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Design × Intelligence Summit — Edition 04

[ Early-bird pricing until 01.03.27 ]

The summit for

people designing

intelligent things.

Five days of talks, hands-on labs and late-night demos with 120+ researchers, designers and builders — 14–18 June 2027 at MAAT, Lisbon.

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See the programme

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120+ speakers confirmed

From Northfield, Halcyon, Tessellate & more

Format

5 days · 3 stages

Programme

40 labs & salons

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312 of 2,400 left

Main stage · 2026 edition

  • Design × Intelligence

    Design × Intelligence

  • 14—18 June 2027

    14—18 June 2027

  • MAAT · Lisbon

    MAAT · Lisbon

  • 120+ speakers

    120+ speakers

  • 40 labs & salons

    40 labs & salons

  • Five days, one room

    Five days, one room

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-- It’s more than

[ just a conference ]

What’s

inside?

One week built around a single question: what should intelligent things feel like to use?

One week built around a single question: what should intelligent things feel like to use?

-- 01 / The week

Five days of research, craft and late-night demos — in one room by the river.

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-- 01 / The week

Five days of research, craft and late-night demos — in one room by the river.

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-- 02 / Programme

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Talks, labs & salons across three stages

-- 03 / Format

A carefully paced programme: mornings for research, afternoons for making, evenings for the conversations that don’t fit on a slide.

Keynotes & research talks

Hands-on model labs

Studio salons & critiques

Night demos on the river

Explore agenda

[ Why Latent ]

A gathering where

research, craft

and

conversation

decide how

intelligent things

look, sound

and feel.

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Edition 04

LATENT 27

Design × Intelligence Summit

Design × Intelligence Summit

Dates

14—18.06.27

Venue

MAAT, Lisbon

Venue

MAAT, Lisbon

-- 01 / Why attend

Why

attend?

Every session, salon and late-night demo is built to leave you with sharper taste, stranger ideas and a few people you’ll call for years.

Every session, salon and late-night demo is built to leave you with sharper taste, stranger ideas and a few people you’ll call for years.

Learn from the frontier

Research leads and designers share what actually shipped — and what didn’t.

-- 01

Learn from the frontier

Research leads and designers share what actually shipped — and what didn’t.

-- 01

Meet your people

2,400 designers, researchers and founders — a room built for real conversations.

-- 02

Meet your people

2,400 designers, researchers and founders — a room built for real conversations.

-- 02

See what’s next

Live model labs, prototypes and first looks at tools launching this year.

-- 03

See what’s next

Live model labs, prototypes and first looks at tools launching this year.

-- 03

Sharpen your craft

Hands-on labs and critiques that change how you work on Monday.

-- 04

Sharpen your craft

Hands-on labs and critiques that change how you work on Monday.

-- 04

-- 02 / Focus areas

Four

tracks.

Pick a lane or wander between them — every pass opens all four tracks, labs included.

Pick a lane or wander between them — every pass opens all four tracks, labs included.

-- 01

[ Focus area ]

Models & Machines

How foundation models are trained, tuned and taught to behave — told by the people doing it.

How foundation models are trained, tuned and taught to behave — told by the people doing it.

# Foundation models

# Evaluation

# Alignment

See sessions

See sessions

See sessions

-- 02

[ Focus area ]

Interfaces & Agents

Conversational UI, agents that act, and the new grammar of software that talks back.

Conversational UI, agents that act, and the new grammar of software that talks back.

# Agent UX

# Voice

# Multimodal

See sessions

See sessions

See sessions

-- 03

[ Focus area ]

Craft & Tooling

Prototyping with models, design systems that learn, and the tools reshaping the studio.

Prototyping with models, design systems that learn, and the tools reshaping the studio.

# Prototyping

# Design systems

# Workflows

See sessions

See sessions

See sessions

-- 04

[ Focus area ]

Ethics & Futures

Consent, authorship and power — the questions every shipped model has to answer.

Consent, authorship and power — the questions every shipped model has to answer.

# Policy

# Authorship

# Trust

See sessions

See sessions

See sessions

-- 03 / Speakers

Meet the

headliners

Researchers, designers and builders who are shaping the field — on stage, in the labs and at the bar.

Researchers, designers and builders who are shaping the field — on stage, in the labs and at the bar.

All speakers

All speakers

All speakers

Northfield Labs

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Amara Okafor

Head of Model Behaviour

Northfield Labs

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Amara Okafor

Head of Model Behaviour

Parallel Studio

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Jonas Reyes

Design Director, Agents

Parallel Studio

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Jonas Reyes

Design Director, Agents

Halcyon AI

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Elin Voss

Principal Researcher

Halcyon AI

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Elin Voss

Principal Researcher

Tessellate

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Kenji Mori

Founder

Tessellate

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Kenji Mori

Founder

Open Commons

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Margit Hale

Chair, Digital Rights Council

Open Commons

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Margit Hale

Chair, Digital Rights Council

Studio Luz

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Tomás Almeida

Creative Technologist

Studio Luz

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Tomás Almeida

Creative Technologist

Lumen Health

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Nadia Farouk

VP Product

Lumen Health

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Nadia Farouk

VP Product

Resonant

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Oliver Brandt

Staff Engineer, Voice

Resonant

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Oliver Brandt

Staff Engineer, Voice

[ Doors open in ]

Early-bird pricing ends 1 March. After that, passes go up by 30%.

Early-bird pricing ends 1 March. After that, passes go up by 30%.

