08:00 – 09:00
Opening Keynote: The Mindful Machine
By Nadia Rahman Chair, Solstice Energy
An opening tour of applied intelligence in 2026: the breakthroughs that stuck, the hype that faded, and the five currents carrying us into the next decade.
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Forum Program
09:00 – 10:00
Shipping Reliable Intelligence
By Jonas Lindqvist Partner, Northpeak Studio
Evals, data contracts and rollback plans: the unglamorous engineering habits behind intelligent systems people actually trust.
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00
Interfaces People Invite In
By Vera Antonova VP Product, Halcyon & Theo Marchetti Design Director, Fieldnotes
Two product leaders dissect onboarding flows where humans and agents share the controls — and show which patterns actually earned trust.
12:00 – 13:00
The City as a Service
By Theo Marchetti Design Director, Fieldnotes
Permits, transit and public benefits rebuilt as one calm civic platform: a field report from three cities that actually shipped it.
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch break!
14:30 – 16:00
Worlds You Can Walk Through
By Kenji Mori Research Lead, Openlane
Spatial computing grows up: the rendering budgets, interaction grammar and tooling behind immersive apps people open every day.
16:00 – 17:00
From Garage to Growth Stage
By Lucia Ferreira Co-founder, Brightloop
The unglamorous middle of the journey: pricing pivots, lighthouse customers and the metrics that turned a clever demo into a real company.
17:00 – 18:00
Flywheels for Intelligent Products
By Jonas Lindqvist Partner, Northpeak Studio
Why intelligent products grow differently: data loops, shareable templates and onboarding that trains the model while it teaches the user.
18:00 – 19:00
Calm Screens, Every Screen
By Owen Gallagher Head of Engineering, Corelight
One codebase across every viewport: adaptive layouts, resilient components and a test rig that keeps every release boring — in a good way.
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09:00 – 10:00
Moats in the Age of Models
By Amara Diallo Founder, Cogniloom
Distribution, data or workflow? A practical lens for deciding what truly defends an intelligence company.
10:15 – 11:15
Agents on a Leash That Works
By Kenji Mori Research Lead, Openlane
Approvals, permissions and audit trails: the quiet infrastructure that lets ambitious agents run in production.
11:15 – 11:45
Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:45
Evals Without the Headaches
By Owen Gallagher Head of Engineering, Corelight
Golden sets, model judges and regression gates: a sane evaluation stack for teams that ship every week.
14:00 – 15:00
Charging for the Invisible
By Lucia Ferreira Co-founder, Brightloop
Seats, credits or outcomes? Three companies share how they rebuilt pricing around the value intelligence creates.
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09:00 – 10:00
Design Systems for Living Interfaces
By Theo Marchetti Design Director, Fieldnotes
When screens assemble themselves, what holds a product together? Tokens, constraints and taste at machine speed.
10:15 – 11:15
Intelligence on the Factory Floor
By Nadia Rahman Chair, Solstice Energy
Vision inspection, predictive upkeep and the workforce shift: hard-won notes from three electrified plants.
11:15 – 11:45
Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:45
Consent, Designed In
By Vera Antonova VP Product, Halcyon
Permissions, transparency and graceful fallbacks: building products people feel safe inviting into their work.
14:00 – 15:00
Search That Finally Answers
By Jonas Lindqvist Partner, Northpeak Studio
Chunking, reranking and cited answers: closing the gap between retrieval demos and replies users believe.
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09:00 – 10:00
Growth Powered by Community
By Lucia Ferreira Co-founder, Brightloop
Templates, champions and open roadmaps: turning your loudest users into your strongest channel.
10:15 – 11:15
Small Models, Sharp Elbows
By Owen Gallagher Head of Engineering, Corelight
Distillation, quantization and clever caching: fast on-device intelligence without a data-center bill.
11:15 – 11:45
Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:45
Funding When Anyone Can Build
By Amara Diallo Founder, Cogniloom
When anyone can build, what gets funded? A candid panel on traction, team and clearing the bar for the next round.
14:00 – 15:00
The Open Web Pushes Back
By Kenji Mori Research Lead, Openlane
Portable identity, local-first apps and open standards: the quiet movement keeping the net weird and free.
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09:00 – 10:00
Access Is the Killer Feature
By Vera Antonova VP Product, Halcyon
Voice-first and low-vision users were intelligence's earliest adopters. Design with them and everybody wins.
10:15 – 11:15
Software That Respects You
By Theo Marchetti Design Director, Fieldnotes
Fewer pings, clearer states, kinder defaults: a manifesto for products that give attention back.
11:15 – 11:45
Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:45
Closing Keynote: Beyond 2030
By Nadia Rahman Chair, Solstice Energy
We close where we began: an honest, hopeful map of the road ahead — and an invitation to build it together.
13:00 – 14:00
Showcase Hour: Ten Teams, Five Minutes
By Amara Diallo Founder, Cogniloom
The forum finale: ten founders demo live, the room votes, and one team lifts the Noesis Cup.
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The Minds on Stage
Meet the Visionaries
Gather with us for five days of intelligence
December 3, 2026
1200 Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas, USA
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Three ways to experience the forum — pick the pass that matches your mission and meet the people building what comes next.
Builder Pass
$349
What's Included:
- Full access to every forum session and the builders' expo.
- A showcase table in the expo hall (additional fee applies).
- Founder demos and curated investor roundtables.
Summit Pass
$549
What's Included:
- Every keynote, panel and main-stage presentation.
- The expo hall and the live startup showcase.
- Curated networking with speakers and peers.
- Recordings of every session after the forum.
Visionary Pass
$1,099
What's Included:
- Everything in the Summit Pass.
- VIP lounges and evening receptions.
- Priority seating at every keynote.
- Hands-on labs and live product demos.
- A personal itinerary with concierge support.
Frequently Asked
Questions
Founders, engineers, designers, researchers, investors and operators putting intelligence to work. Whether you train models or set direction, there is a track built for your craft and stage.
Pick a pass above and complete the short reservation form. Your confirmation email carries a badge QR code and everything you need at the door on arrival.
Three: the Builder Pass for early-stage teams, the Summit Pass for the full five days, and the Visionary Pass with lounges, priority seating and a personal concierge.
Yes — students with a valid ID save 40% on the Summit Pass, and groups of five or more save 20% per pass. Note your group size on the form and we will apply it.
Through daily curated meetups, the expo floor, speaker office hours, live demos and evening receptions — every hour is built to turn strangers into collaborators.
