Vision Weekend United Kingdom
Join Foresight Institute’s first-ever Vision Weekend in the United Kingdom!
Get tickets and check out the program: https://foresight.org/events/vision-weekend-uk-2026
Over three days in London, leading researchers, builders, funders, and institutional innovators will gather to explore which scientific and technological frontiers will shape the coming decades, and how to make them reality.
Themes
Explore humanity’s most transformative horizons with 30+ experts:
Emerging AI Paradigms: Navigating the future of intelligence
Existential Hope Futures: Designing positive long-term scenarios
Funding X: Innovating funding mechanisms for frontier technologies
Life Unlimited: Extending human potential beyond current limits
Nanotechnology: Building the future atom by atom
Neurotechnology: Expanding cognitive capabilities
Now What? Pathways to implementation
What to expect
The program combines:
Keynotes from leading researchers and technologists
Expert office hours and focused small-group discussions
1:1 connections and informal collaboration spaces
Immersive experiences and live technology demonstrations
We will also award a $10,000 grant to a project advancing the frontiers of science.
Confirmed speakers
João Pedro de Magalhães, University of Birmingham, on hacking aging biology
Sergey Stavisky, UC Davis, on high-bandwidth BCIs for motor and communication recovery in people with paralysis
Ronit Kanwar, Renaissance Philanthropy, on igniting a 21st century renaissance
Adam Shai, Simplex AI Safety, on the neural basis of intelligent behavior
Marius Hobbhahn, Apollo Research, on AI scheming
Jerzy Szablowski, Rice University, on precision neuromodulation through molecular engineering and focused ultrasound
Anders Sandberg, Institute for Future Studies
Kiril Eves, e184
Leah Morris, Pillar VC
Jakub Lala, Nucleate, on computational protein design for the next-generation of therapeutics
Keith Patarroyo, Université de Montréal, on open-endedness, the final goalpost of AI
Alberto Privitera, Università degli Studi di Firenze, on light-driven molecular spin qubits: toward room-temperature quantum technologies
VIP Events
Enjoy the full Vision Weekend experience! With the All Access Pass you are invited to exclusive VIP gatherings with our speakers, grantees, Fellows, and sponsors spanning all three days.
Get tickets: https://foresight.org/events/vision-weekend-uk-2026/
Powered by: Apollo Research, Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA), Cambridge University Health Partners, e184, Renaissance Philanthropy, SPRIND, and And-Now.