Lock in early-bird

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-- 04 / Five days, one room

Event

agenda

Scroll to unfold the week

Day 01

Monday

14

June

Registration & coffee

08:30 — 09:30

Opening keynote: Latent space

09:30 — 11:00

Lunch on the terrace

12:30 — 14:00

Research track A

14:00 — 17:30

Day 02

Tuesday

15

June

Model behaviour salon

09:30 — 11:00

Agents that act

11:30 — 13:00

Lab: prompt to prototype

14:00 — 17:00

River demos

20:00 — late

Day 03

Wednesday

16

June

Voice & rhythm

09:30 — 11:00

Design systems that learn

11:30 — 13:00

Lab: evaluation by design

14:00 — 17:00

Speaker dinner

19:30 — 22:00

Day 04

Thursday

17

June

Authorship & consent

09:30 — 11:00

Clinical AI in practice

11:30 — 13:00

Studio critiques

14:00 — 17:00

Latent Night

21:00 — late

Day 05

Friday

18

June

Futures panel

10:00 — 11:30

Closing keynote

12:00 — 13:00

Farewell lunch

13:00 — 14:30

Open studio

15:00 — 18:00

Day 01

Monday

14

June

Registration & coffee

08:30 — 09:30

Opening keynote: Latent space

09:30 — 11:00

Lunch on the terrace

12:30 — 14:00

Research track A

14:00 — 17:30

Day 02

Tuesday

15

June

Model behaviour salon

09:30 — 11:00

Agents that act

11:30 — 13:00

Lab: prompt to prototype

14:00 — 17:00

River demos

20:00 — late

Day 03

Wednesday

16

June

Voice & rhythm

09:30 — 11:00

Design systems that learn

11:30 — 13:00

Lab: evaluation by design

14:00 — 17:00

Speaker dinner

19:30 — 22:00

Day 04

Thursday

17

June

Authorship & consent

09:30 — 11:00

Clinical AI in practice

11:30 — 13:00

Studio critiques

14:00 — 17:00

Latent Night

21:00 — late

Day 05

Friday

18

June

Futures panel

10:00 — 11:30

Closing keynote

12:00 — 13:00

Farewell lunch

13:00 — 14:30

Open studio

15:00 — 18:00

-- 05 / Beyond the stage

Labs &

salons

Small rooms, real tools. Every afternoon the programme breaks into hands-on labs capped at 40 people.

Small rooms, real tools. Every afternoon the programme breaks into hands-on labs capped at 40 people.

-- 06 / Made possible by

Partners &

sponsors

Become a partner

Become a partner

Become a partner

-- 01 / Principal partner

northfield

northfield

Research lab · Principal partner since 2024

-- 02 / Lab partner

HALCYON

-- 03 / Lab partner

tessellate

-- 04 / Community

open/commons

-- 05 / Lab partner

Resonant

-- 06 / Health partner

LUMEN

-- 07 / Studio partner

parallel

-- 08 / Friend

Studio Luz

-- 09 / Friend

grid·9

-- 07 / Passes

Choose your

pass

Early-bird

Day Pass

€390

One day of talks, labs and the evening programme of your choice.

Any single day

Lab waitlist access

Evening programme

Register

Register

Register

Early-bird

Most picked

Full Week

€1,190

All five days, every track, priority lab booking and Latent Night.

All five days

Priority lab booking

Speaker dinner lottery

Register

Register

Register

Teams

Studio Pass

€4,900

Five full-week passes for your team, plus a private critique session.

5 × Full Week

Private critique

Team lounge

Register

Register

Register

-- 08 / Where

By the

river

Join us in Lisbon at MAAT on the Tagus — or follow every keynote live from anywhere.

Join us in Lisbon at MAAT on the Tagus — or follow every keynote live from anywhere.

[ Onsite ]

Avenida Brasília, 1300-598 Lisboa

MAAT

Museum of Art, Architecture & Technology

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Get directions

Get directions

[ Online ]

Available worldwide · free with registration

Latent Live

Every keynote streamed, with live Q&A

Join the stream

Join the stream

Join the stream

-- 09 / Frequently asked

Everything you need to know before you land.

Everything you need to know before you land.

Still curious? We answer within a day.

Contact us

Contact us

Contact us

What’s included with my pass?

Every pass includes talks on your chosen days, lab waitlist access, coffee, lunch and the evening programme. Full Week adds priority lab booking and Latent Night.

What’s included with my pass?

Every pass includes talks on your chosen days, lab waitlist access, coffee, lunch and the evening programme. Full Week adds priority lab booking and Latent Night.

Can I attend online?

Yes. Every keynote and main-stage talk is streamed free with registration, with live Q&A. Labs and salons are in-person only.

Can I attend online?

Yes. Every keynote and main-stage talk is streamed free with registration, with live Q&A. Labs and salons are in-person only.

Will talks be recorded?

All main-stage sessions are recorded and published to pass holders within 48 hours, then publicly a month later.

Will talks be recorded?

All main-stage sessions are recorded and published to pass holders within 48 hours, then publicly a month later.

How do I get to MAAT?

MAAT sits on the river in Belém. Take tram 15E or the Cascais line to Belém — it’s a six-minute walk from both stops.

How do I get to MAAT?

MAAT sits on the river in Belém. Take tram 15E or the Cascais line to Belém — it’s a six-minute walk from both stops.

Can I transfer my pass?

Passes are transferable until 1 June 2027. Email us with the new attendee’s name and we’ll reissue the ticket.

Can I transfer my pass?

Passes are transferable until 1 June 2027. Email us with the new attendee’s name and we’ll reissue the ticket.

How can my company partner with Latent?

We work with a small number of partners each year. Write to partners@latent.events and we’ll send the 2027 deck.

How can my company partner with Latent?

We work with a small number of partners each year. Write to partners@latent.events and we’ll send the 2027 deck.

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