The Emergent Renaissance: A Human Tech Week Ritual for the Age of AI | HTW 2026
This is an official Human+Tech Week 2026 partner event. Human+Tech Week runs May 11–15 in San Francisco. 5,000+ contributors, 100 partner events across the city. Browse the full week: luma.com/humantechweek
A gathering for people navigating the most significant career transition of their lives, and the ones who believe that how we show up for each other in this moment will define what this era is remembered for.
Co-hosted by EmergentYOU and FutureLab as part of Human Tech Week 2026, this is not a panel or a keynote. It is a two-hour participatory ritual, inspired by Burning Man, structured as five acts, designed so that everyone in the room contributes rather than consumes.
We know this: learners who feel purpose and belonging complete transformation programs at 6x the rate of those in standard training. That is not a soft claim. It is the most predictive variable in adult learning outcomes, and the foundation of everything we are building.
What we will move through:
We open with a gift economy. Arrive with a small gift, or create one as part of the process: a poem, a 30-minute consultation, a promise to amplify someone's work on your social feeds, a handmade object, an idea written on paper. Before a single word is spoken from a stage, the room becomes a space of generosity.
A single opening question: what does it mean to remain deeply human in the age of intelligent machines?
Live storytelling from people displaced by AI who found their way through, including a special keynote guest.
Spoken word performances from our community: partners sharing their work,and open performers sharing story, song, poetry, or movement.
No PowerPoint. We promise you will love this process.
Want to perform? Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3u9ELBBd78WzDyaopHzQ6oCaSeP4OrXNULnbwbqzNBFl8vw/viewform
The MiracleMinute. After each speaker, we pause. We ask the audience to connect inward and respond to one question: what does spirit want to tell this person? Those who share form a small group with the speaker for the intimate conversation that follows. This usually produces inspired results.
A closing commitment to one question: who are you becoming?
Drop in any time between 10am and noon. Come ready to contribute. This room works because everyone in it does.
A story booth will be available throughout the event: tell your story to an AI, and watch it become part of a collective vision assembled in real time.
Documentary capture by Ana Pedros, filmed as part of Women Imagining AI: A Documentary Capturing the Women Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence, with full consent of every guest present.
Free. Open registration. Capacity limited to 50.
A note on documentary capture: This event will be filmed by Ana Pedros for Women Imagining AI: A Documentary Capturing the Women Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence. By registering, you acknowledge that portraits, b-roll, and ambient footage may be captured. You are welcome to step out of frame at any time. If you prefer not to be filmed, flag it in the optional question below and our crew will honor it without question.
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