Deeply Human Summit

program

Over three days, we move from listening to imagining to committing. Young people around the world open the summit with their vision for the future.

GLOBAL YOUTH IMAGINATION DAY · 1 October · 13:00–17:00 CEST · Online and in Paris

The Global Youth Imagination Day gathers youth globally to imagine the futures they want to build with AI, and to shape the Youth Dispatch: a message from the next generation that opens the summit in Paris, and that our speakers and participants respond to throughout the two days.

[Learn more about the Youth Imagination Lab →]

DAY 1 · FRIDAY, 2nd OCTOBER · listening & sensemaking

All times CEST (Paris). The programme below may evolve a little as we get closer. That’s what happens when you bring together extraordinary people from different disciplines and generations.

09:00–09:30 · Meditation by the Seine (Optional)

09:30–10:00 · Registration & Coffee

10:00–10:15 · Welcome: Building What the Future Deserves, Together (Iliana Grosse-Buening & Alina Kukarina, Deeply Human Innovation)

10:15–10:35 · The Youth Handover: Voices & Visions from the Global Youth Imagination Day

10:35–10:55 · Keynote: “Why We All Need to Be Ethical Dreamers” François Taddei, Founder & President, Learning Planet Institute

10:55–11:10 · Reflection Activity: “From You to Ecosystem” (Deeply Human Innovation)

11:10–12:00 · Panel: “How to Shape a Future: The Responsibilities We Share” Our speakers respond to the Youth Dispatch.

• Uma Kalkar(Moderator)

• John C. Havens(Founding Director, IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent System, Global Lead Planet Positive 2030)

• Ron Ivey(Founder Noësis Collaborative, Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University)

• Jean-Louis Arcand(President, Global Development Network)

• Kasia Odrozek(UNESCO Business Council for the Ethics of AI)

• Paqui Lizana(Global Head Tech Strategy, IKEA)

12:00–12:15 · Tea & Coffee Break

12:15–13:30 · Listening & Sensemaking Rooms Small groups, big questions. Choose a theme and spend the session listening, sharing and making sense of where we are, before we start building.

• Narratives — Daniel Stanley (Founder, Future Narratives Lab)

• Music & Embodiment — Lindsey DeWitt Pratt (Bold Insight) & Walter Werzowa (Composer, Founder, Healthtunes)

• Conscious Capital & Investment — Sabine Flechet (Founder, Masawa Fund)

• Wisdom & Faith — Dr Lyndon Drake (AI & Faith University of Oxford)

• Entrepreneurship — Rushab Shah (Founder, OneHive)

• Participation — Annabel Gillard (Conversations on AI)

• Agency — Jennifer Ybarra (The Good Human Group)

• Innovation Ecosystems - Dr. Dr. Christian Hugo Hoffmann (AI Startup Center Zurich)

  And more to come…

13:30–14:30 · Lunch

14:30–14:50 · Keynote: “The Power of Design: AI for Human Flourishing” Pattie Maes, MIT Media Lab

14:50–15:20 · Lightning Talks: Flourishing in Action Five short talks on practices of hope.

• Hope for Policy — Titiksha Vashist (Co-Founder, Pranava Institute)

• Hope in Innovation — Shikoh Gitau (Founder & CEO, Qhala)

• Hope for Metrics — Erika Anderson (Founder & CEO, Humane Bench)

• Hope for Design — Pascal Kolbe (Product Manager, Learning Planet Institute (IkigAI))

• Hope for Participation — Yuting Jiang (Co-Founder, Agora Citizen Network)

15:20–15:30 · Rebuilding with Hope: Imagining AI Futures for Flourishing Shyam Krishna, RAND Europe

15:30–15:40 · We Have the Tools. Now We Need Each Other. An invitation into the afternoon's Future Rooms.

15:40–16:00 · Coffee Break

16:00–17:30 · Future Rooms 7 Thematic rooms and working circles, each led by experts and facilitators. We begin framing the work that continues on Day 2.

• Work & Organisations — Dr Fabian Stephany, Sara Matthews, Alina Kukarina

• Planetary Futures — Caro Ames, John C. Havens, James Martin

• Learning & Human Development — Mel Sellick & Sofia Pires, Dr. Michael Gerlich

• Governance & Participation — Benjamin Kultgen, Salla Westerstrand, Ted Lechterman

• Stakeholder Coordination & Collective Action — Mingzhu He, Tess Buckley, Michael Bäcklund

• Measurement & Progress — Ron Ivey, Erika Anderson, Tamara Lechner, Shikoh Gitau

• Narratives & Storytelling — Paqui Lizana, Daniela Bartos & Julia Stamm

17:30–17:45 · Tea & Coffee Break

17:45–18:00 · Virtual Keynote: Partnering Our Way to the Future Riane Eisler

18:00–18:15 · Close & Reflections

18:30 onwards · The Deeply Human Playground

The evening belongs to play. The campus opens up for music, games, conversations, and quieter spaces for those who need them.

• Water Awareness Walk(18:30–19:15) with Camila Lombana-Diaz

• Music & Games (18:30–20:45): the heart of the Playground

• Quiet Space(10:30–20:00) — a space available all day for journaling, reading, time outdoors, and music with HealthTunes and headphones by Phonon)

DAY 2 · SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER · Building and Committing

All times CEST (Paris).

09:00–09:30 · Wonder Walk by the Seine An optional walking start to the day.

09:30–10:00 · Arrival & Coffee

10:00–10:15 · Welcome to Day 2: Iliana Grosse-Buening and Alina Kukarina

10:15–11:00 · Fireside Chat: “What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be?” Ada Parris, François Taddei, De Kai and Camila Lombana-Diaz

11:00–11:15 · The Systems Waking A conscious ending ceremony, held by David Drake. Letting go of what no longer serves, to make room for what we build next.

11:15–11:30 · Tea & Coffee Break

11:30–13:00 · Future Rooms, Continued

13:00–14:00 · Lunch

14:00–15:30 · Finalising Our Ideas Each room shapes its ideas into something concrete and pins it in the main hall for all to see.

15:30–17:00 · The Deeply Human Commons The main hall becomes a commons: wander between ideas, meet their makers, and see the whole of what two days have built.

17:00–18:00 · Shared Harvest & Closing. We gather to share outcomes from the last 2 days. The next generation responds.

Closing words from Iliana Grosse-Buening, Alina Kukarina, François Taddei and Gaëll Mainguy, Executive Director of the Learning Planet Institute.

And then, together: “The Vow”, our commitment to the future. We have the tools. Now we have each other.

19:30–22:30 · The Dreamers & Idealists Party After two days of listening and shaping, Dreamers & Idealists is a celebration of the relationships, courage, and collective imagination needed to build better futures.

Music by DJ Alex from Tokyo, Founder of Phonon.