Welcome to the Shift - Future of AI, who gets to Decide? + CPR for the Planet.
Session Overview
Welcome to the Shift - Future of AI, who gets to Decide? + CPR for the Planet.
The most consequential shifts rarely announce themselves. This session names what's already moving beneath the surface—and why now is the moment to act. We examine who shapes reality as AI rewrites the rules of trust across media, politics, and business. Then we ask: are we finally ready to design with nature, not against it?
Welcome to the Shift Beneath the Surface
What if the real shifts aren’t loud revolutions, but quiet changes beneath the surface? We open the day by naming what’s already moving — and why now is the moment to act.
Host / Speakers
Jean-Philippe Schepens van Thiel — Founder & CEO AxonJay
The future of AI: Who shapes reality? - AI Is Not Neutral — So Who Gets to Decide?
How do we build trust in AI when it increasingly influences what we see and how we decide? In this panel, we explore how AI is reshaping trust in media, politics, business and amongst people today and how a safe and trustworthy future can be secured, including the capabilities leaders and institutions need to make responsible AI work in practice.
Host / Speakers
Jean-Philippe Schepens van Thiel — Founder & CEO AxonJay
Julia Janssen — Art, data/AI and human rights Studio Julia Janssen
Stijn Laenen — Founder - Procurement & Negotiation enthusiast Stimax Advisory
Mahault Albarracin — Senior Director of Research strategy VERSES
Hande Ocak Basev — Columnist and AI Program Advisor Forbes Türkiye
Vincent Ginis — Associate Professor Vrije Universiteit Brussel
CPR for the planet: Biodiversity & Regeneration in the age of AI - Nature Is the Ultimate System Designer. Are We Finally Listening?
Biodiversity is not a “nice to have” — it’s the operating system of life. From regeneration to biomimicry, this panel explores how nature already holds the answers — if we’re willing to design with it, not against it.
Host / Speakers
Marina Cartalis — Founder BetterflyBox
Antoine Geerinckx — Co-Founder Airscan.org — Positive Impact Team
Werner Sels — General director Lignaverda i-vzw Lignaverda i-vzw
Jean-Philippe Schepens van Thiel — Founder & CEO AxonJay
Dimitri Deheyn — Research Scientist, Marine Biologist
Catharina Frostad — Ocean entrepreneur and explorer
The SHIFT
From Intention to Impact
42 Changemakers join forces to Shape the Systems that Shape us. They share their individual stories and unveil a new system-shifting methodology — Can real-world microshifts unlock macro-level change?