it responsibly and claim a stronger role in global governance?
Join our next Tech & Tonic discussion:
🗓 18/09/2025
🕔 18:00
📍Av. des Arts 44, 1040 Brussels
Link to register in the comments:
Join our next Tech & Tonic discussion:
🗓 18/09/2025
🕔 18:00
📍Av. des Arts 44, 1040 Brussels
Link to register in the comments:
August 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🧬 AI-enabled synthetic biology is moving fast — but how can Europe steer it responsibly and claim a stronger role in global governance?
Join our next Tech & Tonic discussion:
🗓 18/09/2025
🕔 18:00
📍Av. des Arts 44, 1040 Brussels
Link to register in the comments:
Join our next Tech & Tonic discussion:
🗓 18/09/2025
🕔 18:00
📍Av. des Arts 44, 1040 Brussels
Link to register in the comments:
What kind of shock could AI bring to Europe’s labour markets?
Our latest analysis by Felicity Reddel, Sam Bogerd and Jakob Graabak argues that the 2025 EU Strategic Foresight Report should stress-test labour market preparedness for AI-driven disruption.
📘 Link to the full piece below
Our latest analysis by Felicity Reddel, Sam Bogerd and Jakob Graabak argues that the 2025 EU Strategic Foresight Report should stress-test labour market preparedness for AI-driven disruption.
📘 Link to the full piece below
August 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
What kind of shock could AI bring to Europe’s labour markets?
Our latest analysis by Felicity Reddel, Sam Bogerd and Jakob Graabak argues that the 2025 EU Strategic Foresight Report should stress-test labour market preparedness for AI-driven disruption.
📘 Link to the full piece below
Our latest analysis by Felicity Reddel, Sam Bogerd and Jakob Graabak argues that the 2025 EU Strategic Foresight Report should stress-test labour market preparedness for AI-driven disruption.
📘 Link to the full piece below