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Gaiarcadia Summit 2028

2028 Gaiarcadia Summit

A global gathering to explore the profound transitions shaping humanity, the living Earth and the possibilities of a more flourishing planetary future.

The 2028 Gaiarcadia Summit will build on the foundations established by the 2024 Summit while creating space for new voices, new knowledge, new challenges and new possibilities emerging over the years ahead.

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Building on 2024

The first Summit opened a conversation that can continue to evolve.

The 2024 Gaiarcadia Summit brought together a diverse international group of speakers across ten sessions over two days.

Its conversations ranged across consciousness, ecological regeneration, climate, cities, technology, education, health, spirituality, artificial intelligence, renewable systems and the evolution of human and planetary futures.

The 2028 Summit will not simply repeat that program. Its purpose will be to ask what has changed, what has become more urgent, what new possibilities have emerged, and what forms of understanding and action are now most needed.

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Emerging Themes

What questions might shape the 2028 Summit?

The final program will develop over time, but several broad areas are likely to remain central to the Gaiarcadia conversation.

Earth

Planetary Regeneration

Climate, biodiversity, water, food, land, cities and regenerative approaches to restoring the living systems on which human life depends.

Human

Human Development & Consciousness

The inner dimensions of transformation, including psychology, meaning, values, awareness and the development of human capacities.

Society

Leadership, Culture & Systems Change

Leadership, governance, economics, education, social systems and the cultural conditions needed for viable futures.

Technology

AI, Innovation & Ethics

Emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, innovation, ethics and the ways technological change may shape human and planetary futures.

Community

Regenerative Communities

Ecovillages, bioregional thinking, local resilience, community-scale experimentation and practical models for new ways of living together.

Meaning

Science, Spirituality & Cosmology

The larger questions of worldview, meaning, evolution, spirituality and humanity's place within the wider living and cosmic story.

Program Development

More than a sequence of presentations

The 2028 Summit can build on the strengths of the original event while allowing more space for connection, reflection and participation.

Keynote Conversations

Major ideas and perspectives from leading thinkers, practitioners and change agents.

Dialogues & Panels

Multiple perspectives brought into conversation around complex and contested questions.

Experiential Sessions

Opportunities for reflection, practice and forms of participation that move beyond listening alone.

Continuing Learning

Pathways from Summit sessions into GAIAS, GaiaViews, Academy learning and related resources.

Speakers & Contributors

Who should be part of the 2028 conversation?

The Summit will seek people whose work can contribute depth, originality, experience and perspective.

Potential contributors may include scientists, educators, philosophers, systems thinkers, Indigenous knowledge holders, artists, health professionals, social innovators, environmental leaders, technologists, spiritual thinkers, community practitioners and others able to illuminate different dimensions of the whole.

Some may already be connected with Gaiarcadia as Fellows, GaiaViews guests, 2024 Summit speakers or project collaborators. Others may enter the field for the first time through the 2028 Summit.

The Journey Toward 2028

The Summit can grow out of four years of conversation and learning.

GAIAS, GaiaViews, Gaiarcadia events, projects and the Leaders Forum can all contribute to the themes, people and questions that eventually come together in 2028.

GAIAS

Advanced interdisciplinary inquiry and public intellectual engagement.

GaiaViews

Conversations that surface emerging ideas, voices and perspectives.

Leaders Forum

Leadership, collaboration and practical inquiry feeding into the wider Gaiarcadia conversation.

Events

Ongoing opportunities to gather, learn, test ideas and build relationships.

Beyond the Event

A Summit should create an enduring body of learning.

The value of the 2028 Summit need not end when the final session closes.

Speaker pages, recordings, GaiaViews conversations, articles, transcripts, books and curated resources can become part of an ongoing knowledge ecology available through Gaiarcadia and the wider Whole Life Universal Field.

Whole Life Times can extend important Summit themes through editorial coverage and interviews. Whole Life Resources can curate further reading and viewing. Wellemart can help visitors find selected books and practical resources. GAIAS can provide pathways into deeper study.

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Interested in the 2028 Gaiarcadia Summit?

You can express interest now as a participant, potential contributor, supporter, partner or collaborator. More detailed information will be added as planning develops.

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