15 June 2026 · 09:00

Workshop

Building Autonomy

Participants construct a functioning AI agent in 30 minutes. Software authorship becomes immediate. No prior coding experience required.

Fabian StelzerSeth Goldstein

50 participants

15 June 2026 · 10:30

Conversation

Coding as Culture

Coding as cultural condition. What happens when building software becomes expressive, social, and structurally accessible — and what that redistribution of authorship means for art, research, and production.

Ian RogersFabian Stelzer

200 seats

15 June 2026 · 11:30

Panel

Living Systems

Artists working with forests, biology, and self-sustaining systems have long operated with questions now central to AI research. Art as a parallel research space.

Gregory ChatonskyPaul Seidler

200 seats

15 June 2026 · 14:00

Panel

The Chain as Medium

Artists whose works exist entirely on-chain as self-executing systems. Blockchain as medium. Smart contracts that generate, govern, and preserve without human intervention.

0xDEAFBEEFRhea Myers

200 seats

15 June 2026 · 15:30

Panel

Distributed Creation

When artists, researchers, and scientists write their own tools, the boundary between user and author collapses. What does that redistribution produce — and what does it demand?

Holly HerndonPete Steinberger

200 seats

15 June 2026 · 17:00

Conversation

The Agent Arena

The speakers are AI agents. Through voice and live interaction, autonomous systems respond to questions and perform cultural presence.

Ian Rogers

200 seats

15 June 2026 · 18:30

Closing Ritual

The Basel Manifesto

An agent trained on the full day's proceedings generates a manifesto. Not a summary. A document produced by the day itself — projected live at the close of the summit.

All attendees