The two sides of the Chinese coin: what we can and cannot learn from China

In deze talk verbindt John Vandaele de twee kanten van de Chinese medaille(s), een land waar je niet zwart-wit kan over oordelen en waarmee we best blijven samenwerken op een evenwichtige manier.

Keynote by Wafa Mustafa

In her keynote, Mustafa will present a powerful vision on the interconnectedness of global crises and challenge us to rethink how we can place human rights back at the center of our approach to these urgent challenges.

Working Towards Peace in Times of War

This session invites a critical discussion on the balance between military strategies and the pursuit of sustainable peace.

Forward Fest Café

Book your 1-on-1 conversation with prominent figures from the sector.

Digital blind spots: whose struggles are we not seeing?

What if a country is cut off from the internet? A digital black hole is created.

Artificial Intelligence: Revolutionizing Applications While Navigating Ethical Challenges

This keynote will explore history and future value that generative AI brings to organisations and society.

(Government) Debt & Punishment – Modern Myths About Government Spending and Budget Deficits

In this talk, Hielke Van Doorslaer delves deeper into some of these modern fables and offer an alternative perspective on the necessity and (in)sense of national debts and austerity measures.

Agriculture versus nature? Towards socially just and environmentally sustainable food systems based on food sovereignty

Agriculture is at the crossroads of several system crises, it should also be at the crossroads of the solutions to these multiple crises.

Entangled inequality

In this session, we want to explore the excesses and problems of inequality and its intersections from a theoretical and more practical perspective.

Migration and Development Cooperation: a happy marriage?

With experts Amanda Bisong (ECDPM) and Raffaella Greco Tonegutti (Enabel), we will examine the relationship between migration and development.

Minerals for the Energy Transition: Win-Win or Extractivism 2.0?

This discussion explores the important and timely issue of how Europe's shift to green energy affects the global demand for critical minerals and the social and environmental impacts on the countries that supply them.

Money matters: time to decolonize?!

Join us in our quest for new methods to finance social initiatives in Africa, South America, and Asia.