Are we getting addicted to information? Will our diet destroy the planet? Will dinosaurs roam the Earth again? Brain Bar 2019, taking place in Budapest between 30-31 May, should provide the answers to all of these questions, and more. Speakers at this future-focused festival includes accomplished marketing guru Frank Cooper, palaeontologist and Jurassic Park advisor Jack Horner and Sherin Khankan, one of Europe’s first female imams. Early-bird passes are now available for this event, to be organised at Corvinus University.

It’s the fifth time that Budapest has hosted the Brain Bar festival, bringing some of the world’s most innovative masterminds to Hungary’s capital to debate what has always intrigued humans – the future.

Among dozens of speakers are MIT Media Lab professor César Hidalgo, CEO at Future of SexBryony Cole andtheoretical astrophysicist Ethan Siegel, who also works for NASA and Forbes. In addition for 2019, there will be a Future Jobs expo, offering innovative career opportunities. Concerts, theatre shows and a food-truck rally are also part of the event. For early-bird tickets (€90), check out the Brain Bar website.