Control / Alt / Lead – Think & Do 2025

Think & Do is CFG’s annual flagship event — a day dedicated to connecting our future-focused work with European policy priorities.

This is where policymakers, technologists, and thought leaders come together to make sense of the challenges emerging from today’s tech landscape — and to turn this critical thinking into practical steps forward.

In a time of technological disruption and political uncertainty, Europe has the desire, resources and scale to lead an industrial strategy of innovation for the public interest.

This year’s edition “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 insights and action, between values and practice.

Across three thematic tracks, Think & Do 2025 will spark conversations on:

• Maintaining Europe’s agency to safeguard our security and support long-term competitiveness (Control);
• Charting a Europe-led course in governing emerging tech (Alt); and
• How we can move from consumers to contributors in shaping the direction that emerging tech takes (Lead).

Initial speakers include:

• Anu Bradford, Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organisation, Columbia University and author of “The Brussels Effect”
• Maria Farrell, writer on technology, politics and policy
• Javier Espinoza, Europe Executive Editor at The Capitol Forum

With many more to be announced.

At Think & Do 2025, we invite you to reflect on big ideas but more importantly, turn our thinking into action for our current and future generations.

Register your interest for this event.