May 11–15, 2026 | San Francisco, CA
This is a field-defining conversation, and YOU are invited to shape it.
Last year at HTW, AI, industry and civic leaders convened to explore a vital question: how will humans and AI agents co-evolve to achieve the most positive impact together? In less than a year, agents evolved from experiments to teammates, making decisions and operating at scale. Every knowledge worker is now becoming an AI manager.
The real design challenge now is the partnership.
The greatest opportunities and risks lie between human judgment and agent autonomy. Every delegation is a judgment call; every workflow, a relationship. Breakthroughs require knowing when to trust, intervene, or let go. We're here to figure that out, together.
What This Day Is
An intimate, curated day of real conversation
An invitation-only forum convened by AI pioneer Barney Pell and Human Tech investor Nichol Bradford to go deep on how humans and AI agents can optimally collaborate in real-world systems: in personal use, inside organizations, and across cities.
We'll move from live case studies to open design questions to the hard conversations that don't happen on stage.
What emerges here will directly inform the year long implementation labs, amplify impact across 5,000+ attendees, and drive the movement forward for 2026 and beyond.
~100
Invited attendees
5,000+
Downstream reach via city labs
1 Day
Highly focused forum
Invitation Only
Why Attend
Be at the Frontier
Tackle the most pressing questions of human-agent collaboration now that agents drive real workflows, not hypothetical futures.
Shape the Field
Your input directly feeds published frameworks, design principles, and research priorities reaching builders, buyers, and backers across the global human-centered AI ecosystem.
Network with the Right People
Join an intentionally small small, carefully chosen group of ~100 founders, scientists, investors, and organizational transformation leaders.
Explore Real-World Systems
Dissect case studies, successes, and failures to learn what works—and what breaks—when agents act with more autonomy, alongside other agents, over longer horizons.
Gain Actionable Insights Explore real-world case studies, success stories, and failures to learn what truly works when agents act with more autonomy, with other agents, and over longer task horizons — now measured in hours and, soon, days.
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MISSION
To generate collective intelligence, create connections, showcase innovation, and build a diverse ecosystem for human tech and AI to thrive.
WHY ATTEND
Join the brightest founders, leading investors, and pioneering scientists in shaping the next era of human potential. Be positioned at the forefront of the human tech market.
HUMAN + TECH TRACKS
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What does an Event Host do?
As an Event Host, you play a crucial role in shaping the conversations and experiences that define the future of AI-driven potential.
Between June 16th-20th 2025 you:
Curate Powerful Experiences: Organize panned, workshops, demos, and gatherings that dive deep into pressing topics like wellness, longevity, mental health, and AI.
Engage Meaningfully with Attendees: Create sessions that foster collaboration, inspire insights, and drive impactful connections.
Next Steps
1
What Works
Case studies of successful (and failed) Human+Agent collaboration, including multi-agent workflows that reduce hand-offs and accelerate decisions.
2
Human Roles in the Loop
When and how labor is divided between humans and agents, and how roles shift as agents move from assistive tools to bounded decision-makers.
3
Trust & Risk
Building reliable, mission-critical agentic systems with humans in the loop — and addressing orchestration and governance challenges emerging in 2026.
4
Cognitive Impact
Autopilot modes vs. true co-piloting as agents handle longer-horizon tasks. What does meaningful human engagement look like in this environment?
5
Design Principles
Frameworks for effective Human+AI Agent collaboration as organizations manage dozens of agents per team and hundreds across the enterprise.
6
Economic Models
How organizations and business models change as agents move from pilots to production and become core operating fabric.
7
Missing Research & Gaps
Identifying urgent needs for new studies, evaluation tools, and governance infrastructure to keep pace with rapid adoption.
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Visioning Forward
Input toward a larger 2027 summit on the global Human+AI field — beginning to map the longer arc of this movement.
