The morning session introduces us to perspectives on how Europe is challenged, through different lenses across foreign affairs, political science research, think tank advocacy, and the business world – all perspectives seen in the context of the geopolitical shifts that reshape Europe’s future.
This session helps us understand which challenges Europe faces in the light of a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape. A former diplomat shares insights across different geographies with geopolitical significance. How is Europe’s current development and future trajectory seen from within Europe and from abroad? What is Europe’s place in the world in the year 2026?
The fireside chat will evolve around the following overarching questions, based on the challenges in Europe that e.g. are highlighted in the Mario Draghi Report "The Future of European Competitiveness" (2024), e.g. closing innovation gaps and increasing security and reducing dependencies.
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Option: Meet the Expert Lunches
In the parallel sessions, more sector-specific perspectives on resilience have been discussed. In the afternoon session, we will hear perspectives from across the ecosystem: from researchers, companies, union representatives, business associations, and policy-makers on both ideas and concrete actions needed to strengthen Europe in the future.
Based on the perspectives and discussions during the day, the final panel debate addresses how we accelerate actions locally (in member states like Denmark) to help build a stronger future for Europe? Who can do what locally to strengthen innovation capacity building and competitiveness overall? And not least, how do we coordinate and prioritize our efforts in the light of the multi-facetted challenges we face as society – e.g. across the areas of food systems, water management, biodiversity, energy independence, health, and cybersecurity that the parallel session deep dives covered?
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