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MIT Media Lab

MIT Media Lab

April 10, 2026

April 10, 2026

Leading in an
Intelligent World

Leading in an
Intelligent World

Leading in an
Intelligent World

The Schedule

The Schedule

The Schedule

The Schedule

The Summit

7:00 AM - 7:00 PM

The leaders defining how intelligence is built, deployed, governed, and directed toward the world's hardest problems.

[The defining questions of the AI era — explored from four angles]

The Summit

7:00 AM - 7:00 PM

The leaders defining how intelligence is built, deployed, governed, and directed toward the world's hardest problems.

[The defining questions of the AI era — explored from four angles]

The Summit

7:00 AM - 7:00 PM

The leaders defining how intelligence is built, deployed, governed, and directed toward the world's hardest problems.

[The defining questions of the AI era — explored from four angles]

Building Intelligence

Frontier Models · Compute Infrastructure · Energy & Data Centers · Quantum & Silicon · AI Research

The science and stack powering the frontier — from world models and foundation research to custom silicon and the energy equation.

Governing Intelligence

International Governance · AI Policy & Law · Trust & Ethics · Workforce & Education · Media & Information Integrity

The rules, trust frameworks, and institutional shifts shaping how societies adapt to AI.

Deploying Intelligence

Agentic Enterprise · Data & AI Strategy · BioTech & Pharma · Finance · Robotics · Startups & Investment

How organizations are putting AI to work — agentic systems, enterprise transformation, and the startups rebuilding industries from the ground up.

Sustaining Intelligence

Climate & Planetary Systems · Defence · Space · Neuroscience & Human Agency · Public Leadership

Where AI meets the world's largest systems — from planetary climate to national defense to the future of human agency.

Building Intelligence

Frontier Models · Compute Infrastructure · Energy & Data Centers · Quantum & Silicon · AI Research

The science and stack powering the frontier — from world models and foundation research to custom silicon and the energy equation.

Deploying Intelligence

Agentic Enterprise · Data & AI Strategy · BioTech & Pharma · Finance · Robotics · Startups & Investment

How organizations are putting AI to work — agentic systems, enterprise transformation, and the startups rebuilding industries from the ground up.

Governing Intelligence

International Governance · AI Policy & Law · Trust & Ethics · Workforce & Education · Media & Information Integrity

The rules, trust frameworks, and institutional shifts shaping how societies adapt to AI.

Sustaining Intelligence

Climate & Planetary Systems · Defence · Space · Neuroscience & Human Agency · Public Leadership

Where AI meets the world's largest systems — from planetary climate to national defense to the future of human agency.

The Schedule

A full day of panels, recorded talks, technical deep-dives, and one-on-one conversations at MIT Media Lab.

The Schedule

A full day of panels, recorded talks, technical deep-dives, and one-on-one conversations at MIT Media Lab.

The Schedule

A full day of panels, recorded talks, technical deep-dives, and one-on-one conversations at MIT Media Lab.

Futurist Forum

River View · 6th Floor

The summit's central forum, where the day's defining conversations happen. Keynotes, panels, and firesides from open to close.

Futurist Forum

River View · 6th Floor

The summit's central forum, where the day's defining conversations happen. Keynotes, panels, and firesides from open to close.

Agent's Atrium

Media Lab Atrium · 3rd Floor

A full parallel track in the Media Lab's open atrium — going deep on the topics the Forum introduces.

Agent's Atrium

Media Lab Atrium · 3rd Floor

A full parallel track in the Media Lab's open atrium — going deep on the topics the Forum introduces.

Builder's Lab

Silverman · 6th Floor

Industry-focused sessions on the sectors being reshaped by AI. Implementation, not theory.

Builder's Lab

Silverman · 6th Floor

Industry-focused sessions on the sectors being reshaped by AI. Implementation, not theory.

Tech Talks

Classroom · 6th Floor

Circle up in an amphitheatre setting. Tiered seating, closer to the conversation.

Tech Talks

Classroom · 6th Floor

Circle up in an amphitheatre setting. Tiered seating, closer to the conversation.

Forbes Studio

Lightning Talks & Interviews

Interviews in an intimate studio setting. Recorded and published through the IIA-Forbes media partnership.

Forbes Studio

Lightning Talks & Interviews

Interviews in an intimate studio setting. Recorded and published through the IIA-Forbes media partnership.

Roundtables

Media Lab · 2nd Floor

Roundtables on Agentic Web. Sessions that pick up where the main stages leave off.

Roundtables

Media Lab · 2nd Floor

Roundtables on Agentic Web. Sessions that pick up where the main stages leave off.

All-Day

Speaker Portraits by Katherine Taylor

Award-winning photographer Katherine Taylor will be on-site all day capturing speaker portraits — solo or with fellow speakers. Stop by anytime.

All-Day

MIT Press Bookstore

Browse speaker titles from Daniela Rus, Erik Brynjolfsson, Max Tegmark, Noelle Russell, Bill Aulet, Juan Enriquez, Skylar Tibbits, Stuart Russell, and more. Visit the MIT Press stand inside the Media Lab — attendees get 30% off.

The Stages

MIT Media Lab

April 10, 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM

A full day of panels, recorded talks, technical deep-dives, and one-on-one conversations at MIT Media Lab.

[Schedule to be added soon]

The Stages

MIT Media Lab

April 10, 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM

A full day of panels, recorded talks, technical deep-dives, and one-on-one conversations at MIT Media Lab.

[Schedule to be added soon]

The Stages

MIT Media Lab

April 10, 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM

A full day of panels, recorded talks, technical deep-dives, and one-on-one conversations at MIT Media Lab.

[Schedule to be added soon]

The Futurist Forum

Our carefully selected speakers are industry leaders ready to share their insights.

The summit’s central forum for consequential dialogue at the frontier of the intelligent world, with each panel culminating in live AI demos.

Forbes Recording Studio

Our carefully selected speakers are industry leaders ready to share their insights.

Rapid 7-minute lightning talks with Forbes, in an intimate studio setting.

IEEE Tech Talks

Our carefully selected speakers are industry leaders ready to share their insights.

A curated series of long-form technical talks at the Bartos Theatre, recorded and published on a special IIA–IEEE platform.

1-on-1 Deep Dives

Our carefully selected speakers are industry leaders ready to share their insights.

Visit 3 interview & recording stages to learn more about the summits incredible experts and their respective fields.

Imagination In Action

Imagination In Action

Imagination In Action