What does the future hold for classical languages? It is legitimate to ask this question, because we are living in a time of great, lasting upheaval, the repercussions of which are deeply felt in the field of classical languages. The triumph of AI, the decline in pupil and student numbers, and the collapse of upper secondary education are just some of the developments affecting schools and teaching, education and research. There is an urgent need to find effective answers that clarify the role of classical languages in this process. It is imperative that stakeholders from universities, ministries, associations and schools come together on a larger scale to discuss and weigh up possible solutions. On 13 and 14 November 2025, around 70 participants met for a ‘Future Forum on Classical Languages 2025’, which is a further development of the ‘Perspectives for Latin Teaching’ symposium format. After six conferences, this important format for exchange had run its course, as it had not been possible to agree on concrete steps for further work. As Jochen Sauer explained at the outset, the new name is intended to include Greek, emphasise cooperation and transfer, and focus on the future. However, the new format of the conference remained one of encounter and exchange. The four truly interesting keynote speeches were each followed by an enlightening plenary discussion in which the above-mentioned problems were also touched upon, but there were never any heated discussions, no workshops or smaller working groups, and no concrete results. The planned integration of Greek was not visible. As much as any exchange is to be welcomed, it is regrettable that even the new format was unable to develop problem-solving formats from the exchange. - In their welcoming speeches, Jochen Sauer and Katja Sommer made it clear where the forum sees its future prospects for classical languages: literature didactics should be brought back to the centre, precise translation is the hallmark, and engagement with literature is the goal of teaching.