GCSP Transformative Futures Day 2025
This online event is brought to you by the GCSP’s Creative Spark and Geopolitics and Global Futures Department. It is open to everyone and will be recorded.
Rethinking Global Security and Peacebuilding: Join us for GCSP Transformative Futures Day 2025
Be part of the GCSP Transformative Futures Day 2025, a dynamic online event where global thought leaders and innovative changemakers will explore groundbreaking approaches to peacebuilding and global security.
Highlighting the day will be a keynote address by Dr Ivan Ureta, Director of Executive Education, GCSP, who will share his visionary perspectives on “Transformative Technologies and the Human-centered approach in Executive Education”.
The event will conclude with the highly anticipated 2025 GCSP Prize for Transformative Futures in Peace and Security, celebrating the cutting-edge ideas shaping our global future. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with the Prize winners and be part of the conversation that will define tomorrow’s peace and security landscape.
Programme
- 15h00 - 16h15 – Webinar: Transformative Technologies and the Human-centered approach in Executive Education
- Confirmed speaker: Dr Ivan Ureta, Director of Executive Education, GCSP
- Q&A Session moderated by Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan, Director of the GCSP’s Geopolitics and Global Futures Department and Honorary Fellow at St Antony's College, University of Oxford
- 16h15 - 16h30 – Break
- 16h30 - 17h30 – Presentation of the 2025 GCSP Prize for Transformative Futures in Peace and Security
- Prize ceremony hosted by Dr Paul Vallet, GCSP Associate Fellow, Lecturer and Researcher in European, American and Russian History
- Be part of the exciting online award ceremony as we unveil the winners of this prestigious prize!
- Explore their groundbreaking ideas that could shape a more peaceful and secure future for the world. Don’t miss this inspiring moment that highlights the most innovative solutions in global security.
- As an attendee, you stand a chance to secure your seat at the 2026 Geopolitics and Global Futures Symposium.

The Jury of the 2025 GCSP Prize for Innovation in Global Security is composed of:
- Mr Alexander Barclay, Delegate for Digital Policy, State of Geneva
- Ms Sophie Dubuis, Entrepreneur and Founder of sow consulting sàrl
- Prof. Dr Andreas Wenger, Professor of International and Swiss Security Policy at ETH Zurich
- Ambassador Thomas Greminger, Executive Director of the GCSP
- Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan, Director of the GCSP’s Geopolitics and Global Futures Department and Honorary Fellow at St Antony's College, University of Oxford
- Ms Anne-Caroline Pissis Martel, Director of the GCSP’s Global Fellowship Initiative and Creative Spark
Register now to secure your spot at this online event. It is a must-attend for anyone interested in:
- Innovative peacebuilding strategies
- The future of global security

