GESDA takes a new step towards a global audience

The Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA), an NGO set up to spot the next generation of scientific advances, is embarking on a new stage to confront the global public with the scientific challenges of the future. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The latest GESDA summit opened on Wednesday at CERN in Meyrin Switzerland. Five years after GESDA's launch, its mandate to ensure that "scientific breakthroughs" become a "common good" is "more relevant than ever", said its Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe. Only anticipation will make it possible to achieve this goal, he believes. Especially as "society as a whole" is "overwhelmed by the speed of scientific developments", including companies active in artificial intelligence (AI), he insists. "We're making very good progress", agreed State Secretary Alexandre Fasel. "We're on target", he added. After the Open Quantum Institute (OQI), GESDA will launch the public anticipation portal on Friday. This will ...