As technology becomes increasingly embedded in every aspect of our lives, a new question is emerging: how can we design systems that strengthen human connection rather than simply optimize efficiency?
This Thursday Gathering explores the future of human-centric technology and the evolving infrastructure that supports how we communicate, collaborate, build communities, and form meaningful relationships. From digital platforms and AI-powered tools to emerging models of participation and belonging, we'll examine how technology can be designed around human needs, trust, and wellbeing.
In the Demo Table zone you will discover various products, technologies and projects being presented by the founders or startup-representatives.
In the Info Table zone you will find out about projects, organisations and ideas.
Want to present your organisation? Send us an application!
However remember, this is NO HARD SALES zone.
Unwind, connect, and vibe to the rhythm! This lively session blends casual networking with great music, offering the perfect atmosphere to meet fellow innovators, exchange ideas, and forge new collaborations. Enjoy the beats, and build meaningful connections in a relaxed, energetic setting.
As AI accelerates the pace of innovation, how can founders build companies without sacrificing their own well-being? This panel explores how entrepreneurs can create healthier work habits, foster creativity, and shape startup cultures that value sustainable performance over constant hustle. Join experienced founders and experts as they discuss practical strategies for building successful, human-centered startups in the age of AI.
Trust is one of the most valuable currencies a person or company can hold. It is hard to build, easy to lose, and it depends on transparency. This session is for founders, product people, designers, and anyone working in policy or ethics who is building or shaping technology that mediates how people connect, and who wants it to earn trust rather than erode it.
In this talk I draw on my experience building compliance software for trusted companies, AI testing tooling for trustworthy AI, and now the infrastructure to bring trust back to how talent and opportunity find each other. Guests will leave with a clearer view of what breaks trust down when technology is involved, a practical lens for spotting it, and concrete principles they can apply to design systems that build trust back up.
Founders know that relationships build companies – but social health and connections go far beyond networking, they are the foundation of thriving communities, organizations, and societies. This session explores how social innovation can strengthen belonging, combat isolation, and unlock the power of human connection. Because the next frontier of health may not be physical or mental – it's social.
Most growing companies treat revenue leaks as tooling problems and buy more tools. The leak continues.
In my advisory work I keep finding the same thing: the problem sits upstream of the dashboards, between functions that disagree about which problem they're solving. Commercial pushes one way, Data pushes another, Engineering builds for both without knowing why, and nobody owns the seam. A recent fintech client cut operational workload 30% once the handoff between Customer Success and Data got redesigned. The dashboards were already there. The alignment wasn't.
No code or AI fixes a business problem the humans haven't aligned on first. This talk maps the three signs your company has the connective tissue problem, with the diagnostic I use when companies first call me.
As technology becomes increasingly embedded in every aspect of our lives, a new question is emerging: how can we design systems that strengthen human connection rather than simply optimize efficiency?
This Thursday Gathering explores the future of human-centric technology and the evolving infrastructure that supports how we communicate, collaborate, build communities, and form meaningful relationships. From digital platforms and AI-powered tools to emerging models of participation and belonging, we'll examine how technology can be designed around human needs, trust, and wellbeing.
In the Demo Table zone you will discover various products, technologies and projects being presented by the founders or startup-representatives.
In the Info Table zone you will find out about projects, organisations and ideas.
Want to present your organisation? Send us an application!
However remember, this is NO HARD SALES zone.
Unwind, connect, and vibe to the rhythm! This lively session blends casual networking with great music, offering the perfect atmosphere to meet fellow innovators, exchange ideas, and forge new collaborations. Enjoy the beats, and build meaningful connections in a relaxed, energetic setting.
As AI accelerates the pace of innovation, how can founders build companies without sacrificing their own well-being? This panel explores how entrepreneurs can create healthier work habits, foster creativity, and shape startup cultures that value sustainable performance over constant hustle. Join experienced founders and experts as they discuss practical strategies for building successful, human-centered startups in the age of AI.
Trust is one of the most valuable currencies a person or company can hold. It is hard to build, easy to lose, and it depends on transparency. This session is for founders, product people, designers, and anyone working in policy or ethics who is building or shaping technology that mediates how people connect, and who wants it to earn trust rather than erode it.
In this talk I draw on my experience building compliance software for trusted companies, AI testing tooling for trustworthy AI, and now the infrastructure to bring trust back to how talent and opportunity find each other. Guests will leave with a clearer view of what breaks trust down when technology is involved, a practical lens for spotting it, and concrete principles they can apply to design systems that build trust back up.
Founders know that relationships build companies – but social health and connections go far beyond networking, they are the foundation of thriving communities, organizations, and societies. This session explores how social innovation can strengthen belonging, combat isolation, and unlock the power of human connection. Because the next frontier of health may not be physical or mental – it's social.
Most growing companies treat revenue leaks as tooling problems and buy more tools. The leak continues.
In my advisory work I keep finding the same thing: the problem sits upstream of the dashboards, between functions that disagree about which problem they're solving. Commercial pushes one way, Data pushes another, Engineering builds for both without knowing why, and nobody owns the seam. A recent fintech client cut operational workload 30% once the handoff between Customer Success and Data got redesigned. The dashboards were already there. The alignment wasn't.
No code or AI fixes a business problem the humans haven't aligned on first. This talk maps the three signs your company has the connective tissue problem, with the diagnostic I use when companies first call me.