Barcelona, Spain
Sónar's innovation and digital culture lab shifts the focus from passive consumption to active participation, putting people at the heart of an increasingly automated world. The programme is shaped by three core themes: AI & Music, which explores creativity in a post-AI world; Beyond the Screen, which restores physicality and presence to digital creation; and Digital Gardens and Dark Forests, which reimagines the internet beyond commercial control.
Montreal, Canada
The MUTEK Forum transforms the MUTEK Montréal Festival from an impressive lineup into a live question: what does creative intelligence look like now? With the theme of 'Symbiotic Frequencies', the 2026 Forum will bring together artists, technologists, curators and researchers in Montreal to explore the complex and productive intersections between sound, AI, ecology, memory and cultural futures.
Antwerp, Belgium
Us by Night is not just a festival; it's a three-night theme park for creatives, built from scratch in a warehouse the size of a football pitch. With three stages, a club and a bustling night market, the event brings together over 60 world-class speakers, live artists and musicians to create an atmosphere brimming with inspiration.
Speakers Copenhagen, Denmark
SOFTER is a network and community committed to challenging the perception that technology is 'hard'. Through community building, aesthetic practices and feminist strategies, they inspire and empower women and gender minorities to practise, discuss and shape the digital industry. Their vision is to eliminate the gender gap and create more diversity within the industry.