21– -– 23 November 2025

☞ Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam

Welcome to G10 festival of great ideas on philosophy, science, and art.

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Founded in 2016, the G10 Festival is one of the most special “think festivals” in Europe. Speakers are selected for their distinctive approach to unconventional thinking.

AIM OF G10

A unique opportunity to delve into the minds of the world’s leading thinkers. Make the invisible visible by drawing special connections.

Today, the world craves a thoughtful approach to the future, especially as new powers within society—like artificial intelligence, superlearning, wars, neuroscience, happiness, and knowledge—come to the forefront.

Explore 2025 program

DAY 1

FRIDAY NOV-21

12:00

DOORS & BOOKSTAND OPEN

13:00-14:00

TALK, Q&A

Take back control: Shaolin Spirit

SHI HENG
YI

In-person appearance
(Pending)

In-person appearance
(Confirmed)

15:00-16:00

TALK, Q&A

TBD

In-person appearance
(Pending)

16:00-16:15

BREAK, BOOK SIGNING AT BOOKSTAND

In-person appearance
(Pending)

In-person appearance
(Confirmed)

17:45-18:00

BREAK, BOOK SIGNING AT BOOKSTAND

18:00-19:00

TALK, Q&A

War for reality: How to win in the world of fakes, truths and communities.

Dmytro Kuleba

In-person appearance
(Confirmed)

19:00-20:00

TALK, Q&A

A Beautiful Emptiness: An Attempt to Resist Our Obsession with Productivity

Lieke Knijnenburg

In-person appearance
(Confirmed)

20:00-20:30

BREAK, BOOK SIGNING AT BOOKSTAND

20:30-21:30

TALK

Zero Point: All Words Are Not Equal (Part One)

Slavoj Žižek

In-person appearance
(Confirmed)

In-person appearance
(Confirmed)

23:00-23:30

BOOK SIGNING AT BOOKSTAND

DAY 2

SATURDAY NOV-22

12:00

DOORS & BOOKSTAND OPEN

13:00-14:00

TALK, Q&A

TBD

In-person appearance
(Pending)

14:00-14:45

TALK, Q&A

TBD

In-person appearance
(Pending)

14:45-15:00

BREAK, BOOK SIGNING AT BOOKSTAND

In-person appearance
(Confirmed)

16:00-17:00

TALK, Q&A

Jungle Keeper of the Amazon

Paul Rosolie

Livestream (Confirmed)

17:00-17:15

BREAK, BOOK SIGNING AT BOOKSTAND

17:15-17:45

MUSIC

Joop Koopman and Friends

JOOP

In-person appearance
(Pending)

17:45-18:45

TALK, Q&A

TBD

In-person appearance
(Pending)

In-person appearance
(Confirmed)

20:00-20:30

BREAK, BOOK SIGNING AT BOOKSTAND

20:30-21:30

TALK

Zero Point: All Words Are Not Equal (Part Two)

Slavoj Žižek

In-person appearance
(Confirmed)

In-person appearance
(Confirmed)

22:45-23:00

BOOK SIGNING AT BOOKSTAND

DAY 3

SUNDAY NOV-23

17:30

DOORS & BOOKSTAND OPEN

18:15-19:15

TALK, Q&A

TBD

In-person appearance (Pending)

19:15-20:15

TALK, Q&A

TBD

In-person appearance (Pending)

20:15-20:30

BREAK, BOOK SIGNING AT BOOKSTAND

In-person appearance (Confirmed)

23:00-23:30

BOOK SIGNING AT BOOKSTAND

LOCATION

Zuiderkerk

The Zuiderkerk is a 17th-century Protestant church in the Nieuwmarkt area of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The church played an important part in the life of Rembrandt and was the subject of a painting by Claude Monet.

Zuiderkerkhof 72,  
1011 HJ Amsterdam

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G10 is an NGO & passion project based in Amsterdam, made possible solely through the support of its audience and volunteers. G10 does not receive funding from political groups or governments, ensuring its independence and commitment to allowing all voices to be heard freely and without bias.