GatherVerse Summit 2026

Human Needs. Emergence. Trust.

February 24-26, 2026

GatherVerse Summit 2026

  • February 24-26, 2026

  • 8:00 AM PST

Human Needs. Emergence. Trust.

  • GatherVerse Summit 2026 marks our fifth annual gathering of experts and community leaders who advance people-first standards for AI, spatial, and other new tools. We focus on clear methods, results you can test, and open resources that others can reuse.

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Humanity-First Approach

GatherVerse Summit is dedicated to exploring and understanding the most crucial steps toward building the metaverse and emerging technologies with a focus on human-centered approaches.

Accessibility

Emphasizing global access to emerging technologies.

Education

Making education accessible for every global citizen.

Equality

That everyone matters.

Community Development

Understanding the future of decentralized community structures.

Safety & Privacy

That AI and all emerging technologies honors and respects our safety, trust and privacy.

Wellness

Addressing wellbeing in the material and virtual layer.

Ethics

Being mindful that technology is a powerful science and it’s our responsibility to be not only innovators but ethicists as well.

Trust

The infrastructure and governance that gives people the ability to verify, question, influence and guide how AI and emerging technologies operate and impact humanity.

1st Annual GatherVerse Summit

Theme: The Humanity-First Metaverse

  • Introducing our annual GatherVerse Summit, a four-day global event for communities to gather, consider, propose, document, and share human-centered approaches to the metaverse.

2nd Annual GatherVerse Summit

Theme: The Human Side of the Coming Metaverse

  • The summit featured a distinguished roster of speakers from government, academia, industry, and more, presenting keynotes, talks, and roundtables on adding real human value to technologies that connect us.

3rd Annual GatherVerse Summit

Theme: Progress with Purpose, and Invention with Insight

  • Our third annual GatherVerse Summit focused on human-centered approaches in emerging technologies, featuring thought leaders dedicated to ensuring technology advancements enrich human lives and experiences.

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4th Annual GatherVerse Summit 2025

Theme: Innovating for Human Betterment Now and Forever.
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  • Join us in global community as we share in expression the dramatically accelerate emerging technologies ecosystem with emphasis of the importance of a humanity-first approach to innovation.

  • We’ll address the significant implications modern technologies have on our societies, interactions, and shared human experience.

  • The opportunity to express and share in life is a small window that each of us have been given. Your presence and voice matters and welcome and greet you in global community.

5th Annual
GatherVerse Summit 2026

Theme: Human Needs. Emergence. Trust.

  • Human Needs

    We begin with dignity. Technology is invited, not in charge. It should lighten the load, widen access, protect privacy, and support learning, safety, and health.

  • Emergence

    We meet what is new with care. We listen to those affected, test ideas in the open, and learn out loud. What remains is what serves people.

  • Trust

    Trust is a daily practice. Say what a tool can do and what it cannot. Welcome questions. Share how choices are made. Own mistakes and repair them. Keep promises.