Topics We'll Cover
Next Steps
What Works
Case studies of successful (and failed) Human+Agent collaboration, including multi-agent workflows that reduce hand-offs and accelerate decisions.
Human Roles in the Loop
When and how labor is divided between humans and agents, and how roles shift as agents move from assistive tools to bounded decision-makers.
Trust & Risk
Building reliable, mission-critical agentic systems with humans in the loop — and addressing orchestration and governance challenges emerging in 2026.
Cognitive Impact
Autopilot modes vs. true co-piloting as agents handle longer-horizon tasks. What does meaningful human engagement look like in this environment?
Design Principles
Frameworks for effective Human+AI Agent collaboration as organizations manage dozens of agents per team and hundreds across the enterprise.
Economic Models
How organizations and business models change as agents move from pilots to production and become core operating fabric.
Missing Research & Gaps
Identifying urgent needs for new studies, evaluation tools, and governance infrastructure to keep pace with rapid adoption.
Visioning Forward
Input toward a larger 2027 summit on the global Human+AI field — beginning to map the longer arc of this movement.
Topics We'll Cover
Who Should Attend
Founders & Scientists
Building agent platforms, multi-agent frameworks, and augmentation tools.
Product Leaders
Deploying AI into core workflows and enterprise systems.
Organizational Transformation Leaders
Managing Human+AI change and agent orchestration at scale.
Researchers
Exploring co-intelligence, cognitive impact, and agentic governance.
Investors & VCs
Scouting the next wave of augmentation-driven innovations.
Big Thinkers & System Designers
Shaping the future of work, cities, and learning.
Event Highlights
Curated One-Day Symposium
~100 top AI builders, researchers, enterprise leaders, and investors. Every session is designed for depth and impact.
Breakout Sessions & Founder Demos
Collaborative sessions built to produce actionable frameworks, not just talk. Featuring live demos and lightning pitches from cutting-edge human-AI startups.
Rooftop Reception
Cocktails, deep connections, and a Live AI Assistant Layer powered by Magic. Even the afterparty feels like the future.
The Hibernia (Lower Level)
1 Jones Street, San Francisco, California
Location
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Symposium (Lower Level)
Time
We're convening the people who will build what's next.
Autonomous agents are taking off, beginning to run longer and more complex tasks. The richest opportunities — and the most important design decisions — lie in human-AI combinations. Join us to define the possibilities, surface the missing pieces, and build the foundation for human-centered, flourishing AI systems at scale.
Join Us
Formal invitations are now going out. If you've received one, register at the link provided. Spots are confirmed individually.
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Your Co-Hosts
Barney Pell
Barney Pell is an American entrepreneur, angel investor and computer scientist. He was co-founder and CEO of Powerset, a pioneering natural language search startup, search strategist and architect for Microsoft's Bing search engine, a pioneer in the field of general game playing in artificial intelligence, and the architect of the first intelligent agent to fly onboard and control a spacecraft. He was co-founder, Vice Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of Moon Express; co-founder and chairman of LocoMobi; and Associate Founder of Singularity University.
Nichol Bradford
Nichol Bradford is a pioneering futurist, investor, and thought leader at the intersection of human potential and technology. She is the Founder of Human+Tech Week. As Executive-in-Residence for AI + Human Enablement at SHRM, she shapes global strategies for ethical AI integration in the workplace. Bradford is a partner at Niremia Collective, an early-stage venture fund focused on human potential technologies
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Ajay Agrawal
Ajay Agrawal is the Geoffrey Taber Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. He is the founder of the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), a global startup incubator that has helped generate over $30 billion in equity value. Agrawal co-authored the bestsellers Prediction Machines and Power and Prediction, which explore the economics of artificial intelligence. He also co-founded Sanctuary AI, a robotics company aiming to develop human-like general-purpose robots. A research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and faculty affiliate at the Vector Institute, Agrawal advises governments and institutions on innovation policy. In 2022, he was appointed to the Order of Canada for his contributions to AI and entrepreneurship.
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