Shoma Chaudhury
Founder-Director, SYNAPSE I
Founder, Lucid Lines

UNLOCKING THE META MIND 

AI as messiah, destroyer. Or a bubble about to burst. A visionary dissenter on “world models” and the real road to intelligence

Yann LeCun
Godfather of AI I Founder, Advanced Machine Intelligence

PRIMAL FEAR

A dangerous game of Russian Roulette. Machines that no one understands. And why this reckless race could make humans extinct

Stuart Russell
AI Pioneer I Time’s 100 Most Influential Minds on AI

PART 2: DNA EXPRESS

A race for our genes. Cure, control, a trillion-dollar marketplace. And unlocking India’s bio-economy

Sangita Reddy
Health Tech Trailblazer I JMD, Apollo Hospitals

PART 2: THE SUCCESSION

Building a new species. A hybrid existence. And shaping artificial intelligence in our favour

Sylvia Stocker
Human-AI Bridge I Founder & CEO, Arabesque

FEEL THE FIRE

The thrilling story of touching the sun. Surviving cosmic heat. And unlocking the star that runs life itself

Nour Rawafi
Icarus Reinvented I Project Scientist, NASA Parker Solar Probe

DIL DHADAKNE DO

The inner technologies of human music. And whether AI is threat or thrill

NO TIME TO DIE

Upload. Upgrade. Reverse. Regrow. The spectacular sciences of becoming Super Human

Yuta Lee
Age Engineer I Founder & CEO, Accelerated Biosciences

Emil Kendziorra
Immortality Hacker I Co-Founder & CEO, Tomorrow Bio

Sabinije Von Gaffke
Human Futures Catalyst I Founding Partner, Super Human

PART 2: FATAL ATTRACTION

AI as friend, lover, therapist. Big Tech’s race for our emotions. And the ominous stakes for humanity

Daniel Barcay
Tech Philosopher I Senior Fellow, Centre for Humane Technology

TOMMOROWLAND

Architecture for extremes. Building on moon, ocean, desert. And surprise fixes for our unlivable cities back home

Alana Goldweit
Architect of the impossible I Senior Designer, BIG: Bjarke Ingles Group

PART 2: HUMANS OF AI

Peer into the Machine Divine. Meet the ghost workers powering it. And confront its cruel underlayer

Joan Kinyua
Digital Rights Crusader I President, Data Labelers Association, Kenya

Ephantus Kanyugi
AI Activist I VP, Data Labelers Association, Kenya

CODE.CLOUD.CONTROL

Who holds the switches to the modern world? Insights into India’s playbook for tech sovereignty

Rajesh Kumar Singh
Defence Secretary, Government of India

Ajay Sood
Principal Scientific Advisor, Government of India

Kalyan Kumar
Tech Transformer I CPO, HCL Software

EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE, ALL AT ONCE

Walk the uncharted arc of being human. How it fuels art. And what if machines catch up

Neeraj Ghaywan
Award Winning Filmmaker

Ishaan Khatter
Surging Star

TOO HOT TO HANDLE

9 systems in shock. Earth heading towards organ failure. And how food is as dangerous as fossil fuels

Johan Rockstrom
World’s leading climate scientist I Joint director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Mame Khan
Rajasthani folk and Sufi singer

Shoma Chaudhury
Founder-Director, SYNAPSE I
Founder, Lucid Lines

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PATRON'S VISION
9:45-9:50 AM
SHIKHAR MALHOTRA
Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR I
Trustee, Shiv Nadar Foundation I
Vice Chairman & CEO, HCL Healthcare

PART 2: THE SACRED STATE

The circuitry of self & surrender. Why spirituality might know something science does not

Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati
Stanford Scientist Turned Sage I Member, UN Advisory on Religion

PART 2: ALL QUIET ON THE HUMAN FRONT 

Click, watch, kill. From a console. Whistleblower soldiers. And the traumas of anonymous war

Sonia Kennebeck
Truth Tracker I Award Winning Filmmaker

SEA-STRUCK

The secret language of whales. Using AI to break the code. And breaching the Nature-human barrier

David Gruber
Frontier Marine Biologist I Founder, Project CETI

FANTASTIC BEASTS

Bonding & creating with AI. That entices, feels alive. Tune into the complex dynamic of “Relational AI”

Karandeep Anand
Tech Frontliner I CEO, Character.ai

BEIJING, UNFILTERED

China through its own lens. Piercing the fog on an inscrutable nation. And its pivotal role in the world

Yan Xuetong
Ace Sino Strategist I Dean, Tsinghua University

PHANTOM THREADS 

Meet the French designers who spray painted a dress on Bella Hadid. Live on stage. And are inventing tech chic

Sebastien Meyer & Arnaud Vaillant
Fashion Boundary Breakers I Founders, Coperni

A WORLD BEYOND TRUMP

Globalisation isn’t dead. China-US isn’t the hottest trend. Find out where the real story lies

Parag Khanna
Strategic Cartographer I Founder & CEO, AlphaGeo

Faheem Ahamed
AI Humanist I Strategist, G42

ROCK ON

ABBA, Bowie, Elvis on stage again. An era of forever performing stars. And the future of entertainment

Ty Roberts
Merlin of Music I Co-founder & CEO, FanTracks

PART 2: TOKENS OF SUCCESS

Land. Gold. Bonds. Traded at bullet speed. The breakthrough idea of an “Internet of Finance

Siddharth Shetty
Digital Rainmaker I Co-Creator of the Finternet

STAR POWER

An escalating energy dilemma. The big bet on nuclear fusion as master key. And a dramatic twist to the story

Adam Rutkowski
Modern Day Alchemist I Co-Founder & CTO, Marathon Fusion

MIRACLE EDIT

A rare disease. A clock running out. The jawdrop case of Baby KJ – and the doctor who made genetic history

Kiran Musunuru
God of Gene Design I Professor, University of Pennsylvania

TOWNHALL WITH ROBOTS

Sophia
World’s 1st Synthetic Citizen I Ambassador of Good AI

Desdemona Robot
World’s 1st Robot Rockstar I Pioneer of Robo-pop

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