GESDA 2025 Summit: Shaping Shared Futures at the Frontier of Science and Diplomacy
This year’s Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipation Summit is coming soon. Hosted at CERN, from 15 to 17 October, under the theme of “Use the future to build the present”, the Summit is the world’s leading platform for anticipatory science and diplomacy. This year’s theme, The Age of Possibility: Science, Sovereignty, and Shared Futures, reflects […]
Radar Spotlight: A Pivot in Superconductivity
For decades, the search for a room-temperature superconductor was widely considered a theoretical “holy grail” in physics. By John Heilprin Sept. 8, 2025 A new consensus is emerging among scientists and investors that the most tangible opportunities lie not in a breakthrough material, but in the practical application of existing ones. The strategic shift, highlighted […]
Radar Spotlight: A New Era of Computing Beyond the Silicon Age
Traditional silicon-based computing, for decades governed by Moore’s Law, is reaching its physical limits. By John Heilprin August 7, 2025 We’re at a turning point in technology. This isn’t a dead end for computing, but a catalyst for a new wave of methods like quantum, optical, and neuromorphic computing. The driving force behind this transition […]
GESDA Pioneers the Geneva Public Portal to Anticipation at Expo 2025, Osaka, Japan
After five days of immersive sessions at Geneva’s international institutions, the cohort became part of GESDA’s ‘extended family’ of anticipatory science diplomats and the growing number of initiatives it has created around the world. Thirty-six leaders took part in the fourth edition of GESDA’s immersive learning and networking program, more than ever before due […]
Radar Spotlight: I, Robot. Who’s in Charge of Building Our World?
Technologists have long dreamed of automating dull, dirty and dangerous jobs, freeing up humans for higher-value work. Advances in AI are at last opening up the prospect of smart, dexterous robots working alongside humans. By John Heilprin July 7, 2025 Most industrial robots today are deliberately isolated from workers due to safety concerns. Ideally, however, […]
Radar Spotlight: Advancements in archaeology could reshape our understanding of history
Advances in science and technology are retooling archaeological methods and technologies in multiple ways, with new techniques enhancing practice and knowledge and opening pathways for rewriting the narrative of human history. By John Heilprin June 5, 2025 Molecular techniques enable valuable data to be extracted from fragmentary remains and even from sites that lack discernible […]
Summary: Geneva Science Diplomacy Week 2025
After five days of immersive sessions at Geneva’s international institutions, the cohort became part of GESDA’s ‘extended family’ of anticipatory science diplomats and the growing number of initiatives it has created around the world. Thirty-six leaders took part in the fourth edition of GESDA’s immersive learning and networking program, more than ever before due […]
Day 2: Geneva Science Diplomacy Week 2025
Focus shifted to the future governance of neurotechnology, computational diplomacy, and GESDA’s AI-augmented intelligence tool for decision-makers. Inside the wood-paneled meeting room of a newly renovated Geneva church, the cohort began the day focused on the concept that everyone has a right to benefit from scientific progress. The foundation for the human right to science […]
Day 1: Geneva Science Diplomacy Week 2025
GESDA welcomed 36 leaders to the fourth edition of its immersive learning and networking experience at International Geneva. Inside the UN’s Palais des Nations, Daria Robinson greeted the new cohort and explained how Swiss and Geneva authorities created GESDA as a foundation in 2019 to launch anticipatory science diplomacy initiatives based in the city that […]
Radar Spotlight: Living in space will require mining, manufacturing, and peacekeeping
In our emerging orbital environment, we will need to develop a greater understanding of the implications of human activities in space and their impacts on Earth and beyond. Humans already depend on off-world resources. By John Heilprin May 4, 2025 Almost all of our energy ultimately comes from the Sun, and we are protected […]
