The Summit

A summit about direction, not hype.

Human AI Summit Marbella 2026 brings together leaders across business, education, policy, investment and technology to ask what humans must become in an age of intelligent machines.

Empty summit stage lit in warm light before the event

Why now

AI is becoming infrastructure. The hard questions are human.

  • AI is becoming infrastructure, not a project.
  • Intelligence is becoming cheap, fast and everywhere.
  • The real questions are human: judgement, leadership, education, trust and meaning.
  • The summit focuses on the human response, not only the technology.
Dates
28–29 October 2026
Location
Marbella, Spain
Format
Invitation-first leadership summit
Language
English
Themes
Four, across two days
Access
Invitation-first, limited

What makes it different

Built as a room, not an audience.

Invitation-first, deliberately small

The size of the room is a design decision, not a limitation.

Cross-sector, not siloed

Leaders from business, education, policy, health and capital in one conversation.

Built around questions, not demos

No product pitches. No vendor hall. Questions that deserve serious people.

Designed for relationships

Time, format and setting engineered for conversations that continue afterwards.

The two-day experience

Keynotes, conversations, roundtables and the evenings in between.

  1. 01

    Opening keynote

    A shared starting point for two days of thinking.

  2. 02

    Theme conversations

    Four defining questions, explored on the main stage.

  3. 03

    Executive roundtables

    Small-group, chaired sessions for candid exchange.

  4. 04

    Partner sessions

    Hosted conversations led by aligned organisations.

  5. 05

    Curated networking

    Introductions made with intent, not left to chance.

  6. 06

    Marbella evening gathering

    The part of the summit people remember.

  7. 07

    Closing reflections

    What we take back, and what happens next.

Setting

Why Marbella?

Marbella offers more than a destination. It offers the conditions for better conversations: international access, hospitality, privacy, quality of life and a setting that encourages leaders to step back from daily noise and think clearly about what comes next.

International meeting point

Easy to reach from across Europe and beyond.

Space for deeper conversations

Away from the daily noise of headquarters and inboxes.

Premium hospitality

A standard of hosting that matches the level of the room.

European access

Málaga airport connects the summit to the world.

A setting for reflection

Mediterranean light, long evenings, real conversation.

Venue and hospitality details will be announced as the programme develops.

About the organisers

Human AI Summit Marbella 2026 is being developed by a team working across leadership, education, experience design and international relationship-building. The summit is created for leaders who believe the future of technology must be shaped by human judgement, wisdom and responsibility.

Helena Kullgren

Experience Manager

Anthony Morrissey

Event Co-Ordinator

If you are shaping the human future of technology, this room is being built for you.