Research
Autonomous experimentation, model-assisted science, and what peer review means when the co-author is a machine.
The program · 18–20 November 2026
One signal. Two islands.
Las Palmas hands the room to Bali, and Bali hands it back. The broadcast never breaks, so the program reads as one arc, not two. The same eight tracks move across both islands, eight hours apart, and you can step into the feed from any timezone and pick it up mid-flow.
Government
Regulation written at the speed of deployment. Sovereign compute, digital residency, and the island as a policy sandbox.
Finance
Macro modelling, climate risk pricing, and capital allocation once the analyst layer is automated.
Health Tech
Where the money actually is. Diagnostics, drug discovery, reimbursement — and the regulator standing between a model and a patient.
Impact
Where the work lands outside the room. Climate repair, education access, and the capital that follows measurable good.
AI Ethics
Alignment, accountability and the values encoded into autonomous systems. Who is responsible when a model decides, and how governance keeps pace with capability.
AI and Society
Labour, trust and the public sphere in an automated era. The social contract with intelligent machines — education, misinformation, equality and collective agency.
Creative Industries
Generative tools meeting craft — music, film, design and publishing in an AI-native economy. Authorship, provenance, and how the creative professions price their work once the draft is free.
Beyond the eight tracks
One cross-cutting stream.
Curated investor-researcher matchmaking
Virtual rooms where professors, researchers and startups connect with funding and investors across continents. A dedicated matchmaking track running alongside the research program, open to every registered attendee.
TimeSessionRoomAgenda18 NOV · 21:00 WETAtlantic Dinner · Vegueta, Las PalmasLas Palmas18 NOV · 18:00 WITASunset welcome · Canggu beachBali19 NOV · 20:00 WETClosing drinks · Las PalmasLas Palmas19 NOV · 19:00 WITALong Table · CangguBaliALWAYS ONOpen virtual room · both nightsOnline20 NOV · 20:00 WETClosing night · Las PalmasLas PalmasDay 2 · 10:00–11:30Meet & Greet — VC & Family OfficesNetworking Lounge · Las PalmasDay 2 · 12:00–13:30Meet & Greet — Private Equity R&D (Australia)Networking Lounge · Las PalmasDay 2 · 15:00–16:30Meet & Greet — Canary Islands R&D FundingNetworking Lounge · Las PalmasDay 3 · 10:00–11:30Meet & Greet — Germany R&D Funding OpportunitiesNetworking Lounge · Las PalmasDay 3 · 12:00–13:30Meet & Greet — Horizon EU Grant FundingNetworking Lounge · Las PalmasDay 3 · 15:00–16:30Meet & Greet — Accelerators & IncubatorsNetworking Lounge · Las PalmasDay 3 · 16:00–17:30Meet & Greet — US FinancingNetworking Lounge · Las PalmasDay 3 · 17:00–18:30Meet & Greet — India & China R&D FundingNetworking Lounge · Las PalmasDay 1 · 18 NOV · 21:00 WETAtlantic Dinner · VeguetaVegueta, Las PalmasDay 1 · 18 NOV · 18:00 WITASunset welcome · Canggu beachCanggu beach, BaliDay 2 · 19 NOV · 20:00 WETClosing drinks · Las PalmasLas PalmasDay 2 · 19 NOV · 19:00 WITALong Table · CangguCanggu, BaliAlways onOpen virtual room · both nightsOnlineDay 3 · 20 NOV · 20:00 WETClosing night · Las PalmasLas Palmas