Cozy Sessions

Six people, one table, conversations that don't happen anywhere else.

A Fixed to Flow initiative

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Intimate gatherings around big topics

Cozy Sessions bring six people together around a single big topic. A carefully chosen group, a shared table, and two or three hours of honest conversation. That is the whole format.

The topic is the starting point. The real value is what happens when six people with genuinely different lived experience sit at the same table and say what they actually think.

The kind of evening that stays with you. You might leave with an idea that changes something, or a conversation that keeps going in your head for weeks.

"It is hardly possible to overrate the value of placing human beings in contact with persons dissimilar to themselves, with modes of thought and action unlike those with which they are familiar."
John Stuart Mill

How it works

Topic selection

Gus selects the topic weeks ahead and shapes the arc of the conversation. Some sessions also have a guest co-host, someone with a specific lens on the subject, to help anchor the exploration.

Guest curation

Six seats, chosen with intention. Diversity of perspective is the point. The goal is a room where the conversation generates something none of the participants would have reached on their own.

The evening

Six people around a table in Lisbon. The conversation has structure but breathes. Expect to be challenged and to challenge others.

After

What happens at the table belongs to the table. The thinking it stirs and the connections it creates are yours to keep.

Recent sessions

#10 Futures You Can Almost See Co-hosted with Graça Fonseca
April 2026
#9 Building Real Connection in an Age of Hollow Socializing Co-hosted with Jessica Sarkodie
March 2026
#8 The AI Paradox Co-hosted with Nuno Loureiro
December 2025

Curious people, diverse lenses

People who are genuinely curious, willing to sit with a difficult question, and comfortable not having all the answers. Backgrounds vary on purpose. What the guests share is a willingness to think out loud with strangers.

This is where the conversation starts. Be part of it.

Cozy Sessions are by invitation. If this resonates, tell us a little about yourself and why you want to be in the room.

We review every response. If there is a fit, we will be in touch.

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