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European Health Forum Gastein @gasteinforum.bsky.social · 14d

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

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · 23d

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Emerging tech, emerging mental health risks - Centre for Future Generations

CFG is launching a new initiative: Tech and the Brain. This first paper explores how emerging technologies are reshaping youth mental health—and what Europe must do to respond.

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · 23d

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:

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · 27d

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Are we ready to shape Synbio’s future?

A Tech & Tonic session on AI-powered synthetic bio and why Europe should claim a stronger voice in governing this emerging tech.

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · 27d

🧬 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:

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · 28d

🧬 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...

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Climate interventions - Centre for Future Generations

As climate impacts worsen, we explore how to approach high-stakes climate interventions - wisely, grounded in sound science, and through broad dialogue.

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Sep 4

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 👇

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Sep 3

🎬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.

Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Climate interventions - Centre for Future Generations

As climate impacts worsen, we explore how to approach high-stakes climate interventions - wisely, grounded in sound science, and through broad dialogue.

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Aug 29

🌍 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

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Aug 25

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The future, accelerated: a message from Sci-Fi author Kim Stanley Robinson - Centre for Future Generations

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Aug 25

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 👇

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Are we ready to shape Synbio’s future?

A Tech & Tonic session on AI-powered synthetic bio and why Europe should claim a stronger voice in governing this emerging tech.

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Aug 22

🧬 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:

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Preparing for AI labour shocks should be a resilience priority for Europe - Centre for Future Generations

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Aug 21

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

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Aug 19

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The future, accelerated: a message from Sci-Fi author Kim Stanley Robinson - Centre for Future Generations

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Aug 19

What if generative AI could help draft policy—and citizens could help write the future?

We asked Kim Stanley Robinson how he sees AI reshaping democracy. His take: powerful technologies can supercharge civic participation—or undermine it from the top down.

Link to the full video in comments👇

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Aug 14

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The future, accelerated: a message from Sci-Fi author Kim Stanley Robinson - Centre for Future Generations

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Aug 14

🌠👩‍🚀We reached out to sci-fi legend Kim Stanley Robinson to hear his take on the issues we work on every day!

In this clip, Robinson reflects on the defining story of our time: a decade where disaster and progress are accelerating side by side!

Link to video below!

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.bsky.social · Aug 6

October is coming..

Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Aug 6

📢 !! Announcing our first speakers for Think & Do 2025: Control / Alt / Lead

Anu Bradford, @mariafarrell.bsky.social, and @javierespft.bsky.social will help us shape the debate on how we respond to technological change!

📩 Link to register your interest below:

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Aug 7

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Advanced AI: Possible futures - Centre for Future Generations

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Aug 7

🤖 What kind of future could artificial intelligence create?

At CFG, we’ve been asking not just what should happen with AI — but what could.

📘 Link to our full report in the comments!

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Centre for Future Generations @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social · Aug 6

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Control / Alt / Lead - Think & Do 2025 - Centre for Future Generations

Join our annual flagship event — a day dedicated to connecting our future-focused work with European policy priorities.

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