ECOSYSTEM Summit Barcelona 2026

Barcelona · September 16–18, 2026

Resilient, collaborative systems.

ECOSYSTEM is a three-day summit about the future of collaborative systems. The challenges facing us are systemic. The rapidly moving parts are many and no one discipline or perspective can solve them alone. From this recognition the ECOSYSTEM Summit was born.

An intimate gathering of top-level thought leaders, executives, investors, entrepreneurs, policy-makers and researchers, ECOSYSTEM brings together three successful events:

AI for Development and Impact (AI4D)

The Ownership Economy Summit

Trusted Commerce (formerly Sustainability, AI and Innovation Summit).

While you might think that you’re primarily interested in only one of the days, register for the whole summit – there is real connection and build between the three days! The deepest value will be created in the space where AI, ownership and trusted commerce converge. Bringing together a diversity of expertise is what this Summit is all about.

Our goal for this Summit is to enable builders, institutions, investors, standards, and certification bodies to turn fragmented innovation into shared infrastructure.

High-interaction format · In-person attendance strictly limited to 125 per day.

3days in one connected summit
125attendees maximum per day
1ecosystem across AI, ownership and commerce
Diverse summit participants in conversation at Norrsken House Barcelona
Diverse attendees networking on the Norrsken rooftop with water views
Diverse audience watching an ECOSYSTEM Summit session
Beautiful and diverse group of people in the Norrsken event space

Three days · one ecosystem

A summit designed for connection between domains.

Each day has its own center of gravity. The connective tissue is what matters: shared systems, accountable infrastructure, incentives, voice, and trust.

Day 1 · Intelligence

Intelligence for Impact

How can AI move from novelty to leverage — improving decisions, accelerating work, and expanding human capacity?

AIDevelopmentPublic value
Day 2 · Ownership

The Ownership Economy

How can ownership, incentives, and governance distribute value more fairly — and make shared upside durable?

Voice rightsCooperativesPlatforms
Day 3 · Commerce

Trusted Commerce

How can markets prove what matters — origin, quality, impact, and accountability — without adding friction?

TraceabilityCertificationTrade

Tools → Tribe → Trust

From fragmented innovation to shared infrastructure.

ECOSYSTEM is built for the space between sectors: where builders, institutions, investors, standards bodies, certification bodies and policy actors need to coordinate around systems that no single actor can own alone.

1
ToolsAI, data rails, standards and practical workflows that make coordination possible.
2
TribeA curated room of operators, investors, institutions and experts who can actually build together.
3
TrustGovernance, interoperability, voice rights and assurance mechanisms that make shared systems durable.

Inside the room

Panels, workshops, hosted conversations and rooftop connections create the space where insight can become shared infrastructure.

Norrsken · Barcelona

A beachfront venue built for serious work and sea-air conversations.

Norrsken House Barcelona gives the summit a coastal setting: working rooms, rooftop space, water views, and direct access to the rhythm of the beach.

Norrsken House Barcelona by the beach and water
Beachfront hub
Barcelona beach and water beside Norrsken House
Waterfront views
Norrsken House Barcelona rooftop terrace overlooking the Mediterranean
Rooftop terrace
Rooftop event at Norrsken House Barcelona
Rooftop gathering

Selection of previous attendees

Leaders and practioners across development, finance, policy, climate, impact, and ownership.

The room is designed to bring together organizations that normally touch the same systems from different angles.

  • African Development Bank
  • Agence Française de Développement
  • Asian Development Bank
  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
  • Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • BIC
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • BRAC
  • CARE
  • CGIAR
  • European Investment Bank
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Ford Foundation
  • Gavi
  • GIZ
  • Global Affairs Canada
  • Global Environment Facility
  • The Global Fund
  • Global Partnership for Education
  • Green Climate Fund
  • IFAD
  • IIED
  • Innovations for Poverty Action
  • International Labour Organization
  • International Monetary Fund
  • International Rescue Committee
  • Islamic Development Bank
  • J-PAL
  • JICA
  • KfW
  • Mastercard Foundation
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
  • New Development Bank
  • Open Society Foundations
  • Oxfam
  • The Rockefeller Foundation
  • Sida
  • Stockholm Environment Institute
  • UK International Development
  • UN Women
  • UNDP
  • UNFPA
  • UNHCR
  • UNICEF
  • USAID
  • Wellcome
  • World Bank Group
  • World Food Programme
  • World Health Organization

Join us in Barcelona

Three days. One ecosystem.

Register for the whole summit. The deepest value is in the connection between the days — where AI, ownership, trusted commerce, incentives, standards and infrastructure converge.

Networked earth visual representing connected systems