About the conference

Europe is at a defining moment. War on its borders, technological disruption, democratic backsliding, and a fracturing global order are converging faster than policy can respond. The gap between what research knows and what decision-makers act on has never been more costly.

The ACES Conference exists to close that gap. It brings together leading academics, senior policymakers, and top practitioners not to talk past each other, but to produce the kind of sharp, state-of-the-art thinking that only happens when the right people are in the same room.