The Venetian Forum: Reclaiming Governance of AI – A New Paradigm brings together voices from different disciplines to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping governance, leadership, society, culture, creativity and human development.
Through a series of talks and conversations, speakers will share perspectives on how we can rethink our relationship with AI, strengthen human agency and explore new approaches to collective decision-making and responsibility.
This online gathering marks the beginning of a wider journey that will continue with The Venetian Forum in Venice next autumn.
Join us on 24th October 2026 for an interdisciplinary conversation designed to connect ideas that are too often discussed separately.
Event Time:
10:00 AM CEST · Venice
1:30 PM IST · India
5:00 PM JST · Japan
4:00 AM EDT · New York
1:00 AM PDT · Los Angeles
To join the event, please register below.
Reclaiming Governance of AI – A New Paradigm
Keynote Speakers
Des O’Connor
Use AI. Don’t let AI use you.
Stay in control of your thinking and decisions
Loralyn Mears
How to Thwart AI from Misinterpreting us
Penny Slinger
Collaborating Creatively with AI
Marc Rowley
Ensuring Ethical Decision-making in AI
Stefan Nedialkov Popdimitrov
The Hallucinations of AI
Dr. Jaya Sajnani
AI with Accountability:
Leading Innovation Without Losing Human Judgement
Tina B
The Human Space Between AI and Decision-Making
Perception, Shared Understanding and Human Discernment
Giselle Rufer
What do we want to do with AI?
Conference Speakers
Pernilla S. Corizza
The Human Space Between AI and Decision-Making: Perception, Shared Understanding and Human Discernment
Dr. Asad Jalal Sindhu
Artificial Intelligence: An Opportunity or a Challenge for Resilient Homes and Buildings?
Franca Borgia
The Mortal Dangers and Incredible Wonders of Reciprocal Empathy through AI
Herbert Zöbisch
Human Intelligence: Understanding the limits of AI
The full conference schedule will be online soon.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Analogy
Short explanation of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice analogy
Longer clip of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice