WAAS@65 Conference: Solutions to Global Turbulence – July 21–24, 2025

Posted by Mara Di Berardo
On 13 July 2025
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he World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS) will host its landmark WAAS@65 online conference from July 21 to 24, 2025. The event is free and open to the public, offering a unique global platform to develop actionable strategies for tackling the root causes of today’s unprecedented global challenges—ranging from geopolitical instability and social unrest to technological disruption and climate change.
Under the theme “Addressing Global Social Turbulences: Sources & Solutions,” the conference aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and cooperation across sectors. Experts, thought leaders, and organizations will come together to identify the fundamental drivers of global turbulence and explore practical pathways toward peace, sustainability, and inclusive development.

Among the many high-level panels, a major highlight of the conference is a session organized by The Millennium Project on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) on July 22, 2025. Titled “The Near Future of AI – Artificial General Intelligence (AGI),” the session will address the geopolitical race between the U.S. and China, massive capital investments, and the profound opportunities and risks posed by AGI. The session will be moderated by Ibon Zugasti, Deputy Director of The Millennium Project and Chair of its Spain Node. Speakers will include Jerome C. Glenn, CEO of The Millennium Project and Chair of the AGI Panel of the UN Council of Presidents of the General Assembly; Mariana Todorova, Chair of the Bulgarian Node of The Millennium Project; Ben Goertzel, CEO of SingularityNET and pioneer of the AGI concept; and Paul Werbos, former NSF Research Program Director and founder of QAGI LLC. The session can be accessed on Zoom via this link: Join here

Mila Popovich, Co-chair of the Montenegro Node, will moderate the session “Transforming Turbulence into Conscious Social Evolution” on July 22. She will also join several panels on July 23 and 24, including those focused on lifelong learning, ethics, economic transitions, universal human values, and the final closing plenary titled “What did we learn? What can WAAS do?“. Jelel Ezzine, Chair of the Tunisia Node, will speak in the session “War and Peace: Issues of Thought and Analysis” on July 23.

For more information, visit the conference website.