DeAI Summit 2026

About this event

Overview The DeAI Summit is architected as a high-stakes, multi-stakeholder dialogue designed to forge the path forward for compliant AI governance. The DeAI Summit is architected as a high-stakes, multi-stakeholder dialogue designed to forge the path forward for compliant AI governance. We are convening the essential actors responsible for shaping the future, including: Frontier AI Labs: Major centralized innovators driving current capabilities (e.g., OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, Mistral). Decentralized AI Ecosystems: Pioneers offering compliance-by-design solutions (e.g., SingularityNET, Fetch.ai, Ocean Protocol), alongside critical complementary compute, storage, and data-layer projects. Global Regulatory Bodies & Governments: Key policy and legislative entities setting the legal framework (e.g., EU AI Office, UK Secretariat to AI and Blockchain, US Govt). Leading Academic Institutions: Esteemed research bodies providing ethical and technical guidance (e.g., Columbia, King Saud, HTW Berlin, University of Malta, Nicosia). Strategic Thought Leaders: Public intellectuals and authors stress-testing the intersection of machine intelligence, human autonomy, and democratic values. Target scale: ~500 curated participants, skewed to decision‑makers across research, infrastructure, policy, startups, capital, and enterprise. What Makes This Summit Unique – “The Inflection Point of AI” ​ Oxford‑Style Debates: Centralized vs. decentralized architectures, governance models, and safety protocols are debated on stage with clear propositions and rebuttals. Technical Rebuttals: Black‑box systems are challenged on transparency and control; decentralized networks are challenged on scalability, safety, and real‑world readiness. Joint Alignment Sessions: Multi‑stakeholder working sessions on the “hard problems” of AI: safety, alignment, control, verifiable accountability, and compliance‑by‑design. Legacy vs. DeAI Main Stage: One flagship stage for “opposed futures of AI” debates, matching frontier labs with DeAI projects and underlying infrastructure providers. Societal, Ethical & Legal Arena: EU, UK, US policy voices, together with authors and academics, stress‑testing narratives on labor, democracy, public goods, and human autonomy. A Safe Space for “Hard Conversations: ”Chatham House–style rules for select sessions, live public debates for others: the explicit promise is that this is where conversations that do not fit corporate conferences actually happen.