

Science Summit 2026
Investing in Generational Resilience: From Intelligence to Infrastructure and Implementation
Featuring Nobel Prize-winning IPCC contributor and Earth system scientist Carlos Nobre, Responsible AI @Microsoft, Ann Dunkin, former CIO of the DOE and EPA, leading innovators and investors.
Artificial & Ancestral Intelligence Infrastructure: Clean Energy & Ecosystems for Generational Thriving
At the Science Summit alongside the United Nations, with Yale University Global Justice Program and Oxford Centre for Technology and Development, convened by Shakti Regeneration Institute at Climate Week.
September 22, 2026 | 10 AM–3 PM EDT
In person at CURE - 345 Park Ave S, New York, NY 10010, 2nd floor and online
Breakthroughs in innovation, capital, partnerships, and pathways to implementation.
In an age of unprecedented abundance and fear, which breakthroughs can we invest in today to expand our capacity for generational thriving?
Join leading investors, family offices, scientists, Indigenous leaders and innovators at the convergence of frontier technology, ancestral intelligence and long-term capital.
From resilient AI and clean energy to living infrastructure, discover emerging investment opportunities and forge partnerships that connect enduring value with human and planetary wellbeing.
Convenor: Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri — Futurist, filmmaker and systems anthropologist; Founder & CEO, Shakti Regeneration Institute; Founder & CVO, Open Origin.
Featured Speakers
Carlos Nobre — Leading Earth scientist; contributor to the Nobel Prize-winning IPCC.
Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri — Convenor; Founder & CEO, Shakti Regeneration Institute.
Thomas Pogge — Director, Yale Global Justice Program.
Rachel Azfrani — Responsible Ai @ Microsoft
Anne Dunkin — Former CIO, U.S. Department of Energy and EPA.
Wesley Powell — Founder & CEO, Open Origin, former World Bank.
Emre Eren Korkmaz — Founder, Oxford Center for Technology and Development.
Gurvinder Ahluwalia — Founder, Digital Twin Labs, former CTO IBM.
Elizabeth Wanjiri Wathuti — TIME100 Impact Awarded, Founder, Green Generation Initiative.
WarīNkwī Flores — Founder, Kinray Hub AI R&D Think-Do Tank.
Nouá Krenak — Director, Núcleo de Cultura Indígena (NCI), advancing Indigenous cultural and rights initiatives.
With additional leaders and contributors.
September 22 Program
10 AM–12 PM | Opening Plenary
Carlos Nobre: Earth Science
Deepak Chopra: Awareness, Evolution, and the Intelligence We Are Building.
12–1 PM | Lunch Break & Online Plenary
1–3 PM | Solutions, Investment & Commitments
Advancing resilient infrastructure, clean energy, Indigenous innovation and regenerative investment.
Online Link: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/81849196191?pwd=iJxsbwi8Xa1Y3xfICY0c9rrktFisuv.1
Continuing September 22–24
Resilient Infrastructure exhibition and The Regeneration Generation film at Impact Hub NY with XPRIZE and Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
Stories of Hope at the Global Council for Science and the Environment.
Shakti Regeneration Institute: www.shaktiregeneration.org
The Regeneration Generation: www.regeneration.eco
Join us in New York or online. Reserve your place today.
Registration required.
Science Summit 2026