Summit Events
Events & Sessions
Seven acts across a single day. Workshops, panels, conversations, and a closing ritual — each exploring a different dimension of autonomy.
15 June 2026 · 09:00
WorkshopBuilding Autonomy
Participants construct a functioning AI agent in 30 minutes. Software authorship becomes immediate. No prior coding experience required.
50 participants
15 June 2026 · 10:30
ConversationCoding 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.
200 seats
15 June 2026 · 11:30
PanelLiving 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.
200 seats
15 June 2026 · 14:00
PanelThe 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.
200 seats
15 June 2026 · 15:30
PanelDistributed 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?
200 seats
15 June 2026 · 17:00
ConversationThe Agent Arena
The speakers are AI agents. Through voice and live interaction, autonomous systems respond to questions and perform cultural presence.
200 seats
15 June 2026 · 18:30
Closing RitualThe 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