AI, Quantum & the Future of Life

DAY 1  |  Monday, August 24, 2026

700 pm – 900 pm    CASUAL WELCOME DINNER (optional)
Location TBD in Geneva.

An informal evening to welcome participants who have arrived in time for dinner. Join us if your travel plans allow—this is just a connect/re-connect opportunity—the formal program starts the next morning.

DAY 2  |  Tuesday, August 25, 2026

830 am – 900 am    SHUTTLES TO CERN 
Shuttles depart from N'vy Hotel for CERN.
Arrive to the N’vy Hotel lobby NO LATER than 830 am. (Please be on time. We’re in Switzerland, after all.)
DAY 2  |  Tuesday, August 25, 2026  |  CERN

900 am – 1000 am    Welcome

CERN hosts and TWIN Expedition leaders welcome the group, set context for the day, and frame CERN as a model for radical openness, shared infrastructure, and frontier research.

1000 am – 100 pm    CERN Tour with Leadership and Researchers

A three-hour guided experience across CERN with key leaders and researchers, exploring CERN’s scientific mission, infrastructure, governance model, and lessons for global research communities.

100 pm – 145 pm    LUNCH ON SITE

145 pm – 300 pm    Radical Openness as a Strategy for AI Investment & Policy

Switzerland is promulgating an AI strategy called “radical openness.” What is it, how might it work and what might it mean for AI investment, policy, governance, and shared technological infrastructure?

300 pm – 430 pm    QUANTUM?!?

If there is a place in the Newtonian World that might claim to be an epicenter for Quantum Science, it’s CERN. We’ll explore inexplicable theory, infrastructure, talent, strategy, policy, and venture opportunities with people engaged in all of the above. Some might join us from other universes—but we won’t know until we open the box.

DAY 2  |  Tuesday, August 25, 2026  |  Late Afternoon + Evening

430 pm – 515 pm    Breakout Sessions at Tables

Participants gather at tables to discuss what they have learned, what surprised them, and the open questions they want the room to address.

515 pm – 530 pm    All-Group Discussion

Each table shares key insights and open questions with the full group, including a few thoughts about our plans for tomorrow’s sessions.

530 pm – 700 pm    SHUTTLES TO GENEVA & BREAK

Transition from CERN to the N’vy Hotel. Enjoy a break before re-convening for a Swiss special—LOTS OF CHEESE!

700 pm – 900 pm    RACLETTE PARTY

Reception and dinner in Geneva, featuring Master Racletter Alberto-Giovanni Busetto

DAY 3  |  Wednesday, August 26, 2026

LOCATION:  Geneva Center for Security Policy
900 am – 500 pm

900 am – 945 am    Framing and Reflections from Day One

Professor Wolcott frames the day and invites all-room reflections from the prior day at CERN.

Rob Wolcott, Co-Founder & Chair TWIN Global

945 am – 1045 am    Neurotech

A session on neurotechnology, brain-computer interfaces, ethical boundaries, strategic implications, policy and investment opportunities.

1045 am – 1100 am    BREAK

1100 am – 1210 pm    Synthetic Life

A session on synthetic biology, synthetic life, platform shifts, biosecurity, commercialization pathways, and implications for society.

1210 pm – 1230 pm    AI-Driven Research Commercialization Experience: Setup

ON Venture Studio introduces the afternoon experience, methods, teams, and expected outputs.

ON Venture Studio
Experience Lead

1230 pm – 115 pm    LUNCH

DAY 3  |  Wednesday, August 26, 2026  |  Afternoon

115 pm – 330 pm    AI-Driven Research Commercialization Experience

Led by ON Venture Studio, participants use AI-enabled venture-building methods to explore research commercialization pathways, market theses, policy issues, and investable opportunities.

ON Venture Studio
Experience Lead

330 pm – 345 pm    BREAK

345 pm – 445 pm    Breakout Conversations

Participants propose conversation topics, then select the conversation in which they prefer to participate.

445 pm – 515 pm    All-Room Debrief and Debate

Be prepared to share what most impressed, concerned, inspired, confused, etc. you, and explore what it all might mean. We’ll develop some action items for each other and possibly together following the Expedition.

515 pm – 530 pm    To the Future…

Professor Wolcott closes the daytime program.

530 pm – 700 pm    BREAK

700 pm – 1000 pm    RECEPTION & DINNER

Reception and dinner in Geneva, including a few surprises...

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